A sweet moment

I feel like I need to hurry and write down a little experience Lucy and I had last night, before it leaves my brain. I hope to get this in my personal journal as well, but I dont want to forget any of the details, so here we go.

I should start off by first saying how sweet Lucy has been lately. I dont know if its just the fact that I know she will no longer be an only child in the upcoming months, or just that she is developing the sweetest personality; but either way she makes my heart melt every single day. She is so kind, loving, funny and happy it makes every day the best day. Yesterday as Matt and I were driving home from cleaning the office, I kept telling Lucy over and over how much I loved her, and asking her why she was being so cute, that only continued as she fell asleep on our walk in her stroller and just wanted me to hold her. Because of the unplanned late nap, bed time was a challenge. We stuck to our schedule, and I had her brushing her teeth at 8pm so that we could get her into bed. As she laid down she was all over the place, talking up a storm and wiggling all around. I told her I wasn't going to lay by her and she needed to settle down, close her eyes and go to sleep. I got off her bed and sat in the rocking chair in her room. Almost immediately she told me she needed to go potty, so up we went to the bathroom, once we finished in there, we were back in her room. As we sat on her bed she sat down next to me and said "Prayer?" So I asked her if she wanted to say a prayer and she nodded then folded her arms. (She is always reminding me what is important) We said a little prayer and read a story, then I tucked her back into bed, again.

 -- as a side note, this pregnancy I have been having quite a bit of back pain, both with contractions and my sciatic nerve, so it isn't rare for me to say that my back hurts during the day and especially at night. Last night, I was especially having a hard time, standing up, bending over, holding Lucy, walking, everything hurt!--

 As Lucy laid in bed continuing to be wiggly, she said, "Mom, my back hurts. Rub it?" I ignored her the first time, and again she said, "Mama, back hurts! Rub it?" So I walked over to her bed, painfully laid down next to her and started rubbing her tiny back. She giggled a little and then reassured me that her back still hurt. So I quietly said, "mommy's back hurts too because of baby sister." Her reply, "baby sister? I see her. I talk to her" So she quickly sat up, grabbed my shirt and lifted it up to expose my bare belly. She put her face right on my tummy and said, "Hi sister! Hi, hi hi!" then gave my tummy a kiss. As we laid there Lucy kept her hand right on my belly and kept rubbing it and patting it, occasionally saying hello to her little sis. I had started out laying there in frustration that Lucy was not already asleep, and that I was having to lay next to her... this sweet little moment brought tears to my eyes. I feel SO lucky to have such a sweet little girl in our family, Lucy is always reminding us to be happy, be thankful and to be loving. She already loves her baby sister so much, and even though some days I feel really sad that Lucy wont be our only baby anymore, I cannot wait for the love in our home to grow and to be able to watch Lucy take over as a big sister. Bedtime did not come easy last night.. after staying in her room for about an hour, I gave up and we decided to go into my room to see if she would lay on my bed. I wish I could say I was successful in getting her to sleep, and that I had kept my patience the entire time.... unfortunately, I can't. My patience ran very short, I was in pain, and I was frustrated. I got mad at Lucy which made the situation worse... so thankfully Matt stepped in and took Lucy to sleep and got her down in no time. I hate that sometimes as a mom, you over react, or your get so frustrated with these sweet little ones. The mom guilt immediately set in and I wished I could go wake Lucy up and hold her and give her kisses. But every day is not perfect, I make all sorts of mistakes, but my one hope is that I will never do anything to change Lucy. I never want her to be any less sweet, loving, kind and funny.

I am thankful for her sweet spirit in reminding me daily what is most important and keeping me on my toes. I am so thankful to be a mother, and look forward to having a house full of love as we add this new babe in a few months.

Lagoon

This last Saturday we took Lucy to Lagoon for the first time. We were there for WAY too long, but we had a great time. I couldn't ride any of the rides, except the merry-go-round and the train, but Matt got to take Lucy on most of the other rides, and then she did a few by herself. She had fun and so did we! She would get excited about the littlest things and loved going trick or treating through one of the little kiddie rides. It was a great day spent with my favorite people! 

Pumpkin Walk

This week for Family Home Evening we went to the Syracuse City pumpkin walk. Lucy loved looking at the pumpkins, taking her picture and playing on the slides! I am so glad we had such a spunky, fun, loving little girl. She makes everything so much better! :) 

A very busy Saturday

Day 3 of potty training we broke all the rules and left the house, for almost the entire day! I was really nervous that we would mess things up, but Lucy did fantastic and didn't have any accidents!! 

We started the day by heading to Black Island Farms with my sister and her boyfriend. We started with the hayride this year and picked our pumpkins. Lucy was so excited to go get more pumpkins, she seriously loves all things Halloween! She and Matt were so cute searching for the perfect pumpkin. After getting that over with, we went in to play on the slides, see the animals, eat some lunch and go through the corn maze. Lucy loved the slides, including the biggest, tallest one, and kept asking to go again and again. She is quite the little dare devil! Matt took her on the little train ride, and Lucy was excited to ride in a cow. Matt is such a fun dad and always makes every little event for Lucy so much more fun! She and I are both so lucky to have him. While walking through the corn maze, Lucy looked up at me and said "Uh oh mommy, I go potty!" Which meant she needed to go, and go right then, so, I took her into the corn and let her pee outside. haha although I was a little embarrassed at the situation, I dont know think I have ever seen anything as cute as Lucy tiny little bum squatting in the dirt! haha We had a great day at the pumpkin patch, and as soon as we got to the car Lucy passed out! It wore her right out. 

After being home for a couple of hours, napping and playing games, We headed down to Provo to LES to watch our Cougars play. The first half of the game was awesome, and I was feeling like BYU had a football team again...... then the 3rd quarter hit and everything fell to pieces. Rats! I hate when we lose, but even if we had the worst football team out there, I would still cheer on our cougars and go to the games! ha Lucy especially loves going to the games, she has a cougar claw and a pom pom she brings with her and loves to yell "Goooo Cougars!" and "By-U" Its really sweet, and cute and funny. She does so well at the games and sits still and watches the game. At this game, we were only a few minutes in and we were watching as one of the BYU football players tackled a guy and without Matt or I saying anything, Lucy yelled "Got him!" as if she was really watching the game and was proud of the player. It was so funny! She cracks me up. We enjoyed being at the game together, eating nachos and drinking sprite! We also love going because we always get to see our good friends the Ross's/Meyerhoffers. Their season tickets are just a few rows behind ours, so we see them every game! We love our Cougars and hope that they can start to have a better season! 

^^ I guess this picture would technically be the first time I've documented this pregnancy. ha, this is my belly at 20 weeks.

Halloween Festivities

 On day 2 of potty training, Matt took the day off work (which was a huge blessing) Lucy loved being able to spend the day with both mom and dad! Usually on weekends we are really busy, and grandma and grandpa are usually home, so she doesn't pay too much attention to us. :) But this weekend, my parents were gone and so we took full advantage of just being together with our little family. That night, we decided to get a pumpkin shaped pizza and paint our pumpkins. Lucy loved painting! I did this last year with her, and had her finger paint, but this year she was big enough to want to use a paint brush. She is so proud of her pumpkins and takes us outside often to look at them. She always tries to bring them inside any chance she gets, just so she can look at them! :)