23 Months

Lydia is one month shy of being two!

Decorating our tree

Lydia's schedule remains about the same.  She wakes up between 6:30-7:30 am, takes anywhere from almost 1-2 hour nap at 2:00, and then goes down for the night at 9:00 pm.  I have no idea how much she weighs or how tall she is, but I haven't noticed any significant growth spurts in the last month.  The dreaded eye teeth have started to (kind of) make an appearance finally.  This may be affecting her appetite, or Lydia is just playing her toddler card and deciding that she doesn't want to eat every once in a while!

Loves playing in the basement!

Lydia is talking more and more all the time, and she frequently strings a few words together.  Her biggest accomplishments this month are being able to jump, knowing the color words for black, pink, and blue (her fave!), and showing a continued interest in counting.  When somebody counts from 1 to 10, she will chime in at the correct time with the numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9.  We've got half of them down ;-)

So big!

Lydia's likes this month:

Counting, coloring, Minnie Mouse, 101 Dalmatians, trying to be sneaky and get into the Christmas tree ornaments, climbing, playing in the basement, pizza, looking at Christmas lights, spinning in circles (her new record is spinning 34 circles in a row before falling, laughing, & repeating!  I may have to rethink ballet lessons!), playing with her Little People nativity, chasing after her cousins, and preferring either grandma to her parents!

Lydia's dislikes this month:

Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn...pretty much any food associated with a traditional Thanksgiving meal!  She's also not a big fan of playing in the snow, her mittens, or most of her toys.  We can tell she's ready for Christmas/birthday time!

Decorating Grandpa & Grandma TC's tree

Some highlights from this month:

10/30: went trick or treating to the grandparents/great-grandparents, and two stores downtown!

11/14: headed to cousin Seth's 7th birthday party

11/18: Kindermusik celebration!  Daddy, Grandma Moss & Grandma Ten Clay came to Kindermusik class to see what it was all about!  Afterward, we went to Pizza Hut with Uncle Craig's family, too!

11/22: Since our Bridges Bay plan with the Moss family were postponed because of the weather, we were able to go to Vander Lee Thanksgiving this day.

11/26: Headed to the Den Hartog Thanksgiving meal

11/27: Went to the Vermeer Thanksgiving meal which, thankfully for Lydia, it was pizza!  She ran around with approximately 17 other great-grandkids and loved every minute of it!

11/28: Helped decorate our Christmas tree and looked at the lights Daddy put on the house

11/29: Went to the Moss Thanksgiving where she once again proceeded to hardly eat and have a blast playing with the other littles!

Total cheeseball!

We're looking forward to another big month of about seven Christmas celebrations, lots of cousin time, and having a birthday party for a special TWO year old!  We love you, Lydia Ruth!