Lucy love

We try to pick up after her - and get her help in doing so - but this is the reality during her waking hours.  She loves her kitchen and she loves her table and chairs - but above all, she loves her babies!  She takes care of them - she takes their temperature when they are sick, she changes their diapers (and is very thorough, using a whole package of wipes each time), she bundles them, she sh's them and she puts them to bed.

This is our world

 Cute Lucy pics:

Just being cute

She got a new flashlight for Valentine's Day from GranJan and Grandpa!

I sat in the backseat one night with my sweet car-ride partner
(looking at herself in the mirror)

We have been having some bath-time troubles lately but on Sunday at my parents' house, she agreed to go up with GranJan to take a bath and things went well!  I told Jan we'd be back every night at 8pm...

She told me she was making "hot tea"

She and Patty were "at work" having a "nice day"

Swimming has been going much better.  As you may remember from a previous blog post, day one was a disaster.  She only lasted about 15 minutes of the 30 minute class because she was crying so loudly that the other little swimmers couldn't hear the instructor...She was in the water with Daddy and he insisted that I be her swimming partner for the next adventure:

I can't lie - day two started off a little shaky as well...she was excited that evening as we talked about it at dinner and was excited when she got into her purple swimsuit and she was even excited as we entered the pool...but a few minutes later, she was "done" and started to cry.  I am not sure what I did (it probably wasn't anything I did at all) but she soon got over herself and had a fun time:

 

She practiced jumping into the pool and swimming around by kicking her feet and moving her arms.  At the end of class, we sang a song which she really liked...we sang "Hokey Pokey" where she stuck her right arm in and splashed it all about, etc.

Day three of swimming was also a success - swimming with Mama while Daddy takes pictures:

The song at the end of that class was "Wheels on the Bus" which also involved a lot of fun splashing.  
The teacher gives each kid a little toy during class and on Tuesday, Lucy got a red crab and she told the teacher it was Sebastian which made her laugh!  
More swimming tonight with my little Valentine!



Lucy and I went to the doctor yesterday.  She's had something going on with the bottom of her feet - not a rash, exactly, but we've been watching it and it started to change this week.  A couple of nights she told us it "hurt" so we made an appointment.  We talked about the doctor and she acted excited about our appointment.  We met with Dr. Vance who was very nice...and told us that Lucy has eczema.  We bought some expensive new lotion to slather on her little tootsies twice a day.
She did pretty well at the appointment...the nurse paid absolutely no attention to her even though she kept trying to tell her about and show her her baby doll.  It was weird - you work in a pediatric office but don't interact with kids??  Anyway, the doctor came in and listened to Lucy talk about her doll and actually engaged her so that was nice.  Lucy let her look in her ears, listen to her chest and her back, look along her hairline and on her feet and on her arms and legs with no problem, as she sat on my lap.  As soon as the doctor wanted to look in her mouth, though, all hell broke loose.  She was NOT a fan of that and would not open her mouth when asked so Dr. Vance had to put the wooden stick in there and Lucy dramatically gagged and screamed.
I am still counting it as a success, though, because historically she has started crying much earlier in the appointment.  We'll see how things go at her 2 year appointment on March 29...