*yawn*

Life is crazy hectic right now! That is usually how I like it best, but I.am.tired!

The school year is quickly coming to a close... I am so excited that there are only three weeks left! Of course, these three weeks are jam-packed with assessments, projects, and end-of-the-year activities, so it isn't exactly smooth sailing, but I can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am very excited to spend the summer with my snuggle puppy! We are going to sign up for gymboree classes, go to story time at the library, and spend time with our friends at the pool! Plus our trips - we are going to be busy!

Lucy spent her first night away from home last night - we spent the night at my parents' new house! The house is lovely... but Lucy didn't think sleeping there was all that much fun. I am not too surprised. Sleeping isn't really her thing! :)

In Lucy news, she is developing the most fun, amazing personality! I love her to pieces am so excited to see what new stuff she comes up with every day! She loves to explore and watch everything! She got to go to the zoo with my class this past week and my first graders had the BEST time with her! They thought she was so much fun, and she was totally in awe of them! It was so much fun to share her with them.

Lucy went to a birthday party last weekend for her friend Carter! The party was at Gymboree and she loved scooching around on the mats and hitting the air tube and the balls! She has also been spending a lot of time with her friend Samir (who is 8 days younger than she is) and it is so cute to watch them recognize and interact with each other!

I have tons of cute new pictures to download to my computer, so hopefully I can get them on here soon... but now it is 8:00 and I am heading to bed :) My little alarm clock will be waking me up every two hours, and this mama needs to catch up on some zzzz's!

I am one lucky Mama!

My first Mother's Day as a mom - Wow! I can't imagine anything better, any greater job in the world, than being Lucy's mommy. She is so incredible and I love love love being her mom!

I told Andrew that I didn't want to do anything special for Mother's Day. He and Lucy

both show me every day how much they love me, so I didn't feel like we needed to go all out just for this one day. On Friday night, Lucy gave me a card that was so perfectly sweet and summed up how I imagine she feels about me so perfectly. He even handprinted her little hand so she could sign it herself! :) There was also a gift certificate for a pedicure! Yesterday, we went on several long walks, went "swimming" in the baby pool, and then had the most fun dinner outside at Bocci! Lucy was such a little ham, LOVED going to look at the fountain, and even sat in the highchair while we ate! When we put her to bed and spent the rest of the evening catching up on DVR, I couldn't help thinking that I can never remember being so happy. This morning, I got another very sweet (mushy) card from Andrew and another gift certificate for a pedicure! This Mama will have nice-looking toes this summer :)

Lucy is at such a fun age right now! I can't believe how active and into everything she is!

*She is so excited and curious about everything that it takes her forever to nurse! Its so cute, though, so I don't mind!

*She rolls, rolls, rolls! She can get to wherever she wants to go by rolling!

*She is starting to scoo

ch forward. She puts her arms down, then pulls her knees in to her chest to kind of propel herself. Soooo cute!

*We have started taking our nightly walks with a lot of the babies in the neighborhood! It has been so nice to meet families with kids and Lucy loves spending time with the other babies! We have gotten pretty close with one family who has a son 8 days younger than Lucy! He has a ton of hair and Lucy loves to reach out and touch it!

*She is making A LOT more sounds! M, N, and B sounds are now distinguishable. We are working on Mama! :)

*Lucy loves books! We can sit her in our laps and read her a whole story, and she will look up and smile between pages! (PS - nothing will ever melt my heart as much as seeing Andrew read to his daughter! Eeeeek!)

*We are starting to be able to go for short walks in the stroller! She still much prefers the baby Bjorn, but is has been SO hot, so it is nice to be able to use the stroller for short strolls around the block!

*My Camelbak water bottle is Lucy's favorite thing ever! She loves to suck on the straw part, and we think she may have even been able to get a little bit of water up a few times! The amount of drool she can produce while sucking on it is ridiculous!

*My little ham loves it when we clap for her! "Yay Lucy!" is a common phrase at

our house!

*She is learning how to play peek-a-boo and thinks it is hilarious if she gets to pull the cloth off herself!

We are so excited about all of the fun things we have planned in the next month! Lucy has been invited to TWO birthday parties (Gavin is turning one, and a little boy in our neighborhood who walks with us is turning one also!), we are going to spend the night at Nana and Papa Jeff's new house, another trip to the zoo, starting some solids when Lucy turns 6 months (we're in no rush, but I do think it will be a lot of fun!), an end of the year pool party for school... and of course, summer is so close I can taste it! I can't wait to spend 8 weeks with my sweet girl! We are going to Maryland, New York and hopefully a weekend at the beach!

See what I mean? I am one lucky Mama! :)