Baby Lucy and Cousin Eden

The Family at a visit to Kevin Grave's house

Yes, that's a cow on her outfit (she is part Iowan after all)

Happy New Year! This new year's eve the Reid family is chillin' at home and quite frankly, we're very excited about that. We just had a great visit from Crystal's whole family. They arrived Christmas day and stayed through December 30th. Lucy got to meet her Aunt Amber and Uncle Matt for the first time. She also got to meet Cousin Eden (2 years, 3 months) and receive lots of loving kisses from her. "Baby Lucy" had a great Christmas with lots of new toys and clothes, but the biggest gift was having the whole Marvin/Reid/Hjortshoj family together.

Lucy has a cold she got from her daddy. At this point, the debate is still on as to who's actually the bigger baby when it comes to being sick. She's stuffy which makes sleeping difficult. We'll be without visitors for a couple of weeks so the excitement will die down around here. We wish everyone a happy, healthy new year!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

On Christmas day Lucy will be 6 weeks old. We most definately got the best Christmas gift ever! Things are starting to go pretty smoothly as far as night time routines and nursing. She has recently begun to like her swing which is great because up until now she hated it! She likes looking at the mobile of bears that hangs down from the top of it and listening to the music. She definately likes music, even when mommy sings. We'll have to get her hearing checked later on.

Lucy has officially met all her grandparents with a visit last weekend from the Reids. We had a great time! Lucy loved her uncles Aidan and Andy, even if she couldn't play with them much yet. She had her first trip to Beau Jo's Pizza but stayed home for the trip to Casa Bonita. For Christmas she got a pair of awesome bibs, thanks Reids!

Lucy and Papa Reid

Here's Lucy in her various Christmas inspired outfits and with her stocking. She sure would make a cute little elf, wouldn't she? Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and have a very merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years!

1 Month!

1 month old

Grandma and Grandpa Ellsmore

Lucy and Mom

Her vibrating seat


Lucy and her friend Zacary (5 months)

Lucy had her one month birthday yesterday. She has changed and grown so much in a month. Lucy had her first "Christmas" with Grandma and Grandpa Ellsmore who visited from Iowa last week. Of course she was her usual charming self-most of the time! It was nice to have them here, even for a short visit. We are thankful to all our family who is making the trek out to Colorado to see us. Although, let's face it, Brian and I are not who they are here to see!

We had a nice milestone Saturday night. It was the first night Lucy slept in her crib! She woke up more often than she had been waking up in her car seat but we're happy she's getting used to her bedroom. Hopefully now she'll start going through longer stretches without waking up but one hurdle at a time.

Friday I took Lucy to mommy get together at my friend Lauren's house. There were at least 20 babies there and Lucy was the youngest but all babies were under 6 months old. It was a big wake up call about how fast babies grow. We're enjoying her in this teeny tiny stage very much.

Love, Crystal, Brian, Lucy and Cooper