Thomas finished his first year of medical school and we had the whole summer off! Since this will be our only summer, we traveled pretty much the whole time.
Trip #1- Texas round 1
Lydia and Ellie with Grandmother
Grandma likes dressing up the girls
Lydia's first crawfish boil-- she was ready to eat the whole thing, but we didn't let her, don't worry.
We got to go see Uncle Adam at work and Lydia got to sit in the Life Flight helicopter!
Lydia and Ellie at Maw Maw's
We went to the Kemah boardwalk!
Old Macdonald's farm!
Lydia and Ellie were playing upstairs together and it was really quiet. They usually fight so I got suspicious and went to go check on them. Ellie had gotten into my mascara and helped Lydia out with some makeup...
Trip #2- San Diego
We went to San Diego to surprise Thomas' dad for his birthday! Unfortunately, the car broke down just before El Centro, and we got stranded. We were stuck there for the day with no car so we walked around until we found out our car would not be fixed by the end of the day. We ended up having to ruin the surprise and have Thomas' parents come make the 3 hour drive to rescue us. They weren't going to be there before the car place closed, so we had to walk around with all of our stuff for a while.
Lydia got a sucker, so she didn't care that we were stranded.
We found the library and when we walked in Thomas said, "Hey, that's my mom's painting!" It was cool to see her artwork!
We loaded all of our stuff into a buggy and walked around homeless for a while. It was a very humbling adventure!
Lydia still talks about getting to see and hug Elmo! She loved Sea World! It was my first time too and it was really fun!
She loves Grandpa Tom
Trip #3-Utah
We went to Utah for a reunion with Thomas' brothers and sisters. It was a lot of fun and a very busy week going to the rodeo, waterpark, BYU, Alpine Slide, Humanitarian Center, Church History museum, and doing a service project! Lydia loved playing with her cousins!
Our very patriotic baby girl during the National Anthem at the Rodeo on July 4th!
Alpine Slide
Thomas's mom is VERY talented and was painting the cousins' faces. She was going to do it on Lydia's hand because she is so little she didn't think she'd want it on her face, but Lydia insisted it be on her cheek like her cousins.
We played minute to win it games and Lydia got a head full of cheese balls. She's loved them ever since.
She hangs on EVERYTHING!
Trip #4-Texas round 2
We headed back to Texas for a reunion with my siblings at the beach house! It was a lot of fun! Lydia had crazy nasty hair the whole time, but she had a blast playing with cousins and playing on the beach!She also really liked manipulating Aunt Jill into taking her crab hunting all the time.
Before the beach house, we went to a really cool Gator park that also had some tortoises we could feed! I thought Lydia might be a little apprehensive, but she went right up to the tortoise and started feeding it. She loves feeding animals.. and humans.
Moriah was so nice and shared her games with Lydia!
When we got bored at the beach house, we played games. The Korean games are always so violent!
She was NOT afraid of the water, unfortunately.
Thomas digs holes. Every.Single. Beach trip.
We got to go crabbing on the pier near the beach house!
She thinks she is playing Mario Kart.
- Lydia likes shots and gets VERY mad when I have my blood drawn and she doesn't get a shot too. The nurse will usually give her some of that wrap to make her feel like she got a shot, too.
- It started raining outside and Lydia ran over to me (laying lazily on the couch) and said "stop it! come here! wake up!" and moved my legs off the couch so I'd get up and come see the rain with her.
- Lydia sings all the time. She makes up songs while she plays and they are hilariously cute.
-When she first learned the alphabet, she would sing " Now I ABCDEFG next time won't you sing with me" instead of now I know my ABC's. She has since corrected that :(
-When we first got back to Arizona after being all over the place for the summer, we went to Cabela's to look at the dead stuffed animals. When we got out of the store and were walking back to the car she said, "It's hot! It's hot! It's hot! I'm melting!!!!"
- I was trying to get her to watch Harry Potter with me, but she didn't make it very far. When she saw Dumbledore she said, "It's Christmas!" and then when Hagrid says "You're a wizard, Harry" Lydia yelled," You're a lizard! Ahhh!!!"
-Lydia climbed up on Thomas and put her head right next to his face and he said "Oh hi there" and she said "Daddy, say mmwah!" She just needed a kiss from her daddy!
