Little Reader

Lydia LOVES to read and be read to! I love to sit and watch her read her books. She's started talking outloud when she's looking at them, and it's so sweet! She has recently started bringing me books throughout the day to read to her. She'll bring them over to me and then she'll reach up for me to pick her up to sit in my lap. I love it!

Here are a few recent pictures of her reading!

She loves her new Clifford book

Reading with Mommy

Look at all those books!

Sitting amongst her books and stuff animals

This book is almost as big as she is!

A couple of pictures...just for fun!

Our first lunch date with Daddy, May 5, 2008

It's hard to believe she was that small!

And yesterday, May 5, 2009

Such a big girl!

A Lot of Fun

Everyday, Lydia gets more fun! We are having a blast with her! She is getting to be SO active! If she's awake...she's moving in one way or another! We've been pretty busy lately. Between church and family we are always doing something. We enjoy it though...and Lydia does really well with being on the go!

"Got my shades on...and ready to go!"

Here are a few pictures that I took of Lydia at Nena K & Papa T's house when we were over there a week ago. She loved being outside...it was a beautiful day!

NOTHING gets past her! She must have perfect eyesight!

"Can I pick just one? Please?"



Not so sure about the flowers...

Now that Lydia is getting more hair, some mornings when she wakes up, she has some major bed head! =) It's so cute! Some days, it takes A LOT of water and effort to get it to look normal! This was one of those days! Check out her little spike!

Here are some random pictures from the past week!

Such a happy girl!

"Cheese!"

Lydia's little "doggie"...it's so cute when she says it!

"Ride a little horsie down to town..."

A Night @ the Park

Jeff and I took Lydia to the park one night last week for a walk...and to let her play. She had a BLAST! She loves the swing and gets so tickled when she is on it! It's too cute!

Love that lil smile

"Whee..."

Check out her little crocs! Beth's mom got those for her last year! I'm so glad she can finally wear them!

She is also a big fan of the slide! She didn't get to slide for long because there were some bigger kids that were going crazy. We decided to get her off before she got hurt.

Lovin' the slide!

She is such a "Daddy's Girl"!

Here are a few pictures of Lydia in her rocking chair from Pops and Reedee. She finally figured out how to get in it on her own and it's so cute! She gets rocking in it so hard that she pops out and jumps...and then freaks out because she doesn't know how she did it!

Rocking her babies

Popping out of her seat!

Everyday she is getting more and more fun! She is walking around like a pro! It's amazing how good she has got in just the past week! She's walking more than crawling and getting into everything! You can tell that it's a whole new world to her. She can see and get to new things, and she is loving it! It keeps us on our toes and we can't let her get out of our sight for a second! We are looking forward to the summer and all the fun that comes with it!

Lovin' the Spring!

Just so you know...there are A LOT of pictures! Sorry!

In the last post, I mentioned that we had a busy Easter, but never got into what made it so busy! When we got to Searcy on Sunday, we ate lunch...and then had to unload the moving truck that we had loaded the day before. It was packed full...and pouring down rain outside! The boys did all the hard work, but then the "girls" had to mess with unpacking all the boxes and putting stuff where it belonged. Jeff took off Monday and Tuesday, so we stayed in Searcy to help out as much as we could. We had fun and enjoyed the time away. Lydia even got in on all the fun!

We used her to smash down the paper!

The week before Easter, Lydia and I went to have our monthly lunch date with Jeff. I enjoy getting out and getting to have lunch with him once a month. And Lydia loves it too! She's turning into such a "daddy's girl"!

Hmm....hard @ work? Or hardly working?

Lydia loves playing with the Easter eggs and her Easter basket! She knows just what to do with them!

She puts them in...and then takes them out. She'll do this over and over and over again!

I love that the weather is finally warming up! Not only do I love warm weather, I'm so excited for Lydia to wear her spring and summer clothes! She has some really cute stuff that's just been sitting in her closet waiting for the weather to get warmer. =) We were able to get out today and enjoy the weather. It was BEAUTIFUL outside! Here are a few pictures that I took of her today...

How low can she go??

Lower...

Think that's it! She sat like this for the longest time...my legs would have been killing me!

Lydia has started to walk everywhere! It's so crazy! She has been "walking" a little bit here and there...but now she's walking more than she's crawling. She woke up from her nap on Saturday afternoon and just took off walking and has not slowed down since then. It's so weird to see her moving around like she is. I wish that I could figure out how to upload video, but since I can't, here is a few pictures.

Tonight, Lydia had chicken and mashed potatoes for dinner, and decided it would be fun to wear her dinner! She was a mess! The picture doesn't do justice, but you can tell a little bit! She thought it was hilarious!

What a mess!

One tired girl!

Little side note, Lydia has been going to bed all on her own for 5 nights now! It's been so nice not to have to rock her at night...but I do miss it! I can't believe how big she is getting. She is so much fun and keeps us on our toes! You never know what to expect out of her!

If you look closely, you can see hair in her bow! Yea!

So much fun!!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful (and busy) Easter!! Lydia's Easter started a little early on Friday when she had a little present from Pops and Reedee waiting for her outside when she woke up from her nap!

Hmm...what's this?

Wow! My own cell phone and new rubber duckies!

"Hello??"

Saturday night, the Easter bunny made a stop at our house! This is what he left!

Books...

Bubbles...

Bows, Beanies and Blocks!

We had an early service at church, so there wasn't much time for pictures or playing, but we got a few pictures before we left.

Lovin' on my baby girl!

Love her!

Daddy's lil girl!

Jeff had to play drums during the early service, so Lydia and I sat in the cry room. She LOVED the music and danced almost the whole time! It was too cute! Wish I had the video camera with me!

Chillin' in the pew

Lydia with Nena K and Papa T

She was worn out after church and passed out on our way to Searcy

Lydia and Granna

Thanks for the super cute dress Grandmother! We LOVE it!