I even chose the picture that looked the most like me!!

3 Months

Lydia turned 3 months old on Saturday. I can't believe it has gone by so fast and that she has changed so much! She is smiling and talking to us all the time. She has her own little personality. I can tell when she is hungry or sleepy or her tummy hurts! Her favorite things to play with are her play mat and her caterpillar toy. She is about 2 seconds away from rolling over (she just can't figure out she needs to move her arm out of the way) and just today she has really started reaching for things on purpose and holding on instead of batting at them. She is still sleeping all night. She loves her daddy the most of all and laughs at him all the time. She makes us laugh when she raises her eyebrows at us and when she does her fake cries. She has just now started to squeal at her toys and we laugh at that too. We love her more than we ever could have imagined...

Thanksgiving

This year we have so much to be thankful for. Lydia is here and healthy. She is a very happy, easy baby. If they are all this wonderful I don't know how we will ever stop having them!! The only bad part of this Thanksgiving was that I had to work. I got off at 7 and flew straight to my parents for dinner! We had such a great time and Lydia was so into everything! Christmas is going to be even better!!

Her bib says "My first Gobble!!"

Thanksgiving Dinner

Lydia couldn't take her eyes off the food. She did get some cranberry salad and LOVED IT!!

Mommy and Lydi

Finally in her Crib

So, Necon still won't let me put Lydia in her crib to sleep overnight, but I did talk him into letting me put her in there for a nap. He thinks because the crib is "all the way on the other side of the house" she is safer in her bassinette on my side of the bed. Pretty soon he is not going to have a choice...she is so long she can barely lay down in the bassinette!!

If you are wondering...yes, she looks exactly like my baby pictures!!

Look what I found!!

The night before Tasha's wedding, we were all at Pa Cheif's and Mama Beth's playing with Lydia. All of the sudden she found her feet. She was staring at them so hard and then she moved them. This was apparently the most hilarious thing she had ever seen, so she continued moving her feet and laughing like crazy. We all, of course, melted as if she was the first baby in history to figure this out!!

And yes, we know, her feet are HUGE!!

Keith and Tasha's Wedding

Necon's sister Tasha gave us 12 days to plan her wedding. The biggest obstacle was going to be where to have it on such short notice. I decided my parents wouldn't mind having it at their house. I called mom the next day and she was so excited!! We were all super excited because we love Keith and are so excited for him to officially be in our family! Now we are just sitting around and waiting for them to have baby Josiah...he is due to be here on New Year's Day! Lydia's first cousin!!

The Bride

The Groom

The Twins...

Mother of the Bride, Bride, and the hostess (my mom!!)

Brother of Bride and Maid of Honor (I refuse to be called the "matron")

Mommy to Be

All that was left of the DELICIOUS wedding cake

We got the bubbles going crazy good before they came out!!

The Bride and Groom off for a romantice night at The Empress of Little Rock

Shes all talk...

Yesterday and today Lydia has really started talking to us on purpose. Since she was about 4 weeks old she has made cooing noises, but starting this week it has seemed really on purpose. We can talk to her and then she will talk back to us, etc. She will keep going for about 10-15 minutes and then she starts talking REALLY loud and that usually means she is about to start fussing. Necon's Aunt Martha gave her this caterpillar toy that she absolutely LOVES. She thinks it is funny and likes to laugh at it. Tonight she has spent a lot of time talking to it. We also weighed her today and she already weighs 13 pounds!! I can't beleive it...The last picture is just a bonus because I think it is hilarious!!

We are the Champions!!

Necon's ball team won their end of the season tournament this past Tuesday night. They were playing in the third place game and won. So then they had to beat the unbeaten team twice to win the tourney! They were losing in the last inning of both games and came back and won! It is really fun to watch him get to play ball with his brother and dad! Their season was dedicated to Necon's best frend Travis who passed away earlier this year. We know he is proud of the huge trophy they brought home.

Family Visit

Necon's family came into town last weekend for his twin sister's baby shower! It was the first time for Lydia to meet some of them. We had a great visit and look forward to seeing them this coming weekend for the big WEDDING!!

Lydia's 2nd Cousins Jacob and Brennan

Auntie Tiny

Uncle Johnnie

Cousin Thomas...we had Lydia in her bouncy seat but then she started trying to sit up by herself and she almost rolled out twice, so we moved her to the blow up mattress with Thomas!

Halloween

Now that I am back to work full time I am having trouble finding time to blog. Here finally are the pictures of my adorable little pumpkin!! We had a Halloween party (Lydia's first time to get an invitation in the mail with her name on it!!) and then on Halloween we Trick or Treated around our cul-de-sac and to both sets of grandparents! Halloween has never been so much fun!

Our little punkin!!

Friends at the Halloween Party

Lydia at the Party

Pumpkin Carving Day at Annie's

Trick or Treating at Grandpa and Annie's

At our House