Hello my big girl! You are 14 months and 5 days old today... This past month was such a big month for you! The biggest "step" you took was walking! Probably three or four weeks ago you took your first three steps without holding onto anything over at Grandpa and Grandma's house with your grandparents, Daddy, and Daniel. I was so sad to hear that I missed your first steps, but I was also super excited to see you walk some more! You took your time, though, and waited almost an entire week before you took a few more across our living room while playing with Mommy... Once that happened, you began walking a few more steps each day and we knew it was about to be a constant action for you! Your daddy and I went to Denver last week to spend most of the week with your Uncle Geoffrey who is in the hospital :o( and when we got back you walked all the way across the front yard to tell Maw-Maw bye bye and continued walking everywhere else! SO cute! I love watching you walk each step very carefully... usually falling or stumbling after every few steps, but then you stand back up and try again. And, it's also really funny when your brother notices what you are doing every few days and he exclaims "Look! Sister walking!" Lol. He thinks it is awesome!
Another thing you've been doing a lot more is dancing with your big brother! You both love dancing together and will hold onto each other's hands and spin around and around... It usually results in Daniel dragging you around which means you fall over and then Daniel falls on top of you and instead of crying, you laugh and laugh! Lol. Mommy loves y'all SO much and are SO happy when you love hanging out together!
After Daddy and I got back from Denver we were very excited to see you and Daniel and it was so cute watching how excited you were to see us, too! You just wanted me to hold you for quite awhile afterwards and you kept saying "Hi" and gave me big hugs and kisses! :o) So sweet!
Lydia, you love tickling our feet and it makes us laugh not always because it actually tickles, but because you say the funniest noises while you are doing it! You will seriously say things that sound like "gitchie gitchie gitchie" while you tickle. :o) You also make some great car noises when you play with Daniel's cars... It's so funny seeing how early you learned all those noises!
You love climbing everywhere and I already know I'll have to watch you as you grow up before you break your leg or something! You are a little risk taker who loves heights and anything adventurous even at such a young age. We went to the pumpkin patch this past month and they had a big bump-n-jump there that we took Daniel on. He was a little scared of it at first but soon warmed up to it and really enjoyed it. And you? You saw Daniel having fun and knew that you needed to have fun too! So we took you up there and jumped and jumped and you had SO much fun!
Every day while I watch you and Daniel play I am reminded how different you both are and how much you love doing different things! I love how much you add to our lives, Miss Lydia! God has blessed us in many ways! Sometimes I think about when God will add another little one into our family... It's crazy thinking back to when Daniel was your age and how you were about to join us in just two months! So crazy! I know you will love having a little brother or sister eventually and I'm already excited to see what you'll be like as a big sister! But that'll have to wait for awhile longer... :o) Right now I'm going to enjoy every minute we have with my 14 month old! AND I'm excited to see how much fun you'll have for your second holiday season!!! Thanksgiving is just two weeks away!
Love you sweet girl!
~Mommy
~Mommy
