evidence of the monstrosity of the last week:

lucy's cutting her top two teeth and she's been a cranky mess.  all she wants to do is be held by me.  this is so not like her normal self.  she's always such a happy, independent little girl.  can't wait till she finishes teething!  at least i know what's wrong with her.  last time when her bottom teeth were coming up we didn't know and she was a cranky mess and i thought omg what happened to my sweet girl someone took her and replaced her with a monster.  well at least this time i know it's short lived.

in other lucy news she's been talking and repeating all kinds of words.  a few of her words she's saying now: ball, pop, bubble, da da, gon(chinese grandpa), yum yum which sounds more like nom nom, fish with a silent f, hat, kick, and my mom claims she said lucy the other day.

she's been doing this cute little wiggle and shake of her shoulders when she hears music.  i need to work on getting some video footage of this.  she also kicks and throws the ball which nate is extremely proud of.  i hate to see the day when she tells him "i don't want to play ball daddy."

she loves shoes, and tries to put them on her feet.  she even tries to pull other kids shoes off at the library.

still not walking yet.  by this time both nate and i were walking pretty strong.  nate started at 10 months and i was 11 months.  well at least she's getting more practice with my parents here.  lucy's got some catching up to do.  

cute barrets that grammy made

cranky mess!

crank face because my parents stopped for a picture

bowling

learning to feed herself

lucy had a taste of oranges for the first time this past week.  she gnawed on the orange till there was only pulp left and juice running all over her arms.  that girl wont eat her normal food but when it comes to fruits she'll take any of them.

nate is very proud.  watching the tour de france as she signs bicycle.

hello?

ah ma, ah gon are here!

lucys ah ma and ah gon are here!  yay!  they arrived monday night and we went to pick them up.  lucy had her own little sign that said grandma and grandpa in chinese on it.  when she saw them for the first time she could not stop smiling.  i wonder what was going through her mind as she saw them in the flesh for the first time.  she's always only seen them on skype.  but she definitely knew them and who they were.  she had a permanent smile on her face the whole ride home.  she couldn't stop staring at them.  it's been great since they've been here, all the extra helping hands.  i can feel a change in myself already after two days.  so much more relaxed and at ease.  we went and ran errands yesterday and nate and i both noticed how much easier it is with my parents being here.  too bad there not here all the time but i'm going to enjoy it for the next 2 months.

lucys 11 months today!! she just started really using her little walker around.  this started monday after i took her to the little gym where all the other kids were all walking.  immediately after she came home she jumped on that walker and started pushing it along.  prior to that she'd been cruising on furniture and our hands but she really didn't like to use the walker.  see i always knew she just needed a little motivation!

we also worked on finger painting over the weekend.  it was fun for us and lucy!  i'd like to have more art projects for her to do.

gift my aunt sent for lucy

daks outfit!

lucy loves this hat, its my dads

littles birthday party

ashley and bobby, lucy's seen bobby 3 times this week!

yesterday lucy got to experience one of her friends 1st birthday partys.  it was super cute!  i love to see her play and interact with other kids.  i think she really enjoys being around other kids her age.  it was also fun for nate because he got to see lucy hanging out with her friends.  he's never experienced that and said it was interesting to watch her just go off and play with the other kids.  he also got to meet some of my new mommy friends that i'm always talking about.  i'm looking forward to getting together with them this month for "moms night out."

lucy got a bunch of kisses from the birthday boy it was beyond cute i wish i had a picture of her first boy kiss.  he went straight for the lips too!

bobby, lucy, cora, ryan

these two are so funny! lucy was getting cranking at the end of the party and little bobby said here let me help you with that leaned over and gave her a nice shove to the ground.