Our Ward Halloween Party

So basically.. I forgot to take pictures of other people's really cool costumes. I kind of felt a little awkward as I would look around and stare to try to figure out what people were dressed as..'cause I didn't want to look like a creeper and we have sooo many new people in our ward haha.

But anyway, it was fun! They had tons of Dominos pizza, a blow up pool full of soda (err.. to keep cool, not a pool of soda haha), a photo booth and costume contests with neat prizes. Here is what we came as:


Two little kittens

Sweet Lydia, before her face paint rubbed off.

About to give me some serious 'tude!

Trying to catch her tail! haha

And Daddy in the background creating his special look.

She loved seeing her face on the iPad.

I mostly just love Elena's face here. Not the background. Excuse the trash haha.

A little kitty enjoying some milk. 

 

 

 

And of course, since these kiddies drive me nuts sometimes I thought it was only proper to come as a crazy cat lady.

I was going to make Lydia a Pingu costume...somehow..., since she loves that.. but I wasn't sure how to go about doing that..and while sorting through laundry I realized (again) that they had matching pajamas. How incredibly easy! All I needed was a few supplies from Porters to make cat ears and a tail and voila! Easy peasy. Little kitties :)

Then when Jonathan came home he surprised me with a beautiful pirate's wig that he..mutilated all over our kitchen table. He came dressed as James Harden, a Houston Rocket's basketball player. I had no idea he was going to dress like that, but he already had the jersey and the beard was absolutely perfect. I can't stand that man's hair. Seeing him on television he looks so goofy, little hair on his head, tons on his chin haha. When we walked in a lot of the men in our ward started laughing really loud at Jonathan because it really was a hilarious impression! Over-exaggerated, but epic!

Yes, the tongue haha

I told him to roll his eyes back for a special effect ;)

Other pictures of this man.

And her are some wonderful family pictures of the 4 of us, HA!

"I'm not supposed to go with strangers.."

Our wonderful attempts at some pictures

Wait, what's over there? I mostly like this one because "who is dat guy? Dat's not my dad!!" Haha Elena

I think we pushed the start button too fast...we were NOT ready until the 3rd picture and by the last picture Lydia really loved seeing herself moving on the camera hahaha what a bunch of goofs!!

I Never Want To Forget My 6 Month Old!

As a mommy blogger, I totally suck! It's been a week and a day since my wee one turned half a year old and I never even posted what I never wanted to forget about her! I guess I'll make the excuse that...we're living life and having fun each day that I forget to post. I'm also late on a lot of posts.. I feel like just making one huge one with tons of pictures to catch up for months and months... but that's for another day.

So here we go. Things I never want to forget..about my 6 MONTH OLD!

I never want to forget

How she squeals with delight when she sees your face! Or to herself in her crib...at midnight. Not so delightful.

When she's laying on her back she'll bring her toes to her mouth.

How she loves to have one foot in the air and Lydia thinks it's hilarious.

That she is just so fond of Lydia and loves when she gets in her face.

That at 6 months, she doesn't fit in most of her 3-6 month clothes anymore and is almost too long for all of her 6-9 clothes. 9 months is just the right length for her. Tall child.

I never want to forget

How much she keeps me up at night ---- I never want to forget this so that I will wait a little longer for child #3 ;) not because I enjoy it haha

How the other day I serenaded her with broken Dean Martin songs (my memory is a little dodgy) and she watched me the whole time until she finally fell asleep. So perfect.

She loves baby food! But I am either a) too tired b) too busy or c) a and b to remember to feed her.. Plus nursing is easier.

She has 2 and 1/2 teeth..kinda. She has two bottom and is working on her third - an upper right incisor tooth........which needs to bloody pop through already before I lose my mind due to sleep deprivation!

I never want to forget 

How smiley she is. Now that Lydia's a grumpy/sassy 2 year old, that act can sometimes get tiring.. thanks to lil Elena, she balances out everything! So sweet to cuddle after a hard day with Lydia. :)

She is so well-mannered at Church.

Her poopy troubles haha. That probably sounds weird but I'm sure I'll look back on it and totally forget that we went through all that.

That she loves Jonathan a lot! She spends all day with me and is fine, but she stares at Jonathan when he comes home and when they make eye contact she immediately beams! She must miss him!

That Elena is such a light sleeper. And I wish our door opened more softly. That is usually the reason she wakes up at night. I should just sleep on the couch from now on so she sleeps longer ;)

I never want to forget

That she can now move from her tummy to back and back to tummy like a baby ninja! And she can usually go from side to side if she's really determined.

She knows when I'm about to lay her in bed, especially if I say "goodnight" because that's what I say every time I lay her down. It's her little cue..and sometimes she wants to be cuddled instead of just being laid down so she fusses when I say goodnight.

She's pretty good with strangers..unless she's hungry or tired. Then she will give you the biggest frown you've ever seen.

She really is my little sunshine.

 I may have hard nights with her, but I always know she'll be there to brighten up my day :)

I can't believe she's already 6 months... 6 more months is going to come too soon!

THINGS I KNOW!

You know you're becoming a bad blogger when you barely remember what you last wrote about (our Utah trip, btw. I haven't completely forgotten).

Well, I decided since it's been a few months since Lydia's birthday, and she has just blossomed so much in the last few months, I figured I would write a post on things I know about Lydia at 2 years, 3 months!

