4 Months!

Today Lucy is 4 months old! We celebrated with a trip to the doctor yesterday. More shots and vaccines. One vaccine they give her orally and she just hates it. The nurse said most babies don't mind it because of the sweet taste but not our spunky gal. She got back at the nurse by spitting it out at her face. Lucy now weighs a whopping 12 pounds 9.5 ounces! This keeps her right where she was 2 months ago, at the 28 percentile for weight. We were a little surprised to find out she is 25 inches long which puts her at the 80th percentile for height. It isn't a predictor of future height or anything, but it all makes sense since she hasn't fit lengthwise as well in her footy pajama clothes. Just this weekend we switched out her clothes so she's started to wear 3-6 month sizes.

Grandma and Grandma Marvin paid a visit last weekend. I had Friday off from school because of parent/teacher conferences so it worked out great to spend a long weekend together. Lucy rolled over, albeit reluctantly at first, for both of them. She is so close to rolling over from her back to her front. She gets about halfway over and then just needs a little "umph" to get her over the rest of the way. I can't believe March is half way over. One more week before spring break! Woo-hoo!!

3 Months!

Auntie Amber and her valentine

Lucy and her best buddy

Dear Friends and Family, thank you for reading our blog! We are so thankful for our baby girl and so proud of all the new things she’s learned to do. Last weekend Amber came to Colorado for a visit and we had a great time. Lucy saved her first laugh for Aunt Amber. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see it because I was at school but Brian said Lucy laughed for about 5 minutes watching Cooper run around and jump over things. I’ve caught a glimpse of her laugh since and it’s super cute. I’ve been busy doing everything I can think of to get her to laugh and sometimes it works and sometimes I get a look like “mom, please.”

Another exciting thing happened this past Wednesday. I was at an evening meeting at school and when I got home Brian said Lucy rolled over for the first time. He said she did it once and he thought it might be a fluke but then she did it two more times for him. She hates being on her stomach so much she didn’t take long to figure out how to get off it. It seems like a bit of a conspiracy that she does all her “firsts” when I’m not around but that’s okay. Of course when I got home we put her on her belly again and she didn’t roll over. This morning I got out the camera and got to see her roll over for the first time for mommy and caught it on video! That’s almost as good as the real first time, right?

Her personality is developing much more quickly. Lucy loves:
· Being held to face out
· Her Bumbo seat
· Cooing at her mobile
· Being in her bathtub
· Riding in her stroller

She hates:
Getting out of the bathtub
Her daily application of lotion
Having her neck cleaned (she has quite a chubby neck)

We still can’t believe what a happy baby is, it was hard to think of things she doesn’t like. She smiles all the time and it’s hard not to smile right along with her. We wish you all the same amount of joy she brings us!

Rollin' rollin' rollin'

Lucy and Elliott

Cousin Amy and Baby Lucy

These past two weeks were super exciting in the Reid house. We had visitors galore including my cousin Amy and her husband Ryan and our friends Alissa and Tai Ward. They came last Saturday from Chicago and we got to have Alissa and her baby girl Elliott for the whole week. Elliott was born three weeks before Lucy but as you can tell from the pictures-that’s where the similarities stop. It was so much fun to have two adorable baby girls together and it gave me a little bit of empathy for what it must be like to have twins. Alissa and I will be able to embarrass our girls when they’re older with the pictures we took of them in their matching outfits.

Lucy is changing so much! She smiles so frequently and has begun to coo much of the time. She likes to grab at the rings and animals that hang from her floor gym. She is consistently sleeping until around 4 am which feels like an eternity compared to what she has been doing so far.

Unfortunately, I will be heading back to work much sooner than we had planned. Brian found out on Friday that his position at work had been eliminated. His company laid off lots of workers that day and of course the timing is difficult with my maternity leave. I am starting back to work on Monday, February 8. I’m very sad to leave Lucy and not looking forward to going back to work so soon but I know Brian will enjoy his time at home with our sweet baby girl. Keep your fingers crossed that he finds a new job soon!
Love, Crystal

Future Money-Maker
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Lucy just turned 2 months old on January 13th. Thursday we took her to the doctor for her 2 month check-up. We learned that she weighs 9 lbs, 15 ounces and is 22 1/2 inches long! She's in the 56% percentile for height, 44th for head size and 27th for weight. At least she can say that at one point in her she was tall and skinny!

Lucy has dry skin which isn't uncommon for a baby and the Colorado climate doesn't help it much. The doctor thinks she might develop baby eczema so we're using hydrocortisone on some dry patches. She also has a wicked case of cradle cap, poor thing. She got her immunizations and, understandably, did not like it one bit. She was a real trooper though.

Brian's work hours have changed slightly so now he's working from 7:30 to 4 and is usually home before 5. We love it because it means he has more awake time with Lucy before she heads off to bed. We're excited for a few visitors in the next couple of weeks-Crystal's cousin Amy and her husband Ryan visiting from Iowa and then our friends the Wards with their baby Elliott. Can't wait!

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