Once there was a snow man!

I woke up Sunday afternoon from my nap to the sound of a snowball hitting our bedroom window followed by "MMMMMMOOOOMMMMMYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!" When I went out back this is what I found...Chris and Lydia's snowman
Chris putting on the 2nd head!

Lydia by her first snowman!

Lydia and her best friend following right behind.

Lydia copying what Che' does when he is outside.

All I have to say is that I am married to one amazing man, who are we kidding he let me take a two and a half hour nap and while I was doing that he got Lydia in tights, and jeans (she is getting her snow pants for christmas) took her out and built her one cute little snowman. He also spent our Saturday evening hooking che up with a sweet new doggy igloo and he rigged it with a heating lamp to keep him warm. Anyways what I am really trying to say is that I don't say it enough how blessed I am to have Chris for a husband. He works so hard and provides so much for our family without complaint. He truly is my best friend, and partner in crime. He is an amazing dad with such a soft spot for his little Liddy. We love you babe and hope you know you are APPRECIATED!!!

A toddler's best friend!

OK so for those of you who have known Che' since he was a puppy you know that he was our baby. He ruled our home no doubt. We sacrificed 2 sets of blinds, several hoses, so many of my high heels I don't even want to count and countless socks. We let that dog rule the roost and all because yes we love him.
Well after Lydia was born, we became pretty typical (I like to think) parents and we became SUPER overprotective of Lydia around Che'. It wasn't that we thought he was going to try to hurt her, I don't think Che' could hurt a fly. We were worried he would hurt her without meaning to.
So for the past 18 months Che' had found a new residence OUTSIDE. It seemed to work, he seemed happy and we would bring him in at night when it got cold. Well someone else had a different idea.
For the past couple of weeks Lydia has become obsessed with Che' from the moment she wakes up until she goes to be all I hear is CCCCHHHHEEE (it is pretty funny because when she says his name it sounds like she has a British accent.) Anyways we have slowly but surely been bringing Che' back inside. I'll be honest I fought it tooth and nail. I hate dog hair, and hate having to be on guard for my shoes and socks and now Lydia's toys but and there is a big BUT...
Lydia absolutely adores him. So anyways Lydia you win, I will let Che' come in the house, and I will sweep up and vacuum up his hair but only because I love you, and who are we kidding I really do love Che' too.

P.S. Surprisingly Che' has mellowed quite a bit, he knows he can't go in Lydia's room, and who are we kidding he will just sit there while Lydia malls the poor dog. Not to mention that now she follows him around on all fours (like a dog!)

Lydia and he new best friend!



Welcome back puppy!

Where my girls at?

Well my good friend Stacie was out of town (in Puerto Rico to be exact) and needed someone to watch her girls for one day. I of course volunteered #1 because I love her girls, and #2 Lydia gets so excited when she has someone other then me to play with. Let's just say it was quite the day. 4 Girls, 3 playgrounds, the merry go round, McDonalds, the Aquarium, movies, ice cream and me in a mini van. Here are a few of the pics, it really was so much fun!

7:30-8:30 am

We started off playing down in the studio. All three of Stacie's girls take from me so they were so excited to play on the mat's and dance around without any instruction with it (ha ha ha!)

8:30-9:30am
Then it was off to the park. Lydia and Ameliah were the best of friends.

Cute sisters Kaylee and Emma

Lydia

9:30-9:45 am

Snack time at the park

10:00-10:02 am (ha ha ha!)

We went to South Town mall to ride the merry-go-round. For some reason I thought this would take all sorts of time but Lydia's tantrum (when the ride was over) was longer then the ride itself.

Cute Emma would pose every time she saw the camera pointed at her.

Lydia and Ameliah... they loved it

10:15-11:00

We went down to the dinosaur play place in the mall...The girls had a blast and for most of the time they had it to themselves.

Ameliah and a little boy that showed up later went the rounds over the globe in the background. It was so funny to watch them baby argue over it!

Kaylee was Lydia's protector...she kept saying "Lydia is my best friend in the whole world!"

I love love love Kaylee she is seriously my favorite. She wore her favorite spider man shoes, and roared like a dinosaur the whole time we were at the dino play place.

McDonalds

11:00-12:00 pm

Living planet aquarium

12:00-12:45

After McDOnalds we went to the living planet aquarium.

