De-cluttering/Baby Update

I know, I know, it is so out of character for me to go this long without posting something, but we've been busy. Call it Purge Month or Spring Cleaning, but we've been trying to get things in order around here. I think it starts with the kids getting all sorts of new toys for Christmas and needing a place to put them, and then it continues when you take down the Christmas decor and sense a yearning for a clean, uncluttered house. Anyway, whatever it may be that causes it, both John and I have been attacking our house as of late. He has turned the garage upside down once again (he feels he does this every 3 months or so). He's added new shelving, organized all the riding toys, strollers, etc, cleaned up the kids (and my own) art supplies, added some space for pantry overflow (I have a very tiny pantry in this house). I'm so proud of him, and the garage looks AWESOME! Plus, we can park both cars in there which is always a plus.
I've been junking out of the kids closets. I managed to make 2 boxes and 2 bags full of toys/clothes, etc that we donated to my mom's daycare and a family friend's garage sale. AND, here's the kicker, the kids haven't even asked about all those items that I stuffed in there. Plus, the kids at my mom's house have been having so much fun with the new toys she was able to introduce to them. I wonder though, if my kiddos will recognize those long lost treasures when we go for a visit sometime? So, all this cleaning and organizing and purging has made for little time and energy to blog. You all understand right?

In other news, our Luci June continues to grow and reach milestones. She is still army crawling everywhere, particularly quickly I might add. She is now also pulling up on everything to standing position. She thinks she is hot stuff conquering this new feat. It is a whole new perspective at that level. She's saying ball (her favorite toy), bye bye, mama, dada, and hi. She is starting to sign "more" as well, and giving nice slobbery open mouth kisses. She eats everything (beans, avocado, cucumber, pears, apples, squash, sweet potatoes, bread, noodles, brown rice, etc) we give her with a lot of passion, smacking her little lips with each morsel. She still however doesn't own any pearly whites, so she eats solely by mashing everything with her gums. She is still an angel baby sleeping from 8 to 8, and taking her naps during the day (although she's so flexible with our wacky schedule, usually missing her morning nap because are out and about). Oh, and get this, she's my pipsqueak. We just had her 9 month appointment and she was only in the 55% for weight. Isn't that unbelievable considering my other two were always way higher on the percentile range? Anyway, she's healthy and that is a blessing. We just think lil' Luci is a doll!