4- month update!

Sorry it has been awhile, but we have been busy! On Saturday Lucy turned 4 months old- wow! It's crazy how fast the time is going. She is doing great, and we had a very fun-filled month. This picture was taken on her 4-month birthday...


In late February, Lucy took her first plane ride out to Colorado! She was very well-behaved on the airplane, even on the horrendously long layover in Phoenix- she slept almost the entire way!

Walking to the plane at the SB Airport

It was a great trip. First, we spent some time in Denver visiting the Margolins. She got to meet so many family members for the first time! We also got to meet a new family member for the first time- Lucy's cousin Kennedy, who is only 1 month older than Lucy.

Lucy and Kennedy

Lucy with Papa Fred, Bubbe LoLo, and cousins Kennedy, Evan, Isabella, and Maddie

Uncle Greg teaches Lu how to party!

Lucy with Aunt Alyssa

Lucy with cousins Isabella and Evan

After Denver, we met the whole Grabowsky clan in Steamboat to celebrate Katie's 30th birthday! It was really great to be back in Steamboat, where Rick and I met. We even got 2 fabulous days of skiing/snowboarding in while Gangy (Grandma) and "Gu-Ter" (Great Uncle Terry) babysat Lucy and cousin Sydney. Lucy even got to take her first gondola ride up the mountain!

Lucy and cousin Sydney

Lan and Lu in the gondola at Steamboat

Gu-Ter, Gangy, Lan, Lu, and Uncle Matt up on the mountain

Rick, Lan, and Lucy in Steamboat... where it all started!

Lucy and Aunt Katie- Happy 30th!!!

Back down in Denver, we visited with family some more, and we had our first zoo adventure with Bubbe and Kennedy (although the girls had no idea what was going on, we enjoyed ourselves!). Lucy also got to meet lots of our Colorado friends for the first time (Conrad, Kim, Jason, Jen, Ethan, Mimi, Joe, and little Julia)!

Back in Santa Barbara, Lucy got a special visitor- Amy came to visit from Napa! We had a fun girls weekend eating, shopping, and taking long walks while Rick was busy with his boys fantasy baseball draft weekend. Thanks so much to Amy for all of her help and for making us all the fabulous dinners!

With Aunt Amy

Bundled up for a walk!

Within a week of her first trip to the zoo in Denver, we joined our mom's group for a trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo! We fed the giraffes with our friend Erica and her baby Lucy!

The Lucy Brigade meets Ms. Giraffe!

One of the most fun developments this month was that Lucy started laughing! There were little mini-chuckles before, but now it's the real thing. Very fun.


Well that's about all for now. We hope everyone is well and enjoying the beginning of spring!

Rick and Lu out at the Ellwood bluffs