Becoming A Person

This photo was taken after she pushed the upholstered rocking chair in her room up to her dresser and pulled out most of the CD's and necklaces in the top drawer. I went to see what she was doing, and this is what I found, standing in the rocking chair.

She calls her new piece of clothing a hat. Obviously, potty training is going really well.

I put her down for her nap, with the underwear still on her head. And she still had it on, two hours later!

















Today she also said the following phrases:

Oh My Gosh!
Brown Shoes - CUTE!
Stop Whining

I guess it's time to reel in the language. Thankfully, no audible swear words yet. Utterly amazing!

A Little Bit of Minnesota, Right Here In Jaw-Jaw

*Note: That's GEORGIA for all you Northerns who don't understand the bastardized southern version of the English language.

Everyone put your hands together for....

Baby Bonk number two! We've had a little secret that we've only told a few (hundred, it seems), but now that I'm almost thirteen weeks, it only seems right to make the announcement official on Baby Coffee. We've got baby number two on the way. If I haven't returned your phone calls, or even made contact with you over the holidays, it's simply because this tiny little baby has been beating me down. Making me sicker than sick. It's been a miserable three months. It seems I'm starting to feel better since I'm eating more than crackers, soup and water.

Today I went in for one of those ultrasounds they give OLD pregnant women, and everything is looking excellent. The doctor asked if I wanted to see if it was a boy or a girl and I was surprised they could even determine the sex that early. I thought it wasn't until 20 weeks. Oh so wrong! We could see very clearly that this Baby Bonk is a BOY. I was so stunned and shocked I forgot to get the ultrasound image from the technician. I was SURE I was having a girl. I've been saving pink outfits for 2+ years now and have a pretty good store started in my parents basement.

Now it's onto to the name game for the next 6 months. Suggestions always welcome, but not necessarily taken.

The next Bonk chapter arrives sometime on or around July 20th. Thankfully, before the dreaded month of August in Atlanta.

Happy 2008

The Last of 2007

Christmas Eve: The cousins enjoying a bowl of frozen blueberries before heading off to bed.

















Christmas morning. The most adored present in the place. And it wasn't Lucy's!

















Christmas afternoon. The only way to get her to smile was to include a lollypop in the photo.

Projects. Lucy loves nothing more than projects and a screwdriver. Finally, the laundry room is getting the addition of cabinets which will now make it my studio/laundry room. Then, I can finally unpack all my studio stuff. It's been in boxes since March!

Stay tuned in 2008...

Merry Christmas!

As you can see, Lucy is very excited for Santa to come with lots of presents!

In other exciting news, Lucy got her cast off on Wednesday. She's taken long luxurious baths each day since and is very happy to have her pink friend gone.

Happy Holidays to everyone. Our holiday card is a little late this year, as we've all been sick, sick and sick. Look for it remarketed as a Happy New Year card.

Still Tickin

Thanksgiving was mellow and mild. All enjoyed the visit from Grandma Sue. We were just settling into a late Sunday afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa's when Lucy tripped and fell in the kitchen. When the crying lasted a little longer than usual and she played, but without using her right arm, we suspected an injury. One fairly quick visit to the local childrens emergency care station and this is what we came home with:



















First xrays, then a splint for two days. Then on Tuesday morning a full cast.
























Poor child broke both the bones in her right arm and will have the cast for at least 3.5 weeks. After that, she may still need a smaller cast for another week. All things considered, it hasn't slowed her down a bit. It's like everyone says - kids are incredibly resilient and adaptive. Now our biggest challenges are to find shirts to fit over the cast. And, to bath a dirty two year old without getting the cast even the wee teeniest bit wet. Any suggestions?

The Pensive Side of Lucy

This photo is a long overdue picture of Lucy's favorite toy from Wendy.

Halloween '07

As I gather my belongings for an out of town weekend without Ken and Lucy, I leave you with a few holiday photos. Lucy gives Halloween and CANDY CANDY CANDY CANDY CANDY CANDY CANDY a big high five.

And her version of Trick Or Treat = Cracker Treat.

























An ode to Grandma!

Ponys and Bugs

The first ponytail





Ladybugs invade neighborhood Halloween party



































































































The little bug, always running away. We see lots of her back these days.

A Run Through The Park

Photo Backlog

This is what life is like with Lucy. Always in motion, motion, motion



















We went to a small local outdoor concert. Lucy had a blast, and so of course did we.

















My lastest inspiration is the stage the band played on.

















This is how Lucy feels about most hugs. But, she enjoys playing with her new friend.

















The lake only a few blocks from our house. A few very hilly blocks, but it's still close. So close, that we may be drinking out of this hole if it doesn't rain around here soon.

























The favorite new backpack.












































Lucy created this stack of blocks all on her own. She's a block stacking master.


























More original creations

























And lastly, it should be noted in BOLD, that most, if not all photos are taken by Dad.

Same Blog, New Look

Now that things have settled down here slightly, I decided to spice things up at Baby Coffee. And by spice things up, I mean, let's try this out as a photo blog. And what I mean by photo blog is, more photos, less words. And all that could come out of this trial is more postings and less procrastination. Let's try it out -when blogger fixes some big problem it is currently having. The one day I decided to start a photo blog, I get the following error:

Unable to upload photo. We are aware of this problem and currently working on a fix

Maybe on Tuesday I won't be sabotaged? Stay tuned!

Lucy's thoughts

How can I get my hands on that camera? Someday, it will happen. I've been close, but I'm not fast enough yet. I need to continue my sprints training.















Finally, the box of 64 REAL crayons. I'm so over the fat and washable ones. Elmo's face needs some green, to offset the red.














What are you looking at?














No, really - what are you looking at? It's only 85 degrees outside. These are the new ATL trendz.














Cut it out, you are making me laugh. I'm gonna have to hurt you.

Happy Birthday To All

To start the posting today, I have two hysterical (well, at least we think so) videos of Lucy showing off her counting and alphabet abilities at the dinner table. For the latter part of the summer, dinner always came after the pool, and thus Lucy was only clad in a diaper. This also helped with the dirty clothes factor, since we'd just throw her in the tub and rinse off the dinner grime all over her body.

For your viewing pleasure:






Summer is officially over in Atlanta since our local pool is now closed. We went swimming for the last time on Saturday and it was chilly! A cool 80. Lucy didn't swim much and preferred to eat snacks and run around the pool watching the big kids do dives in the deep end.

On Sunday we had a birthday party for our Virgo family members, which include my father, 9/13, the twins who turned four on 9/16, and Lucy who will turn TWO on 9/19! It was like Christmas with all the presents and wrapping paper. We hosted the event in our home, and although it was a bit cramped with all the presents and cakes and people and toys, it was still a nice first gathering at the new house. We feel lucky to be able to celebrate all the Atlanta birthdays together with people ranging in age from 2 - 91!

Grass needs to be mowed, no matter what the occasion, or attire.














Cake - not so much. For Lucy, it's ALL ice cream (the soy kind), ALL the time. She asks for it at least once a day.













A rare moment with the Holy Grail.













The two cakes. One in honor of Teagan, Ramsey and Grandpa. The other, for Lucy without eggs, milk, or nuts. She of course didn't care for cake and just wanted ice cream.














The twins playing in the sand box we made for Lucy's birthday. Notice, Lucy is nowhere to be seen. She prefers to play in the pile of 'run off' sand at the bottom of the drive way.