Moore words and teeth!

Well, Lydia has added a new word, well, phrase to her vocabulary. She now frequently asks "What's this?" It goes along with her pointing to everything!! Lydia can identify quite a few body parts. She knows, eye, ear, nose, mouth, toes, head, and belly button. She can also say "eye" and frequently does so as she is poking you in yours! If you say hat to her, she will point to her head. Sometimes she does that to remind you that she needs one to go outside.

Lydia now officially has 4 teeth (the 4th one just barely coming in). She blows kisses and can ride her rocking horse on her own! My little monkey has also taken a great interest in gardening tools. She loves to use Mommy's garden trowel (she actually has the right idea, but not quite the motor skills). Lydia even got to hold her first earth worm this week! She loves pulling weeds...and flowers. :)It's hard to get her to come inside sometimes!

Walking and Talking...

Well, Lots has happened! Lydia has been walking since March. She took two steps, waited a couple days...took two more...waited a couple of weeks...then took five steps, and five more, and five more. Within a couple more weeks she was cruising all over the house. By Mid April she had learned to push herself up to standing without any support and could squat to pick something up without holding onto anything. She has now mastered walking to the point of managing to run (or walk really swiftly) on occasion. She is also doing well on walking up and down steps (with help) and can use a railing appropriately. She can manage to crawl up and down them herself. Along with doing laps around Jason and I, she is starting to talk again. She likes to babble to herself a lot but on occasion says something intelligable to us. So far we've heard tree, kitty, doggie, dada, mama, baba...and...wait for it...Elmo...at least a version of them all anyways. She's also very good at communicating her wants and needs. She tries to open the fridge when she's thirsty, hangs on the height chair tray when she's hungry, and bring you her shoes when she wants to go outside. She understands A LOT too. She walks to the bathroom if you say "let's brush our teeth" or "time for a bath". She also responds appropriately if you give her directions including people or things she's familiar with like "those are Daddy's shoes, give them to him" or "give that to the kitty" or "Pet Nicely!" As far as how our little Lydia likes to spend her time. OUTSIDE. She loves walks, bathing in dirt, picking apart plants, and piling up rocks. She also enjoys being pushed around in her cozy coupe. She is a smilely baby who LOVES to snuggle. She enjoys being read to and frequently tries to read her books herself. She loves fruit, especially watermelon, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. She doesn't like her food to be broken down and prefers to be given large chunks of watermelon, whole strawberries, and she's even cried when I ripped a tortilla into quarters to give to her. She is a cookie monster and will actually beg for oatmeal cookies. Lydia's most recent new experience was at the drive-in. She was so excited she refused to go to sleep. She was even jumping in the back of the pick-up. Eventually she got over-tired and we had to leave the movie about halfway through because she still refused to go to sleep. She even stayed awake for the whole car ride home, staring out the window. She didn't make it to bed until 10 pm. So we won't be doing that again for awhile! Well that's all for now. I'm going to try to be a little more regular about this now that I have more time again. That way no one will have to assign it to me as homework!!! ;)

8 Months Old

Well, it's been a little while, and of course a lot in Lydia's life has progressed. She's now well over 19 lbs, but still hovering around 27" tall. Still no teeth, but we've had all kinds of teething fun. Lydia's now managed her way through two bouts of pink eye and two ear infections. She sleeps through the night, and will even let me tuck her in while she's awake without any complaints.

She's not crawling, but she sure wants to be mobile. She likes to be held up standing and will even pull herself up and walk if you hold her hands. We keep telling her she needs to crawl first. Her favored method of transportation, when not being assisted to walk, is to scoot on her butt. This, of course, is very slow and can sometimes lead to toppling over, so it's been becoming more and more frustrating to her. Lately she's been reaching for things and almost getting onto all fours, so I think it's just a matter of time.

She's been trying to talk more and more each day. Daddy got super excited when the day came for her to practice her "da"s, "dad"s, and "daddy"s. I suppose Mommy was pretty excited by the "manamana"s too. She even likes to throw the occasional "'ydia" in there. I think we may have broken into the realm of first word though. Lately in the morning when I peek into her crib she gives me a nice "ma ma" and a smile. She also sometimes says "ma ma" when she's upset and wants to be picked up. She will frequently express discontent with a string of "i da ba ba"s. I'm still trying to figure out if that means anything in particular.

Lydia was supposed to be a pumpkin for Halloween, but apparently she's not as big as Mommy and Daddy think she is. Pumpkin will have to wait until next year...too bad cause she looks pretty big in it even though it's way too big! We're shopping for a new costume this weekend.

