Thursday

I meant to write a "Wednesday" post yesterday, but I was too busy having fun with my sister-in-law, Amy. But, lets be honest, Thursday is way better than Wednesday... even if only because it is one day closer to Friday, which is when David is home for the weekend! 

I can't believe that summer is almost over. We are more than half-way through August and September is right around the corner. I have mixed feelings. I really love summer, but the upcoming holidays are going to be SO much fun with Miss Lydia. I can hardly wait for Halloween, not to mention how excited I am for her first Christmas! I feel like we have been insanely busy this summer - constantly on the go. Weddings, parties, family, friends, and lots and lots of house hunting. Even with all of that, I have hardly any of my "summer bucket list" items checked off. I'm not too bummed, because I don't know when we would even have been able to fit them in, but I am definitely going to try to squeeze a few of them in before the weather turns too cold. 

With the approach of fall, I've started to have some serious "back to school" nightmares. Last night my students had a full out food fight while I was talking to the vice principal who was returning a #2 pencil to me. That was jumbled between trying to set up a lab experiment for my students in the basement of Angela's (from Bones) house and trying to stop the Janitors from getting away with some big plot (of which I can no longer remember). I have weird dreams. I'm just grateful for David who always always holds me close after I wake him up to tell him that I'm having a bad dream. Oh, the point of this was not to tell you about my many nightmares - but rather to express how happy I am to NOT be going back to school. Seriously, I loved teaching. But I love staying at home with my baby way way more. People keep asking me if I am sad not to be going back, and I can honestly say that i'm not. I'm just happy to be this little girls mama. That is enough for me. 

I've been trying all sorts of great Pinterest recipes lately. High Heels and Grills "Mini-Philly Cheesesteaks" - awesome. Forgotten Chicken - not so much. Next up on the list to make are Crunchwrap Supremes and Chicken Broccoli Pies. Oh, and we ate some pretty delicious Navajo Tacos last night. Yum. 

I bought two nursing shirts from BabySteals last week. They just came in the mail and they are oh, so cute! I have been wearing the same four shirts outside of the house everytime I needed to leave because they were the only ones I own conducive to feeding Lydia. Even they weren't particularly comfortable. And at home I pretty much stick to my walmart $5 v-necks. I really can't express how excited I am for these beauties. Yay!

8,000 envelopes arrived on my doorstep yesterday. Thats in addition to the 12,000 that we ordered just a couple of months ago. Business is good. 

We are waist deep in this whole "building a home process". There is a lot more yet to do, but progress is being made! Our structural upgrades were just approved. (yay for pocket doors, pendant lights, pop-outs and laundry-room sinks!) It's not going to be my DREAM dream house. But it's definitely way above and beyond my dream-starter house. David and I are so blessed, and SO so excited. 

This whole post is pretty random. But I guess that's what a Thursday post should be. Now, we are just counting down until David gets home tonight. Tomorrow, he has a big banquet-lunch-celebration for passing the CPA exam at the Little America, and I get to go with him! That means working from home in the morning and an early weekend for us. 

Happy Thursday! 

Lydia: 2-3 Months

At three months old, Lydia is still a sweet and happy baby. Our pediatrician doesn't do a three month appointment, and we don't own a scale, so i'm not sure how much she weighs - but I do know that she is growing like crazy. I wish I could say that I was developing killer arm muscles - but unfortunately, all that is happening is that carrying her carseat up the stairs leaves me huffing and puffing. Someday maybe this baby-carrying thing will lead me to mad upper body strength... but until then... alas.

3 Months - July 2012

Some things that I want to remember about Lydia's third month (third month being the month of July 2012) are as follows:

--Lydia has stopped liking her pacifier. If you give it to her when she is happy, she gets grumpy. If you give it to her when she is grumpy, she gets mad. I think the change happened when she discovered her tongue. She plays with her tongue, licks her fingers, and pushes the pacifier around with her tongue instead of sucking on it. 

--She still hates tummy time. 

