Lucy is THREE!

Today is Lucy's third Birthday! I can't believe how fast three years has gone! It really seems as if she went from being a baby to a 3 year old overnight! We had a great day celebrating with family - and Lucy, as always, loved playing with her cousins. This year she requested a Babar birthday party, which I loved, BUT it is so hard to find "Babar" things nowadays! So, I bought a few vintage Babar books, Grandma Rapp found one at a garage sale and Nana Jacoby found a few old Babar figurines in the basement (from my Arby's kids meal back in the early 90's). It was a group effort, but the decorations turned out very cute and the cakes I made tasted great too (whew!) Lucy was showered with all types of fun presents, but the "big" present from us was a BIG GIRL bike! We had tied a Care Bear balloon to the bike, and when I brought it in the room all she could see was the balloon, so she started walking towards the balloon (without taking her eyes off it) - she was standing right in front of the bike - but didn't even notice it! It was so funny! Finally, once we pointed out that the balloon was tied to a BIKE she eagerly jumped on! We are so blessed to have her in our life and can't even remember what it was like before we had her - okay maybe it was a lot quieter, but a whole lot LESS fun! She brings us so much joy!

And I'll leave you with a few from Lucy's 3 year pics....

You know how people say three is the new two? Yeah, this should explain that.

Penelope is 7 months old!

I really can hardly believe it! We are inching closer to her first birthday - and once summer hits - I know it will be here before we know it! Summer always seems to fly by! Not a whole lot to report this month. The only major thing we are dealing with right now is some eating issues. We found out this month that she is not able to keep oatmeal "down." However, now that she's experienced the horrible feeling of throwing up due to real food, she's decided to keep her mouth closed so we can't feed her any "real" food. I made a little progress yesterday with a TINY bit of pears, but we are going in to talk with the doctor next week so see if we can figure out a way for her to eat better. She's been doing great with sleeping (maybe because she sleeps on her tummy now?) and is chewing on anything she can, as she is getting more teeth! (She got her first two bottom teeth on April 3rd and 5th - and her top two look like they could be coming in any day). She can sit up for a few minutes unassisted, but her favorite thing to do is roll around. She's always in a really great moods in the mornings and the moment she sees me she squeals with excitement. A morning can't get better than that!

Easter / Spring Break

(Delayed - I know!) :) The week before Easter was, to put it mildly, CRAZY. I can't even remember all the details, but it was one thing after the next. We had a spring break trip to Colorado planned for the week after Easter, so the week before was spent getting packed and ready. Then on Friday night, Lucy was dancing downstairs and fell and hit her head on the TV cabinet. She really didn't cry much and at first we just thought it was another bump/scratch. However, the more we looked at it, we realized the cut had a small gape, so off we went to the after hours clinic to get it checked out. Once we were there, the doctor suggested going to the ER to get it glued, as it might not look as nice if we left it to heal on it's own. After a fairly quick trip to the ER, we were on our way home with a glued forehead (at 11pm!). Then we left for Decatur the next morning! ::Sigh:: I'm still tired just thinking about it. We had a nice day in Decatur and Marcus and I were even able to go see a movie by ourselves! The next morning, Easter, we headed to my parent's church where the Jacoby cousins had an Easter Egg hunt. After that, lunch at South Side and a visit with the Easter bunny. Much to our surprise, Lucy (and Penelope) LOVED the Easter bunny. I'm willing to bet next year Penelope will not find the experience as enjoyable! :) After we were finished with lunch, we took off for Colorado! We drove 7 hours and stayed in Junction City, KS. Lucy had been so great on the trip and had left her forehead alone for the past two days, but as we were 2 minutes away from the hotel, her band aid fell off. I told her I would get her another one as soon as we got to the hotel, but once we arrived, I realized she had pulled the "glue" off that was holding her forehead together - within two minutes! Yeah, that really happened. I couldn't believe it. I ran over to the Walmart that was next to the hotel and got some butterfly band aids and did my best to put it back together. (Thankfully, I think the first two days were the most important). We woke up the next morning and drove to Denver. We got in around lunch and I was able to see one of my friends who moved there a little over a year ago. It was so fun to see her and catch up. We headed to a local park and Lucy and her little girl were able to play and enjoy the beautiful weather. After that little stop we finished the drive and made it to Copper Mountain! All in all, the girls were great travelers. We had a great four days with friends! Lucy was able to ski a few times, but her favorite part was playing with all the kids and the HOT TUB! (more like a warm tub, but still.) She asked me last week if we had a hot tub and when I replied that we did not, she wanted to know why because, as she said it, "they are so much fun." Penelope had fun too, as one of our friends also has a little baby girl, so she had a playmate all week too! Towards the end of our trip, we realized that there was suppose to be a horrible line of storms from Nebraska through Iowa, basically following us all the way home. So, we all made the decision to sleep for a few hours and leave at 2am and drive all the way home that day! I am so thankful for Marcus, as he drove almost the whole way! (apparently all the driving he does for work has him well prepared.) We saw some CRAZY clouds when we got into Nebraska, and were able to get ahead of the storm by a few hours. We made it home around 8pm that night! It was a quick trip, but well worth it, as we were able to spend some quality time together and with some great friends! And yes, I totally Photoshopped the band-aid out of the family Easter picture, I don't really want to remember the huge gash that was underneath it, in years to come. Update: it is healing really well these days - I think over time, you will barely be able to notice it. I realize it is just a little scar, and it won't be the last one, but I just hate to think of a permanent scar on my baby - I made that forehead you know!