Beautiful Pics

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

We went to a dear friend's son's first birthday party and they hired a professional photographer.  She captured these gorgeous pictures of Lydia.  I was so excited that I wanted to share them!!  We can never get her to pose like this for us.    


(that's her Daddy's beer by the side...please don't call the authorities :) )

Fourth of July

Monday, July 15, 2013

We went down to Galveston for the Fourth.  Unfortunately Lydia didn't care too much for the fireworks and they scared her.  Thank goodness we had 2 sound machines going and a oscillating fan.  We had a good time with everyone.  We got to take some boat rides, fish and swim.

She really did so well on the boat.  We went out to the ocean and fished with Bubba and Ricca.  She didn't mind waiting for the fish to bite.

On the way back to the house, she fell asleep in Daddy's arms.  Thank goodness for sunscreen.  It was so hot and sunny out that day.

Da and Daddy picked up a kite for Lydia and Harley wanted to participate.  They tried to fly the kite on the third deck with more wind and it finally caught the wind.

At sunset we watched all the boats come down the canal from the day with Honey and Da.

Tried to get a good family photo from the weekend.

Well this is a very impressive picture and we can't take credit of the enormous fish that was caught.  Ricca caught this great fish and we were measuring it up to Lydia's size.

River Trip

We got to go to the Riley's River house for Kacey and Brent's birthdays (they share the same birthday!).  We had a great time and Lydia loved being there with everyone.  Check out the pictures from that weekend!

Waiting patiently for the candles to be blown out on the cake...


Boat ride and hanging out with Da on the boat...





Um, Shark Fishing?

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

We fished in the Bay the other weekend with some friends and their adorable son...who Lydia is smitten with.  We were out on the boat for about 4 hours and totally didn't know!  The kids did so good on the boat and really enjoyed fishing.  Only 2 hammerhead baby sharks were caught the entire time.  The kids loved seeing them being reeled in and then released back.
Lydia whined and begged to go swimming with the sharks...um, NO - where there are baby sharks, mama isn't far!  It was hard to get her to stop talking about how it would be ok if she got in the water as if sharks don't bite...quite comical.  I really think she was trying to show off how adventurous she can be in front of her friend.


Lydia's Reactions to My Simple Recommendations

"Hey Lydia, here are some q-tips to clean your ears out"...Shrek!?!?!

"Hey Lydia, here are some stickers for you to play with in the car"...Clown?!?!



Swimming!!

Lydia has been taking swim lessons each week for about 1.5 months now.  She's really working hard at it and loves her teacher.  She asks about swim lessons 5 days a week and keeps asking each morning what day it is and if it's swim lesson day.  I'm glad she's really taken with the water since we live in Houston and this activity is the only thing that gets us by in the hot humid Summers.