Lucy Conversations

We went to Disneyland and California Adventureland week ago. Lucy was really excited to talk to Crush the Turtle, because we did the same thing about a month before. She kept telling me how she was going to talk to him and I was worried because I knew only a few kids actually got to talk to him and I didn't know if they would call on a two year old. Sure enough she was the first one he talked to. He asked her name and she answered perfectly "Lucy." Then he asked where she was from and she answered "Hawaii." Then he asked what Island and Lucy just looked confused. I finally confessed we were from the San Diego Island. He talked to me a little bit too and asked how many kids I had and if they asked me lots of questions. I answered that Lucy's favorite question was "Why?" I seriously hear that 100 times a day and I am having to dig deep into my understanding of simple matters I have never questioned. Anyway, it was a wonderful experience for Lucy. She felt so special!

Other funny things Lucy has said recently:

She keeps saying "I Laugh in the face. HA Ha Ha" I finally realized she was trying to quote Simba from Lion King "I Laugh int he face of danger, Ha ha Ha" at first I just thought she was being really silly because she was laughing so strangely afterward.

The other day I told Lucy it was time to get dressed and so she went in all by herself and put some clothes on. She came out so proud and said "I am!" I told her she had put on jammies and without a hint of sadness she replied "Oh, sorry Mom. I am going to try again." I thought her determination was sweet and she did successfully pick clothes out the next time.

I put a movie on for her and the tracking started getting messed up, so Lucy called me in to fix it. Then I sat down to watch some of the movie (Nothing like a great Disney flick) because I was tired. Lucy patted me on the back urging me to get up and said "It's okay mom. Go ahead. Go do things." I laughed over this for a while. I guess I always go try to get something done when I turn a movie on for her and she thought it was weird I sat down with her. It is amazing what little kids pick up on sometimes.

Lucy's thoughts on the baby:

"I am going to rock him and pat him and teach him to eat and play games and carry him."
Oh, what sisterly love.

After repeating that I have a boy baby in my tummy Lucy says "I have a girl baby in my tummy. When mine gets out and yours gets out, they can play together."

"Someday, I have a girl baby in my tummy and then there's no more Lucy." I asked her "Why won't there be any more Lucy?" and she answered "I am a Mommy" I then tried to explain "I am a Mommy and my name is Wendy. I am Wendy and a Mommy." She looked tragically at me shaking her head and said "No more Lucy. Just Mommy." ~ What a funny thing for her to think of that she wouldn't be Lucy anymore once she had kids.

The other day my Mom pulled up and instead of say "There's Mommo" she said "Look, there's your Mommy." It was really sweet the way she made that connection.

Lucy has a Minnie Mouse dress and I mentioned to her "We need to get you Minnie Ears." She looked at me questioningly and while holding her ears said "I have ears."

Something Interesting about Lucy, I have always tried to give her back massages and she has never liked them, which bothered me because we all massage each other in my family and she never lets me. A few weeks ago I tried to give her a back scratch for the first time and she loved it. Now she asks for a back scratch every night and when I start finishing up she keeps asking "One more please." I usually sing her "I am a Child of God" so One more means one more verse. I had never even sang it with her, but after a week of singing it to her at night, I heard her singing it to herself and she sang the whole thing through perfectly. Wow! What I wouldn't give for a memory like that now. I can't even remember half the funny things she says when I try to write them down just an hour later!


Lucy had her height and weight taken about 2 weeks ago and she was 35 inches, 29 lbs.

And there is the little update on Lucy at 32 months!

My how she's grown

My how Lucy has grown. Compare these 2 pictures!

San Diego Zoo - Christmas 2007 (Lucy's first Zoo trip)


San Diego Zoo - June 2009 (One of many Zoo trips in 2009)


Wow! What a year and a half can do!

What I know now that I didn't know then:

- One little girl could learn and grow so much in so little time (and I would be the one saying super cliche things to people with babies like "they grow so fast")

- She would get dropped on her head, roll off the bed, and poke her fingers in the outlet and still turn out happy and smart.

