Caught Mud Handed

Bath Time

1st Driving Lesson

Lucy Two-Spoons

Lucy in a Box

Lucy the Baker

Lucy's First and Second

Couple weeks ago we celebrated Lucy's first birthday with her second pinata:

As my brother-in-law observed, we're wasting no time in teaching her the timeless principle of scapegoating. Excellent.

Alias

Lucy Byers, aka Goose, aka The Gosling, aka Minnow, aka Australopithecus, aka Chubs. And now, aka Bunny:

And just because I can't resist posting this one:

Leaven Life: Baking Tip

Don't try to bake while taking care of a baby. Baking and baby do not mix. I've attempted to bake bread several times since becoming a parent, and I usually end up with dough in trash and flour on baby.

These are two loaves of Stollen bread I baked recently while Lucy was in the care of someone else:

  

And what do you get when you make Christmas goodies while watching a 4 month old? Chocolate on baby:

Lucy

...And I'm back.

Since the last post, I have been forced to finally grow up and keep another human being alive 24 hours a day. My wife and I were going to start with a pet, like a hamster, and maybe move up to a dog or a tiger. But we decided to skip all that and went straight for the infant homo sapiens sapiens.

This is a digital 2D representation of a real 3D beeby named Lucy Anne Byers:

I know she's mine because she has my receding hairline and she often cries when a stranger holds her.