Lydia's Photo Shoot

My brother-in-law Brady recently bought a photo studio. He wanted some practice with it so we decided to let Lydia be the subject. She did a lot better than we thought she would because she is so busy and goes from one thing to the next within seconds. Jillian had bought some balls for props and Lydia loved playing with those so Brady was able to get some really good pictures.It was funny because Lydia kept saying "uh-oh" and she would hold her hands over her mouth. She was being pretty cute about it.I can't decide on my favorites, so this post is going to have a lot of pictures.We also decided to do some outfit changes to mix things up.She wouldn't keep the hat on.
I love this picture because it shows her personality well. She is always hugging and kissing her stuffed animals. She loves them. We couldn't get Daisy to hold still either, but Brady was able to get this picture of her.He also took some really cute pictures of her playing in my parents little swimming pool.

Weekend in Mendon

Justin went on a backpacking trip with the guys from his work two weekends ago. Lydia and I decided to go to Mendon to hang out with my parents instead of staying home alone. My parents bought a swimming pool to keep at their house for when the grandkids came and Lydia loved it!It has a little slide that Lydia was able to go down pretty quickly. Lydia loves water so this was perfect for her.One of the nights we went to Angie's for dinner and my dad taught Lydia how to blow the paper off of straws. Lydia thought it was so funny and was giggling the whole time that she was doing it.My parents keep Lydia pretty busy while she is at their house, but this time she had time to stop and smell the flowers.
In the next picture you can see her trying to grasp the concept of sniffing. It was funny watching her try to do it.The dogs enjoy being outside and resting in the shade.One of the days my dad took her to the park. I think that he had just as much fun there as she did. They just went from one thing to the next and onto the next.Lydia had fun playing in the tunnel.Of course, it always isn't just about playing, Lydia gets to help with the work too. Luckily they have a tractor that is just her size.It rained really hard the last night that we were there and little frogs ended up in their window wells. My dad went and caught some for her to see. Lydia didn't want to touch them, but she loved watching them. If you ask her what a frog says she says "bit" and if you ask her what the frog does she will jump while saying jump. She also then says "uh oh" and puts her hand over her mouth because my dad let the frogs hop off of the porch.When we saw Justin again Lydia actually told him about the frogs all on her own. "Bit." "Jump!" "Uh oh." I had to fill in the few details she left out so he actually could understand what she was trying to say.

Eagle Mountain Splash Pad

Eagle Mountain has a new splash pad. Justin and I took Lydia there on Monday, July 25. She loved the water so much! At first she wasn't sure whether or not she was going to play in the water or play with a dog that someone had there. She ultimately decided that she wanted to play in the water.She loved being there and she ran from one fountain to another. She also tried to copy everyone there and do what they were doing. At one point Justin put his head in a fountain to cool off and Lydia copied him. It was pretty cute.She kept trying to step on the base of the fountain too because some older kids were doing that. It took her a while to get figure it out though, but it was funny watching her try. She was running pretty much the entire time going from one fountain to the next.She also liked to sit in the water since it wasn't draining fast enough and splash.She kept trying to walk under one of the things that dropped buckets of water, but we were afraid that it would come down too hard on her. Justin decided to hold her under it so that it wouldn't tip her over.It was so fun being there and watching her have so much fun. She definitely loves being in water.