Lydia's First Plane Ride and Trip Outside Texas - Yikes!!!

We took Lydia on her first plane ride to Peoria, IL for Blair's cousin's wedding.  She did pretty good on the plane, despite the no napping at all that entire day, kicking the seat in front of her, wanting to get out, and the whining, crying and screaming. Ha!

We had a 3 hour lay over and so we found a kids play area where all the girls could entertain themselves in the airport.  Charlotte and Lydia love playing together.

At our hotel they had a very tempting luggage cart that we couldn't keep the girls off of.

Here they are at the Peoria, IL zoo with Honey.  They loved the monkeys!

All the cousins together watching the lions.

And taking a break with a drink and snack at the zoo.

Blair's Uncle's house had a really cool tree house.  Blair looks a little creepy in the background watching Lydia...safety first though.

Philadelphia Trip - New Niece!

Mary and I headed to Philadelphia to meet our new niece, Kathleen "Kate" Mae!  She is so sweet and cute and was on her best behavior for her Aunts.  We had so much fun playing with Sam and spending some quality Aunt time with him.  We played outside for the entire weekend and it was so nice to be in great weather and just relax with Paul and the family.  

Future Horse Rider??

We spent Memorial Day in Dallas with Mary, Brendan and Huckleberry!  We had a great time and a full house.  Not only was Mary, Brendan, Blair, Lisa and Lydia there, but there were also 3 dogs!  Huckleberry, Harley and we watched my cousin's dog.
Apparently Lydia is practicing becoming a horse rider.  There was a time we couldn't keep her off of Huckleberry and Harley.  They were the greatest during this short period and just let her climb on their backs...quite funny.

Spring Time

I know, I know...I haven't posted anything in a while.  It's been a crazy Spring and I can't believe it's already half way through May!  Where did April go?  Lydia has two more weeks of school and we are really going to miss it in the Summer.  She turned 18 months this month and according to the Dr.'s measurements, she's in the 98% of height and 84% in weight.  She's the tallest in her class (and the youngest).  Blair and I think she'll grow as we grew, meaning that we both maxed out on our height in our Sophomore year of HS.  We've both been the same height ever since.

At her 18 month appointment (before the shots)

 Picture from Art Class at school...she's so serious

 On a Saturday morning waiting for Mommy's Starbuck's hot tea

 She still loves the slide!

 After our walk, she takes a break from eating her apple (which took about an hour - then Harley got a hold of it and it was over)

 Piggies!!!  I love putting her hair in pigtails or a ponytail.  It's long enough now and she looks so much older with her hair pulled up.  Someone on the street asked if she was 3 years old because she's so tall.



Easter Time!

We had our annual Olympia Egg Hunt in our front yard on Good Friday.  It was great since Lydia is into hunting this year.  I don't know how all the kids sat on the blanket for a pictures, but they did!  Of course I had to sit with Lydia since she wouldn't sit still.

She was more interested in the candy of course, but I don't think she knew it was candy.  She just held it and walked around.

The next morning we went to another Easter egg hunt with our families.  Mary and Brendan were in town too and she kept getting better and better at the hunting.

Her first encounter with the Easter Bunny - pretty successful compared to Santa Claus.

Lydia and Charlotte (her cousin 3 months older exactly) always have so much fun together.  They entertain each other very well, which means there will be a lot of mischief later.

More hunting...

Our only Easter picks with the three of us.  She has so much fun that day with all our families.

Classic picture...she's upset because she just realized she won't see the Easter Bunny until next year.

Only 2 seconds later...there's that Lydia smile!!  She sure knows how to turn it on and off.

March Events with Lydia!

We went to a fundraising event for Lydia's school and the theme was your alma mater.  So of course I had to dress Lydia in her Longhorn attire as well.

Blair takes Lydia to school in the morning - he took a picture of how cute she was this morning in her little school dress...I agree!

We went back to the rodeo with Daddy and back to the petting zoo...she couldn't get enough!

She's so smart that we got her a Kindle to read with - just kidding - she stole it from my bedside table and wouldn't give it back.  Maybe one day she'll read as much as her Daddy does.  And right now she doesn't go anywhere without her "gold" chain. 

iPhones and Rodeo Time

She is really into our iPhones, so it's hard getting a picture of her without her running over to get the iPhone from our hands. Then it's all fake tears and whining until she gets it or we distract her with something else.

Here she comes, cute as can be, running to grab the iPhone.

I was able to snatch this pic before the grimy hands got the phone.

We went to the rodeo petting zoo this week for Spring Break (I got to take the morning off of work).  Even though I unfortunately forgot the stroller and had to run around chasing her, we had a great time!  She absolutely LOVED the petting zoo and was so fearless with the larger animals.  There were many llamas, piggies, goats, sheep and even a baby deer.  She was very sweet and gentle in petting them - having Harley to practice on helped with this new adventure. 

 Here we are at the Rodeo petting zoo. 

Let me in GOAT!!!

 I'm going to stand over by this baby lamb and explain my excitement to her.

 Oh little chicks, welcome to the world...now turn into marshmallow goodness before Easter!

 Mommy and Me in front of Bevo's larger cousin, Trident.  I sure do see a lot of Bevos around here.