Liddy Biddy Baby Boo Boo

That's one of the many nicknames for this sweet baby. I also call her Princess Buttercup, Pretty Liddy, punkin head, bunny boo boo, sweetie pie, cutie pie the list goes on and on. I do love my nicknames for her. Lydia is getting big and it's hard to believe she is nearing 3 months. She was a perfect sign of health at her 2 month check up. Here are her stats, I also dug up Kate's just for kicks and comparisons.
Lydia 2months
11 lbs 15oz 75% percentile
22 1/2" long 50% percentile
14 1/2" head circumference 25% percentile

Kate 2months
11 lbs 12oz
23in
15"

I also have a couple of pictures of them for comparison.

Kate

Lydia

I love how different and unique our girls are turning out to be. I love them both dearly. These are some of my observations of them, not really comparing them as much as describing my observations of them. Lydia has no tolerance for pain or discomfort, Kate did. Lydia is way more cuddly then Kate was as a baby. Kate has always been a very independent child/infant. I feel that Lydia is more dependent. Kate hated to be rocked to sleep, she liked putting herself to sleep and didn't like sleeping with me. Lydia loves being rocked to sleep, always wakes up and ends up in bed with me. Lydia is a princess, Kate is a drama queen.

I signed Kate up for swim lessons in the fall with her dad. She is also going to take a turn in ballet. She has never expressed interest in ballet or even dancing much for that matter. But they had a time slot available that actually worked for us so I figured I'd see how she does, who knows maybe she'll be a star on "So You Think You Can Dance" someday.

Happy Birthday To Mommy

Kate loves birthdays. I recently had mine and she's been fascinated by it. She always reminds me about my birthday. And when I ask her when her birthday is she always tells me "Loctober". She tells me she wants stars on her cake. So on my birthday Brock and Kate went to the store to get some things to make me my favorite birthday lunch, a grilled beef tenderloin filet. They also bought me a birthday cake, as soon ask they walked in the door Kate yelled to me that they got me a birthday cake. The next thing she did was go to the kitchen drawer to look for a spoon "so she can have some of that cake" she just couldn't wait. Brock and I got a kick out of it and whenever we need a good laugh remind each other how she did that. I captured some of it on video. Besides that, we kept it low key for my birthday, I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before and it wasn't because I was excited for my birthday! I was up with a baby that wouldn't sleep. For my birthday I got an iflip minoHD camera, it was really a combination gift from my inlaws for the birth of the baby and my birthday present (they helped pay for a portion of it). We also went to our local waterpark for a little bit, mostly to let Kate splash around

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4th of July

We had a great 4th, it was jammed pack. We went to our town parade in the morning. Emily and Justin along with their boys and my Mom came up later that day for a bbq. After that it was break time and we all took a rest, after all it was a holiday. We had ice cream and then headed over to Warren's new house so that everyone could see it. It's a beautiful home. While there we went ahead and bathed the kids so they would be ready for bed as soon as the fireworks were over. It was cute seeing the cousins in a tub. We barely made it to the fireworks and maybe caught about 10 minutes of it. It was enough for me, I thought it was spectacular but mostly I wanted Kate to see them. Of course she was wowed by them!

At the town parade

Grandma with her new grandbabies

Love-a-dub-dub 3 cousins in a tub

Out Numbered

Brock is outnumbered but if you ask him he wouldn't have it any other way. He is a great dad and husband to his girls. If one of the girls cries he is usually the first on the scene to find out what is wrong. He begs me to pump so that he can feed the baby. He's not afraid of a dirty diaper, and doesn't mind the spit up. He doesn't mind the night shift, but I usually have to give him a big nudge because he sleeps like the dead. His favorite chore is cuddling the girls, it's a rough job but someones got to do it.

We tease that our dog Tilly and Lydia are the same size, but the truth is Lydia is about 2lbs bigger then Tilly. Poor Tilly will always be the baby.





One of the cutest things about Lydia is the way she sleeps. She sleeps on her back (or sometimes belly) with her arms stretched over her head. In fact I just checked on her a minute ago and sure enough her little arms are over her head. She's always slept like this, it's so cute how she does it.

She isnt' really sleeping in this picture but you get the idea, she is a stretcher

Kate's Garden

Brock and Kate have been growin it, I've been eating it! If I can't find Brock or Kate I know where to look....the garden. Those two have been hard at work in the garden all summer and their efforts have payed off, they have produced some great stuff. Kate will eat a whole cucumber by herself. She doesn't like tomatoes, but doesn't seem to mind growing them. They also have a sunflower that is about to open and bloom anyday.
I also bought some fresh corn and peaches from the Snead's (a farmer I worked for when I was 18). I think he has the best produce in Virginia. I froze away 3 dozen ears of corn and made fresh freezer jam with the peaches. It was wonderful on our pancakes this morning.

Lydia's tooth

It comes from my side of the family I suppose. My nephew had teeth early and I think my dad did too. Lydia joins the club with early teething. She had a tooth pop through on the day she turned 10 weeks old. I can see it and sometimes feel it, it sorta goes under the gum and then comes back up. I actually noticed this white pimple on her gum in the hospital with her, I thought it looked like a tooth then but brushed off the idea of it since she was so young to be getting a tooth. I also had been meaning to bring it up to the pediatrician but always forgot. I tried to get a picture of it which she didn't like very much. You'll have to tell me what you think.

Click on it to make it larger. It's the white pimple thing in the lower left gum.

Life is a bowl full of cherries



My friend Becky sent me the most beautiful handmade quilt for Lydia, a friend of hers made it. I thought it deserved a picture on my blog.

4 under 2.5

One reason I haven't been very good with updating my blog is because I was watching 4 kids under the age of 2 1/2 for 6 days. My mom went to visit my brother in UT which left my seester without a sitter for 6 days so the big seesters stepped up to the plate and offered to help out. What was I thinking! Honestly I was happy to do it and even happier that I had the time to do it. Normally I would be working but I have the summer off for maternity leave. There were some rough moments when the 2 babies were being demanding at the same time but over all I had so much fun watching the 4 kids. The toddlers were so cute to watch and played very well together and for the most part the babies took turns being good and bad. I honestly can't say which baby was better or worse. They both really are about the same which is good because they are the exact same age.

Here are some pictures from that week.

The two babies, they both had their moments but I have to admit Rowan has a much louder cry then Lydia and Lydia can cry. At their 2 month appointments these two were about 1 lbs 3 oz difference in size

Just look how upset Rowan is, not sure why

His Nickname is T R O U B L E

This is such a cute picture of Kate