That's Handy

Lucy is getting much better at using her hands. Rather than randomly flailing about she can now look at something and then grab it. Obviously she still does a fair amount of flailing, but she is getting better.

Here she is playing with a rabbit that Grandad got her from Kew Gardens because he thought it was funny. Lucy obviously agrees.

And Mummy is still trying to teach her to play filthy jazz.

Snuggle Monkey

Dad is doing quite a good job of keeping little Sprock happy and quiet.

She is having a nice little kip.

It has to be said that Dad's hands do look pretty big beside Sprock :-)

Mellon and Holly stop by

Our mates Mellon (Marcus and Ellen) have been incredibly helpful to us as we prepared for Lucy because they had their own little sprout, Holly, just 7 months ago. They have been trail blazers finding out what are the best prams and car seats and all that sort of stuff saving us massive amounts of time. So it was brilliant for them to meet Lucy for the first time. Here is Ellen having her first cuddle while Herbert's bear looks on.

Lucy doesn't have exclusive rights on being a cute baby. Holly is very cute as well.

Marcus has a go with Lucy.

Ever wondered how much a baby grows in six months? Lucy and Holly were almost identical weight at birth - but Hols looks enormous compared to Lucy. Apparently it is mainly down to Weetabix.

We all know what small hands mean? Small gloves. Lucy compares the size of her hands to Mummy's great big hooves.