Cougar-Bee!

My aunt Cindy, Mom, Lydia and I traveled to beautiful Fort Myers, Florida to visit my cousin Lindsey and her handsome new baby, Hudson. We named our trip the "Cougar-Bee" (long story).  Here is the  awesome Mamma Lindsey with her sweet little man.

                        Lyddi riding in a cart for the first time.

 We spent most of our time lounging by the pool. Not quite sure what's happening in this picture...basking in the wind of Hurricane Sandy maybe?

In the airport I had Lydia strapped to me in a sling, her diaper bag and my purse over my shoulder, my carry-on in one hand and I was lifting my big suitcase with the other. I felt like a mule. The big suitcase was pretty heavy and it kept banging against my leg. This was the result.

Lydia loved the pool.

Lydia also loved her new buddy, Hudson.

A few cute shots of Lydia all dolled up for dinner.

                                     

                    All ready for a lovely morning walk to the ocean.

We made it!

We celebrated Lindsey's birthday while we were there. 

Happy 29th Birthday (again)!!

                                      More pool shots.

Little buddies.

Mooooo! Happy Halloween! Lydia was a little cow for her first Halloween.

                                     Superman!! ...and the cow.

She's on the Mooooove!

Lyddi thoroughly enjoyed the day after Halloween....candy time!

Arg! Wrappers! 

Future candy lover, just like her parents.

Going back for more.

The whole troop on our final night together.

We stopped at the beach to catch the sunset. Unfortunately we missed it by about 5 minutes, but we still got some fun photos. 

Lydia's first time touching sand!

Three super sweet ladies.

Three generations. Two of my favorite girls.

Lydia did very well on the plane, as long as we kept her entertained and eating puffs.

What an awesome trip! Many, many laughs and great memories to look back on. Thanks for having us Linds. Love and miss you already!

Lyds Lately...7 months.

Here are a few shots of Lydia lately. She is growing and learning so much every day. She loves crawling around and exploring both inside and outside. Here Lyddi and Daddy are crawling around.

She prefers chewing her shoes to wearing them.

Lyddi got a package in the mail from Auntie Sheesh- so exciting!!

Lyddi likes to look at her "family wall." Lately, she has been drawn to her cousin Daniel.

Fall Family Photos!

We received the best gift at a baby shower...a free photo shoot! What a great way to get Lyddi's 6 month pictures taken. Our photographer was awesome. She came to our house one morning and got a lot of great shots of our family.

We LOVE kissing those cheeks!

Sweet girl.

Super Lyddi!

What a smile!

She rarely makes that face so it's funny that the photographer caught it.

"My foot is so cool!"

I laughed out loud when I saw this one...Talk about smoosh-face!

Dancing away...

Six months already...hard to believe. We praise and thank God every day for blessing us with you! Lydia, it is a true delight and joy to watch you learn and grow each day. We love you dearly and love watching and helping you discover the world around you!

Wow- Look at you grow...and go!

Lydia is a very curious little lady. She loves to explore and gaze at the world around her. It is so much fun to see the world again through her eyes. Everything is new and she is eager to see, touch and taste it all. Lydia has been making some big achievements the last few days. She's been scooting and lunging around for weeks now. This week she figured out how to crawl...and there's no stopping her now!