Lucy Holland: 3 Years Old

Our darling Lucy is THREE! If you ask her how old she is, she will stop what she's doing and look down at her hands until she manages to hold up three fingers, then she will respond "Just three." I love it. 

She's funny and clever and kind and brave and made up all the things a growing three year old should be. 

Lucy is amazing. Sometimes I just look at her and can't believe that I get to be her mom. She fills my heart with so much love - not only the love that I feel for her, but that she is so wiling to share her affection with me and often comes up to me out of the blue to say "I wuv you mom".  Her vision is developing and with every new milestone I am in awe at her ability and tenacity. She hasn't let her vision stop her from doing a single thing so far in her life and I am grateful every single day that her vision has developed so well to allow her to have such a beautiful life. I know that there will be challenges in the future, but for now - we aren't seeing any limitations. She climbs on counters, she rides her bike, she can swim, she can recognize faces, she can see things from far away. It's truly a miracle to us. 

(poor thing really needs to wear sunglasses outside. I pretty much always take the birthday cake pictures on the porch, but I'm going to have to find a new spot for Lucy because her eyes just can't take the brightness.)

Here are some things about Lucy right now: 

She likes: 

Playing outside

Hiking in the "baby" carrier

Playing imaginary games like "campsite" or "baby doctor"

Getting exactly what she wants

She loves: 

Playing with her babies

Her siblings

Eating candy

She doesn't like: 

The sub burning her eyes

Putting on Sunscreen

Being told no

Not getting exactly what she wants


Some adventures: 

-We hiked the path to Timpanogos Cave four times this summer. To the 1/4 mark, to the 1/2 mark, to the 3/4 mark, and to the cave. Lucy was a champ and although she hiked some, she was happy to be in the carrier for most of the hikes which I was glad for because the Timp Cave trail has steep cliff edges. This was one of my very favorite summer activities. 

-LOTS of swimming. Lucy is LOVING swimming this summer already. At the Provo rec center she would go around the lazy river over and over and over. She'd have me put her on the edge of the river and she'd jump in and let the water carry her down the way and she thought that was just the best. At our pool in our neighborhood she will climb out, walk to the edge, jump in and repeat about 100 times each visit. It was safe to say that she really really really loves the water. 

-She loves her friends and address them as "My" - "My Amelia", "My Ronan", "My Juniper". She will often tell me "I love my Ronan" or "I miss my Juniper." 

We went to the Zoo and Lucy loved looking at all the animals. She had a Harry Potter Parselmouth moment when she was watching a snake in a cage. All the other kids had already left but Lucy was so interested and engaged, she didn't want to leave. As I watched her watching the snake, the snake slithered over to her and lifted it's head up to the glass they stared at each other and tilted their heads simultaneously. It was amazing and I was a little worried the glass was going to disappear and the snake was going to be free to sneak back to Brazil. 

She loves dogs (and animals), especially Rugby and Ruby. Ruby is still tiny and she wants to "hold her" whenever we are together. 

She doesn't love when I put sunscreen on her, but she is getting pretty good at putting it on herself. She will sometimes fight the need to put sunscreen on, but most of the time she just does it. This is the same for wearing her sunglasses, except with that - she will often request that I get her sunglasses for her. 

Some other pictures from the past three months: