Thursday, January 29, 2009

Our smart little girl...a drummer maybe?!

Lydia learns new things every day and amazes us with new words and skills beyond her age.
The other day in the car, Lydia handed me something and I said "thank you" and she said "de nada"! I'm sure it's thanks to...


I was shocked! We've also been working on her counting and she has been counting like this... "1, 2, 5" then yesterday she counted up to ten, leaving 3 & 4 out! She's a genius, right?! :)

She loves music. When we went to the Children's Museum she loved playing the bongo drums! Every time she gets a chance she plays on the drums we have for rockband...maybe she's taking after Uncle Joel and going to be a drummer!




Monday, January 26, 2009

Cold day at the park

So it was so beautiful today that I thought I'd take Lydia to the park after I ran some errands. We got to lions park and were the only ones there! I was shocked with how nice it was. So I put her hat and gloves on her and off we went to play. She played on the swings and the bouncy duck then she saw the slide...she kept saying "slide, slide". By this time I was beginning to notice how cold it was, but she was having so much fun! She went down the slide a few times so I decided to video tape her going down. She looked like she was going to go head first as I was turning the camera on and I said to her "sit on your bottom please" she flew at me HEAD FIRST and in my attempt to catch she knocked me over! I got it on tape!
After that we got in the car and I was pretty cold...Lydia's cheeks were red, but she had been running around and playing. I looked at the temperature and it was 28 degrees!!! I am a horrible parent!!! But we had fun!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

First OREO!

Lydia and I went with Mamo and Papa(my mom and mike)to Woodinville today. We had lunch at the Redhook Brewery and visited a couple winery's. With Lydia's lunch she was given a pack of oreos...so after she was done I let her have the first one...it was a hit! You would have thought that child just discovered gold! It was hilarious! Here are a few pictures. After she ate her cookies we got her all cleaned up and she would not stop asking for a cookie...here's a little video!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Andrew's Playroom

Today Lydia and I, Auntie Heather and cousin Keegan met up with some of my old friends from high school at a this great place in Arlington called Andrew's Playroom. What a great place! It was so much fun to meet everyone's children and watch our kids play together...kind of crazy to think that some of us weren't that much older than our kids are now when we started playing together. We will definitely be going back.
Keegan loves wipes!
fun toy!
BUBBLES!
Keegan loved watching all the big kids! His face would light up when they ran past him!
Kaitlin helping Lydia down the slide
going down on her tummy
Keegan on the roller coaster
Lydia loved the roller coaster!
in the bouncy house

Friday, January 16, 2009

nothing too exciting

Life around here has been the same'ol same. Lydia is growing by leaps and bounds and baffles us everyday. Her vocabulary is increasing and she's beginning to put words together. "Thank you", "hi mommy", "do it"(have no idea where that one came from), "Oh man". This morning while I was laying in bed waking up I heard Lydia over the monitor yelling at me..."mommy...Oh NO"! "mommy...up"! It was pretty funny. She has this sparkling little personality and a laugh could bring you to tears. She has a seriously stubborn side and is very adamant on doing things herself. If i try to feed her(which I don't do too often)because I know something will be messy, she gets so mad and will not eat if she can't do it herself! We've learned that if there were 2 things that she could eat everyday it would be grapes and Popsicles!

Matt started a new job on Wednesday that for now is part-time, but will grow in to full time soon. My amazing husband is now working 7 days a week, while I am still a stay at home mom. I am so thankful for Matt and his devotion to our family and allowing me to stay home and raise our daughter. He is such an fantastic husband, father and partner and I am the luckiest women in the world to have him as my soul mate!

My health has been an issue for the last month or so. X-rays, blood work, ct scans...Crohns was a possibility but ruled out. While I am still in some pain and not quite feeling myself, I am feeling better. I still have more blood work to do and don't know what in the world is wrong with me but we will hopefully have an answer soon!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Be worried when they are quiet...

So the other day Lydia discovered a drawer that she could open was full of mommy's old cassette tapes(I know...who keeps those?!). I was in the kitchen making dinner and Lydia was being super quiet(mental note...super quiet = trouble), She was sitting in her chair unravelling a tape.




Happy New Year!!

Lydia and Mommy spent the evening at Joel & Angela's with friends and family...dada had to work. We played poker and rockband, the girls played dress up and had a tea party and played lots with Grammy Debbie! All 3 kids, Addison, Lydia and Landon stayed up until midnight! We couldn't believe it! They were such troopers and were so good! We have been getting together at Joel & Angela's to celebrate New Years for several years now, and it's so crazy to see how all of our lives have changed...marriages, babies, engagements...so cool! Here is a picture of Lydia and Landon last year and a picture of them this year...



Lydia...aka Snow White
Addy dressed like a beautiful fairy
enjoying a tea party
Having a popcicle
Landon...so sweet
The girls with Grammy
Jason & Joel showing brotherly love
Auntie Bridget & Keegan
Uncle Joel & Keegan
heather & Keegan
Lydia doing Addy's hair
Keegan just being cute