A New Lucy!

This week is Lucy's Spring Break, and there are a couple of items on our To-Do List we've been waiting to check off on a day she doesn't have school. The first of which is to get both kiddos a hair cut! 

Lucy has been begging to chop her locks for awhile (long hair equals lots of tangles!), so I planted the idea that maybe she'd like to donate her hair to Locks of Love, which she thought sounded pretty neat. Here is the BEFORE picture-- lots and lots of hair!

 I wish Lucy's Grandma could have cut it, but since she lives far away I decided to just chance it at Wal-Mart and pay the $10 for a kid's cut. I've heard you can tell right away if a stylist is good or not just by the way they hold the scissors and comb, so I started getting pretty nervous when the girl dropped the comb like 3 times in the first 5 minutes! I just didn't want Lucy to hate it and blame me! 

 But luckily, it turned out SUPER cute and she LOVES her new hair! She couldn't stop swishing her head around, and running her fingers through her super short hair. She cut off about 14 inches, and this new short 'do will be perfect for the hot summer and drying quickly after swim team. 

 I had her a-line it and undercut the back so it lays better, since she's inherited my curly hair.

 Rockin' her new look! She only had one mild case of panic when we got home and Zachary told her she looked like a boy, but once we put the headband in it reassured her that she wasn't likely to be mistaken for a boy any time soon. First thing she asked to do when we got home was to call her Grandmas and show them!

Makes me want to go out and chop my hair off too! Doesn't she look ready for spring??

In the Face of Cuteness

What am I to do in the face of all this CUTENESS?!? We've hit the absolute best stage of babydom in my humble opinion. Those stages from about 3 -9 months are so much fun! They're not as fussy, not quite mobile, not into everything or wanting to be independent, LOVE to be held, super smiley, and they're just so stinkin' cute. So bear with me as I BROG (brag and blog at the same time). 

 Leah had her 4 month check-up this week. Here are her stats: 

Weight: 15 lbs. 1 oz. (72%-- and up 2 lbs. in 6 weeks)

Height: 25.75 in. (89%)

Head Circumference: 42 cm. (71%)

She also got the pass to begin solid foods, so today we exposed her to some sweet potatoes we had for dinner and our little butterball gobbled them up! Yum!  

 Isn't she the absolute sweetest baby?!?  She still loves to be in the thick of the action, only has eyes for mommy (don't tell Jon), and is slowly acclimating to the car, ie, she doesn't scream AS much. I finally started working this week (yea!) and the ladies at the gym fight over who gets to hold her first.

 We still can't figure out what color her eyes are going to be. Depending on the day and what she wears they're either blue, gray, or green, so the verdict is still out on that.

 She is starting to grab everything within reach, and during this particular photo shoot she was much more interested in grabbing her shoes than looking at me!

 And while she is all cuteness, I would just like to briefly mention for the record that she has incredible gas. She seriously has adult-sized toots, and unfortunately is frequently gassy. It's kind of hilarious because I wouldn't believe she was capable of producing such explosive gas but for the fact that I'm holding her when she does it! Just ask my dad. He was holding her when she was about 2 weeks old and we were out to dinner when she ripped this huge toot in her sleep that would have put a teenage boy to shame. And the madder she gets, the more she starts tooting up a storm. That's our Princess!

 Lucy is in heaven with this little baby. She is constantly covering her in kisses and is a good sport to hold her for me when I need to go to do something real quick (quick being the key word). And while Zach isn't as vocal about it, I know he loves her too, because during her most recent shots (she got 4, poor baby) he was about ready to tackle the nurse. If looks could kill... He was NOT happy with her hurting Baby Weah Gene. 

My three little guys! Am I the luckiest mom in the world, or what?

First Day of Spring!

Although from the looks of the frightful weather outside right now-- torrential rain and a balmy 41 degrees-- you'd never guess we did celebrate the first day of spring on Wednesday with the rest of the world. March has certainly decided to go out like a lion! 

 In honor of the celebration our local water ice station Rita's was giving out free water ices, so you know we were there as soon as school got out. Funnily enough Lucy's picture came up on their slide show from last year when we were there for free water ice. I never pass up freebies! 

 Cheers to mango! I would have waited for Jon to get home from work so he could join us, but he was in Atlanta for 4 days at a dental conference and I was flying solo. Naturally BOTH Leah and Zach fell asleep in the car, but Zach perked right up when I reminded him where we were at. That kid never forfeits a treat.

Happy Spring! Hope it comes soon...