She's here! She's here!

Ellyott Ruth was born at 10:43AM on August 28th.

9 pounds 7 ounces 20 inches long

My baby sister is finally here!!!  And did you see that poundage?!?!  Mommy is sure happy to have her out!  And I am, too, because she's so fun to hold, and hug, and kiss!  Mommy and Ellyott are still at the hospital, and are both doing well.  They should be coming home tomorrow hopefully.

Thanks for all the prayers!!

Love,

Lucy

18 months old... basically a grown-up

Yeah, that's me... talking and texting on my cell. 

 I have to be able to stay in touch these days with my people.

Lately, I've been keeping busy by keeping Mommy's mind off of how pregnant she is (she's really pregnant, people, REALLY PREGNANT!), so that usually involves me running around and having her chase me; 

reading me books, sometimes I read to her; 

playing with Tig;

going to parks;

you know, stuff like this.

Speaking of parks... I recently went to a place that is... well, it's unbelievable!

It's a playground, AND a water park!

There are things that shoot out water at you, buckets of water that dump on you, and you can just run through water!  It is so amazing!

Then when you're done playing in the water, you can just run on over to the playground and swing and slide and have tons of fun!

Whoever thought of this was brilliant!!

Anyway, this is what I've been up to.

Love,

Lucy

A Note From Mom:

The pictures of Lucy's faces are to show the looks that I get numerous times each day now.  Sometimes they are meant to be sassy, but for the most part, I believe she's just experimenting with her facial expressions.  It also makes me realize how often I raise my eyebrows at her throughout the day.  The picture of her running away is to show what else happens numerous times each day... Lucy running.  She just loves to run.

Also, an Ellyott update:

She will be here Friday, August 28th at 9:30 in the morning... if not before then (by the looks of things, it will be Friday.)  I'm almost 39 weeks, and my body is doing nothing in regards to birthing a baby. :)  So, the c-section is scheduled, and we are getting ready for her!  

Lucy has been so fun to watch through this, as she hugs and kisses my belly many times a day and "shares" her juice and snacks with Ellyott.  I'm excited to see her reaction to actually having a real baby at our house.  We'll keep you posted!

Busy, busy, busy!

Yep, that's me!  I'm on the go all the time.  I realize that it's been some time since I last posted any information about what has been going on in my life, but it's summertime and I must take advantage of all the fun things there are to do!

Mommy and I have been trying to stay cool this summer.  For those of you who have forgotten, my mommy is very pregnant right now... very pregnant!  She has a very round belly (that I enjoy jumping on), she's very hot quite often (as am I, but I am usually hot from running around like a maniac), and she's to the point of discomfort most of the time.  I try to help her out by keeping her busy playing with me and chasing after me, and that seems to help her.

We had some pretty nice weather in the last couple weeks, so Mommy and I have taken advantage of it.  We've gone to the zoo a couple times (once with Daddy, Uncle Andrew, and Taylor which of course, was a BLAST!), we haven't been swimming too often because we somehow lost our swim passes (which Mommy actually had an emotional breakdown over... I think she was just having a rough day...), and we've visited several parks.  One day, Taylor and I even had a picnic at a nearby park.  I wasn't interested so much in the picnic-ing as much as the playing.  Just this last weekend I went to a local park for the first time where there were pony rides, a train, miniature golf, and tons of playground equipment!!  Yeah, all of that was in one place!!  My grandpa took me and Haley on the train and it was so much fun! 

As I mentioned before, Mommy is very pregnant, which means soon I will be sharing her attention with my little sister.  I'm not too concerned about it, but I am making sure I get plenty of time with my mommy before she gets here.  I try to make sure that she gets to play with me in every room of the house, and if she seems to be concerned with other things, I'll usually just go grab her hand and lead her back to our play area at the moment.  I usually have to wait a few seconds for her to maneuver her way around her big belly, so I try to be patient with her.  Sometimes I help her by pulling on her though and she seems to really appreciate that.

Well, I'll try to keep you all posted on my sister's whereabouts here in the next few weeks.  Hopefully, she will be here soon so I have someone to play with!!!

Love, 

Lucy