She barks, she quacks, she says "moo" & she said "da-da"

What a month it's been for Lulu and Coops! We continue to be amazed at how rapidly they are changing... The biggest thing that happened this month is that Ms. Lucy said her first word!!!! (you guessed it - "da-da").

Obviously Lucy doesn't understand "pregnancy" or "labor & delivery" just yet otherwise I suspect she would have uttered another word. Evidently, at this stage in the game, linguistically, it's just easier to say "da-da" - plus D gives her chocolate (no baby, when you read this, I don't). Back to the initial talking thing... Cool thing is Lucy can even see a picture and respond with "da-da" when asked who that is - pretty neat little parlor trick we think! She's also quite adept at quacking, barking at Samson, and saying "moo" to a Chick-fil-A cow.

Cooper hasn't spoken his first word yet but continues to be a chatterbox as it relates to sounds and laughter... Speaking of laughter - how's Coops look wearing daddy's boxers around his neck? Great way to assist in the laundry party, huh?

The kids continue to develop in such neat ways... (and yet so differently). Just like with crawling Lucy dabbles with standing/walking... she pulls-up to her feet and has "cruised" from one end of the couch to the other while holding on... Coops - not so much. He's content to sit when given the option, crawl wherever he'd like to go, and stand when placed on his two feet (he loves staring out the window and banging on the glass). He doesn't desire to pull-up. We suspect he'll go from crawling to sprinting once he sees how quickly Lucy can get around. One big thing he can do though - A "Stevie Wonder" impression that could win a contest (how 'bout them apples!?). When lying down we say "Stevie Wonder, Stevie Wonder" and he closes his eyes, grins, and rapidly moves his head back-and-forth... it's a HOOT! We think he just does it when he's happy but (again, another great parlor trick) - he does it on command!

The other biggest news on our front is that Ms. Lucy has her eye surgery on Thursday, 3/20. We're so grateful that we have such wonderful doctors taking care of things and they really gave Jules some comfort at the pre-op meeting last week. Still - it's our little quacking, barking, moo-ing, talking, pulling-up girl we're talking about, ya know! A whole bunch of new pictures (including camoflage Lucy - can you find her?) have been added to the picasa web album (link is at the bottom of the blog).

Until next time - love to all!