- She would stop crying whenever we drove in the car


- My heart would grow and I would actually love her even more then I did when she was a baby.

- She would have curly hair

- It would bother me when she started calling me "wedy" (sorry, but it's Mommy to you little girl!)

- She would eat flower petals, old raisins found in the car, 2 rolly pollies (that I know of), fresh ABC gum from off the sidewalk, m&m's off the ground at Costco, dirt, sand, even little rocks and she would live through it all.

- I worried about tons of stuff for nothing!

- How much I would love being Lucy's Mom- Being a Mom is the hardest thing I have ever done, but it is definitely worth it!

Yay for some words, not for others

Lucy's speech is really coming along. She tries to say almost every word and usually is somewhere close to how it actually sounds. She has started to put two words together, like "all gone" or "I go" or the other night she came out with Dave's shoes on and said "shoes...Daddy" So adorable! Even her politeness is increasing. She usually says "please" (which sounds like "mease") with a big smile, "thank you" (dank do) when you give her anything, and even "Sorry" (pronounced perfectly) after she hits people. The fact that she hits people just to say "Sorry,"... um yeah, we are working on that. It's almost impossible for me to resist giving her what she wants when she says "please" and "thank you" so sweetly, but I am trying really hard to hold strong and make sure she isn't too spoiled!

Just when I was starting to think I had the most genius, most advanced in speech, most cute, most polite, most perfect child on the face of the planet, Lucy graced us with a four letter word, starting with an "f" last Wednesday. Yup, it doesn't get much worse than that folks! While riding in the car, Lucy just started saying the f-bomb like a broken record all the way home. At first I tried to figure out what she was trying to say "Did you want a fork honey?" "Oh did you want your sock off?" "Are you having lots of fun?" "Oh yeah that is a big truck." She just kept on saying the f-word, really slowly and exaggerated, with perfect pronunciation. I decided I would just ignore it and surely she would never say it again, but she has said it at least 10 times every day since then. I usually have to hide my face in my shirt so she doesn't see me laughing. This morning I was helping her say a prayer on her food and she could say "father""thank you" and "food" pretty close to perfect, but then when we got to "bless" it just came out as the f-word. What am I ever going to do with my little angel? I am totally afraid to take her out in public! What do people do to a mother with a 19 month old daughter who cusses? No one will ever want to be our friends! We can just kiss playdates goodbye! Before I had my own child, if I heard a little kid using language like that I would have assumed that the parents had terrible mouths, but now that it has happened to me and I know me and Dave both have clean language, I guess I can chalk this one up as one more lesson in not being judgemental of others. You would think I would have learned that one already! It seems like every time you think something bad about someone else's kid, that exact same thing happens to you. Oh well, we'll get through this! Any advice on this issue is certainly very welcome!

Pendergrass Happenings

Just a bunch of Random pictures and pieces of news. I have been pretty busy babysitting everyday so I don't get to the fun stuff as much anymore.

Lucy had a doctor visit on June 10. She weighed 21 lbs and 12 oz, still in the 90th percentile. The doctor was a little shocked when I told him she had food allergies with vomiting and diarrhea when she ate the wrong thing. He said he didn't know how she was able to grow so well with all of those problems! Just lucky I guess (it's probably because she has the best Mom in the whole world!Duh!) I am definitely learning as a Mom you have to go with your instincts and take matters into your own hands, because the doctor just checks to see if they are growing and then gives you a few suggestions and acts like everything will be fine.



Here is David and Lucy on Father's Day. Happy first Father's Day to Dave! If you look close you will see the sweet photo tie Lucy gave Dave for Father's Day. I am pretty sure everyone thinks we are nuts because we always walk to church with the baby backpack and then go hide it in the coat closet. We get a lot of looks when we first come in with the backpack and me wearing tennis shoes, but it has become a fun tradition I look forward to on Sundays. In fact, I love it so much that I wake up early and we have actually been on time, as opposed to our usual excitement if we make it for the Sacrament. (Don't ask me how that adds up?)

