trips to costco & 2 year check up

So I took Lydia to Costco the other day to grab a few items and it turned into the "Lydia show". It never fails, no matter where we are people are always stopping to talk to Lydia. So this older woman, who Lydia kept calling "grandma Lois"(my step-dads mom) was talking to Lydia when all of a sudden she says "hey, you're old and I'm young!". Good thing the woman had a sense of humor, she said "you're exactly right!". Feeling a little embarrassed about that we continued shopping when a woman, probably in her 90's came over to talk to Lydia...this woman had an eye patch(can you see where this is going???)...Lydia says "Look mommy...a PIRATE!!!!" Then starts yelling "ARGH MATEY!!!", over and over again. I don't think the woman knew quit how to respond, and I kept talking over Lydia and walked away. So as if that weren't enough...we get to the check out line and the man who was our checker was black...Lydia says to him, "why are you purple?"...I think my jaw hit the floor. He handled it very well and said, "I'm not, I'm black". She was just like "oh...okay". The woman who was boxing up our groceries asked Lydia if she liked to sing and boy does she ever. She started singing old McDonald had a farm and as she was singing she pointed to all the people in line saying "you sing, you sing..." and soon the whole line and workers around us were singing Old Mcdonald had a farm and after each very they would let Lydia pick a new animal! Oh boy...you'd think maybe one of those things might happen in a trip, but ALL OF THEM?!?! SHeesh...we are in for it!!

Lydia had her 2 year check up today and everything went great. She weighs 31 lbs and is 3 feet tall. He height is in the high 90's percentile and weight is in the mid 80's. The doctor and her staff were all very impressed with her vocabulary!

I'm such a slacker!!!

So it's been a month now since I last posted anything...you'd think I've been busy or something! August has by far been the busiest month of the summer with either a wedding every weekend, or a wedding festivity(shower/bachelorette party). So we'll start with Liz's wedding. Liz is one of my oldest and dearest friends. She was a GORGEOUS bride. They had a lovely ceremony and a super fun reception.

Then Matt's sister and her family came over for a belated birthday celebration with Lydia. SaraLyn made adorable cupcakes and the really spoiled Lydia!

Then it was off to Cassie's bachelorette party. We had a night out in Bellingham. Kelli and I realized we are WAY to old to hang like we used to! Out at the clubs we felt like we were at a high school dance! As the chaperone's!! lol! But Cassie had a good time(from what she remembers!). Pole dancing and lap dancing lessons, martinis, a very nice dinner then out to the clubs.

Cassie's wedding was last weekend but I forgot my camera. She looked amazing and the location was breath taking. I ended up at the Canadian border after taking a few wrong turns! But I made it home after a 40 minute detour!
Friday night we all got together at my mom and Mike's for a bbq. Joel was working on the ambulance so him and Isle came down the bbq and let the kids play on the ambulance. They got to put the head sets on, sit in the drivers seat, walk all around the back and Uncle Joel even put the lights on!

Princess Party

On Sunday we had about 40 friends and family over to help us celebrated Lydia's 2nd Birthday. We had great weather and all the kids(and some of the adults) enjoyed the pools and sprinkler. We had great food, wonderful company and a little bit of a cranky 2 year old. The heat combined with being a little overwhelmed made Lydia a tad irritable, but we made it through the day.

Happy Birthday Lydia & Nanny

This morning when Lydia woke up I came into her room snapping pictures and singing "Happy Birthday"...she was less than thrilled in the beginning but by the time I was done dancing and singing around her room she was being silly with me.
She got several phone calls from friends and family and she got to wish her birthday buddy(her Nanny)a happy day too! We had family over tonight to celebrate Marg's birthday...Lydia's big Princess Party will be on sunday. Lydia got to open a few presents and nanny brought a special cupcake for her.

Dear Lydia

It's hard to believe you made your entrance into this word 2 years ago, today. You have brought so much joy and laughter into our lives. Your Daddy and I can remember feeling anxious, scared, excited and overwhelmed as we were being taken into the operating room but as soon as we saw our beautiful baby girl it was all over for us! Love at first sight! You amaze us over and over again. You are God's greatest gift.

You crack me up how you make me knock on the door in the morning before I get you out of bed..."who is it?" you ask..I say "mommy" and then you say "come in"! You then immediately tell me "get me outta here". It's impossible to be in a bad mood around you. I love how you say "please" and "thank you". You just learned that green means go and red means stop and you tell me that at every light we go through. You laugh when the big kids laugh...not always knowing why, but understanding the time is appropriate. You fake sneeze when you get in trouble or are upset, just so we'll tell you "bless you". You announce to us "I'm okay" when you fall down. You love to bounce and run. You melt you're daddy's heart when he comes home from work and you tell him you missed him. You have a steal trap memory. You have a twinkle in your eye, a little mischief in your laugh and smile that will light up the room.

Lydia, you make life fun and exciting. You make me a better woman every day. Daddy and I love you around the whole world and back again! Happy Birthday little miss!

Mommy

Lucy's 1st b-day!!

Yesterday Lydia and I picked up Bill & Kelli and headed down to Covington to celebrate Miss Lucy's 1st birthday. It was SO hot out! Lydia had a great time playing with all of the kids and she really enjoyed the put the bee on the flower game. She told me this am, "I wanna play a game, Mommy" so I asked he which one and she said the "bee" game! After Lucy's party we celebrated her mommy's Birthday...what fun!

q-tips, pennies, poop and work

Things have been busy busy busy for the Meece family in the last couple weeks. We're still working on getting settled into our new home, but now we HAVE to be done by a certain date because we're having Lydia's birthday party here...so it's crunch time! Speaking of Lydia, she is certainly becoming what I would expect a typical 2 year to be. On Father's day she was playing in her playroom(Which we put a gate in front of the door so A)she's not going up and down the stairs and B)she's not throwing toys down the stairs)well she was playing really well and being super quiet. Next thing I know she's downstairs...I asked Matt if he put the gate up and he said yes. My next thought was "are all of the doors closed?"...NOPE! Well the gate was just propped against the door(it's a tension gate)so naturally she just pushed it open. Our bedroom door was open(OH CRAP!)!! Almost a whole box of q-tips had been put in the toilet and then onto the floor, my clinique foundation and moisturizer were in the toilet alond with miscellaneous hair clips and stuffed animals! There was also a glass of water on my side of the bed that she dumped...on my side!(Matt went to take a nap and called me to ask me if I had peed the bed!!) lol!

Lydia noticed me putting some change in my pocket the other day so her new obsession is to have change in her pocket. So as a reward for not putting the coins in her mouth I let her have a couple pennies to put in her pocket...as soon as she takes them out or plays with them I take them away(PLEASE DON'T CALL CPS ON ME!?). So she had 2 pennies in her pocket on Saturday and I noticed her playing with them so I asked her to give them to me. She ran away from me and put them in her mouth. I calmly walked towards her so she wouldn't run with them and as soon as I got to her *GULP* she swallowed both of them! So after 3 days and 1 trip to the ER...
We have pennies! Poor thing was probable so confused as to why Matt was so excited when she told him she was pooping!! lol! We should nickname her "coinstar"!

And lastly...I have decided to go back to working in a salon. A friend of mine(I used to babysit!!)just opened a new salon in Mount Vernon and has invited me to come work with her. It's an opportunity I couldn't pass up and I'm really excited about it. So come check us out at ESCAPE salon 360-428-8315...I start the week of July 13th.