By this time they were pretty tired and towards the end it was really showing that it was 1 hr past Liddy's nap time.

All the girls loved the sting reys but they were a little scared.

Right after Emma washed her hands she went back over and one of the sting reys totally sprayed her. It went ALL OVER!

1:00-3:30

After the aquarium it was back to my house for naps (only for Lydia), ice cream, Ice Age, more studio, a tea party, playing with Che' and chip time!

Emma was so excited about her puzzle that she completed while we were watching Ice age!

It was such a fun and jam packed day. I will say that 4 kids seems like a lot but we had a blast!

Tywer is 23!

Well my youngest brother Tyler turned 23 yesterday (Nov.3rd) We celebrated his birthday on Sunday at my parents. We had Ty's favorite pizza and brownies. I seriously love my little brother, he has so much energy for life and is just such a good kid. I feel like most youngest kids are the most spoiled but for some reason Tyler has turned out despite being spoiled (ha ha ha...minus of course the crimson fury!) Some of my favorite memories growing up involve Tyler just being Tyler. I love him to death and hope that he knows how much we love him. Happy Birthday Tyler! Tyler is not only cute but available...ha ha ha!

Liddy demanding all the attention (of course!)

Lydia was loving grandpa, partly because she was so scared of Uncle Tyler. Every time Tyler would come even close to Lydia she would give him the look of death, not joke we laughed for about 45 minutes because it was so funny!

So much for being the fun uncle huh TY?

Tyler's favorite mom's homemade brownies!

My cute mom and dad...I can't believe that their youngest is 23 years old!

One fish, two fish...three million gold fish!

THe Evidence

The culprit!

I was getting ready this morning, and all of the sudden I realized it was QUIET! And you know when it is quiet that something is wrong. I came out of my room to find that Lydia had taken the newly opened (this morning) box of goldfish out of the pantry and decided to make some fun with it! Good thing I love that little toad.

The church is true again!

Ok, ok the church has always been true but for the first time in 5 months as a family we all went to all three hours of Church. Why do you ask...because Lydia is now in NURSERY! I have been in the primary for the past 5 months and Chris has tried with all his heart to make it through the last two hours by himself but Lydia can be one tough cookie, especially around nap time. Anyways I was a little nervous about how Lydia was going to be in Nursery, I thought that it might take her a minute to feel comfortable but Oh no not Lydia. We went to one of the three nursery's and found which one Lydia would be going to. When we walked in all the kids were sitting at a little table and without even thinking twice Lid went found a seat and didn't look back. It was so funny she could not have even cared if we were there or not. It was so funny because I went into primary and was telling one of the other teachers why I was late and I was telling her I felt bad because Lydia didn't really care if I was there...and she said oh ya you should feel bad your child is so well adjusted (ha ha ha!) Anyways I know I should feel lucky, and who knows it may not always be like that but I just have a hard time believing that my baby is growing up.

My little toad is growing up!


She was a little onry after church...

but nothing daddy couldn't help with!

I had to put these in too, I took off her dress and she decided to do a little spa treatment with her yogurt!

This is HALLOWEEN

We had such a fun Halloween, Lydia was dressed as a little Lady Bug and we took her trick or treating. At first she was a little shy, but by the end she was getting all excited knocking on the doors and putting her little bucket up for people to put treats in. She made me laugh because at the first house she got a sucker and those are her all time favorite so for the rest of the time she was sucking on that sucker. It was so fun to see our neighborhood just come alive, there were a ton of kids. Afterwards our good friends the Millers came over and we all hit Red Robin and watched the dumbest scary movie ever (The shining) Don't see it, it is old and very stupid. Overall it was a great Halloween, and it made it so fun with Lydia!

P.S. The title of my post is for Justin and Linds...you guys can do the actions for it (ha ha ha!)

Trick or Treat!

My good friend's girls were all bugs too so I had to get a pick of the bug ball!

Notice that Lydia won't take the sucker out to save her life!

"Yum, Yum!"

Next year we will definitely be traveling with a wagon, Lydia walked so stinking SLOW!





Even Che' got in on the trick or treating action, he was pretty excited!



All ready

Liddy bug, my Lady Bug!

Bye Bye!

Lydia has a new obsession with getting the keys, getting her coat on and saying "Bye Bye" and heading outside!!! So I close the door and wait for her to come back and knock on the door...I tell ya that little girl cracks me up!