About Dave: He got a job! A full-time job! Woa! We are becoming real people! He interviewed on Tuesday and started work on Friday, working at Gold's Gym as a Hottie Personal Trainer. (No, he's the hottie! Hopefully he isn't training too many hotties for my sake!) San Diego...we will still be with you someday! I guess we will be in Utah a little while longer, which is fine with me at this point in the year (try telling me that in December and hear a different story!)

I had to include this adorable photo of Great Grandma Anna and Lucy. We went up there a few weeks ago to record my Grandma singing all the cute baby songs and poems she knows, plus some great readings. I wanted to capture her great theatrical voice and remember all the cute songs she sings so I can sing them to my kids. I am planning to put it on a CD for all the family who wants one.

As I mentioned I have been babysitting Mon-Thurs lately. 2 Girls, 6 and 10. As a result, Lucy goes around wearing ridiculous outfits most days. I just let them pick her outfits out because they love doing it so much. Anyway, I'm glad we are getting use out of some of the clothes that I never put on Lucy, just because they weren't practical. Here is one example of Lucy's new style.


Here is a funny one of Lucy. Now that she can get around, she gets to choose what strange activities she participates in. SHe loves to have her legs up in the air and I caught her doing this. I thought it was funny and worthy of a picture spot on the blog.


Our little Kitten! I was sad the other day and so David went through the hand-me-downs we have and dressed Lucy up like this. It definitely put a smile on my face.


I have always loved kitties and Lucy does too. She goes absolutely bonkers when she sees them and cries if we don't go pet it. She usually doesn't have such an aggressive personality about what she wants, just when there is a kitty. Well, I never realized how much I could really love a kitty until this little sweet one.Last, but not least, after talking about it for months and finally getting up the courage to do it, I got my haircut short and I love it! It has been years since I was happy after getting my haircut, so I kind of just stopped cutting it and let it grow out more because I didn't want another short haircut that I hated than to really be growing long hair. Yeah for good haircuts! For those of you who know her, Malerie Daines cut it for me and I would highly recommend her to anyone! I am sad she just moved to Colorado,( lucky Colorado!) Dave suggested flying me out once a year for a haircut. We'll see... for now, I'm lovin' the new look!

Lucy: the current low down

Lucy is starting to really move around. Last week she finally rolled from her back to her tummy. Today, she got really silly in the evening and just kept rolling back and forth. She also started scootching around on her back to try to get stuff. I don't know if she will ever crawl. Although she is strong enough to hold herself up if I put her in the crawly position, she doesn't like it. She would way rather walk around with my help. I am worried because I heard that if babies skip crawling a certain part of their brain doesn't develop and then later in life they don't have very good language skills. Sometimes while sitting she flings herself back trying to stand up. When she lays down, she does little crunches trying to get to the sitting position. Her favorite thing is when I hold her so her feet are touching the ground without her weight, she jumps and jiggs and giggles. What a funny girl!

I finally tried feeding Lucy solids again after her spit up episodes 2 weeks ago, this time I tried Oatmeal Cereal, which is what the doctor recommended. She didn't like it yesterday and she didn't like it today. I was wondering what was going on, because she is almost 7 months and is definitely showing all the signs of being ready for solids, but then doesn't want them. When I say she doesn't want them I mean, she opens up for the first bite and then locks her mouth for any future attempts.Then at dinner tonight she really looked like she wanted some of our food, like usual. David decided to give her a big slice of zucchini and just put it on her high chair tray to see what she did with it. Although it was too big for her to swallow or anything, she attacked it! She loved it and was really trying to eat it! She kept dropping it and really looking for it, and just munching away! She finally got a little chunk of it off and tried to swallow, which I anxiously pulled out of her mouth. So, I determined baby cereal is just gross and Lucy must have an elevated sense of taste, because let's be honest, have you ever tasted that stuff? Poor babies! Maybe tomorrow I will try pureed zucchini.

