Lydia and Ben

Hangin' out

Ben came to visit Lydia yesterday while his Mommy Amy went to work for the first time! They are only two weeks apart but Ben has outgrown her by far! It was very interesting for me to try and figure out how to feed two babies at the same time and what to do when they both wanted to be held, and of course, it would be silly for either of them to want to take a nap during that time. I also thought that it would be a brilliant idea to get both babies naked since they both love it so much, I didn't realize that boys don't just pee on themselves but they pee all over that whole room, Ben wore a loin cloth after that. I don't know how people with twins do it, I was pretty worn out after only 4 hours!

Naked Tummy Time!



Cuties!



Ben's Loin Cloth



Little Nakeds!



Entertaining two Babies!



How to Hold 2 Babies!

5 Months Already!

Well, my beautiful little girl is growing up way too quickly. She weighs 14 lbs now. She is grabbing everything and putting it in her mouth and it becoming quite the character. We are practicing crawling and sitting up but really she just prefers to be snuggling in Mom's arms. She loves her dog Chewy, her kitties, the fish, hangin' out in the hottub, being naked, being outside for any reason, and grandma and grandpa.

Lydia is 4 Months Old!

Time flies and Lydia is growing up way too quickly! I love that she changes every day and gets cuter and cuter! She rolled over for the first time from her tummy, she tried her first rice cereal, and she never stops smiling and giggling. Her Daddy can't get enough of her and has a hard time dropping her off at our baby sitter's house in the morning. I am back at work and I hate leaving her but I know that she is well taken care of thanks to my Dad and Corey's Mom and Aunt Stephi.

Lydia was also able to meet my Dad's side of the family from California, what a treat! I didn't get to hold her all night and every time I looked up someone new was playing with her. She sometimes has stranger anxiety, in fact, she just started liking her Daddy and not crying all the time when he holds her. So she must have felt right at home visiting with the relatives because she was an angel the whole time.

Yes, most of it ends up on my face.

New Year's Party

Lydia is always ready to rock

So apparently we suck and no one bothered to tell us. By 11:30, out of all the people who said they were coming, the only people who had showed up to our party were our best and closest friends and family; Steph and Joe, Linzey and Jake, and Jessie and Kellen. We were about to call it quits when our friends Lindsay and Bob showed up with 6 other people and the party finally started. We were able to get rid of most of the champagne and watch the ball drop together at least. Next year, I'm sleeping through New Year's, it's overrated and lame.

Lydia's First Christmas

Lydia had her first Christmas this year! Santa didn't bring her any presents at home but her stocking had socks and a rattle in it. And from everyone else, thankfully, all she got was a couple of cute outfits and some books and toys. That's all little babies really 'need' although Lydia always 'needs' new outfits! My Dad thought that he should have gotten me more dolls when I was younger so that I don't feel the need to dress my little daughter up in ridiculous outfits all the time, but it's just in my nature and we both have fun trying on new things!

We were able to visit my parents and Corey's parents and eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Mmmm... Oh, and I got a new salt water fish tank! I am so excited and can't wait to put fish and coral in it. And Corey got a snow blower, a blu ray player, a TV, a fridge, a new air conditioner, and some slippers.

Now on to New Year's...we are hosting a party at our house, so I'll let y'all know how that goes. Happy Holidays!

And her favorite toy of all, a gloworm..

What? I still spit up on Christmas.



My Grandpa

Lydia is 3 Months Old!

Lydia's Fish Face

Lydia turned 3 months today, whoa, does time go fast. She smiles all the time now, she is such a flirt. She even laughs and giggles a lot, too. She is constantly talking and making new sounds, I can't wait to see what she's like when we can understand her. I wonder what she is going to do next...
She also sleeps 'like a baby' through the night for 8-10 hours, it's amazing. She won't nap really at all during the day, though, and she likes to eat every two hours so our days are busy finding things to do that she likes. We love her so much and she is such a good baby. What did I do to deserve this? I hope I don't get it later...

Santa Baby!

Lydia went to a lot of Christmas parties this year! One new tradition that we started this year was an Angel Tree competition with my Aunt Julie and Uncle Doug. We split up into 3 teams and tried to get the most and best gifts for less fortunate people for Christmas. It was so much fun being able to get stuff for people who really deserve it! And believe it or not the boys won! We will definitely be doing it again next year!

Lydia will be 3 months old on the 21st of December, it's amazing how fast they grow up. I will be going back to work on the 29th and I am not looking forward to it at all. Thankfully, I have Corey's Mom and my sister Steph and my Dad to help watch her so I know she will be well taken care of, I just don't want to miss out on anything!

It's been snowing here and I was trying to figure out how to hold a baby and shovel so I bundled her up and strapped her in to her Snuggli and went outside and she would laugh hysterically every time I would scrape the shovel on the ground. I guess she thought that it was just as funny to watch her Mommy shovel, thank goodness Daddy got home and saved us.

Here's just a few pics of the cute Christmas outfits that she wore this year!

Naked Santa Baby!

Cute Reindeer Outfit





Outfit from Julie & Doug





Half of a Santa outfit when Daddy gets her dressed!

So true...





Christmas outfits with Daddy!





Mommy, Daddy, Lydia, and Santa!

Happy Holidays everyone!