And then there were....6.

Boom.
Month 8 has been an EXPLOSION of activity, growth and development!

Just like that, in a matter of two weeks, Lucy's wide 2-tooth grin went from two to six (6!).

Lucy started to make the first motions and movements of crawling on Thursday, November 6th as I was trying to clean up her room.  We went up with G to the lake that weekend and left mommy all alone.  When she returned she felt a little bit more comfortable making the motions but still wasn't zooming around.

Within a week, she was fully crawling and beginning to pull herself up.  It was all but a few days after she figured out how to pull herself up that she began to pull herself up in her crib.

So she's pulling herself up on everything, including trying to climb over an inverted laundry basket.

Sleeper?
We've been fortunate that Lucy has slept through the night for the last three nights in a row!  We are not accustomed to this at all so naturally, that first night, we thought we were waking up rested at 1 am.  Turns out - it was 5 am!  At this point, we figure she now less uncomfortable with cutting 4 teeth at the same time, making for a longer night of rest.  

Exploring Food.
This month we've added blueberries, plums, parsnips & turnips.  Tonight for her first Thanksgiving, we'll give turkey and mashed potatoes a try.

Giving thanks.
Today is Thanksgiving.  We are so incredibly grateful for our healthy little girl.  She is quite a blessing.  She might be the only thing that has helped me to slow down from my whirlwind of activity to simply enjoy being her mom.

7.5 Months Strong!

I finally have found some time to update the blog because G and Lucy are visiting Grandma and Grandpa up at the lake and I have uninterrupted free time this weekend!  Do you know just how much you can get done when there is no cute baby distracting you from your never-ending list of chores?  A ridiculous amount.  Which for someone like me, means I can get a MILLION things done.

Our little Lucy has grown by leaps and bounds in the past two months.  She is still rocking two front teeth though she knaws on her hands like it's a steak bone.  While she didn't a fan of using a pacifier for sucking, she loves to chew on them just long enough to coat it with saliva and drop it on the floor (which I've come to steam at least once a week).

As she grew into her 6th month, she was starting to sit on her own.  This picture was snapped just before she tumbled over, planting her face in the wooden puzzle pieces.  Scary enough to produce tears but not traumatic enough to prevent her from trying to sit up again!  At 7.5 months now, she's an old pro with sitting up

6 months, 1 week

That weekend, we figured we'd give the ExerSaucer a try too.  Not too surprising, she enjoyed being in the kitchen with us, watching us work and prep meals or do dishes as she entertained herself with the fun activities surrounding her.  This exersaucer is actually a gift from Grandma and Grandpa Wilson to little Sammy who is turning 5 years old today (November 13th)!  It's crazy to remember when they received this as a gift 5 years ago and recalling little Sammy enjoying it just as much as Lucy is now.

She is now mobile.  Now an old pro at sitting up, she would get so bored and frustrated with not being able to get to the things that she wanted.  Once she figured out she could roll over to get something - she was doing it all the time.  So much, in fact, that we put up the baby gate at the top of our stairs on the off chance so chose to roll over there while we went quickly to another room.  

She quickly learned that she could go from sitting to laying to sitting to scooting.  And then she figured out how to get into the cat-cow position (all fours).   She would scoot around but as of November 6th, she started to figure out how to coordinate her arms and legs enough to actually begin crawling.  She might be an inch worm but as fast as time passes us by, I'm sure she's be crawling to get into things she should not.  

7.5 months, LOVING this bucket!

If there is one thing Lucy loves - it's food.  So far we've tried a smattering of delicious fruits and vegetables - sweet potato, brown rice, zucchini, carrots, pears, mangoes, peaches, strawberries (not a big fan yet), banana, etc.  I even made baby muffins - using apple sauce and breast milk.  She would probably eat an entire tray if we would let her.....or maybe it's more like she would like to play with an entire tray of muffins, discovering the texture.  I think we are excited for her to be introduced to meat pretty soon and she'll finally be able to start eating some of our go-to fall/winter dishes such as pot roast!

Frozen Mango-Pop

I do love the Baby Bullet!

   

I have enjoyed the transition from newborn to a more playful, less moody infant.   We really have been so incredibly fortunate with her health so far so I'm just grateful for a little babe who is healthy and happy and so far sick-free (except for some sniffles here and there).

Lucy first experience the the joys and sounds of crackling, dry fall leaves at Big Pine Lake.

G + L

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