Keeping up with the Kennedy's: December 2013

I am telling my self I will not feel guilty for missing recording all of her 10 month milestones on time… but really, too much has been going on!

Lets back track… During month nine Lucie started taking a few steps. We have been crawling for a few months now, and with crawling came pulling up. I knew it would be soon that she would start walking. Sure enough during month 10 she has really taken off! She will walk between rooms sometimes now! It amazes me how quickly she has learned, and even though she falls sometimes, I am proud of her for always getting right back up!

foot in motion, santa baby

She has also been talking more. The current words in her vocabulary are "heyyyy" "dada" "mama" "baba" "puuhhhhhoooooopf (poop)" and WOOF. She said no for a day but now just shakes her head bank and forth.

But,back to the woof. She is OBSESSED with DOGS. obsessed. And the only questions she can really answer right now are "what's the puppy dog say?" "wooof woof" or "where's puppy?" at which point she will look around in circles and attempt to find the stuffed dog. All of this is so funny because we don't even have (or want) a dog. Maybe eventually. She is around dogs at her grandparents' homes, so I guess thats where the obsession stems from. I'm not sure. Today I caught her barking towards the window when she saw someone walking their dog. It's too much.

"Dog enthusiast" is not the only new trait added to Lulu's monthly resume. She has also made friends with her shadow. Let me explain. Every morning when Lucie wakes up I bring her to bed in hopes that she will go back to sleep. And every morning, she stands up, pokes her daddy in the face, and then climbs to the top of the bead and pulls herself up on the headboard. This is where she sees her shadow- against the wall behind the headboard. She gets so excited when she sees the shadow that she pulls on the headboard, smacks the shadow, and laughs. she proceeds to do this until one of us flips on the overhead light, making the shadow disappear.

Other new hobbies include high fives(which are apparently hilarious), waving bye bye, and giving kisses on demand. (but only to puppy. she won't kiss mommy or daddy yet.) She also tries to share everything she has…. food, sippy cup, and her pacifier. She will try to put any of these things in your mouth. Yes, Lucie, mama really wants to try some of your pacifier! Silly Baby!

Another new hobby is singing in the car. She has been singing along for entire car rides lately, which is hilarious to hear. Sometimes i promise it sounds like she is trying to sing along, even though she obviously doesn't know any of the words. I think she reallllly likes Christmas music.

She is seriously cracking us up lately. Which is good, because when she's not being a little hambone she's definitely been fussy. We went through this a couple months ago when she cut her first 4 teeth. Now the next 4 are coming in, and she gets a little bit grouchy. I am hoping these 4 will come through soon so she will cheer up!

I have no idea how much she weighs or anything like that. She's tall, and not so chunky anymore. She's in 12-18 month clothing and I'm about to graduate her to size 4 diapers… the 3's just aren't holding it anymore.

With my school semester over (PTL!!!!!) and the Christmas decorations up, I'm starting to feel like we finally have some free time to relax without feeling bad about the school work I'm missing. Going to school with the baby has seriously been hard. When we found out I was pregnant we talked about what I should do in regards to school -- at that point I was just finishing my first of three years. We decided it would be best if I could go ahead and finish up the school, but I had no idea of what I was signing up for!! Any first time mom knows how hard it can be to juggle the baby….. not to mention the family, the house, and full time working and pumping, all on limited sleep. Not for the faint of heart! Adding school on top of that left me wondering what day it was more often than not. I am so thankful to have such a supportive husband and family who have encouraged me, watched Lucie, etc. this whole semester. With just one semester left, I am soooo looking forward to the end of grad school. I am supposed to have an independent study and an online class this spring, which, knock on wood, should be much more manageable. I really appreciate everyone who has encouraged me with school, especially these last 4 weeks.

The next post I will likely make will be for Lucie's 1st Birthday (Which is only a month away now- happy/sad)
:)

Katie