She likes hats now...

Trying to put on her toy hat and making silly faces.

Christmas 2005

Lacy made out like a bandit. And out of all the cool toys she got, her favorite, of course, was the $10 set of hand puppets from Costco. She didn't care about the rest of the presents after she opened those. We should've known. Cliff said that he's going to re-wrap some of the toys and save them for next Christmas, but we're both suckers for Lacy and I'm sure she'll get a whole new loot next year. (The tiara is a souvenir from Grandma and Grandpa's trip to London.)

Santa Hat

For some reason Lacy loves her Santa hat (up til now she'd never keep anything on her head or in her hair). She tries to put it on herself but can't quite figure it out. So she usually takes it to Cliff to put it on for her. Here she is 'jumping the couch' (you know, like Tom Cruise).

Veteran Climber

Fancy Girl

Lacy's fashion statement. (those are real baby Uggs, courtesy of our friend Christina!)

Shopping for a Christmas Tree

Church Christmas Party

...Cliff was working. And Lacy's terrified of Santa.

Walking Videos

here are two videos:

walking after one day

walking pro

I can't find my toy!

I found her there. Just playing. She makes me laugh.

The Climber

Now that she can walk, Lacy thinks she can do anything. She climbs now--into the bath tub, onto the sofa, on to the step stool...My little monkey. (This is her favorite hang out--the side of the entertainment center.)

Lacy's Walking

FINALLY...she's walking. She's not very good at it yet. But when she goes from point A to point B she walks, stumbles a little bit, but then gets back up and walks. I'll try to get some video soon.

Lacy's New Hairdo

Lacy's Tol Party

'Tol' is the korean word for a child's first birthday. Lacy had her first birthday party on Saturday and we threw in a little bit of korean culture which made it fun. My mom's side of the family pulled out all the stops on the party. And it was a GREAT party...lots of family and friends came, the food was good, the cake was yummy, Lacy was entertaining and cute as can be. We're really blessed to have so many people who love our little girl.

Also, if anybody has pictures from the party please email them to me at leahclinton@gmail.com THANKS!

Exhausted after going shopping with Mom

Lacy and I hit up a bunch of stores on the busiest shopping day of the year! We started at 8AM and didn't come home until 11:30ish(AM). She was a pretty good sport. But near the end, she didn't hesitate to let me know that she'd had enough. DRAMA!! I think I know now what the next 18 years are going to be like.

In this picture, Lacy is crawling through her little activity table and angry that she's stuck. HAHA. She dropped a toy and instead of going around it to pick it up she decided to crawl through the table instead. Cliff and I were laughing so hard...and of course we made her lay there screaming while we made sure to get a good picture--THEN we helped her out.

Lacy's been pretty entertaining these last few weeks. Her favorite hang out is on the side of the entertainment center. We removed the glass shelves a couple months ago to childproof and now it's Lacy's favorite spot to climb into...I'll have to get a picture of her in there. She can say 'hi' 'no' 'daddy' 'mama' 'eeah' (I think she means leah). And today I caught her singing 'e-i-e-i-o' along with her dvd. She dances when she hears music. She tries to wink, but ends up scrunching up her nose and squinting her eyes. She was doing this cool trick with her eyebrows, raising them up and down, up and down, but she would nod her head along with too--it was pretty funny. She's still pretty apprehensive about walking. Only taking a couple steps at a time. But she'll start any minute now.

She turns one on December 1st. (Her birthday party is Nov. 26th and you're all invited. Email me if you need details leahclinton@gmail.com) This year has gone by so fast. I feel like I can hardly remember what she was like as a tiny newborn. Thanks everyone for all of your love and support. Lacy is such a fun and bright girl and I know it's because you have all left a wonderful and loving impression on her.