More on Lucy's Teeth

Lucy's teething has continued. Angie received a lovely Mother's Day gift, a teething ring bracelet! Lucy shows it off in its "stand alone" mode.

It won't keep her satisfied forever, though. It looks like she's found something better to chew on.


In fact, I think she wants to give the cameraman a hug!

Uh-oh! She has a fourth tooth...and what is she going to do with it?!? I think I saw this pose in a Hammer Horror film.


I guess I can't complain. Jacob did the same thing when he was her age:

Lucy's New Accomplishments!

Lucy is starting to make big strides in growing up.

First, she's improving her eating. A month and a half ago, she started eating Cheerios (while flying to Minnesota). Feeding them to her has been lots of fun. Not just for her parents, either: aunts, godparents and even Jacob have gotten some Cheerios in her mouth. About a month ago, she learned to pick up Cheerios, which she would drop or throw in any direction other than her face. This week, she has put two and two together and wound up with a mouthful of toasted oat goodness. She is quite proud of this accomplishment:

At least, I think that's pride. Or it might be making an effort to fill her diaper.

She's also upped the ante on the tooth market, debuting number three:

With the off-set tooth on top, we aren't sure if she's going for the vampire look or the hockey player look. We are sure that she's very cute.

Another development: her mobility is increasing at an alarming rate. She is crawling quite fast. She can pull herself up to standing on furniture, gates and railing. She's starting to cruise around furniture from this standing position. Right now she's rather wobbly, but she is practicing every day. No doubt she will be walking independently soon. Far too soon!

Jacob is starting to worry that Lucy is taking all the attention. But he is too cool to throw in the towel yet:

Lucy's two-fer

Lucy has finally done it! It only took Jacob four months (which took us by surprise when it happened). Lucy has done it in just under eight months. Since she took twice the time, I suppose she wanted to show twice the results. I asked her if I could take a picture and she sort of accommodated me:


In case you don't see what I'm writing about, here's a close up:


I told Lucy she could put on a better show. She did not let her daddy down:


Again with the close up:


Lucy is now a two-fer toother. No wonder she's been waking up so many times in the past few days! Hopefully she will settle down again.