Christmas at Crown Center

This year for Christmas I have really been wanted to get some traditions going. Zachary is at that age where Christmas can be really fun and memorable, so I thought it would be fun to start making some Christmas memories. With the help of my awesome sister in-law we have some great things planned for this Christmas season.

Our first activity on the list was going to the Crown Center in downtown KC. That is where they have the mayor's Christmas tree up. I wasn't really sure what to expect because I have never gone down there during Christmas. Not only did they have the beautiful tree, but they had a whole playground of life size toys to play on. Zachary was in heaven.

Here we are in the life size train. Justin liked it, but he was too cold to really get into it. After a little while Justin and Lydia went back inside the Crown Center with Grandma to get warm and listen to a cute little brass band made up of a bunch of cute little old men. Justin loves music, so he was having a great time inside with Grandma.

Here's Lydia trying to keep warm before going back inside with Grandma.

Brad and Zachary posing by one of many of the fully lit trees. It was beautiful.

The three of us actually fit easily in the large sized Radio Flyer wagon. So much fun!

Here is the beautiful scene. It was so much fun, this is going on the list of permanent traditions.

I love these things. They make me laugh.

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My Little Trick-or-Treaters

Here they are. My little trick-or-treaters. We went to Brad's grandma's neighborhood to do our trick-or-treating. They had fun and got lots of candy. As you can tell Justin was less than thrilled. Zachary was the same way when he was two. I don't know what it is with toddlers and Halloween. They just don't want to wear their costumes.

My little baseball player. He was so excited about his costume this year.

And here's Tigger. He was okay with it once the candy collecting started. The funny thing was that he would say trick-or-treat, get the candy, and then he would try to go into the people's houses. So funny.

Lydia stayed at the house with me where is was nice a warm, but she was a very cute little ballerina thanks to Aunt Renee who provided the costume, and Aunt Jenny who made the adorable head band.

Jack-o Fun

Last Monday night for family night we carved pumpkins. We invited Brad's family to come enjoy the fun with us. This was the first time that Zachary has carved pumpkins. I don't know why we haven't done this before. Time gets away from me, and last year by the time I thought about it all of the pumpkins were gone at the grocery store. So this year I decided to get the pumpkins early. It was fun.

This is Zachary's pumpkin. He designed it and I carved it. Then he proceeded to write every word he knew how to spell on it. Funny boy. I guess he wanted it to be unique.

This is Brad's pumpkin. Again, he designed it and I carved it. He is not terribly comfortable with knives.

Here are all the pumpkins lit up.

And here is dessert. Yummy!

Two Month Check-Up

Lydia had her 2 month check-up yesterday. I am happy to report that she is doing well. She weighs 12 lbs. 4 oz and 23.5" long. She is in the 75th percentile for her age. She is my biggest baby at 2 months. Both of the boys were under 12 lbs. She had to get all of her shots too. Both of us hated that, but it's a necessary evil. She was fussy all night last night, but after Brad gave her a blessing she calmed right down. I hope she will be happy and feeling better today.

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Lydia Update

Lydia is now 8 weeks old. The time is flying by. Here are some pictures I have taken of Lydia in the last week. As you can see, she is starting to get a little bit chunky. I love that. She is such a good baby. Last night she slept through the night. It was so nice to get a full night of sleep. I hope that pretty soon she will be sleeping through the night all the time.

Blessing Pictures

As promised here are some pictures of Lydia in her blessing dress. We had her blessing on September 6th. All of Brad's family, my parents, my sister, Jenny, and her family, and my brother, Raymond, and his family were able to come. It was so nice to have so much family here for the blessing.

Cute Picture

Here is a cute picture of Lydia. She is getting so big. We had her blessing this last Sunday. I will post pictures soon.

3 Weeks Already Gone

Earlier this week Lydia had her two week appointment. She was actually closer to three weeks because the doctor couldn't get her in any sooner. She was 8 lb. 11 oz. and 20.75 " long. She's growing so fast. Here are some pictures I took of her early this week.

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Zachary Update

Zachary has had a couple of very busy weeks. Aside from getting a new baby sister, and having Aunt Jenny and Grandma Barbara come to visit other exciting things are going on. Last Monday he lost his first tooth. He was pretty excited that the Tooth Fairy was coming. Then, today he started Kindergarten. Grandma Barbara got to take him to the bus stop, and he was so excited. They even left a few minutes early to meet the bus because Zachary couldn't stand it any more. So far I am really enjoying having him in school. This is the first time since the baby was born that I had enough time to post on my blog!

Zachary and Justin meet Lydia!!!

Lydia Elizabeth Heathman

Lydia was born today 8/4/2009 at 11:03 am. She weighed in at 7 lb 13.6 oz and 20 inches long.