Lucy at 11 months

Lucy is in the midst of a possible-sickness-but-might-just-be-bad-teething week. I don't remember Nate's teething ever being this bad, but I think we got off easy with him in that regard.

Besides the sickness/teething, Lucy is doing so well! I can't believe she will already be a year old in just a few weeks (April 2). She is finally consistently sleeping at night, going to bed between 7:00 and 8:00 and waking at 6:00 or so (I go in there at 6:30). She started pulling up a few weeks ago and has also taken a few cruising steps along the furniture. Her favorite time of day is bath time, especially if Nate is in there with her too. She also loves the park, and she squeals with laughter if Nate pushes her in the swing. (Of course, she only gives me a grin if I push her. It's all about brother.)

She repeats "Mama" and "Dada" if prompted, but I'm not sure if she knows what the words mean. She does say "ba" for ball and also says "ba ba" and waves her arm for bye bye.

She will eat almost anything I put in front of her, but her favorite things are meats (especially bologna), salty things, blueberries, breads, and green vegetables. She does refuse most cheese, beans, and avocado (but I do sneak avocado into baby food, because who couldn't love avocado eventually? It's my favorite food.). I'm suspicious that she might be sensitive to milk, but that might be my paranoia because of Nate.

She still hates being left in the nursery at church, especially at AWANA since that's in the evening. I think in the mornings in the nursery, she stops crying pretty soon after I leave, but she cries nearly the whole time in there on AWANA nights (over 2 hours). It has improved a bit now that she's mobile, though.

Lucy is a content, usually easy-going, sweet baby. :)