lately

this morning, jon asked lucy if she's ready to be a big sister. her reply? "no" ... at least she has, give or take, 3 more weeks to warm up to the idea :)

sweetest girl at the park :)

lucy's very into jewelry these days- particularly bracelets. naturally, it was time to teach her the art of making dandelion ones. 

marilyn monroe moments

lucy turned 19 months on april 25th- i can't believe it! i absolutely LOVE this age. we spent our morning at the farmstead & lucy proudly named all of the animals + [loudly] imitated their noises :)

the end of april brought lots of rain- which lucy so loved discovering on the back deck. she took to hosting several rainwater tea parties leading up to may :)

...and even sweeter, rainwater dance parties :) 

cleaning up after a toddler at the end of the day is taking more & more effort from this mama. some nights all i can do is sit & stare at the state of my living room... but at least it illustrates that miss lu thoroughly enjoyed herself :)

i'm due 3 weeks from this upcoming tuesday- if it was my lucy pregnancy, i'd be delivering this little bit exactly 2 weeks from this tuesday. hoping she sticks it out until then!

i can't wait to share in those beginning moments of her life- there's nothing more magical!

happy warm weekend!

-ivy