Friday, April 23, 2010

at the botanical gardens

We took advantage of the long Easter weekend and went to the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

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Not too much was in bloom yet, but it was really fun to walk around and enjoy the sun.

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We got a membership so that we can have free parking this year. So any Moms in the area- let me know if you want to go with us sometime during the week!!

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Picasa is the computer program we use to organize and edit our photos. It has this “I’m feeling lucky” button that I use to optimize the colors and contrasts of photos. It pretty well sums up how I feel about these two photos:

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I am oh so blessed with an amazing husband and daughter :)

Thursday, April 22, 2010

celebrating Easter

Lydia’s first Easter was a beautiful sunny day.

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We went to “Grandma and Grandpa” R’s house for a delicious meal and a fun egg hunt with her cousins.

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And her cute purple Easter basket…

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We tried to do a photoshoot with her in it, but she wasn’t feelin it.

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Lydia now gives “kisses”-- when you kiss her on the cheek, she opens her mouth really big and moves towards your lips!

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

rolling over boths ways now!

I finally witnessed it: Lydia rolled from her back to her tummy several times today!

Monday, April 12, 2010

3 months old!

Lydia is 3 months old!

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Since she doesn’t have a doctor’s appointment this month, we took another trip to the post office to weigh her! :)

She’s 12lbs 3oz , and measuring about 23.75 in.

It seems like she’s grown SO MUCH in the past couple weeks! Every day Adam and I are amazed and also a little sad! We tell her to stop growing all the time (we don’t really mean it, but still- it’s going by too fast!)

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In the last month she has rolled over both ways! Tummy to back is pretty easy for her now when she wants to. Back to tummy happened only once and it was when mommy wasn’t watching… so we have yet to witness how she does it, but we’ve seen her get very close. She loves playing on her back and recently started doing 180 spins in a matter of minutes!

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She likes playing in her new bumbo. But when we party too much this is what happens… ;)

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Lydia loves putting her hands in her mouth and sucking on them. She recently started putting blankets, bibs, and burp cloths in her mouth as well if they are in reach.

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She smiles a lot more now, for people other than mommy and daddy too.

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She prefers standing to sitting nearly all the time!! She has very strong legs.

We think she likes to watch the tv! She also fixates on cameras- i think she be technically inclined, but what kid wont be these days!?

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Happy 3 months, Lydia! We love you girl!