Diapers

 I was preparing our hospital bags the other day to get ready for when little Ammon comes in a couple weeks and I pulled a few of the newborn-size diapers out of the package. Well lets just say that I'm used to much bigger diapers because I was shocked when the diaper just suddenly ended. I sat there and stared at this teeny-tiny diaper and was amazed. Lydia actually fit into something this small? She is now in size four diapers and they are HUGE compared to the newborn ones. Usually when you pull one of her diapers out it just keeps coming and coming and coming, these little ones just stop.

Here is a newborn size next to Lydia's diaper. In person, the difference is even more apparent. I realized that I have totally forgotten how small newborns are. It's also amazing how something like a newborn diaper can be so adorable. I wanted to cart it around all day staring at it. I can't believe I'm soon going to have two kids in diapers. Diapers, diapers everywhere. We have been trying to stock up for the little guy and you can tell when you enter Lydia's room because it's full of packages of DIAPERS!!!

How Many Licks Does it Take

To Get To the Center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?

Well for Lydia . . . not that many.

 We gave Lydia her first sucker the other day to entertain her while we played a card game. It was the last piece of candy from her Halloween stash. She LOVED it. (Well duh Mom). Here we can join in with her and her first lollipop journey. Prepare to see some cuteness.

After her first mouthful of her Banana Tootsie Pop, (weird flavor huh?) Lydia immediately gave this face which she makes to show she is pleased.

Then . . . she kept eating her sucker with the same silly grin on her face.

And here is our final result .... an I LOVE CANDY face.

So pretty much we learn that Lydia loves candy and it makes her really happy ...and silly. She ate the sucker so fast! Seriously. We were surprised how fast she made it to the tootsie roll in the center. I was nervous about the huge mess she would make so we kept her in her high-chair. The only mess we ended up with was a dribble of sticky drool down her chin. I still would be nervous to let her run around with one, however. 

I don't know how you can look at that last picture and not break out in a silly grin yourself. :)

Birthday Boy

Well Brigham turned 26 this last Saturday. I tried to give him a relaxing day and I think he got one. He woke up and watched the movie Australia all morning and I served him left over pumpkin pie with homemade white chocolate whip cream for breakfast. Then he played the Wii and next it was time for the BYU/Utah football game. Although the outcome wasn't quite what we wanted, (you should have been at my house and witnessed Brigham standing on the couch screaming NOOO! like someone had just died when BYU's game-winning field goal was blocked. You would have been afraid. I was.) it was still an exciting game to watch. It was fun to have all of our brothers over to watch the game with us.

 I made brownie tarts for Brigham since we aren't really cake fans and even though he didn't expect presents since he's getting super expensive contacts/glasses, he got a few small presents. He got a shirt and I framed his recently earned diploma for him to hang on the wall and a plate and cup to use at work. Somehow he always gets a Spiderman something or other for holidays. This year was no exception with his Spiderman plate to eat off of. Luckily I won't have to look at it since he'll use it at work.

 The rest of the day we played cards with my brothers, Scott and Kyle, and then watched Toy Story 3. I hope Brigham had a good day off because he deserves it with all the work he's put into graduating from college and working hard to take care of our little family. Happy Birthday Brigham!

(oh, I would have a picture of him with his diploma, but since it was from the U of U, Brigham wouldn't even hardly look at it because the sting of our loss was too fresh on his mind, so we get a Spiderman plate instead)

The World is my Canvas

      A few Sundays ago, Lydia's nursery leader informed me that she was doing better coloring which floored me because the last time I had tried coloring with her, she only attempted to eat the crayons with no concept of their actual purpose-- despite me trying to show her. So, I took her home and sat down with a sheet of paper and crayons. To my surprise she does know how to successfully scribble. I was such a proud mom. My one year old can scribble!! :)
      Well now I'm afraid the situation has escalated. I have a package of blue pens that Lydia has found. I swear she took some and hid them randomly around the house because I keep finding her with one in hand. Every time I turn around I find her with another one. Well she has also learned how to "color" with pens. I try to tell her only on paper, but as you can see below, she has discovered that pens can draw on lots of things that crayons can't, like skin!!

You can see a little pen on her face in this picture, but I couldn't quite capture the full effect on film because she's so wiggly. Luckily it hasn't been too bad because I keep a close eye on her. So far only her face, hands, and clothes have suffered but I'm sure she'll discover more things to draw on. Oh goody.

 Besides pens, Lydia loves to practice feeding her baby. What a good older sister she'll be :)

Oh, and she looked so cute before church last Sunday, I had to take a picture. It really doesn't do her justice.