Lydia ~ 31 Months

Lydia's thirty-first month was busy, as are most of ours, it seems! We traveled to see her cousins, Savannah, Karolina and Marshall and her Uncle Paul and Aunt BJ in Rocky Mount. Aunt BJ had a beautiful surprise for Lydia - a new, handpainted learning table! Lydia loves to do "learning time," and now we have an official table! She loves to sit here and work on her letters, numbers, matching games, lacing cards, and coloring! Lydia continues to do really well with her memorization and recognition of letters and has begun to point them out to us! We are continually amazed to watch her learn. While visiting our family, we also attended a minor league baseball game and Lydia had a lot of fun with that (except for trying to be coaxed to sit with the mascot - a large catfish!)

Lydia is a happy, healthy and energetic little girl and we are so blessed by her! She is almost always a "sweet girl" as she calls herself and we try to remember to encourage her when she usu her manners (which we have been working on for a while) and obeys Daddy and Mommy quickly because obey (as she will tell you) means "right now." We are seeking to raise her in a way that pleases the Lord, because we know that not only is that what God desires, but it is also what is best for her!

Carolina Mudcats Minor League Baseball Game

Playing with Daddy...

Her new favorite thing to do - silly faces!

Coloring!

Lydia ~ 30 Months

Lydia ~ 30 Months

First Haircut!!

Washing the car with Daddy!

Loving the swing!

Beautiful Little Girl....

Thirty Months sounds like a strange way to explain the age of a child, but when doing a monthly update, it's the only way! Since one of the most special times for us was the celebration of Easter, and there is a separate post for that, I will just touch on some of the other things Lydia has enjoyed this month.

We have had a few days of unusually warm (for this time of year) weather, and Lydia was able to help Daddy wash the car. Since she LOVES to play in any kind of water, this was a special treat, rather than the chore it will most likely one day be! We were also able to make an early trip to the park, which is not usual in April! Since the "firsts" are getting much more scarce, the older Lydia gets, we did have one this month - FIRST HAIRCUT! I do realize that she is 2 1/2, but we have never cut her hair ... Mrs. Leah at our church cut Lydia's hair and sitting in Mommy's lap and a lollipop made her first haircut a total success! In addition, our little girl has mastered recognition of all of the upper case alphabet letters and numbers 1 - 10! We are so proud of her! As always, we are thankful that the Lord has allowed us the privilege of being Lydia's parents!