We went to a WIC appointment today and Lucy weighed in at 20 lbs! (I won't mention her height because it was shorter than her 6 month doctor's appointment. The method for measuring height on infants doesn't seem all that precise!) The shirt she has on is size 18 m and she wears size 4 diapers. Let's just say she is a chunk and I am loving it! I can't get enough of tickling her little sausage thighs. I hear once they start moving they lose some of their baby fat, so I am trying to eat it all up!

My favorite thing about Lucy right now is how she loves to sleep with the blanket completely covering her face (of course, I also get less sleep because I am constantly worried about her suffocating!) We finally stopped putting her in her straight jacket (swaddle) a few weeks ago because she was protesting, and she is loving her new freedom. I know you are supposed to leave the room so they can learn to go to sleep on their own, but I just love watching her fall asleep, so I usually stay. After I lay her in her crib, we play peekabo with her special blankey, I snuggle her and then she takes the blanket and puts it over face, off of the face, over the face, off of the face, while kicking her legs. When she is really tired it is adorable because she has so much energy and then after one minute she is completely still and asleep, with the blanket over her face. I always move the blanket so it isn't covering her mouth and nose and then while she is sleeping she just moves it back. Last night I did it about 5 times. I couldn't believe she just kept moving it back with her eyes closed and without fussing. Even if I put the blanket down around her waste she finds it and puts it over her face. So I just pray she will be able to breathe. Anyway, that is the current low down on the light of our lives!

Growing Girl

Lucy's six month check up was yesterday. She was 27 1/2 inches long (95th%) and 19 lb 7 oz (90th%). Lately, I felt like she had been eating a lot less, but apparently she must just be pretty efficient or else she wouldn't be such a big little thing! Her shots went great as usual. I mean who doesn't love shots? I was surprised they still gave them to her because she came down with a little runny nose the day before, but I guess they just power through the shots and figure they might as well feel completely terrible all at once. This is Lucy's first sickness. Although, it really isn't too bad of a sickness, I am really sad for her. I thought we had made it through the sick season untouched. Just when you let your guard down...oh well.

I hope I haven't been spoiling her too much while she is sick. I have been letting her nap on our bed while I read next to her. I think this is partly do to the fact that I came down with a little cold too and would rather just cuddle and read than do anything else. Hopefully we aren't starting too bad of a habit. For now I am enjoying it, but sometimes you start something that seems great and then a month later when they have to have it, you wonder what on earth you were thinking! This is how the whole finger thing started. One day months ago, I didn't have the pacifier so I let her suck on my finger. It worked great. Slowly I did it a little more often until Lucy completely gave up her pacifier and now grabs my fingers to put them in her mouth every chance she gets. It's good bonding time, but there are times I really just don't want to sit there with my finger in her mouth, especially in the middle of the night. Well, she will only be a baby once, so I will just enjoy all her delightful smiles and giggles, along with the less than desired habits that are completely my fault. End Post.

Our Little Strawberry

Here is our little strawberry who is now fascinated by this bouncy ball! She is 5 months today!

I can't believe how fast she is growing! I held her and weighed us and then subtracted my weight and it said she was 19 lbs! Okay, so we cheated a little. She had her clothes on and a completely full diaper, but still ...that is 2 and 1/2 pounds in 3 weeks!

Lucy's last Doctor Checkup

Lucy went to her 4 month checkup on January 12, 2008. She weighed a whopping 16 lb 5 oz which is the 92 %, her height was 25 3/4 inch which is in the 95%! Wow Lucy way to GROW! We, of course, think she is so tall because she is going to be a famous athlete! I just put all her 3-6 month clothes away and pulled out the 6-12 month stuff! They sure grow up fast!

Here she is standing up in her new crib that her cousins gave her for Christmas, (With mom's hand ready to save the day)!