a visit from nino

Lucy's Padrino, Jerry, came to visit this weekend. Since Lucy hasn't seen him for over a year [he lives in Texas], she was as usual, a little slow to warm up.

As with everyone, we wanted to send Jerry home with his commemorative Lucy photo. Getting their picture together before he left, however, was not as easy as it should have been. We rounded up the troops and got ready for the photo shoot. Only trouble with that - Lucy was all wound-up and thought it would be much more fun to run back and forth from Jerry to me, pausing barely long enough for me to snap a picture.

I actually think the ones I did capture are pretty funny. And yes, I did finally manage to get a cute one of Lucy and Jerry together . . . it's on it's way, Jerry.

two for tea

The summer really is the time for meeting new friends. Lucy finally met Madison, after hearing all about her for the last 14 months. [And I must say, Madison was just as adorable and as fun as promised.]

Lucy and Madison had a great time together — they paraded around the house, had a snack at the fancy new table and chairs Kristen bought Lucy [thank you, Kristen, we love them!], went for a walk, played at the playground, and even had a nice frozen yogurt treat before having to call it for nap time and go home.

Word on the street is that Madison, like Lucy, usually has play-dates with boys. As a result, she was not used to Lucy's affectionate ways — you guessed it, Madison was treated to lots of hugs and kisses. She found it a little scary at first, but by the end of the visit, Madison was leaning her head in to receive them.

Hopefully, it won't be another 14 months before we see Madison
again . . .

i love babies

Lucy [and her Mommy] met Annie for the first time today. Annie is about 8 weeks old and just as cute as a button — Lucy thought so too.

Lucy really took to Annie — she brought 2 babies with her and gave one to Annie to play with [purple baby just sort of laid on top of Annie's legs — but really, it is the thought that counts, isn't it?].

Later on, Lucy kept checking on Annie, while she was napping in the other room. Then, when Annie lost her binky, Lucy would put it back in her mouth. Lucy also showered Annie with lots of kisses — and when she couldn't kiss her face, she'd kiss her toes.

I can just imagine the fun they'll have together once Annie is a little more interactive.