14 Months

Lydia will be 14 months on Friday. There is not a whole lot new between this month and last month, but we are amazed at how much she is learning and how much personality is coming out! She LOVES to read books...this is where she learns so many of her words. I have officially stopped counting, but she is probably getting close to 100 words she can say. She seems to understand pretty much anything we say to her. She can bring me diapers and throw them away which is a big help. She loves her brother and likes to hold him on the couch and give him his paci when he is fussing. Their carseats are side by side in the backseat and almost every time we are in the car, she holds his hand! Too cute!! Going outside is her favorite...she has the skinned knees to prove it. She doesn't even cry because she is so excited just to be outside. We have started letting her watch a cartoon or a little bit of a movie every once in a while. She really seems to enjoy them. We have also noticed that she is really paying attention to the TV when it is on. We think she is just playing, not paying attention, but a few nights ago someone said something about "lucky duck" or "sitting duck." Anyway...as soon as it was out of their mouth, Lydia started quacking. Guess we need to be more careful about TV watching! She has abandoned her huge open mouth kisses for much more polite closed mouth smackers...kind of miss those sloppy kisses! She is in 18-24 month clothes still, so hopefully we are slowing down a little on the growing, but she does wear a size 6 shoe and is quickly growing out of that. She only has 4 teeth, but the two on either side of her top teeth are peeking through for a grand total of 6! We are still at two 1 1/2 hour naps and 12 hours at night. Her morning naps have been getting a little longer (one was almost 4 hours), so she may be transitioning into a one nap baby. We experiment a lot with food. She LOVES yogurt, applesauce, cheese, crackers, fruit and anything sweet. She is not so much a fan of meat, or vegetables except green beans and regular beans. I need to do a little better on keeping healthy food in the house to feed her. Not that she complains when she gets pizza or mac n cheese! Dancing is her favorite indoor activity, and she is getting pretty good! She can dance, nod her head to the beat and "snap" all at the same time. Too cute! And if we forget to pray before we eat she starts saying "May-men" over and over until we pray! Life around the Warrior house has definitely been challenging lately, but thank goodness she seems to be doing well in spite of us...

Caroline's birthday party was at Lake Willastein this past weekend. Since there is an entrance to the park through our neighborhood, we loaded up the double stroller and walked over! I am pretty sure we owe Avery some money for playing with Lydia so much! They both seemed to enjoy it a lot, and it was nice for us not to have to entertain Lydia the whole time!!

I guess Lydia was getting tired of the swing..


REALLY tired!

Lexi and Lydia watching Caroline open presents

Avery is going to be a great babysitter in a few years

Look...no hands!

Agggggghhhhh!!

Swinging with Sadie

I put this picture in just to remember how Necon likes to put Lydia's bows on. I call it her "getto fab" look...cocked all the way to one side!! How funny...

Most of us can't really figure out who in the world Levi looks like. I am sure there is an old man out there that could be his twin, but it is no one I know! Necon was taking pictures of Levi sleeping with me the other night and I figured out who he looks like...Lydia!! See what you think. Here is a picture of Lydia sleeping when she was 4 weeks old, then one of Levi sleeping at 4 weeks...