Just an update

To say that Lydia is thriving would be an understatement. She is unbelievable! I thought I would let you all in on some of her milestones.
her vocabulary grows on a daily basis.
Mommy
Dada
Papa
Nana
Mamo(grandma)
puppy
cracker
cookie
chicken
ball
book
luv ya
ta-da
uhoh
oh man
no way
thank you
please
Addy
TeeTan(keegan)
night night
bye bye
nummy
dude
wawa(water)
baby
juice
tickle tickle tickle
and the list goes one....
Her motor skills are incredible. She is always trying to take things apart and put them back together again. She has figured out how to get on the furniture now so I'm not sure how we will deal with that situation...she's trying to crawl from the couch across the end table to daddy's chair!! Lydia has a flair for the dramatics and is quick to throw herself on the floor with a fake cry, it's actually quite hilarious! She's doing somersaults(sp?!)now too and loves doing what looks like the "downward dog" yoga position and putting her arms out to the sides and saying "TA-DA"...as if to say look mom no hands!! She has a contagious laugh and a twinkle in her eye. If you tell her to do the "monkey dance" she does this dance where she bounces up and down and giggles then she spins around and falls on the floor! We've also been working on sounds with her...she says a cow says "moo", a dog says "woof", a cat says "meow", a duck says "quack quack" a horse says "neigh" and a bear says "rawr". Whenever she sees a baby in a book she says baby and then she says "awe" and kisses it, it's so sweet.

In short, Lydia is the biggest blessing to Matt and I. We cherish ever second with her. We never knew a love like this existed until we had her. Thank you all for taking the time to read out blog and keep up on our little families happenings!

Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday we took advantage of the beautiful fall weather and bundled the kids up and headed to the pumpkin patch. Mom & Mike, Joel, Angela & Addy, Jason, Heather & Keegan along with Me & Lydia! It was a perfect, crisp fall day. The kids rode the merry go round...played on the big tires, ran around the pumpkins, fed the animals and papa even took Lydia on a train ride!

Texas 08

So Lydia and I spent 12 awesome days in Ft. Worth, Texas with the de Vega Family. Please enjoy the slideshow!

Pictures with the cousins

Lydia had her pictures taken with her cousins today...exauhsting! But they turned out great. We also had a great trip to Texas and I have a ton of pictures to share but haven't had time to put them up yet...I will get to it this weekenend hopefully!

Finally had her 12 month checkup

So Lydia finally got her 12 month checkup. They said she's perfect! :)
She weighs just under 26lbs which puts her about the 90th percentile for weight and she is 32 inches tall making her above the 95th percentile for height...her head was above the 100th! lol! The doctor said she looked like she was going to have a chronic ear condition which basically means she's going to need tubes in her ears. Besides that she's doing fantastic and growing like a weed. She's been sleeping about 14 hours a night! She's an absolute joy!

Summer 08

Wow, what a busy summer we've had! We went to a couple family reunions and 1 class reunion. A mariners game and a brewery in Puyallup. We threw a surprise party for "Auntie" Liz and got to eat ice cream cake!! We also went to the closing ceremony for the 3-day breast cancer walk. Grandma Debbie walked a whole 60 miles with cousin Carrie. We are so proud of them! The ceremony was so moving and emotional. There was 3200 walkers and they raised 8.6 million dollars!!!

Lydia's vocabulary is growing every day...this is what she's saying these days
mama
dada
nana
papa
puppy
bubble
thank you(gan goo)
please
no
uh oh
yay
apple
addy(ah ha)
and more....

She's walking all over the place and starting to gain speed! She's fascinated with bathrooms now and it's a job keeping her out of them! Uncle Jason and Aunt Heather got her a Dora bike that she just LOVES...in fact she's sitting on it now watching a show! It makes all kinds of noises and sounds and songs! We can't wait to buy Keegan a drumset!!!