-I asked Lydia if she was excited to go to nursery with her friends and she said " Ya! With my friends mommy and daddy!" --we may need to work on social skills...
Arizona!!!!
In between the trip to San Diego and the trip to Utah (which was about a week), we moved into a house! We decided to rent a house because the apartment was on the second floor and I was worried Lydia was getting to loud with all her jumping around. Plus, I was kinda sick of lugging a kid and groceries up the stairs. We have loved having the house! Lydia has her own playroom, I don't have to worry about her being noisy, we have a backyard (made of rocks), and it has been really nice to just have our own space. We had a while before school started back up so Thomas got to play with us around town which he never gets to do!
We went to the wildlife park and fed the Lori birds!
Lydia has mastered the pout
The Halle Heart museum was fun! Lydia liked dressing up like a scientist and it made her daddy very proud!
Lydia loves helping out around the house. She sorts silverware for me, sweeps, wipes surfaces, cooks, helps with the laundry, etc.
We went to the zoo on world elephant day (who knew such a thing existed!) and got to see the firemen give the elephants a bath. Lydia still talks about it and expects it every time we go to the zoo.
She is starting to climb on everything and try some acrobatic skillz.
Lydia loves painting! These are supposed to be ghosts.
Thomas and I got to go to the BYU game that was here in Arizona! It was really fun!
Lydia picked this dress that was SOOO sparkly to wear to church. She looked like she was ready for a quincenera. The pictures do not do justice to the sparkles. We took a lint roller to church and ended up changing her about 10 minutes into Sacrament meeting.
Lydia insists on helping with everything. She loves cooking! When I go into the kitchen, she runs in to make sure I don't try to cook anything without her.
Just laying down in the disgusting, poopy petting zoo.
Lydia has become VERY dramatic. She got a paper cut in the morning and didn't use that finger the rest of the day and kept crying about it.
We went to the state fair!
She hangs on everything.
We went to the railroad park! It was actually way cooler than I expected.
Lydia loves book time at night. When Thomas told her to get some books to read while he did something else for a little bit, he came back to this pile of books waiting for him. She always asks for one more book.
Thomas practices OMM on me a lot and Lydia has picked up on it too!
hugging the germ infested goat
Petting the cute kangaroo at the fair!
Lydia is getting better and better at building block towers, but she doesn't seem to understand that you can't build the tower infinitely high so she cries every time it falls.
I have been really nauseous with this pregnancy. Thomas had a gas mask and told me to try that so I could actually get some dishes done!
Things now
We had quite the summer and we are well into the second year of medical school now. We are expecting a baby boy in February! We are very excited. Lydia is excited and confused. She told me she has a baby AND a puppy in her tummy. She always has to one up me! The pregnancy is going well. I am being closely monitored for any signs of pre-eclampsia. We are hoping to keep this one in until his due date, but whatever happens we have faith that it will be alright.
My social anxiety/depression has been on my mind a lot lately. Lydia is loving playing with friends. She always says "I want friends." I feel a little bad that she is stuck with such a socially awkward mom who doesn't arrange enough play dates for her. She is so friendly and loving and I feel like I hold her back a lot because of my insecurities. It is definitely something I need to work on. I want friends too, but it doesn't come very easy to me! Anytime we do something with other people, I spend the rest of the day analyzing what I said/didn't say and did wrong and beat myself up about it and wish I hadn't even gone and I just feel so stupid!!! But she cries every time we leave nursery or playgroup because she wants to play with friends more. For her sake, I'm going to have to do some research into overcoming this weakness of mine! Having an outgoing child is such a challenge!!!
Lydia is learning more and more every day. She can recognize most of her letters and knows all the letter sounds, she can count to 13 consistently and 20 on a good day, she likes cutting and gluing, she can trace straight and zig zag lines, and she is getting better at sitting and coloring for more than 2 minutes. She loves singing songs and always reminds us to pray before meals. She is getting smarter and it is getting scarier and scarier how manipulative a little 2 year old can be. She loves trying to take Thomas' backpack and shoes off of him when it is time for him to leave for school, saying she just needs one more hug and kiss, and when all else fails flailing on the ground so he won't leave her. She will also be super sweet and nice telling you that you are her best friend, giving you kisses, telling you that you're pretty, etc. if she wants a treat. We sure do love her and all her strong willed feistiness!
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