10 Months

Height- 26 inches

Weight- 13.7 pounds

Diaper Size- size 2

Clothes Size- 6 months

First- Pack family reunion, pony ride, trip to Costco, trip to the museum, waving, clapping

Personality- She definitely is very caring. Lu still loves to cuddle and is starting to hug all of her toys before she starts playing with them. She loves attention and flirting. She claps when she is excited and loves watching for daddy to come home every night; she gets so excited when she hears the garage door open. Lucy is getting better about strangers holding her and is less clingy around me. She loves to play on her own as long as you don't leave her alone in the room. 

First frozen fruit bar. She loved it!

We spent most of the summer swimming.

She loves "hiding" under her blanket. She giggles when you find her

Football with daddy. She controls the remote. 

Pony rides at This is the Place

She loves to read. She was teaching her monkey about how other monkeys live in the jungle. 

This girl loves her berries!

Pack Family Reunion(s)

At the beginning of August, Evan's family had their annual Cousin Camp. Every single sibling came home! It was fun to see everyone- it's been over 10 years since everyone has been able to come. This year, it was in Rexburg (where it is most years) at Evan's parents house. Because we are a current family of three and had to accommodate for a pack-n-play, we traded for a little bigger room so we could fit. And, because a new mess hall type room was built, most of the noise was outside or in that room so sleeping actually happened this year! All the older girl cousins would take Lucy around and include her in all the doll and Barbie playing. They were so cute with her and always wanted to hold her. 

Some of the activities included water ballon kick ball, capture the flag, lots of ice cream, and lots of time catching up with siblings we haven't seen in years. 

We also said good bye to our niece Emily who leaves for her mission at the end of this month. 

Whatever food Lucy could get her hands on she ate. She "found" (aka cousins gave her) pancakes, graham crackers, fruits, veggies, popsicles, rice, and many more things. She loved it all!

John Pack Reunion

John Pack was one of the original Utah settlers and even has a statue at the This is the Place Park. Evan's dad was the president of the JP Association so we went up to Salt Lake for the reunion. First they had a business meeting for the presidents and council members, then a reunion after for all the descendants of all 7 wives. Lu was a little restless during the business meeting, so we went for a walk. We walked over to the petting zoo so she could see the animals and the worker at the horses let her pet and ride the ponies. She probably rode for about 10 minutes. She would pet the horse and the squeal. After the meeting we walked with evan's sister and her family for a bit before heading home. 

Summer Lovin'

Lucy and I have been playing at to pool and eating snow cones all summer long! Grandma sent her a new (newish- it is retro after all) swimsuit so we needed to try it out. 

Off to Seven Peaks for the day. We usually spend a few hours in the kiddie pool area and then we float the lazy river a few times. 

This girl takes after her mamma and loves the water and sun. She could splash all day 

July Happenings

A few weeks ago, we had about 40 pounds of plums than needed to be canned/frozen/dehydrated before they went bad. So, Lucy and I went to work. In the time that I could peel and take the pit out, she would be digging in the bowl for another bit. I am pretty sure she ate about 6 plums that day. 

I kept a bowl for us to eat through out the week and left it on the counter. I was making dinner, and when I turned around I found 3 plums with little teeth marks and one in her had. I am guessing she was finding the perfect one to eat. Whole plums are by far her favorite food to eat!

Evan had the day off for Pioneer Day, so we went mini golfing and for snow cones.  We finally found a place that has all the right flavors to make a Malibu Barbie; I was a happy camper!

9 Months

I can't believe this little lady is already 9 months. Only three more months and she will be a year old- that's cray cray to even think about! 

Height- 25 inches 3%

Weight- 12.4 pounds 1%

Diaper Size- size 2

Clothes Size- 6 months

First- sit up on her own, trip to the water park, mini golf caddy, 4th of July

Personality- she is still sassy as can be! Littles has definitely been a good nickname for her. Lucy is the sweetest little girl, she is so in tune with others needs and tries her hardest to be a comfort to those that need a little extra love. She has a tender heart and is in tune with the spirit more than I think I can ever understand. I love watching her try to be independent but look for us when she is frustrated or needs help. Because of the holidays lately, she makes me take her to Evan's office to see if he is home or not. She loves her daddy and gets so excited when she hears the garage door open. 

Sitting up for a whole 3 seconds

Her favorite food is whole plums. She ate about 5 this particular day. If I have her on the counter, she looks through the bowl of fruit to find the plums

Vintage little baby clothes. I need to find my baby pictures to do some side by sides

Found some glasses in her toy basket. Yes she also rocks a popped collar 

We were playing on the floor and she rolled over to cuddle with me. She knew it was a hard day for me and I needed a hug

Random Pictures

Evan was looking at my phone the other day and noticed I have about 1,500 pictures. I can't help it, Lucy is so stinkin' cute and has so many funny faces I can't not take pictures. 

These are mainly for family, so feel free to  scroll through them fast if you don't want a Lucy overload :)

Ya, she ate all of this in one day. Do babies have fast metabolisms? 

Reading her favorite book. 

Our little Jimmy Neutron. 

She wears sunglasses indoors most days. She likes to take them on and off

Snuggling with her hippo. She rubs his fur to fall asleep; it's adorable. 

Pounding the table for more food. 

How can you not just eat her up

Dirty Laundry

When we first brought Lucy home from the hospital, we were living in an apartment in Salt Lake/Cotton Wood Heights area. We didn't have a washer and dryer, so I had to pack up 3 loads of laundry and the baby once a week to go to the coin laundry room. Because I couldn't wash things as soon as they got dirty (Lucy's spit ups and "accidents") most of her things had stains on them. NOW, I can wash things when they need to be so stains don't set in! 

I've been going through Lucy's closet and boxes to get things ready for the new baby, and most have awful yellow stains. I threw out one last Hail Mary and used an old trick I learned from my grams. She never used stain remover, she would just lay wet clothes in the sun for an hour or so keeping the stain damp then wash like normal. I took it one step farther and used Oxy Clean. 

I started with all the blankets and jammies first. 

Since it is 100 degrees outside, I went out every 15 minutes to re-spray the spots. After waiting, washing and drying, most if not all the stains are either gone or not noticeable! I can't wait to clean some of my favorite outfits that Lu only wore a few times for her little sister to wear. This is my new favorite way to fight any kind of stain.