Lucy...

... has just started walking backwards and thinks it's hilarious (and something to be proud of).

... looks bigger in just a week and is saying so many new words and phrases (what's that, oh wow, trash, cheese, go).

... pointed to the fridge, did the sign for more (& says "mo, mo") and then backed herself up and sat in the booster chair. My mom looked at the clock, and it was 11:50, time for lunch.

... when Bryan and I come in she smiles big and runs to us for hugs. The other day we snuck into her room (at my parents apartment in Dallas) after she was asleep in the pack-n-play, which is at the end of the bed where we were sleeping. In the morning when she woke up, she was talking and singing and we just listened to her. Finally we sat up in bed so she could see us, and she was so excited she jumped and stood up and started laughing.

... brings a lot of joy each day.