I know

That some of her favorite words to say are "doppit! no! don touch!" (stop it, don't touch) usually to Jonathan when he teases her haha!

Still not potty trained, but that's okay. A little less of a hassle for me.

That she loves her Sissy so, so much. Except for when she's mad at me..then Elena's an easy target!

She can be quite the little sas sometimes! She'll go around with both hands on her hips saying, "cue me ma'am!"... except one time we made a game out of it running around the house saying that to each other and that was the only thing I could think about all day. She laughed so hard. My fave.

Lately she loves taking out all of my pots and pans, silverware and mixing spoons and "cooks" dinner or "shoup" (soup) or cookies for me. I love her little imagination blooming.  

Speaking of cooking, one of her favorite meals is pancakes. Every time I ask her what she wants for breakfast (or lunch or dinner), she says "ah pa-cakes!"

I know she is such a sweetheart. One day I was sitting there just feeling kind of bad and she kept coming up to me saying, "Ahs (what's) wrong, Mommy? Ah's wrong?"

Earlier today she found white headphones, put one around her neck, then came up to my stomach and listened to my "hart." She's so funny. Also, the other day she was reaching for wipes on the table and the corner hit her chest. She said ow, bunched her shirt up in her hands and gave it a kiss and walked off haha.

She can count all the way to 10 and knows her colors and most of her letters. She's so stinkin' smart! We practice all the time.

I know

That cleaning with Lydia is just like those memes say - trying to brush teeth while chewing oreos. Aint gonna get/stay clean for long!

Her most favorite show is Pingu (Swiss clamation of Penguins lol). It's stupid, and annoying when you're not listening to it because it's all gibberish. But sometimes I sit and watch and find myself laughing along. 

She's not afraid of bugs or "buggies" and she tells them to go back to their "buggy Mama" because we don't want them in the house!

The girl still loves her milk! But I've been weaning her off bedtime milk because I eventually want her to go to sleep without it when we potty train. So far so good. She understands that when she drinks too much her bed gets wet in the morning haha.

She loves mandarin oranges, applesauce, and cucumbers with ranch! Loves loves loves those. And when she's eaten it all she says "ah mores!"

Whenever she feels slightly sick, or sees anyone who seems sick, she says. "I sick, ah soup, feel betta" (I'm sick, I need soup to feel better). Soup is where the magic's at, folks!

I know

She's just my little talker. She's basically a walking commentator haha. Comments on anything that's going on and repeats most of everything you say. Everything.

She's a greedy little toy lover. She hates sharing her toys with Elena. One day you think the toy she hasn't played with in days would be okay for Elena to have..nope. The next she could care less and is offering that same toy to her lol. Don't even get me started when Elena goes for Lydia's sippy cups!

She's so ticklish. It's my favorite.

 I know she likes Disney princess movies, but some of her favorite shows are the Living Scripture clips on youtube. After we read a few stories from her Book of Mormon stories book we watch a clip that has to do with those movies. She always tells me "mores mores mores! More Sheshuz (Jesus) shows!"  

Occasionally she'll find a binky and will suck on it for a while. Yesterday she wanted some of Elena's baby food! Mushy bananas with oatmeal cereal haha. After she took her first bite her face was so funny. Not what she was expecting, but she came back for more! I think sometimes she gets jealous of Elena and wants to be treated like a baby.

Whenever we hear sirens outside she says, "Ah help da guys. En trubbo" (I want to help the guys. They're in trouble).

She has always loved showing us her "mean eyes." Now she makes little "Mmm!" sounds to go along..kind of like a constipated cow (haha).. so I say, "do you hear that Lydia?" "huh" (for uh-huh) "Sounds like a mean cow!" "huh" haha

She sleeps with just about every stuffed animal you can find in her room. And other objects..like her princess purse, her undies, and sippy cups. Hoarder.
 

I know

That one of my favorite parts of the day is after she's done brushing her teeth she gets to pick out a sticker. She has a sheet of smiley faces in different colors (all the same, but in pink, green, yellow and blue). But she acts like she's making a life or death decision standing there smiling at all the stickers, not knowing which one to choose. I look at the mirror and watch her and it melts my heart the way she lights up about what sticker she gets to wear to bed. 

Today she actually really looked like me in one of the pictures! It's so cool to finally see myself in her! (I feel this way since I'm a minority in the household..it might be hard for others to understand though haha)

No matter if she refuses to give the prayers when we ask her during the day, she always always says her good night prayer. Sometimes, though, I catch her saying "a-milk" instead of "amen." Ha!

Every time she sees a picture of the Temple she says, "a tempo! anjo nomi! (Angle Moroni) maweed (married), flowos (flowers) kissies, hugs! I luh ah see da tempo! (I love to see the Temple - after the song). And she knows who the Prophet is. She loves the Prophet.

Her favorite children's song is the "Hello!" song. Mostly because they sing Hello a lot in that song! She'll just go on and on saying "Hall-o haaallloo hall-o haaalloo" over and over because she doesn't know the other words!

When we went to Porter's (craft store) they had a flying bat swinging around. She kept calling it the clasey biert (crazy bird lol)

Each night we exchange sweet nothings to each other. She always repeats what I tell her, but sometimes she says things unprompted. Lately I've taught her Te Amo (I love you, in Spanish). And she always tells me sweet dreams. No matter how bad a day we've had together, or how hard she fights me for bed time, once she's down in her bed she's a sweet angel and I hesitate to part with her.

 I just love her so much.