My princess

Me and my girls!

Our precious little girls

Life is very good for our little family. We are so excited that our Baby B is finally here. She was born December 2 at 4:59pm. She weighed 5 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. We named her Whitney Jane Stevenson. I don't know why, but we had such a hard time naming her, we didn't finally decide until almost the day we went home. We still call her Baby B a lot though. The delivery went great and I am feeling so much better than I did with Lucy. She has been a good eater, which has been so nice! She has been a great little baby so far and we all love her. Lucy loves to hold her and has been doing pretty good with the transition. She was a little clingy the first couple of days we were home, but seems to be doing better.

Lucy and Whitney

Uncle Sam and Nicole with Whitney and Lucy

I took Lucy to get a much overdo haircut on Tuesday. She did such a great job sitting still and I love her cute hair cut. Here is a picture at cookie cutters.

Here are a few pics of Lucy the other day. I just thought she looked so cute and grown up with her new hair cut.

Last night while we were watching the sing off, Lucy got a little make up brush and started performing for us. It was so cute! I am amazed at her little imagination that is growing everyday!

6 weeks to go

We have just 6 weeks to go until my due date and it seems to have come so fast. I haven't done anything to prepare for this little baby and it doesn't seem real that we will have a little baby soon (I'm not sure I am ready for the sleepless nights). I think once I get all the baby stuff out it will feel a little more real.

Lucy is so much fun. Lately she has been going around saying "happy, happy, happy" and she has been playing with baby dolls a lot lately, changing diapers and feeding them. Not sure what prompted this, I haven't been teaching her. She likes to make sure you hear her, saying hi, bye, etc wherever she goes in a very loud voice. She likes to say "see lata" when she leaves and gives great hugs and kisses. She likes to sing 'itsy bitsy spider' (or at least do the actions). She has been singing random songs lately and usually she leads the song as she goes with her hand. She loves veggies, especially tomatoes and cucumbers. Whenever she does ring around the rosies, she has to fall all the way down on her tummy and kick her feet. She is good about folding her arms during the prayer, and always like to have mommy and daddy in her room for night time prayers.

We feel so lucky to have her and I look forward to seeing how she is as a big sister. I am excited to hold this new little girl and welcome her to our family. We are so blessed.

Happy anniversary...a little late

Last Wednesday, Daniel and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary. It is crazy how it seems like we have always been married and that we just barely got married at the same time. I love Daniel so much and am so grateful to have him in my life. He is an amazing dad and a wonderful husband and friend. He keeps me balanced and I am so grateful for all that he does for our little family!

For our anniversary, we went to Rodizio Grill for dinner and then he took me to see the latest Twilight movie (I'm not sure why I even see them because I don't like Edward, and the story line just makes me mad). Daniel sent me flowers at work that day, which was a wonderful surprise! (This picture was taken just the other day, as you can see the petals were starting to fall off)

Last week, Lucy and I were able to go to the Zoo with Jinii and Addy and it was so much fun!! I took the day off (after putting in lots of overtime in the past two weeks) and it was so nice to just be a mom for the day. Lucy had a blasts and loved seeing all the animals. It was great to play with Addy and Jinii and catch up with them, something we need to do more often!

The week before was the opening home game for the Utes. Lucy got to go to the game in her cute cheerleader uniform. She looked so cute and did pretty good at the game. She liked to stand on the steps beside the bench and cheer and loved the popcorn. I left early to take her home and put her to bed. She barely made it to the car before she was asleep.

My little Lucy is not so little anymore

Lucy is 18 months old now and I can't believe how fast time has gone. She is all of a sudden a toddler and not my little baby. We have so much fun with her. She has been the best baby and brings so much happiness to out little family.

She now weighs 20 lbs 12 oz and is 31 inches long. She is learning and growing everyday.

Here are some things I love about Lucy....

-She is the friendliest kid ever!! I took her to a RS party the other night and she had a blast! She just walked around from one person to another, sitting on everyones laps, saying hi to everyone as she went. She goes visiting teaching with my mom all the time and when she graduates from YW, she should make a smooth transition into RS.

-She has gotten into the habit of calling Daniel by his name instead of Daddy. She walks around saying "naniel, naniel, naniel". Daniel hates it, but it makes my smile.

