Great Grandma

I thought this picture was too good not to share with my grandma Quanstrom, Lucy's great grandma.

Grandma, you are so beautiful! I am so lucky that you lived just a couple miles away all growing up. I can't wait to move back to Oregon someday so we can just stop in and play a game or two of dominoes. Then Lucy can get to know and appreciate you and grandpa the way I do. I am the luckiest girl in the world to have such wonderful loving grandparents. Thank you for always being there for me. I will see you in a week and half! :)

Girls Weekend

So I just got home this evening from spending the weekend with some of my college roommates. I missed my family but had a blast! It is amazing how you can be away from good friends and when you get back together, nothing has changed (besides marriages and kids). I felt like no time had passed at all. We still had fun hanging out, staying up late talking about anything and everything, shopping, eating out and laughing a ton. I didn't realize how much I missed them!

This is not a great picture at all, I think Beth took some better ones so I will post one when I get it. Doesn't Carla look Beautiful!!! We met her new husband Kyle for the first time the day before the wedding, but from how happy Carla was, there was no doubt in my mind that he is right for her! I have known her for some time now and no boy has ever had such a wonderful influence on the way she carries herself. I am so happy for her and wish them the best of luck in their life together.

lonely mommy

I knew it was coming but I didn't know it was going to be so hard on me! Wednesday I took my two loves to the airport and watched them fly away.
In December one of my best friends got engaged and us girls decided to make a girls weekend out of it. I was way excited, I would only be away from Lucy for one whole day and two half days. Tyler was the babysitter while mommy got a weekend away. Well...Tyler made a business trip to Portland not knowing it was on the same weekend. The trip got canceled but Tyler still decided to go and take my baby with him. I spent all of Tuesday night BEGGING him not to go. We are talking can't breath hysterical to even think about being away from my baby. I love my husband too, but I have never been away from Lucy overnight before.
I have been okay but I do not like sleeping in an empty house. It is amazing how Lucy has changed my view on life. I don't know what I would do without my family and have been reflecting on the fact that I am so happy they are mine FOREVER and ever!

Spastic Child!

My mom pointed out that if Lucy's arms were made of feathers she would fly away with all the flapping she does. This video shows a little that was caught on camera.

Our Weekend

This past weekend was amazing! My mom came into town on Wednesday to spoil Lucy with love and kisses.
My dad followed on Friday in order to attend General Conference. Dad, being the new Stake President, got us all tickets to Saturday morning's solemn assembly. While Tyler got babysitting duty, we were able to sit next to my Grandpa Hansen and his new wife Becky, my uncle Paul and cousin Emme and my cousin Kyle who just got his mission call to the Southern part of Argentina. During the session I reflected on the fact that we are so blessed we are to have a prophet on earth to lead and guide us to live more like Jesus Christ. It was an amazing experience to be there and feel the spirit so strong!
After the first session we went to PF Chang's for a yummy Chinese feast. Then with no time to spare, we made it back to my parents hotel just in time for the opening song of the second session. I think everyone fell asleep but Tyler who took copious notes the whole time. Tyler and Dad went to the priesthood session together while us girls went shopping at the Gateway.

My mom left yesterday, Monday, and I was so sad to see her go! Fortunately we are going to Portland for a few days in less than a month to drop our little Lu Lu off at the best babysitters in the world, her Grandma Hansen's house. We will spend a few days there at my house, but lets not forget about the reason for the trip- a week long getaway to Hawaii for Tyler and I. Oh how beautiful!

Babies Galore

When I was pregnant I had a few good friends at work that literally felt my pain-they were prego too. Loraleigh had Lukas in November, two months after me and Kristen had Scout just a couple of weeks ago. Our co-worker Kim is due in May and we are working on Kassie's husband so she can follow suit :). I suppose this is what happens when you are young and live in Provo, the place babies are made! We would all spend probably more time than we should have discussing different things that were happening to our bodies and the latest news the doctors gave us. Loraleigh moved to St. George on Lucy's due date so we never got to see each others final products until a couple of weeks ago when she was up in the area. Needless to say it was so fun to sit down and catch up with each others lives. Kristen was actually supposed to meet up with us but she decided to go into labor that afternoon-go figure!

Here is Lucy attacking Lukas. She seems to be curious about boys already, but shall we say she is maybe a bit too forward. Oh and on the subject of boys, she was petting her friend Boston's head and playing with his hair the other day. It was absolutely adorable until she screamed so loud it made him cry. Boston is just a few weeks older than Lu lu.

Happy 30th Anniversary

Lucy couldn't forget to wish her Grandma and Grandpa Hansen a Happy Anniversary! 30 years, WOW! She is so happy you are more in love now than the day you got married. She also expressed to her mom that she is especially happy you had such a perfect daughter-Kelsey!Lucy didn't know what to get you so she decided to have her mommy do a photo shoot because she knows how much you LOVE pictures of her. So here it is...

Smile Big Lucy
Okay, maybe that's a little too big.
Look like an angel.
And we're done!

MARCH UPDATE

Yesterday, Thursday the 13th, was Lucy's 1/2 birthday! I was excited because we got to stray from our normal songs to birthday songs. I can’t believe she is six months old already! I meant to take a picture when she was all dressed up, but this is what I got before bed. If you look closely you can see her first tooth that sprang up a couple of weeks ago. The second is just days away!

Lucy's all dolled up in her jean dress at a PBR (Professional Bull Riding) competition. No this is not what we normally do on Friday nights, but it is fun to do something different now and again.

I was uploading all the pictures from my camera today and noticed this one in the bunch. I suppose this would have been taken by my dear husband when he gave Lucy a bath last week. He said he was trying to take some kind of photo to show future boyfriends because it would be too weird to show a totally nude photo to them. I think the photo is quite amusing!
Lucy has decided that she no longer likes to be in one place. I put her in her crib one way and she never wakes up the same, but always wakes up happy!
I feel like I have neglected my daughter in this picture. I gave her some toys to play with while I did the dishes after dinner. Well, the dishes turned into doing the laundry and I suppose she got tired of waiting for me. Oops...
Lucy started solid foods this week. It has been five days now and she is only just now starting to get the hang of it. The main problem with eating food as opposed to drinking a bottle is she would rather play with the food with her hands than eat it. I wish she could just drink her breakfast, lunch and dinner for the rest of her life. I think my job would be a whole lot easier!

All About Lucy...

I was thinking about the fact that our blog is basically ‘everything Lucy.’ I was going to try not to do that but have failed miserably! I think I have figured out why too. When you have a baby she becomes the center of your life. You eat, play, and sleep on her time, not your own. So here is my official apology for all future blogs starring Lucy, who you have to admit is cute so you don’t mind looking at so many pictures of her anyway!

Above is a picture of Tyler and me pre-Lucy. We loved life then and love it even more as the days go by. We are so blessed to have each other. I am the luckiest girl in the world to call him mine! He is my best friend, the one person I can’t live without. And hey, he helped me create one beautiful baby, how can I complain about that?!!!

Baby Giggles

Lucy doesn't laugh very much, especially for me. But I was changing her Tuesday night and she was full of giggles. This video is the tail end of the laughing we caught on camera. It is also unedited so there is some random footage beforehand and it goes on after she finishes laughing. I just learned how to put the video on my computer so we are doing one step at a time.
I am basically putting the video on for my mom and grandparents to view, they have been asking. Putting video of Lucy on out blog on a frequent basis was one of the terms of agreement for the video camera for Christmas. Here you go mom...