Deep Thinking, Chuck E Cheese, Bathroom, JUMPING

I know this will sound like a bragging mother, but I really, truly believe Lydia understands deep emotion. I was putting her to bed the other night and felt the need to elaborately explain how much I love her. She watched me speak, listened 'til the end and then just hugged me real tight, like she was thanking me or comforting me, reciprocating? 

Chandler spent the entire weekend renovating the bathtub/shower so Lydia and I spent a lot of time out of the house. When Chaunce was finally done for the weekend he took a shower and came downstairs. Lydia ran to him with arms wide open and said, "I missed you!". Are you kidding? This stuff is deadly adorable.

I washed some baby boy clothes in preparation for his arrival and brought the basket up to fold. Lydia said, "these are for baby brother.". She, of course, wanted to wear the clothes and Kempo and I explained briefly that they are for the little baby brother to wear and she placed the onesie on my round belly smiling.

OK, we went to Chuck E Cheese because it was raining and we had to get some energy expelled and it was a great place to meet up with Jess and Sadie (YAY!). I'd never been and if Lydia didn't enjoy it so much I'd never go again. I ended up with a headache from the madness of over-stimulation, but AGAIN, Lydia was amazed by all of it. Thank goodness MooMoo came along to chase our sweet Lydia around.

Some of the scene and Lydia's alternative bathtime. She really loves bathing in the sink!

If Lydia is awake, she's likely to be jumping... 

Or rolling around laughing...

Or being just sweet (and demanding, too, but I don't have pictures of that).

I think she learned this burping technique from Jess and Sadie. Lydia isn't quite as delicate as Jess, but she's trying.

Lydia's new shoes.

Wilson Farm, SADIE, Lydia's Closet And Outside

We go to Wilson's constantly. Lydia loves the barn - she even pretends to love the llama, which she is quite afraid of in real life. In the garden shop, they have a coy pond and a parrot. Then, I can do the produce shopping and we're all happy.

Chandler was in Minnesota visiting Uncle Thor, so Jess and Sadie came to keep us company. This was a really good thing for Lydia to be around our sweet, little, 11-week-old Sadie. Since Lydia is expecting her new baby, all the practice she can get sharing mama and gently hugging the little one is great! Sadie is such a good sport, too. She never complained, she was a dream! And Jess... She brought dinner (homemade stuffed peppers - YUM) and kept both Lydia and me entertained.

Lydia's closet has become a fun, secret getaway for her. Most of her toys live in there so she has plenty to do and when she's all set making her mess, we close the door! Genius.

It has been beautiful out! Lydia and I visited MooMoo and Gram and their little park in Cambridge where Lydia played and played. And, of course, did some deep thinking.

Lydia and I were talking about the clouds. I mentioned how fluffy they were and Lydia said, "Mama? I want to tickle them." That's precious. And sounds like fun.

Some barn moments. Lydia makes animal sounds and then says goodbye to all the animals.

Halloween and Election Week

What a week. 

In trivial news, Lydia truly enjoys any and all catalogues that are delivered to the house. She'll thoughtfully ponder each item and then decide whether she does or doesn't want it. If she wants the thing, she'll be sure to let me know, if she doesn't, a quick turn of the page. Here she fell in love with a dollhouse.

Just a precious moment at the park with Daddy.

HALLOWEEN! Lydia spent the day at Selene's with her favorite friend, Yasmina. The two girls dressed up (a cat and a giraffe) and went to a halloween party! Looks like they had a blast. SO much so, Lydia was all halloweened-out by the time we made it to MooMoo's to hand out treats to the Cambridge neighborhood kiddies. Lydia wanted nothing to do with her costume that evening. She was pretty scared by a spooky costume that came by the house so it took her some sitting and playing with Jess Moon to get past it and enjoy the little cuties that just kept coming. We saw a pink poodle, lots of princesses and a truly sweet Nemo. AND, little Sadie Moon dressed up for us, also as a kitty. A DOLL and I have no pictures to prove it.

And on Tuesday morning, the three of us took to a local school to cast our votes. Lydia was inspired!

I will attempt to post some videos later this week. I'm having some trouble uploading tonight.