Slumber Party

Mom and Dad went away for a long weekend, so Lydia got to have a slumber party at Grandma and Grandpa's. Lydia had lots of fun socializing with friends and family. Uncle Dan liked to carry Lydia around (above). Aunt Kristen thought Lydia was adorable (below). And when it was time for bed, Lydia slept till at least 4:15. Good thing Grandpa's an early-riser :)

Lydia already can't wait to go back, but we'll let Grandma and Grandpa rest up first.

First Bumbo Sitting

Amazing!

Gross, but true: Your feet can produce a pint of sweat each day. Throughout your life, the amount of saliva you have could fill two swimming pools. Yet when do you see that pint of sweat or those two swimming pools of saliva? You don't, and you really don't know what your body can do, until you have a baby! That beautiful little girl named Lydia...my body made her! (Well, God did through me, but...) All those bottles of milk that give her complete nutrition...my body made them! It just amazes me to think about it. Now that little girl isn't anything to sneeze at either. She can saturate a burp cloth in one day, and she can fill up a diaper pail in just four! That's kind of amazing in its own way too.
I don't have any pictures to post for this one... You're welcome.

Morning Report

Morning

In the morning, at about 5:45, Lydia wakes up and will play quietly in her crib, look up at her mobile, and try to find her fingers to suck on. Then when I walk in, she smiles, and it has to be one of the greatest things in the world. It's so big-girl of her to sleep through the night, and she's been doing just that all this week. Since she's sleeping at night and not during the day, I sleep through her sleeping, and I miss seeing her sleep. It's comforting to know she still sleeps sometimes.

Tummy Time 2

Look at me! I'm so strong.

Hey, this might be fun!

Plop. Now I'm tired.

At two months, Lydia is 9 lbs, 5 oz and 21.5 inches (19th percentile for weight; 24th percentile for length) and healthy.

Lydia's Great-Grandmas

Great-Grandma Schmidt
Great-Grandma Bolgert

Great-Grandma Doris

First Easter

We didn't take Lydia to sit with the Easter bunny at the mall. If that bunny scares me, what would Lydia think? And anyways, Lydia posed cutely with the Easter bunny on Great-Grandma's couch.

Aunt Carol showing the baby to Natalie and Ava.

Arms are down, but smile's not on...babies are so hard to photograph!

See Ava inspecting Lydia's foot...hehe. When we had Lydia in the carrier and were about to leave, Ava rocked the baby. It was cute. I did have to stop the carrier from tipping over. But it was cute.