Fussy Shovel

When Lydia is fussy I call her a fussy bucket. Kate's name for her when she is being fussy is a fussy shovel. Sadly it took her a few times calling her that for me to get the association. I seriously was wondering why she was calling her a fussy shovel. Motherhood can do some serious damage to your brain. Kate is so cute with her sister, I've not seen any jealousy with her. In fact she tries to include her! For example when I tell Kate it's bath time she asks if "can Lydia take a bath with me!" She also shares her most prized possesion, her mama bear, with Lydia. It' s so cute to see the two girl together. Lydia loves watching her big sister. Lydia has been so entertained lately by watching anything or anybody as long as they are doing something. She must be a apart of whatever is going on. She is such a social butterfly. It's so cute to see her personality unfold.

I've had such a wonderful summer with my girls. I've really grown close to Kate and very attached to Lydia. Sadly this week I returned to work. I really miss my girls during the day and wonder what they are doing, if they are ok, if they miss me, if they are having fun. When I pick them up I always get a wonderful report and that Kate misses her dad....not me! What? Ok so maybe returning to work isn't as hard as I thought it would be on her. I hope to be home full time some day with my kids. Kate and her dad are buddies, in fact they go around calling each other big buddy and little buddy...Kate made that up. It's so cute to hear her say, "come on big buddy let's go water the garden"

Here are a few pictures of stuff we've been up to

This has filled our summer days with pure joy and bliss, it's a sand and water table. It's as messy as it sounds but Kate loves it. It occupies her for a long time so the mess has been worth it. I know some people fill it with small pebbles instead of water or sand, it doesn't really matter what you add kids love sensory exploration.

I love daddy daughter pictures, notice Lydia with her hands over her head, so cute. She also has been rubbing her fuzzy head lately and playing with her hands. I love watching her play with her hands I've got to get it on video. She is also starting to coo a lot the kind that almost sounds like a laugh.

I love her pouty lips! A lady a church commented that Lydia has the most perfect lips. I think so too

We went to a local amusement park, it was so fun to watch Kate have the time of her life, we love to spoil that kid, especially her dad

Lydia just chillen, the babies did great on our trip. She is napping here but don't be fooled she didn't nap long because that meant she was missing something...

We went with my sister and their two boys, one being the same age as Lydia and one a year younger then Kate. Kate was so cute that she insisted that her and Van ride this together, notice how all the other cars are empty, she also wanted the blue car


Again on the swings they had to sit next to each other. I love that Kate is surrounded by so many of her cousins. She told me the other day that "I'm a cousin" Cousins are a very important part of her life

What kinda parenting is this....Lydia was being a 'fussy shovel' so I set her outside which she loves, it quites her up immediately. Because I have a 100 things going on I just leave her out there and check on her every few minutes while I do my thing. She ended up falling asleep here but she was very content for a good 45 minutes before snoozing. She woke a few minutes later and I brought her back inside where she became a fussy shovel