That being said: Our life has changed dramatically this week. Not only did Lucy start eating really messy food on Friday, she started rolling a few times in a row on Saturday and by Sunday, I watched her roll from the dining room to the other side of the living room and then get stuck at the couch. This means more baths and baby-proofing is going on at the Pendergrass Home!
Friday we fed Lucy Squash for the first time. This was her first real food other than yucky baby cereal. She liked it a lot better, but still wouldn't open up unless she got to hold the spoon!
What a mess I thought...
Until the second time we fed her squash...
And she got it in her eyebrows, eyelashes, nose and now I can't tell if it is earwax or squash in her ears! (This picture makes me think of the little girl who had a littl curl right in the middle of her forehead, except Lucy's is more like a jagged little kink than a curl!) Lucy just thinks eating is a game and that she is supposed to keep her mouth closed while trying to attack what Mom is about to put in her mouth. Something I read said that sometimes it helps them to eat their food if you put a little dab on the tray and let them play with it. That way it is not so foreign when you put it in their mouth. When I told David that was why she was such a mess he asked "Who came up with that advice...Carpet Cleaners!"
So that means more baths for the both of us! She is so squirmy I find it easier to just get in with her, with my splash guard shower cap of course!
I love this close up of her. I thought it was such a sweet look, until you look up close and can still see orange tinted eyebrows and nose from the squash!
Happy Clean baby with a cute new "do" that Grandma Jen did!
Pensive little Lucy...She is probably just dreaming of her next squash experience or maybe she is wondering why we always make weird noises and hold the camera in her face!
Lucy just giving Grandma the look over!
Grandma Jen took Lucy shopping for groceries on Tuesday, so that I could go do some errands. This was Lucy's first outing without her Mom! It felt very weird and good at the same time! Someone at the store thought Grandma was Lucy's Mom and there was no way Grandma was going to correct her! What a wonderful and youthful Grandma! Way to go Mom!
CALLING ALL LUCY FANS: Lucy fans stay tuned for a good helping of what Lucy is like these days:
Well, Lucy has developed quite a few skills this week! Every time I turn around I think "When did she learn that!" I mentioned earlier that on Sunday she rolled across the whole room and that is all she has wanted to do since! I am still getting used to leaving the room and coming back with her somewhere else far away! She is starting to scoot on her tummy a little. She gets to her tummy sometimes and then turns around directions and then keeps rolling.
She has also gotten really good at using her sippy cup. I still let her have lots of drinks from regular cups when I am there to help. She REALLY LOVES WATER! She gets sooooo excited when she hears the fridge pouring out water noise. Even when I ask if she wants water she starts wiggling excitedly! Although I am so proud of Lucy for really knowing who she is and what she wants, sometimes I wish she wasn't so particular. She won't drink milk from her sippy cup, only water or juice. She knows that cups are not where the milk is supposed to come from and so whithersoever I goest, Lucy shall go also!
Other skills Lucy has developed this week include waving "bye bye" and clapping. Sometimes she waves bye bye, sometimes she doesn't. I was thrilled when she waved bye bye to her Great Grandpa Russell this weekend! Usually if we start clapping Lucy will clap also. It is so fun to play copy cat! She has also gotten really good at walking while holding our hands. This morning she just wanted to walk really fast back and forth across the room a million times! Her finger dexterity is improving as well. She picked up a cheerio (from my breakfast) with her thumb and finger. It took her a lot of work to do it! She kept grabbing the cheerio in her whole hand and then it would disappear in her hand and she would have to drop it and try again, but I was very proud when she finally got it in her fingers.
The last important milestone to document is Lucy's sign language. I started teaching Lucy the sign for milk when she was about 5 1/2 months old. Although there were times I thought she was doing the sign a few weeks ago, we finally got a good solid confirmation that she knows what she is doing. The other morning while playing with her Daddy she started to get fussy. David didn't know what was wrong until he looked at her hand motioning vigorously for milk. When he brought her to me, she definitely did want milk! We were so excited and proud of her! It was nice to know that my efforts were actually working and not just silly motions that I do all day long!
Anyway, If you read this whole post...Kudos to you! Now you know the lowdown on Lucy!
