Random Events

Some of these "happenings" are from several months ago, but I wanted to get them in the blog anyway!!

Lydia's First Bubble Bath

Lydia absolutely LOVES bathtime!! I guess there are some kids who throw a fit about getting in and some who throw a fit about getting out. Lydia is much more likely to be in the latter group! Necon decided to add bubbles (and the "scary" duck bathtub) one night a while back. She LOVED it of course!!

Her Phantom of the Opera mask
Say CHEESE!!

Loves that water

"Rubber Ducky, You're the One..."

Bad mother of the year award

I'm sure everyone can imagine it is hard having two babies at home. I have said before I think having two barely a year apart is harder than having twins. This is mostly because Lydia is so mobile, but she still isn't aware of what can hurt her, etc. There are times when she is awake and I have/had to nurse, rock Levi to sleep, whatever and she just roams. We have tried the baby jails. When your 20 month old is almost 3 feet tall and has some weight to throw around, those just don't work. She can climb over them, crawl under them or, her personal favorite, mow them over like a bulldozer.

ANYWAY, I had given Levi a bath and was laying him down. When I got finished I couldn't find Lydia anywhere. She wouldn't answer me. I couldn't hear her playing or talking. She can not only open the doors, but unlock the dead bolt so I was looking outside. Finally I went in our bathroom and here is what I saw.

Apparently I left all the water in Levi's tub. I was immediately thinking of all the PSA's, parent education literature, nursing safety lectures that all say repeatedly, "Your child can drown in less than one inch of water." Luckily she didn't. She was merely in the tub, fully clothed, sucking on the dirty washcloth from Levi's bath. Gross!!

This is what happens when you get in a full bathtub with a SUPER absorbant diaper on!! Too funny...she didn't even care!

Mini Mommy

Lydia has turned into the cutest little mommy. She loves to play with her baby doll. She rocks her, changes her diaper, feeds her, puts her to sleep. Whatever Lydia has determined her baby needs. She will lay the baby on the ground and wave her hand over the baby and say "Shooie, baby. Yucky diaper. Then "change" her diaper. One night she got into the bottle drawer in the kitchen and improv'ed a bottle. She got one of the skinny breast pump bottles and found a nipple that would fit exactly over the top. No little attachment peice needed! She climbed up on the couch and started feeding her baby and singing her songs.

Big Girl Breakfast

Lydia LOVES to eat cereal. "Ro-ro's" (cheerios) are her fav. A couple of months ago we decided to let her sit at the bar (no hi chair or booster) and have a bowl with milk actually in it. Yes. We live life on the edge at the Warrior house. She thought she was so grown up!

Once she got the hang of it, she wanted Necon to come sit by her. She is patting on the other barstool saying "Come sit Daddy."

Of course he did...

Telling a "Lydia story". Lots of hand motions. Few intelligible words.

Must have been funny

If you look closely you can see her little curl. We are not getting our hopes up, but she may actually not be bald her whole life!

First Major Boo-Boo

Our ottoman has this HUGE nice cushion on the top. Just under the cushioned section is the wooden box the cushion sits on. The brilliant men who thought up this design didn't find it neccessary to pad the corners of the wooden box. I guess they figured the large top cushion would be enough. It isn't.

She kept saying "Bonk Head"

She was such a trooper through the whole thing. I know it must have hurt pretty bad, but after the initial tear-fest, she was really interested in how to take care of it. So sweet...

Fun in Brother's Crib

Lydia LOVES to play in Levi's crib. Since he thinks she hung the moon, he likes it when she gets in there after his nap. About 2 weeks ago Lydia and I went it to get him and he was standing up in there!! In a four week period he started sitting up in a stable fashion, crawling and now pulling up. He can make his way around the furniture while pulled up, and he has started standing for short periods of time (10 seconds or less.) He also tries to take a step or two, but lands on his face every time. We are really encouraging this walking behavior because I will be heart broken if he starts taking steps while we are in the Holy Lands and we miss it!! Whew...got a little of topic. Kids playing in the crib...

Our big man standing

Call me crazy, but I think he started posing...

For some reason Lydia really wanted her picture taken with the penguin

Date night with Tia

Last week Lydia had a special night. She went out with Tia to Texas Roadhouse. Lydia had a blast, and I know Tia enjoyed seeing what a big girl Lydia is. It was really fun for us to watch her go out without us and know she was having such a fun night. THANKS TIA!!