Lydia Standing

Lydia has 1 mission in life these days...stand! Here are 2 quick videos of her standing! I'm just figuring out the video camera and uploading videos to YouTube, so hopefully I'll post more videos in the future!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWsoai3xIGk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bpms8Unmbg

Thankfully, Lydia has gotten much better at standing over the past 3 weeks! She used to fall all the time! She's had several bumps and bruises to her face...the worst was a black eye and 2 huge bruises on her cheek! However, falling did not slow her down...she cried a little, but didn't want to be held long before she was back at it! Chad saw her take a few steps along the coffee table last night, so that's going to be her next trick...cruising along on the furniture!

My Girls

Here's a few random photos of the girls!

Our Family

Look Mom...1 Hand!

Lydia has been on the move lately! In the past 2 weeks, she's figured out how to sit, crawl, and stand! She sat for about a week or so, crawled for about a week, and now she prefers standing! She tries to pull herself up on everything...including the wall, doorways, her crib, my leg, the coffee table, and the kitchen chairs! She is pretty fearless and has taken some good tumbles! But she gets back up and tries again! She's even made a few attempts at walking...her upper body lunges, but her feet don't move and she falls down! I've constantly got my eye on her these days! No more sitting her down and expecting her to stay put!

These are some photos of Lydia on Wednesday evening...it was the first time that she was actually able to get to the standing position.This is a photo of Lydia on Thursday afternoon....she's already mastered the one handed stand! :)

August Road Trip

We took a road trip over to Michigan to visit my parents in mid-August. Chad was in Texas for work for 2 weeks for work, so my mom and dad spent about a week here and then we took the ferry across Lake Michigan to hang out at their house for a week. Chad and my brothers and their wives/girlfriend were all home for the last weekend of our visit! We had an awesome weekend having all the family together! And Lydia got to meet her Aunts and Uncles! We also made it over to see my grandparents and my cousin Andy's newborn twins! Here are a few snapshots from our visit!

Below: Steve and Emily; Mom and Dad; me, Lydia, Makayla, and Chad; Jeff and Monica; Pat and Lauren. Uncle Jeff and LydiaLauren and LydiaAuntie Monica and LydiaAunt Emily and LydiaOur family with my Grandma and Grandpa SandovalGrandpa and Sydney and Brady