--We just started sleep training her. After almost three months of letting her sleep in a co-sleeper in our bed, we are transitioning her into her own bed in her own room. She is already doing so much better at sleeping in her bed and taking regular naps. 

--I took some pictures of her in her blessing dress because I didn't get many at her actual blessing, and because she was a little bit bigger and filled out the dress a little better. They turned out so cute!

--We went on our very first, sans-baby date night! Lydia was a champ, and stayed with Wendy and Amy and watched the Opening Ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympics. I was really worried about her being gone for so long (we went to a play at the Hale Center Theater) so earlier that day I had tried to pump so that I could leave her a bottle. It was pretty much a disaster - so I ended up leaving her a sample bottle of formula (one that we had gotten in the mail), just in case. I'm so glad that I did because we were gone for just a little too long and she got hungry. 

--Lydias bright blue eyes are turning a beautiful blue-gray. Who knows if they will stay that way - but they are almost exactly the same shade of blue as her dads. 

--She is still wearing size one diapers.

--Loves her Mom.  This may sound silly- but I really really love that she loves me. Of course she loves her dad, but sometimes all she wants is to be held by me. I am trying to soak that up, even when I am exhausted - because I know that soon Daddy will be the favorite and special one. But at least for now, she really really loves me. 

--We went to the splash pad in Morgan while I was up visiting family. She was still too little to do much, but she looks so darn cute in her little swimming suit!

-Her hand-eye coordination has gotten much better. She used to just look at her little hanging toys -but now she can swat at them with her arms. No grabbing yet, not really. But it's really really fun to see her start to focus on things better. We were at my parents house and for the first time you could see that she was watching the spinning mobile. 

-She still smiles really big, but has stopped "talking" as much as she was when she first figured it out. Sometimes it's like she forgot how to make the noises. You can tell she is trying, but she just can't get them out. She "talks" to my mom more than any other person though. Something about her Grandma Walker just gets her all fired up. It's so cute to watch. 

Thats all for right now. But here are some pictures of our darling girl:

We absolutely adore this girl! 

Five Little Things

#1 - We had our structural meeting for our house and really hammered down all of the structural upgrades that we want. These upgrades include: a laundry room with a window, a "mommy's craft room", a window seat popout on the stairs, and a bay window in the dining room. Whoo-hoo! We are so excited.

#2-We have been trying to pace ourselves while watching Season 3 of White Collar. Even with those precautions - we are flying through it. Only 6 more episodes left. We will be so sad when it is over. I love Neal, Elizabeth, Peter, Mozzy... really just all of them. (Also, we may or may not have already started calling Lydia "Elle" ("L") because we love that nickname for Elizabeth.)

#3-I made the most darling flyer in the whole world for a little company that makes cakes. I know it's dorky, but I love it so much that I just can't resist showing it to anyone and everyone.

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#4-This week we have spent a lot of time being grateful for the blessings that we have. It's easy to become concerned over little things - but we really are so truly blessed. I'm so grateful for the family and friends that I am surrounded by, as well as so many other things in life.

#5-This is is the reason that I am posting these five things on Saturday instead of Friday. We got an invitation to a pool party being thrown by our dentist office. (Random right?) They had rented out the Lindon Pool and were having prizes, food, games, and swimming. We were SO excited to go - but ended up leaving a little late. No big deal right? Well, we pulled into the parking lot and there was not an open spot to be seen. In fact, there wasn't an open spot for a full two blocks in any direction. Determined to go, we parked in a little parking lot by a hair salon and some apartment buildings and walked our way over to the pool. Then we got in line and waited... and waited. The pool had reached the full capacity and they weren't letting anyone else in. They said that they would let us in as soon as people started leaving - but after 15 minutes (David will tell you that it was longer) of standing in line we gave up and decided to go home. I was SO sad. I love swimming and love love love just being by the water. I really can't tell you how sad I was. I had been looking forward to this all week. Who knew that dentists were so popular? Don't worry, we ended up getting a pizza on the way home and watched some good episodes of White Collar and I feel much better. But I vow to go swimming before summer is over!

Here is a picture of how sad we were:

 And a happy picture because we look so cute.