Lucy's new habits

Now that Lucy has passed the one year mark, she is trying out new things. First, she is following in her mother's footsteps and is starting to grab as many books as she can. Here Lucy is trying to decide which book she will consume next:

Since I can't read yet, I guess I'll just chew

We went to the library today. For the first time, she got more books than Jacob did. Oddly enough, I checked out items for Lucy, Jacob, and Angie but nothing for me. As Jacob says, "Oh well, maybe next time." Though he usually says that about sitting on the potty and not having anything to show for it.

Lucy is also crawling around like crazy. She can pull herself up to standing on furniture, cabinets and knees. Sometimes she pulls herself up on the back of your knees which makes it awkward to lift her (which is what she really wants). She'll cruise around on the furniture when there's something she wants, like a toy Jacob is playing with. I'm sure walking is only weeks away.

You'd pick me up, wouldn't you?

She's begun the habit of sticking everything in her mouth except for food. Consider what she did with this scoop:

She kept blowing it out, maybe expecting some musical note like she gets from the recorder. Hopefully we'll snag some video of her playing the recorder. So far she only has one note down but can vary the volume quite a bit.

Today's lunch required that I tempt her to open her mouth with a cheerio while I snuck in a spoonful of veggies and meat mixed together. I did giver her the cheerio after each bite. I think of it like a chaser. What does Lucy think of it? If only she'd start using words. Maybe next meal.

Lucy on the move!

We have been waiting expectantly for Lucy to start crawling. She is showing lots of signs. She will get up on her hands and knees sometimes. If she is sitting and wants something out of reach, she will stretch and stretch for it. Not one to give in to frustration, Lucy will roll onto her tummy to see if that puts her closer. If not, she will rotate herself and roll sideways towards an object. Unfortunately, the video camera has not been ready when this happens, but she has done it a couple of times. It's an amazing trick to see.

I hope she does not get used to doing it, because then she might not bother with crawling or walking! I suppose jealousy of Jacob will eventually kick in and motivate her to walk. She does admire him quite a bit. Lucy sometimes just stares at Jacob, who is undoubtedly fascinating. Sometimes she grabs at him, with Jacob responding, "Lucy, be gentle." Or, "Put Lucy in swing!" Maybe someday it will be a mutual admiration society, but today is not that day.