Teething!

It seems like teething is an endless process. Lydia Jane has 2 bottom teeth and is currently working on bringing in a top tooth. She is chewing on everything!
Exhibit A:




Here she is chewing on one if her actual teething toys. This is pretty rare though. She has a fairly short attention span and will chew on anything.
Exhibit B:




Her favorite thing to chew on is the finial from our headboard. In the beginning, I tried to stop her. Now I just take it off and let her chew away. She LOVES it.
Exhibit C:




Most of the time she is pretty happy but we do have occasional meltdown moments.




Luckily these usually end in like this:




We recently bought her a Sophie the Giraffe teether and that is her new favorite thing! I don't have a picture of her with it but it really is as good as the reviews say and I'm really glad we broke down and bought it for her.
Overall, we are all surviving just fine but I will definitely be glad when tooth #3 finally makes an appearance and we have our happy baby back full time!

Little by Little

Right now we are in the middle of teething and getting accustomed to my new four day work schedule.  It is awesome having an extra full day with my girl, but working 9.5 hour days is a little exhausting! I want to keep up with our life on here though so my goal is to post more little posts more frequently.  All the pictures may be from my phone, but at least I will have things documented! Here are a few of my recent favs:


Being a fashionista is so rough...


Anybody want a raspberry???


She loved chewing on this straw while Cory blew on it. I don't know why; she is weird. :)


I feel badly that this cracks me up but there it is...


My favorite happy girl!

6 Months Old!

Lydia Jane is now almost 7 months old. I am definitely getting worse at these things! I skipped 5 months completely. Oh well! She had her 6 month check up a few weeks ago and is still quite a big girl!
Height: 27 1/2 inches (95%)
Weight: 18 lbs. 7 oz. (90%)
Head: 17 In. (75%)
Likes: doing the inch worm crawl, sitting up, eating baby food, playing in water, chewing on everything!
Dislikes: sleeping alone, being left alone for even 30 seconds, waiting for anything (yes, she is a little spoiled but I'm working on it)

Even though she is spoiled, she is still the sweetest baby.  She is always so happy and rarely cries.  I was trying to wait until she was a full six months old before giving her baby food, but she was just too interested.  We went on vacation the second week in July and she would give us all the stare down when we ate.  I have a funny picture on my computer I will have to post soon.  She can't crawl quite yet, but she has learned how to inch her way around to get what she wants.  She sort of catapults herself forward which is a little dangerous because she will catapult herself into the side of her crib and such.  This month she got in the river and the ocean!  She loved them both but wasn't a fan of floating in her life jacket in the ocean like she was in the river (Cory was holding onto her, by the way, I do not just let my child float wild and free in large bodies of water. :)).  She has already had so many adventures and we can't wait for many, many more!

Hanging out with Daddy is too relaxing!

I love baby food!!

Yeah, I can sit up now...what's the big deal??

I've got some catching up to do...

I am so far behind with blogging! Little Miss LJ is just much fun I have a hard time getting myself to do things that aren't playing with her! I have sooo many pictures though and she is growing and learning new things so quickly! We think she is just the most amazing baby! We aren't biased or anything. :) Anyway, these are some of my recent favorites.



Ha ha. She is too cute!


Gimme that spoon! I can totally handle this!


I think she looks so adorable sleeping! Or anytime, really. :)


Sitting up all on her own like a big girl!


Chilling with Daddy.


Sunday mornings are my favorite because we don't have church until 11 so we all have a nice cuddle in the mornings.


Her faces when Cory kisses her always make me laugh!


Ready for church!


Working hard to bring in that tooth!!

4 Months!

Lydia Jane's four month birthday went by in a haze of tears and doctor's visits.  I had been doing so well taking her "birthday bunny" pictures and doing her monthly posts. Unfortunately, I learned quickly when you have a sick child, all plans fly out the window and you enter survival mode. We got through it and are very glad to have a happy, healthy baby girl again!
Her four month stats:
Head: 16.5 cm (90-95 percentile)
Height: 25.5 (95 percentile)
Weight: 16 lbs. 2 oz. (90-95 percentile)
As you can see, she is a big girl but perfectly proportional so the doctor says that's great. Cory has now taken to calling her "Big 95" or "Big Lydi." I hope he tires of these nicknames before she is old enough to understand them and feel like a "beast." At least if she does turn out to be a giant, she will have a giant mom to understand her. :) Giant or no, we still think she is the cutest baby on the block!






Likes: rolling over, sitting up in the Bumbo, holding her own bottle like a big girl, rattles, chewing on things, giving "kisses," drooling, Hush Little Baby
Dislikes: anyone touching her feet, Daddy's prickly beard, Mommy going on evening runs(I return to a teary eyed girl almost every time)

Crazy! Crazy!

Life has been so nuts lately.  I have so many things to blog about and not nearly enough time for it.  There are just so many more things that involve a certain tiny chubby someone that I would rather be doing.   My plan is to try and write more posts at work so I can get caught up.  We will see how that goes.  I really want to have thing written down for Lydia Jane when she is older.  She is growing so much and so fast.  It is so exciting!  I just love being around her and seeing her do new things.  We really do think she is super baby. :)

My First Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was pretty typical for a Sunday morning.  We woke up and had orange rolls, my favorite and go ready for church that starts at 11.  Cory had to be there at 10:30 to help set up the sacrament so Lydi and I were on our own for a little bit which gave us some time for a quick photo op. :)



As usual, I wasn't at church 5 minutes before LJ decides she needed a snack so it was off to the mothers lounge.  I feel like I practically live in there on Sundays.  Oh well.  After we came home from church, we had a quick lunch and then the three of us snuggled up for a nice Sunday nap.  It seriously was the best! After we woke up, we headed over to Cory's parents to celebrate with his mom.  We had gone out to eat with my mom on Saturday.  We had a really good time seeing everyone and Lydi even let people hold her which she sometimes will not do.  She will only let my dad hold her for about 90 seconds before her little lip comes out and she starts crying.  Luckily that was not the case for this gathering!  Cory's mom loved the digital picture frame we all got for her.  I had the best time adding pictures to it!  I can't believe how much the kids have grown in the past few years!  They really enjoyed seeing pictures of themselves flashing up on the screen too!  On our way home we listened to a new lullaby CD I bought LJ at the recommendation of NieNie.  It's called Baby Mine and it really is the best.  I highly recommend it as well.  So such a simple but wonderful day!  I love being a mom and I feel like it has really helped me to appreciate all the simple, wonderful things in my life.  Lydia Jane is such a treasure.  I really love everything about her.  She is the best blessing Heavenly Father has ever given me and I am so thankful for her!  She has taught me so much about being a mother already and I look forward to many more learning experiences with our sweet girl!