Week 8

There is a week 7 photo..still hanging out on my camera...but I had Nonni take these yesterday..mainly because I thought Lydia's outfit was so darn cute..(thanks Kim) and then I remembered than I should jump in and take it with her for my Mommy and Me photo. So this was us on my parent porch. I dropped Lydia off to hang out with Poppi and Nonni so that I could go to my friends parents house and make baby shower favors.

Here is a health update. Lydia started running a fever on Wednesday night. Tylenol was really doing nothing so I had my mom and dad who just happened to be out in Walmart pick me up some Motrin. Thursday morning it was up to 103/104 (depends on if you believe the ear thermometers or you add a point to them) but I will say she was on fire! I stayed home with her on Thursday which was very stressful due to it me Westest and I was supposed to be testing children. Friday it was back down to 99 or so I did not make an appointment for her. But then she broke out in a rash. Saturday Mark, who brushes her teeth with a finger brush every morning, said he felt some bumps and teeth poking out. It is her two top molars. So she is skipping anymore bottom teeth (she currently has two) and skipping her eye/fang teeth and going for the molars. I still think she had some virus b/c I have never heard of a kid running that high of a fever for teeth....The rash is almost gone..it only comes back now when she gets a bath. So she is pretty much back to herself...

Voting

Here is Lydia voting. Her Nonni works in the court house and was teaching the poll workers how to set up and close the machines. Lydia loved using the touch screen and wanted to "help" mommy when I went to vote on Tuesday.

This is how we all felt on Saturday.. just kidding Mike. It was my youngest brothers college graduation. This will be a test to see if Mike reads this b/c I need a copy of the picture of the four of us we took after graduation..email it to me please.

Cool Dude

We went to Kathy and Dan's the other day and Lydia was running around with her "eyes" on. Her new trick is to put them on for real unlike wearing them on the top of her head like she used to, and running around the dining room table. Each time she makes it around the table she comes over to cheer...

15 Month Check up

Ok here are her stats.. 21lbs 9oz and 30 3/4 inches long...so she grew and 1 1/2 inches and gained 2 pounds in the last three months. The doctor said her toe was fine just keep putting neosporn (sp?) on it. So Mark went out and bought some right after the appointment. Wow what a difference. When I gave her a bath last night the toe looked 100% better than it did yesterday.
Here she is putting stuff around her neck...she loves wearing stuff around her neck. I think it is from the cord being wrapped around her neck for long during labor.

She loves pointing to the stuff on the poster and saying what it is. I am telling you all, Baby Sign works. The Doctor and the nurses all commented on how advanced she was in her verbal skills. I am sure it helps also that she has to "talkers" that live with her.

Now for another scary mommy moment. Last night Mark was helping me put the Junior League Yard sale things into our garage. Lydia was hanging out pretending to eat rocks ( and more than likely really trying to eat a few). I hear a car coming up our hill so I look to see where Lydia was...um right beside the road!!! She was still in our driveway technically but one or two baby steps and she would have been in the road. Thankfully the car was coming up slowly (which does not happen often) and I was able to grab her...and it ended up being a guy I went to high school with. So I am sure that he has gone and told everyone what a horrible and irresponsible mother I am...Stuff just happens so quickly! She had been right beside us eating rocks!!!! I used to look at some of these stories I read about parents and think "how in the hell did they let that happen to their kid?"...they didn't , they just blinked!

Water Flowers

Here are Lydia and I helping dad water his flowers and plants. She was really cute with it and caught on really quickly what to do with the watering can.
Here she is watering the sunflowers that her Aunt Kathy got for her. Then I guess the rocks needed some water too!
I am not sure what is in the green planter...maybe a tomato plant? But what was cute was she went over to that planter by herself.
Well looking at that bare spot in our yard..it must have needed some water too!
Well I had intended to post about a big milestone that Lydia hit last night but as of this morning, she has hit two. Last night Lydia said a three word sentence. " bup me dada". Pick me up daddy...It was super cute and we both got to hear her. But this morning on a sad note, she had her first open wound. She was messing around with a box fan and it fell on her foot. I am not sure what part hit her toe but it cut her pretty badly. There was blood everywhere...We cleaned it as much as we could and put a band aid on it. Then the big mommy guilt starts. She wanted me to hold her and comfort her...but I had to get ready for work. ( I had jumped out of the shower when I heard her screaming) So I finally decided to go to work..half clean...no makeup and my hair not done with strict instructions to Poppi...if she bleeds through the bandaid to call me. There was a big chunk taken out and then there seemed to be a slice in it too. But with the blood, the pink polish and her screaming...it was kinda hard to assess the sitation. She has a doctors appointment tomorrow anyway for her 15 month check up (which made me feel better about leaving her)...so I am glad I got the pedicure shot when I did!

Mommy and me..Week 5 and 6

This is a picture of Lydia and i helping daddy with his flowers and gardens...I have some other really cute pictures of her watering the plants, I am going to post them tomorrow because they are on my laptop. Our week six is a non traditional post but it is something I have wanted to do since I knew I had a girl! Those who have known me for forever...you used to never see me without matching polish on my nails and toes...then various jobs made it impossible to keep polish on my nails but you will almost never see my toes without polish on them...even in the winter.
On Easter I put a very light color on Lydia's nails but Aunt Kathy was the only one who noticed. I wanted to put a nice pink on her but I did not have that color. The last time I bought polish it was when metallics were the rage...I have been spoiled since then and just went and got pedicures. So without further ado....

Mommy and Me Matching Pedicures

I did these myself and used Kim's highchair trick..while Lydia was busy snacking away on a yogurt...I did her nails. I finally remembered to buy some polish at my last Walmart excursion. I thought Mark would throw a fit (because he has every time I have talked about doing this) but he loved it. He has talked about her "cute toes" so much that now when you see her she will show you her toes and say "toes". He took videos of it to send his mom and I asked him to take this picture for the blog. I have been trying to be gender neutral on the toys I buy her and I have bought some blue, and even a boys tee shirt (the Mickey and Donald one) but let me tell you....I love doing hair, makeup and nails. You might now know it from how I look but I love doing other peoples. I have ALWAYS wanted to be a hairdresser. I have done nails and hair for many of my girlfriends weddings and some hair and makeup for West side's prom...this girl is in trouble. And don't think all my braiding of my Barbie's hair when to waste..I actually got a little rat tail braid in Lydia's hair the other day....

No picture

I do have pictures...they are just still sitting on my camera. I have two mommy and me pictures to make up for missing one last week. We have been having fun with Lydia. I know that you Mommys and Daddys understand. Just fun little things...like this morning. She saw me put my work bag on and out of the blue she signed and said "work" then said bye bye. I have not signed work for a long time b/c she seemed to get upset everytime I talked about going to work so I had just gone back to saying bye-bye. I was stunned. She is just so smart! She has just busting out words that I don't even know where she knows them from. Her appointment is Wednesday so we will have her offical weight and height. But I can tell she has gotten taller for sure!