6 Months!

Can you believe it?

At six months, Lucy is a mommy's girl. She also loves watching her brother and playing with his toys. She has been eating solid foods for a month, but already loves all kinds of fruits and vegetables, particularly prunes, bananas and carrots. She even loves the little puffs (broken in to small pieces). Though she was sleeping through the night in Colorado, the move disrupted her schedule and she wakes up at least once a night most nights. She also still takes 2-3 naps per day.

Lucy popped one bottom front tooth at 6.5 months and the other bottom front tooth two days later. Here are her stats (unfortunately, our new doctor doesn't give us the percentages, but they're all about 40%):

Height: 26"

Weight: 15 lbs

Lucy has crazy hair that won't go anywhere but in her eyes. If I comb it back, it sticks straight up! Her eyes are still a beautiful blue, and she has the cutest little thighs. Sometimes we call Lucy a little octopus because she seems to grab anything and everything. When sitting up on her own on the rug, she can flatten completely flat over her legs and reach things she's not supposed to. She is also good at getting the remote and messing up the tv when Ty is watching. I just love my little sweetheart. 

 

Matchy matchy without even planning!

Crazy Kids

These are a few pictures of our goings on.

At our new house, we have a cool spice drawer. I made the mistake of putting sprinkles in it. Ty found them and dumped them all into a bowl (or two) then proceeded to use his construction trucks to dig with them. Very creative.

 

Lucy was a good sport while we shopped for rugs.

Just after moving in, I was invited to join a co-op preschool group with some other kids from church. Ty started in August. He goes twice a week for two hours and I teach every fourth week. It's gone ...mostly... well so far.

Ty came in the house one day wearing this. Tim says he looks like the carnival guy from Despicable Me. We've had some other appropriate comments as well on instagram.

 

I absolutely LOVE this cute dress Lucy got from either Aubrey or Grandma and Grandpa at the Pink Party. She seemed to like it too.

  Fun times before bed.

 The best little moments...

Listening intently

 Future Nashville Rock Star?

 We finally installed this little "tv" for Lucy. It's a hit.

 In fact, I came in the next morning to this little stinker. She had turned it on herself!

 Rarely, these kids act like angels.

 

Very Rarely.

A Bushel and a Peck and an Entire Trunk

We had been planning to meet Grandpa Rod at the cabin to pick apples, but he ended up going to Utah once Grandpa Gordon passed away. We headed down on our own to tackle the trees.

The cutest apple in the box

Ty loves sleeping on the air mattress in Grandma and Grandpa's "room" (ie the loft). He kept asking if Grandma and Grandpa were going to come after work.

Lucy loves carrots for breakfast!

We pretty much picked every single apple on every tree.

  And stored them for Rod to come sometime to make cider. Yum!

Grandpa Gordon

We found out on August 28th that Grandpa Alma Gordon Larsen passed away the previous night. Though it was difficult news, we felt so blessed he was able to meet and spend time with both Ty and Lucy. Grandpa Gordon was special to us because we named Ty Gordon after him. Tim's always looked up to him both spiritually and professionally, and I always liked visiting him because he made me feel special. Because I am left handed, I had a reserved spot next to him at the dinner table.

A few weeks before he got sick, I took these pictures of the kids playing with the Lincoln Logs Grandpa Gordon made for his grandkids and passed on to Ty and Lucy. I had posted a few on Instagram, so I hope Grandpa was able to see and enjoy them before he died.

Music City

 After our Smoke-House fiasco, we found a cute house in the same area. We live in a huge condo/townhouse development called River Plantation. Our house is ALL hardwood floors (which I don't like in the bedrooms) and all one story (which I LOVE). It has storage and a covered carport in back. There is also a pool just outside our door, which is great. 

A huge adjustment we are getting used to is lack of "walkability," which Louisville always received high marks for. The South in general just doesn't have sidewalks in many areas. Luckily, we live near the Harpeth River Greenway that has quite a bit of scenery for being so close to the city. The best part is that it starts in a huge park called Edwin Warner Park with miles of trails for driving and hiking plus a Nature Center we've already visited a few times. Here are some pictures from the greenway:

Even this cute turtle below (the trail follows the river, so it's close to water).

 

First item on our list after moving in was to get a rug. We rushed to several stores and then back to our first store...the Home Depot, to get this fuzzy cute rug. Ty likes it.

 Our living room mid-move in:

 ...and after a little decorating, though I'm still working on some yellow throw pillows for the couch. We also have some cute yellow and white curtains behind the couch. 

 I thought it would be a good idea to paint this coffee table we've had forever. I did not love the DIY project and am just glad it's done. Hallelujah.  

A closer look:

 

Tim's graduation gift to himself is this inflatable kayak. As stated earlier, we live by the Harpeth River, so it's been fun!

 We really haven't done much in Downtown Nashville yet, but we did drive down Broadway and catch a glimpse of all the crazy bars.

So I guess we live in Nashville now. Time to get our country music on.

"Grandpa's Cabin"

It just so happens that Tim's parents have a cabin conveniently located just 2.5 hours away on Lookout Mountain in Georgia. We had already planned to spend some time there once we left Colorado, but it ended up being our ONLY home for a week while we figured out what to do about our smoke-house. It ended up being a stressful week, but it was nice to see family!

While here, we started Lucy on rice cereal. She LOVES solid food.

Tim's sister had recently returned from Africa, where she won the award for best aunt by "adopting" baby elephants for her nieces and nephews. She gave the kids their elephant packets at the cabin. Ty and Lucy's elephant is named Murit!

Mackenzie was very excited to meet her only girl cousin! Lucy was pretty happy to meet Mackenzie too.

And, of course, we tried to take cousin pictures which ended up a little crazy (or a lot crazy).

One day we headed to Chattanooga, TN for a riverboat lunch and tour. It was a really nice day, and Ty especially enjoyed it!

Lunch on the boat:

Tim's family threw an awesome graduation party for Tim at the pool in the cabin's neighborhood. We swam, grilled steaks, and hung out. It was DELICIOUS food!

 Happy kids:

 

 A toast for Tim! 

His parents also got us gifts. I got a spa gift card (I already used for a fantastic massage), and Tim got a beautiful picture comprised of three of his Grandma Bywater's water colors and framed for his new office. CHEERS!

 Ty calls the cabin "Grandpa's Cabin" and it is about his favorite place ever. He and Matthew did great playing together and side by side. They could play for days with all of the toys in the basement.