Lucy, I’m about a week late posting this, but the picture itself was taken on time. As I had mentioned last week, you’re now in that slobbery stage. I think Mary hit it at about the same time. Regardless, it doesn’t really impede your cuteness. I got you outside again for this weekly photo, and this time brought some shade with me.

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 15.

Lucy, you are sitting in my lap as I type this, which makes it darn hard! This past weekend were the first really nice days of spring, and I tried to get outside and get you in some nice natural lighting. Which is frequently good lighting. But when natural lighting is super sunny, it is less good, and all the pictures I took were terrible. But it’s too late now, so I picked the best of the batch and processed the heck out of it. So yeah, weekly picture fail. Enjoy!

PS. Right now you are SLOBBERING all over your hand. It’s kind of gross.

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 14.

Lucy, I tried to get a picture of you doing tummy time, much like Mary was doing in her week 13 photo, but I think you were still recovering from being ill, and you would have none of it. So instead I let you play with my finger and got a nice and distorted wide-angle of you making faces. Hopefully the weather will be nice and I can get you outside for some fresh air (and natural lighting).

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 13.

Lucy, you’re currently in the midst of what we thought is your first cold. And boy is it a doozy. Last night was the second night we couldn’t put you on your back for fear of you gagging on your own secretions, and took turns sleeping with you in the rocking chair. You have created enough secretions to sink a small battle cruiser. And with good reason. The doctor called us today to tell us that the RSV test came back positive. So you’ve got a nasty little bug. But you’re doing so much better today, and now we just have to watch your cough. But as miserable as you’re feeling, I take such pride at the beautiful smile that I can coax out of you with a few goofy sounds and faces.

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 12.

Lucy was baptised this past week. Thus the prominence of the deacon and the de-emphasis on Lucy. I wasn’t thrilled with the pictures I took of her in her baptism gown. She was frowny, nursing, or just generally cranky leading up to the baptism. I have my friend Tim to thank for this shot. I handed the camera off to him at the beginning of the baptism and he graciously obliged by snapping pictures throughout. So while it might not feature Lucy as prominently as I’d like for this project, it is an outstanding baptism shot. Well done, Tim.

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 11.

I went back to the basics for this week’s picture: natural light. I’ve come to rely on my external flash, and I wanted to see what I could do with just the natural light in our house. What I forgot is that the natural light in our house STINKS. The weather needs to warm up so I can get Lucy outside on the weekends for some of these shots! Darned winter birthdays!

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 10.

This weekend was the Super Bowl, and darned if the Giants didn’t win the thing again. I have to be a little happy, because my father-in-law is on cloud nine, and we like him, so we want him to be happy. This is in no way related to picture of the week, but if you want to see a bonus picture, I might have one that is giants-related.

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 8.

The first picture I have of Mary smiling came at week 8, and it appears that Lucy is following the same trajectory as her sister. Smiles are infrequent, but seem to be picking up speed. I can’t quite produce them on-demand just yet, so I was fortunate to snap this shot as Lucy was being held by my cousin, Kathy.

Simon (left) and Mary (right) at Week 8.