Little Explorer

Lucy is getting into more and more things nowadays. She's still working on pulling herself up to standing (a kneeling stance is as far as she can get), but that doesn't keep her from crawling around (quickly!) and exploring things to her heart's content. She's not opening too many drawers yet, but we know it's just a matter of time.

Baby Friend

Lucy and her old friend Milo got to catch up this morning. There was some bouncing, some crawling, and some cuddling. It was all very cute.

Conquering Stairs

Full disclosure: this photo makes Lucy look a little bit fancier than she actually is. She did get to this position on her own, but couldn't sustain it for more than a second or two. Still, I'm convinced that most of her developmental advances are coming when she's motivated to get somewhere or do something that she's not capable of getting to or doing quite yet, and she's definitely getting curious about the stairs - especially when there's an exciting cardboard box sitting just out of reach.

Bath Time

Lucy has really gotten excited about her bath of late - it's a full-body splashing experience which is very cute to watch. Of course, we often need a towel ourselves after all is said and done, but we don't mind so much.


In other news, Lucy is starting to get some anxiety around strangers - even "strangers" she sees a fair amount. It's an important developmental stage, but one that takes a little more finesse on our part than watching her learn to crawl did.

On the Move

For those of you evidence-based folks out there, here's an action shot of Lucy crawling in our kitchen.

Happy (Belated) Halloween

We took Lucy to Pennsylvania last weekend for Jon and Amy's wedding, so we didn't get to welcome any trick or treaters up here, but that didn't mean that Lucy missed out on Halloween, because we brought her costume/pajamas with us. What a cute pumpkin:


She's gotten very fancy very quickly of late. She can point (see above), which is still a bit random, but adorable. She has 3.5 teeth (the .5th is just about to pop out). And she can crawl! Whoo! We have some baby-proofing to do...