Motor mouth

At “school” her teachers remarked how she is so small yet has so much to say. In fact, during nap time it takes her a while to settle down. They tell me she has conversations with herself and then when another child coughs or sneezes she remarks, “Bless you.” I’d rather her sleep but at least she’s polite!

Her great-aunt Vickie asked me to write down some of the words that she says (she then used this to make a scrapbook page for an Easter present). Once I got started, I couldn't stop. She literally will attempt to repeat EVERYTHING we say. Just counting the words she knows spontaneously (without prompting), I'm over 50 and increasing each day. She's also putting mini-sentences together like "Open door." and "Yabbit (translated, 'rabbit') sleeping."

Lydia is getting quite proficient at saying her friends' names. Sometimes she'll randomly blurt out, "Owen" or "Luke" or insert another name.
Lydia with her buddies and their respective daddies.

Here she is showing her bud Luke her soon-to-be "big girl" room.


These two are quite the pair. They decided to pretend to slurp soup. Lydie would dip into Luke's bowl every once and a while to get a taste of his. He's so patient with her!

Lydia had a blast at her play-date with Avery.

Finger painting, what fun!


She also experienced cats for the first time - she couldn't get enough! She is currently obsessed with saying, "Meow". I think I hear it 50 times a day.


Lydia with her newest friend, Landon

Of course Guinney is her steadfast companion. Daddy took them for a hike.


We have such fun with our darling little girl. She's into "backing up" and turning around. Here she backed into the cupboard to take a rest like mommy.


Coloring with daddy on St. Patty's day. She uses the word "yellow" to mean the color and "I want to color."

Here she is "yellowing" with chalk.

She's very "into" bubbles. As you can see, she's getting a kick out of playing in the suds in Mimi's sink.

Lydie looking "cool" at Riley's birthday party.

While Mommy and Daddy are away, Lydie will play! Her grandma and grandpa came up to play with her and bought her these yummy cupcakes which Uncle John and Aunt Leslie gave her for dinner (and documented). Priceless.



Playing at Great-ma's

Her current favorite song is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". She knows most of the words and when she doesn't know them she makes words up to the tune. She'll break into song at any time. When she wakes up in the morning, on car rides, in church... So so sweet!

Great-ma has this cool talking clock that she wears around her neck and Lydie loves to hear the ladies' voice come out of the little box.