Rainy Days

The past few days it has rained non-stop. And since it's not a cold rain, I have let the girls play in it. And now all their shoes stink as they are drying, but they have had so much fun. (And they are both love to make silly faces when I pull out the camera, can you tell? In fact tonight they were playing with a toy camera and seeing you could make the silliest faces.)

My sweet, silly Sami.

And Janie just loves the umbrellas. She loves umbrellas when it's not raining, so when it is actually raining, she can barely contain the joy.  

Babies just develop so quickly during the first year. It's amazing how they go from doing nothing but crying and sleeping to having such personality and doing "big people" things. My favorite thing Lucy is doing is feeding herself. I still spoon feed her the cereal and pureed veggies and fruit, but I can put her in her chair with some soft food while I get dinner ready, and she is happy until I have time to feed her. We both love this.

And she has learned how to pull herself up. She loves doing this, although it makes her nervous because she feels stuck not knowing for sure how to get down from things. 

Mostly I love what a happy baby she has become.