Wonderful Christmas!!

"I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!"

We had such a GREAT Christmas! Lydia enjoyed every minute of it! She has been such a trooper! We kept her out way too late...passed her around...and missed naps, and she was just her happy little self! Lydia got a ton of new toys and she LOVES playing with them! We were wondering when she opened her presents if she would like them or not because all she was interested in was the paper and bows. But now that all that is gone, she plays, and plays, and plays!

Making music with her "Little Super Star" toy

Here are a few pictures from Lydia's First Christmas

Granna and her girls

Lydia's new favorite "non-toy" to play with is our laptop! She loves to help Daddy pay bills and do work!

"No Daddy, do it like this!"

We've been hanging out in Searcy since Christmas Day and have had a blast! We've been able to relax and play and just take it easy! Lydia continues to change daily! She is crawling around like a crazy baby! She does a power crawl and gets where she is going very quickly! She goes non-stop for a couple of hours and then crashes for a nap! After her nap is over...she is ready to go again!

And she's off!

Here are a few pictures from the week!

So sweet!

Lydia and her silly face!

Eating Grandmother's peas for the first time!

Lydia's "mo hawk"! Her hair seems to be growing very quickly lately!

We are looking forward to the new year and all that God has in store for us!! He brought many blessings to us in 2008 and know that He has many more for 2009! Happy New Years!

Happy Anniversary!!

Yesterday, Jeff and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary! Sometimes it's hard to believe that we've been married 4 years already, and then other times it seems like it's been a lot longer than that! God has really blessed us in the past 4 years! This past year brought the biggest changes in our lives, but through them we've grown closer together. I'm so glad that God brought us together. Jeff is a wonderful husband, great father, and my best friend! I can't wait to see where God takes us in this life together!

We spent the day together as a family and had a blast! We did a little Christmas shopping...and Lydia got to meet Santa! She did so good with him! She has this "fear" of hairy things, so we were not sure how she would do, but she did great! She didn't cry...and didn't pull his beard! I'll try to get the picture scanned soon so that I can put the picture on here!

A couple of weekends ago, Jeff's mom and Tim watched Lydia for us and let us have a day together. We went shopping...saw the Nutcracker (my surprise!!)...and had an awesome dinner! It was nice to spend the day together alone, but by the end of the day we were ready to get back home to our little girl!

9 Month Weigh-In

Well...we went to the doctor today, and here are Lydia's official "9 Month Numbers"...

Weight: 19 pounds (53%)

Length: 29 1/2 inches tall (96%)

Head: 17 3/8 inches (54%)

"Good things come in small packages"

Dr. Stanford said she is doing great! He was asking us about different things that she was doing like sitting up on her own, recognizing her name, and so forth, and he said something about her not pulling up yet...when we told her that she was he was shocked! I guess he was not expecting her to be doing that yet. :) Guess she is a little ahead on that one. He said that is what a "normal" 9 month old should be doing! We are so happy that she is growing and developing like she should. God has truly blessed us!

Mommy's little girl

Daddy and Lydia in their pj's

Us before church Sunday morning

I don't think that I mentioned this in the last post...but on our way home from church Sunday night Lydia started to "talk"! It is so cute! She is "saying" "baba" and "dada"!! She only does it when she wants...but she is doing it! As mentioned above, she is pulling up on EVERYTHING! Right now her favorite thing to pull up on is the coffee table to get to the laptop! She wants to play with it so bad!

Here is a slide show of some of Lydia's Christmas Pics...hope you enjoy!

9 Months Old

9 Months Old!

Lydia is 9 months old today! It's hard to believe, I really don't know where the time has gone. She has brought so much joy to our lives, and it's hard to remember what life was like without her. She is a ball of energy...she does not stop unless she is asleep. It's so much fun to watch her discover the world around her. She is very curious, and loves to watch everything going on around her. We just wonder what is going through her little head. She is enjoying the Christmas tree and LOVES to play with the presents. I'm going to have to re-wrap a couple of them, but she is having so much fun with them, I just let her play.

"Yummy!"

Lydia and Daddy after opening day of duck season

I feel so far behind on posting pictures, so I'll try to catch up as much as I can. Starting this weekend, the "Family Christmas Craziness" begins...and we can't wait! So there will be LOTS of pictures taken!

Here are some pictures from Pops & Reedee's house. As you will be able to tell from the pictures, she LOVED their tree!!

Too bad pictures don't come with sound

"I finally got it!"

Sitting in her rocking chair Aunt Glenda made for her. She looks like such a big girl!

Check back for more Christmas pictures soon! :)

"Happy Thanksgiving"...a little late!

