What a beautiful day for a baptism!

Today was a really special day for us because Lucy was baptized! And what a beautiful day it was. Mark and I felt strongly about having her baptized since we want her to grow up going to church, having a good relationship with God, and living a prosperous Christian life. The whole family came to witness and I know Lucy loved being spoiled by all of her family! (She is definitely one loved little girl!)

The actual baptism was actually pretty funny. Of course it's my luck that not even 5 minutes before we were to go on the stage she has a big blow out. She's usually not a very smelly girl but this one was awful to say the least! Somehow she lost a shoe beforehand and was chewing on it and since she was awfully grumpy from getting up at 5am and only taking a short 20 minute max nap, I didn't want to take it away from her and have her fuss. So here we are on stage with her pretty dress hiked up, one shoe off and one show in her mouth, with a full, sticky diaper. She was pretty funny though and was making everyone laugh. :)

Afterwards, we all took pictures outside. Did I mention what a gorgeous day it was?

Group shot.

Lucy and Aunt Jen

Lucy with her Grandma & Pop-Pop

Lucy with her Pappy & Mimi

Lucy with all of her grandparents.

Family picture.

After we left church, we hosted a brunch at the WestLawn Inn. Despite having a very sleepy baby who was fighting it and just way too interested in everything else besides sleep, I would stay everything turned out nice.

Uncle Dave, Aunt Mina, Uncle Mike, & Uncle Brent

Mimi, Pappy, & Aunt Fallon

Daddy, Pop-Pop, Grandma, Aunt Staci, & Ashlyn

Grandma, Paw-Paw Brion, & Brian

Oreo pops I slaved over for 2 days, lol.

This is what we were doing trying desperately to get her to take a nap! (No such luck.)

Beautiful cake made by Gramma.

She loves drinking water out of cups! Such a big girl.

Checking out her new cool chair.

Thank Aunt Staci, Uncle Jeff, & Ashlyn for my awesome chair!

Luke 3:21, 22 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”

God bless my baby girl! <3

 

P.S. Before I click post I wanted to leave you with some pictures I've taken the past few days (including a few in her baptism gown).

 

Hope everyone has a great week! Xoxo

Happy Easter!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter today! The Easter bunny came to the Lagana household and that girl of ours definitely got spoiled to say the least. First off, I want to show you Lucy's new trick...

That's right.. she's now sitting up! How big does she look now? Looks like the next step will be crawling. Yikes!

So this morning we woke up early and headed to church. Lucy did very well and slept the entire hour during service like a good little girl. We then headed to Rod 'n Reel for brunch to meet my family.

Lucy loved brunch too because she got to suck on a lot of yummy fruit!

Mark and I at brunch.

We even saw the Easter bunny there!

After brunch we all went outside on the pier to get some family pictures.

After brunch, we headed home so Lucy could get a very much needed nap. When she woke up she got to open up her Easter basket from the Easter bunny!

This year she got a lamb stuffed animal, a book, Mum-Mum's, veggie sticks, stacking cups for the tub, barretts, bibs, pacifiers, and butt paste. :) Afterwards we headed up to my dad and Kim's house so Lucy could spend Easter with her uncles and of course her Pappy and Mimi. She definitely loved being center of attention!

Easter basket and goodies from Mimi & Pappy.

Opening her present!

Playing with daddy, Pappy, and my uncles...

It's days like today that makes me realize what a blessed life I live.

HAPPY EASTER! xoxo

5 months.... & Easter is on it's way!

Isn't this the cutest little 5-month-old bunny you've ever seen?

I know she sure is excited about her first Easter coming up in a few days! It feels like just yesterday I was newly pregnant on Easter and thinking to myself, "Next Easter we'll have a 5 month old baby!". It felt like it would take forever to get here.. but that it certaintly didn't. It's hard to believe Lucy is already 5 MONTHS! Crazy! As promised, here is her update:

Age: 5 months!

Weight/height: Not sure but if I had to give my best guess, I would say she's 14lbs and 25in long.

New milestones: She can now roll both directions, tummy to back and back to tummy. She is so obsessed with her feet these days too. I even caught her holding her feet in her sleep the other night. She can pull herself up to sitting position and can sit for a few seconds but still isn't very balanced. She's almost got it though!

Sleeping habits: Well, I don't want to jinx myself but the past week she's been much, MUCH better and only waking up one time for a quick little snack and she's sound asleep for another 5-6 hour stretch. This we can deal with. :)

Physical changes: Her hair is continuing to grow and it's starting to get longer. Her eyes also seem to be a blueish/green lately.

New favorite toy(s): She's still loving her excersaucer, swing, and jumper.

Likes: Cracker puffs! She could eat them.all.day.long if I let her!

Dislikes: Getting out of the bath and anyone taking anything away from her that she wants!

Any other new updates: She is starting to eat baby food every night for dinner but she doesn't seem to love eating from a spoon that much. She much prefers to use her hands and feed herself (go figure!). She seems to like bananas and sweet potatos but not a big fan of apples (they seem too tart) and green beans (they give her lots of gas!). We'll slowly introduce more and more so I'll keep you updated!

This past Sunday we got the family together to celebrate Mark's dad & Staci's birthday's as well as an early Easter dinner. It's always a good time getting together with the family and most importantly, the food is always sooo yummy. :) Here's some pics:

Uncle Mark & Ashlyn

Ashlyn & Lucy

Allan opening his birthday presents.

Staci opening her presents.

Ashlyn opening her Easter basket I made her.

Lucy showing Pop-Pop her cool shades.

Allan's cousin, Gina, had dinner with us! It was so nice meeting her.

Mark, Allan, Gina, Yvonne, & Jeff

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!!!