Overall Lydia is a pretty happy little girl and she's a little ray of sunshine in her mommy and daddy's lives. She's even added to her cuteness (if that's even possible) with her frequent clapping and smiling. All love and giggles here in the Moore household!! :D

I'm half a year old!!!

Well, Lydia just keeps on growing and learning new things. She turned 6 mos old last week. We had her 6 mo appt and got to find out how big she is...18 lbs 0.5 oz!!!! and she's 27 inches tall! She got another round of shots and only cried for a minute or two after...much better than the 45 minutes she cried last time! She's pretty much mastered the art of sitting up these days and takes quite awhile to fall over anymore.We've also finally worked through sleep training and it went fairly well. She cried for an hour at 1 am the first night and we haven't had much more than 5 or ten minutes of crying here or there since. I think a 6 mo old Lydia was much more ready for sleep training than a 4 mo old Lydia. She tried chicken for the first time today, pureed with some squash and corn. Yum!!! At least she thought so! We've started going to the park on the weekends. She loves to watch all the cars, people, and dogs go by. The people there are quite fond of watching her too.

Month Six

Well, the sixth month isn't quite over yet and already there is plenty to tell. Lydia started the month with a bang as she went full on into teething. She's been getting the occasional teething fever and can get pretty fussy. She got a new high chair this month. Mommy got sick of her bouncing while eating and shoving spoons in her eyes. We've moved on to adding some fruit into her diet. While pears and apples are just another something to eat, she absolutely adores bananas. She's also learning to use a cup. We've started eating together and I noticed her watching me very intently while I would drink from my glass. So I decided it was time to let her give it a try. She took right to it. She likes to grab the rim, so she gets a little frustrated that she can't quite tip it. If she does get it far enough up, she'll lap at the water. She's also started grabbing at my water bottles and glasses if I'm holding her and them at the same time, and she'll drink from my glass if I let her. On the mobility front, things are getting close to moving. She's interested enough in her toys now that she will reach from them when on her tummy and scoot in circles on her back and side to get to things. She got her butt up in the air the other day, but it hasn't amounted to much since. I can see the hungry look in her eyes though, and it won't be much longer before she's doing some kind of crawling. In the meantime, she loves being held up to stand. She also loves to jump, whether it be in a jumper at daycare or mommy and daddy assisted. She still loves her bouncy seat and will be content to spend a good half hour bouncing and nothing more. We call them her exercizes. She actually bounced herself to sleep in her chair last night. Beyond adorable. She can also sit up unsupported, although it usually doesn't last more than a minute. She'll usually tip over when she leans in for a toy...or her foot, which is still a constant source of amusement. She loves to suck on her toes and will suck her thumb on occasion. Babbling has taken on a new force as she finds her voice. She is a loud talker, just like her mommy. Everything Lydia does has taken on a new force. She wiggles, A LOT. I can already see that we are going to really have our hands full once she starts moving around!!!!

Month Five

Month five was another fun and eventful one. Lydia started out the month at 15 lbs 9 oz and 25.5" long. She also developed eczema...trying to be just like her mommy. We got the go ahead from the doctor, so we started on solid foods. First food - sweet potatoes, and boy did she love those. She caught right on to how that worked and soon started grabbing for the spoon and feeding herself. It didn't stop there. She moved on to sweet peas, carrots, and green beans.

Grandma Carroll came back out to help Lydia celebrate her first fourth of July. She woke up just in time to catch the fireworks which she stared at in awe. She got to meet her Auntie Catherine and Auntie Meegan for the first time the next day. This spurred Lydia's first sleep boycott and she denied naps for the rest of the weekend. On Sunday, July 6th, she was baptized at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Her god parents were Kent and Auntie Cat.

Somewhere along the way, she developed the ability to scoot on her tummy if you support her feet. Her babblin also improved to include a lot more sounds. Grandma Carroll, Auntie Meegan, and Auntie Cat all agree that they thought they heard her say "ma". There may have been an occasion or two where "hi" was used. Although most likely these are just sounds that she hears a lot and get thrown in with the babbling. She was also caught passing her pacifier from one hand to another early one morning.

Month Four

After finding her hand, Lydia then moved on to sucking on them CONSTANTLY. This then progressed to grabbing other items and putting them in her mouth. She also started her babbling and rolled over for the first time. Lydia's cold got worse toward the end of the month and we got to experience our first "sick" doctors visit. It was still just a cold and not much we could do about that. Lydia finished up this month in the same fashion as last by finding her foot.