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

Happy Thanksgiving

Daddy's little girl already

Grandma and Grandpa Marvin

Lucy's not to sure what to think of bathtime yet

We can't believe it has been two weeks since Lucy came into the world. These two weeks have gone by so fast! The first few days at home were mostly spent watching Lucy in her light box. Luckily, her jaundice improved enough that we only had to keep her in the light therapy for 3 days. She hated not being held and we hated not being able to hold her but we've made up for lost time!

Lucy had lots of visitors the first week including friends from Crystal's school. Then, Saturday morning Grandma and Grandpa Marvin arrived from Iowa for a week of snuggling. We picked them up at the train station and Lucy hasn't been put down much since! We all enjoyed the Thanksgiving dinner than Brian cooked, although Lucy slept through most of it. She has been a fickle sleeper, she prefers to be held, rocked or bounced over laying down in her cradle. We're hoping that changes soon so mom can get some sleep during the night.

She got her first bath on Wednesday. Who can resist that baby smell? Today we took her to her two week appointment She weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce so she isn't quite up to her birth weight just yet. We were told the was most likely because she was jaundice and thus not a very good eater for the first few days. She's doing much better now, in fact she's quite a little pig at times.

It was easy to decide what we are thankful for this Thanksgiving. A beautiful, healthy baby daughter and our loving and supportive family.

Welcome Lucy!

She's here! And a girl! Lucy Alaina Reid arrived at 8:36 pm on Friday, November 13th, her due date. I went to work that morning as usual and taught for about an hour before I started having contractions. I was not a very effective teacher that morning so I left at 9:30 and drove home. Brian came home soon after and we left for the hospital pretty much right away because my contractions were very close together. The ride to the hosptial was one of the longest half hours of my life!

For a first baby she came pretty quickly and I pushed for an hour and a half before we got to meet her for the first time! She was smaller than we thought she'd be and had more hair than we thought she'd have. It is hard to tell from the pictures but the color is a reddish blond. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20 inches long.

So far in her first 24 hours of life things have been pretty hectic. Lucy and I have different blood types so she was at risk for jaundice. After a couple of tests it was determined that her bilirubin levels were too high so she has begun light therapy, hence the glow worm picture! She doesn't seem to like the blue light much but she's being a trooper!

We are overwhelmed with love for our baby girl and I've never seen a prouder papa. We are so lucky to be her parents! Thank you for all the love and support. Love-Brian, Crystal and Lucy