Fall, but just for the day

Saturday was "cold" (in the 60s) and overcast. We spent the afternoon at The Oil Ranch in Magnolia. Lydia couldn't wait to pick out her pumpkin (or "apple" as she called it). She carried it around most of the afternoon, offering it to every little animal.

Here we are riding on the choo choo train.

Offering pumpkin to the calves (they actually enjoyed licking it).

Chickens, roosters, and turkeys roamed all over the ranch. Lydia thought maybe they were playing a game with her.

We fed the cows.

This cow, Daisy, loved being scratched on her head.

Lydia enjoyed her pony ride and asked for more.

But her favorite was finding pumpkin after pumpkin.

I'm glad we spent time outdoors even though it was overcast. I think Fall may have only lasted one day. It's getting warm again.

What we've been up to

Since we've been living in the Woodlands, we are only a few minutes from my Grams and Grandy. We've had them over for dinner and play time a few evenings. Lydia loves to dance to while Grams sings her songs (are all grandmas good at singing silly songs?). Grandy always provides some silly entertainment too! Here's Grandy with crocks on his ears.
Lydia is also becoming quite a little climber. She is particularly fond of this little nook even though she barely fits!
This morning she really wanted to get those doors open to go in the pool (despite the rain). She just climbed up the door and pulled with all her might. Good thing we have double bolts.
And the girl eats all day. Just after she finished breakfast (or so I thought), she somehow managed to find a package of english muffins (which she's never tasted before) and enjoyed one as an early morning snack. At least it's healthy!

Ahead of the curve

Lydia passed the 18 month mark over the weekend. Time to think about potty training and reading (okay, maybe I'm ahead of myself with that one...but we do practice sounds with phonics cards)! She had got a clean bill of health at her checkup today. Here are her stats!

Weight 27.5 pounds (75-90th percentile)

Head 18 7/8 inches (90th percentile)

Height 34 3/4 inches (95+ percentile)

Long and lean!

New Blog Decor

How about that? Baby is due April 18, 2010!

House Progress

The house project seems to have taken off in the last few weeks! We are busy picking out "stuff" and watching our new take form. I hope you can appreciate the changes with these "before" and "in between" pictures.

This was the view of the family room from the wet bar.

The wet bar is gone, so this is the view of the family room from the kitchen. You can see our new entertainment built in on the far wall. I designed it to have big storage drawers for Lydia's toys!

This was the old kitchen, rose wallpaper and all.

Here's my new kitchen. We took down a wall to make a breakfast bar (with decorative legs). All the new cabinetry is in and primed for paint.

A close up of the cook top/vent hood area. It's my kitchen flair.

Push Ups

This is just a short video I caught this evening.

Dan was doing some push ups by the pool and Lydia climbed up for a ride. So cute.

Just like Daddy

She's a swimmer already!