-She folds her arms and bows her head when we pray, and she has started to kneel with us as well.

-She loves to take lids off of things and put them back on. She also loves to play with her kitchen, putting things in the oven and taking them out again.

-She has been going to nursery and made an easy transition.

-She has slept in a big bed a couple of nights this week, and did just great!

-She loves to give kisses. Sometimes, when we are all laying in bed, she will push Daniel and my head together and make us kiss, then she will kiss us, and then she wants us to kiss again.

-She gives the BEST hugs!! And she gives little pats on the back when she has her arms around you.

-She loves shoes and always wants to put them on.

-She is so smart! She knows lots of words and she knows where her head, nose, eyes, ears, knees, feet, hands, mouth, tongue, and belly button are. I am amazed at what she understands. She understands so much of what we say now.

-She loves to feed Max (my mom's dog) the apples and pears that have fallen on the ground.

-When she says goodbye, she does this cute little pincher wave with her had that is so cute.

-She has the funniest 'stink' face that she will do on command.

-My brother's have taught her to scoll when you say BYU and cheer and do "touchdown" with you say "Go Utes"

Here she is helping mom put together the cabinet

Watching mom cook dinner

Drawing picture with chalk

She loves to put on Daniel's flip flops and walk around.

Playing in the back of Dad's truck

Things I love about Lucy

She pats your back when she gives you a hug

She says hi to everyone she meets

She says 'bye' every time she leaves the room, and keeps saying it until you say it back

She loves to point out her belly button (and she always has to pull up her shirt to do it)

She is starting to try and repeat the words that you say

She thinks she is funny and has the cutest fake laugh she does when people around her are laughing

She always screams when she tickles you

Her hair is getting long enough for true piggy tails

She loves to be outside

She picks the green strawberries and eats them, stem and all

She sticks out her tongue when you ask her where her tongue is

She always has to have fabric in her hand to suck her thumb

She loves to put her purse on her shoulder and push her doll's stroller around the house

She has started to sit in funny areas: the empty bookshelf in our room, the bottom shelf on the sofa table in the living room

When she hears a noise, her eye brows go up, her eyes get big, and she says 'ooh'

Lucy is 15 months

Lucy had her 15 month appt this week and is doing good. Here are her stats.

Weight - 18 lbs 12 oz (3rd percentile)

Height - 29.8 inches (32nd percentile)

Head - 18.3 inches (69th percentile)

She is just a tiny little thing, but the doctor isn't concerned. She is so much fun and has been the best baby ever! She is learning something new everyday. Here are some of the things she is doing right now.

She loves to smile and wave at everyone

She likes to turn in circles, and then claps at herself after

She knows what a doggy says and has almost gotten down what a cat says

She can point to her nose, tongue and belly button

She is running everywhere

She loves to go outside and gets upset whenever anyone leaves and doesn't take her

She loves tomatoes, oranges, string cheese, strawberries

She still takes two naps, most days, which mom likes

Some of her words are please (pees), up (ouf), out (ouf), no, yes (ya), shoes (shoos), juice (juus), mom, dad

We love her more than words can say and are excited for #2 to come to our family!

Lucy was playing on the rocking chair the other day and she was giving me the cutest little poses. She is so much fun. Her new favorite thing is to tickle people. She thinks it is pretty funny. I just need to teach her not to tickle people's faces.

Here is her cute little smile with her 6 teeth

Strike a pose!

"this is my serious look"

CHEESE!!

Halloween fun

Thanks to everyone who came to our Halloween party, it was fun to see you!

Here are Steph's cute girls!

Lucy with Uncle Jon

Piglet, Eeyore and Grandma Lu

Lucy changes everyday. We are having so much fun with her and her little giggle is the highlight of our day.

She loves candy and claps when you give her something she likes.

She drank out of a straw for the first time this weekend and has started to walk along the furniture.

She loves to be standing.

She loves to pull all the books off her shelves (I had to move the paper back ones, because she likes to eat them)

She likes to help her mommy (by pulling out all of the clean dishes and throwing them on the floor)

It is hard to get pictures of her now, because she likes to grab at the camera.

She has three teeth, with a fourth on its way.

Lucy loves her Daddy and is so proud of him! He made Super Starter at work! We love him so much and are so grateful for all the hard work he is putting in for our family!!