Happy Anniversary, Father's Day and 5 months!

We have been having a busy month! Sorry for the lack of posting. Lucy is doing great, and is nearly 5 months old already! She is becoming so aware of her world, and curious about everything. Grabbing, reaching, babbling, rolling, pounding hands on the table...she is an active girl! Last weekend we went to Central Oregon to stay in a cabin for a few nights. We stayed on East Lake, an awesome place, with fishing, hiking, hot springs, and all kinds of cool volcanic things to see, as the area is the Newberry volcano, an ancient volcano. It was kind of cold this year, but we were still able to do lots of fun stuff, and Lucy experienced several firsts. She had her first boat ride (she was none too happy about the life jacket!), her first time seeing hot springs (too hot for her to go in), her first time playing with pebbles on the shore, her first time in a high chair (boy was she excited, sitting at the table with us!), her first time on a swing, which she LOVED, and her first time feeding the ducks, or rather, watching me feed them. She was mesmerized by the ducks, and it was fun for me as it reminded me of growing up in Canyon Lake and taking bread down to Indian Beach to feed the ducks. Marc had his first Father's Day, which was fun and relaxing for him. He is a great Daddy for Lucy and so wonderful with her. She loves to see him and gets excited when he gets home from work. We are both so lucky to have him in our lives! Yesterday was our three year wedding anniversary. :)

I hope that you are all doing well and loving life. Remember that each day is a gift that we are blessed to receive, and to not take anything for granted.

Cat excitement and rolling over!

Lucy is rolling over now! She did it for the first time yesterday, and now if you lay her down that is all she wants to do. She is getting so big, and interested in everything, including this keyboard! She has also become very aware of our dog and three cats, and gets super excited when she sees any of them. She squeals and laughs at them! Fortunately Gracie the dog is great with kids, and one of our cats, Uliei, is good with kids as well. We have all been well, and glad that our kitchen is finished for the most part. I will post pics of it soon. We had several friends over for a BBQ this weekend, and Lucy was a champ. So many friends helped to take care of her while Marc and I got things ready. She was so cute, I could tell she was noticing that our house was full of people and kids. I hope that she remains so easy-going. Thanks for checking in on us! Love, Koree

Beach Trip

We have been having some wonderful weather here in Oregon, and it made me desperate to hit the beach. Our kitchen remodeling is almost finished, so Marc was unable to accompany Lucy and I on our trip. It was so awesome...the beach was hot (a miracle!), and Lucy was really taking it all in. She spent a lot of time looking at the waves. I dipped her little toes in the water...too bad it is too cold for swimming without a wetsuit. I think we will need to get wetsuits as she gets older, so we can enjoy the water. It was so nice to bring her to the beach and let her check it out. We live 2 hours from the ocean, and I have to make sure to make the extra effort to get there, because I want her to grow up with it in her life. In other news, she is just fitting into her excersaucer (thanks, Stephanie and Matt) and has figured out that the teapot makes noise, so she kept trying and trying to trigger it, and she was pretty good! It is amazing to she how she is learning. I dressed her up in the dress my Dad and GranPaddy picked out when I was born and everyone finally knew that I was a girl. I do think Lucy looks so cute in it. She is getting close to rolling over and is just very aware of what is going on around her. She loves to laugh, and I uploaded a video which is poor on visual quality but great for the sound of her laughter. I hope that everyone has a great week. Love, Koree