Well...I'm a little slow on posting Thanksgiving pictures! Sorry to those of you who have been checking for them! Things have become even more crazy at our house! Between chasing Lydia (who is now fully mobile!!), wrapping Christmas presents, playing, baking, Christmas shopping, and chasing Lydia even more...there does not seem to be much extra time in the day! :) We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was so good to spend time with family and relax a little bit. We are now looking forward to seeing everyone again at Christmas!! Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving...hope you enjoy!

Lydia is growing and changing daily! It's amazing how quickly she is learning new things. We have enjoyed watching her learn. She is now crawling all over the house. We can not leave the room for a minute without her getting into something. Seems like she always goes for the things that she is not supposed to have. I'm sure that she is tired of hearing "No, Lydia" and "No ma'am" already! Those might be her first words! :)

I'll be posting some of her Christmas pictures soon...so check back! :) Hope that everyone is enjoying the Christmas season! Love you!

Eight Months Old and a Trip to Deer Camp

We took another trip down to deer camp last week. We had a blast! :) Jeff was with his dad when he shot a HUGE buck! We were so excited for him! Lydia even got her picture taken with Pops and the deer! :) Thanks Pops and Reedee for letting us come down and stay again!

Lydia turned eight months old on Friday...I can't believe it! Seems like time is just flying by!! She is on the move! She is getting into everything that she is not supposed to...and is loving every minute of it! She is starting to learn what she is supposed to play with and what she is supposed to stay away from. She will turn and look at me when she is getting into something she's not supposed to! I'm kind of nervous about what it's going to be like when we put our tree up tonight! Guess it's just part of the fun of having a little one!

Cheering for the UCA Bears! Thanks Uncle Shawn for the super cute shirt! :) (Don't worry...ASU is still my # 1 team!)

She started to wave in the past week or so...and it's so cute! Of course she just does it when she wants to, but I'm sure she will figure out when to do it soon! We started to put her in the grocery cart when we got to Wal-Mart, and she looks like such a big girl! It's like a whole new place to her! Before she was staring at the lights...now she sees everything! She can't stop looking around! It's so much easier to carry her into the store and restaurants now, and leave her huge car seat in the car!

Lydia LOVES to be read to. It is so sweet! She gets so excited when you get the books out...and if you don't get them out of the basket, she will crawl over to them and start pulling them out! I hope that she enjoys reading as much as I do when she gets older. Some of my best memories are of my mom reading books to us.

Her favorite book at the moment, "Ballerina Ball" (Thanks Uncle Matt and Aunt Beth!)

This is her other favorite thing to do with books besides read them...EAT THEM! Thanks Nena K for some books that she can eat, and not destroy!

We've got a full, fun and exciting weekend planned! Decorating for Christmas...Duck Season opens...Thanksgiving get togethers! I'm sure we will have tons of pictures to post! Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Love,

Jeff, Sarah, & Lydia

Happy Birthday!!

This weekend was Uncle Craig and Aunt Pammie's birthday! Hope y'all had a great day! :)

"Happy Birthday Uncle Craig"

"Happy Birthday Aunt Pammie" (I've got to get a more recent picture!)

We went to Searcy...for the first time in almost 2 months! We had such a good time visiting with Granna, Grandmother and Uncle Craig! We even got to see Aunt Leanne and Eden for a little bit. Eden started crawling recently also...so Thanksgiving and Christmas should be really interesting and fun!!

With Mommy before church

Hangin' with Granna before church

Lydia started to clap over the weekend and it's so cute! It is such a polite clap. I can't get videos to upload on here, but I will try to get some action shots of her clapping soon.

Clapping with Granna and Uncle Craig

Look for new pictures of deer camp soon! We are planning on making a trip down there this week. Hopefully it won't rain on us all week! We are looking forward to spending some time with Pops and Reedee...and maybe we will come home with a deer!

Becoming More Mobile!

Well...life as we know it has really changed! Lydia started crawling on Friday...and has been going ever since! She is not completely up on her hands and knees yet...but trust me, she gets where she wants to go! :) And it always seems to be that she goes for things that she does not need! She will "crawl" towards the remote control...cell phone...computer cord...table legs...fire place (you get the point) faster than she will towards her toys! It is quite funny! We've really got to get busy baby-proofing our house!

Here are some pictures of her crawling:

"I'm almost there..."

"I got it!"

Who needs toys when I can chew on the rug! This is her fetish right now...AHH!

Such a silly girl

We are having so much fun with Lydia. It is so neat to watch her little personality come out! She is such a little clown! She is into everything now...and keeps us on our toes, but we love it!

Just hanging out in the laundry basket...

Hopefully one day she will love to help fold clothes! :)