The Ricks: October 2010

My Lucy girl

Lucy is growing up so fast! These past months she has learned a great deal! We are teaching her to wave hello and goodbye. Its so cute, when I drop her off at daycare I wave to her as I walk to the car, she will stair at me from the window and have her hand down to the side slowly waving. Its like she sees me wave and not knowingly waves back. She has learned sit up all by her self which is really fun! She loves sitting in the highchairs when we are out eating because she can see whats going on and try to chew on the table. She is to small yet to sit in carts at the grocery store but hopefully soon she will be big enough. At her 6 month check up she weighed in at 13 pounds 10 ounces. There is a baby in our ward that is only weeks old that weighs more then she does! But the doctor gives her a clean bill of health and has since packed on some weight. I think she will be a petite girl with a high metabolism like her father.
She LOVES kids. She gets so excited when she can see kids playing, she will be a social one I can tell. Oh and the newest thing to happen are her two lower front teeth. Yep they are coming in at the same time and she is doing so well. We have only had a couple of nights where the pain really gets to her, but with a little infant Tylenol and lots of love cures the pain (well at least until the Tylenol wears off). I am really looking forward to spending the holidays with family. Hopefully by thanksgiving we will have her crawling at least a good army crawl going. So family you are forewarned! Baby proof the house now! I look forward to teaching her how to care for a baby doll, at least teach her how to hold and softly touch a baby. All in prep for baby #2. She will be such a wonderful big sister. I honestly think the Lord gave us another child so soon knowing that Lucy needs a playmate. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful, smart, easy going baby. Sometimes I feel like I am more of a baby then Lucy.
Here are some pictures taken this morning as we were getting ready for the day, as you can tell she really doesn't like the huge flower she kept trying to pull it off. The last picture was from Sunday, she feel asleep all wrapped up on my lap...so precious!

First Snow Fall!

Wednesday morning, bright and early, I woke up to Lucy talking and laughing (as every morning) waiting for me to pick her up. As I was changing her diaper I opened the blinds (Its still dark outside and never turn on the lights that early)and notice it was snowing! Its like the kid in me comes out when I see the first snow fall. So I grabbed the camera and Lucy and I took some pictures!

Baby #2 at 14 weeks

Today I had my 14 week check up with Dr. Glenn. HOORAY I am in my 2ND trimester!! All stats on mom are looking good. The only downer- I hit the 150 mark (but I blame that on the shoes, I normal take them off but my toes look so gross lately). Blood pressure is really good and overall health is perfect. The baby has a good strong heartbeat and is measuring in perfectly. November 19Th we get our first ultrasound for the gender check. So keep your phones close family, you don't want to miss this call!
No more morning sickness THANK HEAVENS! Food cravings come and go as fast as I think of them sometimes. The one thing I seem to crave a lot of is a California sushi roll with a little of the green stuff, sorry forgot what its called. I have no real cravings for sweet things like I did with Lucy, in fact I have had serious cravings for roast. Not that sterling minds but we have had roast for Sunday dinners for the last couple of weeks. I cant eat fast food or it will literally make me so ill that all I want to do is curl up in bed and die. Don't get me wrong we eat out a time or two during the month but it we keep it as healthy as one can eating out. I have been cooking a lot more this pregnancy, mostly because lean cuisine or any pre-made frozen meal make me sick. I have found a lot of great recipes and some not so great. But I love that I can print any recipe off of Betty Crocker.com. I make a menu for a week or so and then a grocery list from that and of course pull my coupons and the worst part- grocery shopping. Ah, why cant food magically appear in your kitchen when needed!??
I notice that I am as tired as I was with Lucy but sometimes notice my weeks are harder than normal if I don't get a Sunday nap. We are doing really well with our daily schedule. Sometimes it can seem like its overwhelming and I feel like I never get the one on one time I want but every night I get to cuddle with my little one as we settle in for the night. The best time of the day is when I get to cuddle with my love bug. Talking of sleep...its late (well for me it is). Goodnight!