The Birthday Party!!

Lucia turned 1 on August 12. That means she has blessed our life for a year now (13 months now... just a late post). She has brought a lot of fun laughs and sweet moments to our little family. We REALLY love her. We always talk about how 'in love' we are with our baby girl. She has a mind of her own... and I have to admit... a bit of a controlling personality! She is extremely social! She absolutely loves other kids! And if you're a grown-up and pay just a bit of attention to her... she's all yours too!!! She's a dancer, a singer, and a climber! Absolutely loves music! I don't know if to blame the love of dance to my Hispanic background or to the Tucker's love for dances! I think it's a tie :P

Anyway here are some of Lucia's birthday pics:

With Abuela

Blowing out the candle (well... we had to do it for her)

The group of kiddos

The cake made my my mom and my aunt Claudia (who drove all the way from Vegas to be with us this day!!! Thank you!!)

Licking the candle

Trying to have her dig in... but she's too gentle :P

Yummy!!!

Requested Videos

Sorry guys... my mom requested videos (a lot of them) and I don't know how to send them through email.... SORRY! You don't need to watch... but feel free to :)
Lucia dancing to American Idol (Michael Jackson Special):



Trying to have her say dog:



Waiting in the car for the storm to pass (at Cherry Hills):



At the zoo:



Waiting for Fireworks (I'll have the actual story of that day later...):
Oh! Try to notice how she has us cheer for her :)



Walking:



Last one:



Wow! That took forever!!! No more videos for a while!

Enough hair for...

...this!Yup! Lucia finally has enough hair to hold her hair up! I've noticed that these amazingly creative Utah moms do really cute hairstyles for their little ones. Unfortunately, I'm not that creative :( But I can work it a bit! I'm excited to play with Lucia's hair... Here are a few attempts:

On a lawn mower ride with daddy:

Back to the hair...She loves to make funny faces so we laugh at her! so cute!Last one... promise! I just wish I could post them all!

Hope you enjoyed her hair :P

The video

Here's the video of Lucia practicing her new skill :o)

Our "almost" toddler

So this is a very short post... but I had to write something because I'm too excited! Today Lucia (10 months) managed to stand up on her own! She has stood up by holding on to furniture before, but this time she pushed herself off the floor... AND took her first step!!!! Thankfully, Chauncey and I were both in the room when it first happened. So we cheered for her like two crazy, proud parents! Of course, we startled her and she fell on her bum :)

Chauncey went off to work that afternoon. And when Lucia woke up from her nap, she remembered what she had learned and started standing and jumping on her feet, without holding on to anything! She did this for about 15 mins non-stop! She would get up and look at me, waiting for a cheer. And so I cheered! It was way fun for the both of us. Unfortunately, my camera was in the car, and I was watching a friend's baby and Lucia, so I have no pictures or recordings of that. But tomorrow I will wake up with my camera at hand and I promise pictures and maybe even a video ;)

Ahhhhh! I love my little girl...

Recent Happenings

So you all know by now that I'm not a very good blogger :P I update like, oh I dunno, once every 6 months! Anyway, we've done quite a few in the last couple of months. We took a trip down to Miami, where we celebrated Mother's Day a day early, Chauncey and I were able to have a mini getaway in South Beach, and Lucia had some fun in the sun (my sister has all the beach pics, sorry)! Before Florida I took Lucia to Willow Park zoo, out here in Cache valley, with some of her little friends.... Oh and I almost forgot! My friend, Claudia, had a baby boy, Maximo, and we also went to meet him! Here are just a few from many pictures taken....

Our awesome hotel!

"I love paper!"

"Did you like your present, Grandma?"

Tia Maguisa and Leyla

Grandma played the piano and Lucia played REALLY close attention to her singing!

With grandpa

Splash, splash!

We couldn't find her bathing suits, but abuela NEEDED to put her in her little pool...

At the zoo, she found two sticks that were apparently very amusing!

With friends Ryan and Claire

Lucia enjoys chewing on her straps while we go on walks.

Baby Maximo!!!

Fun Stuff : )

So, Lucia is officially crawling and pulling herself up on tables, legs, whatever she can hold onto really! I was so scared because her favorite toy is the living room table... She stands on it and jumps like CRAZY! And I really think she looks like a cute, crazy baby :) She's not super strong yet, and so she falls and hurts her head about... 5-8 times a day!!! Yah! Scary...




So we got her a cute little jumper, which she likes, but doesn't prefer it over the awesome colorless and not-so-fun table! Anyway... She jumps extremely high on that thing! Here's a clip to show it... Don't mind my loud cheering in the background :P


We also did some fun stuff outside this Easter weekend... Lucia has been interacting and playing so much. She's just a blast to be around! Love her!! And I cannot imagine our lives without our sweet, wiggly baby :)
Here we are dunking the egg :)

She did it!! With some help, of course :P

A far away, yet cute picture of our awesome little family :)