Category: Lydia

So that first Sunday that Lydia went to nursery, back in October, she was completely fine with being left. Only when I came to pick her up, did she realize that I had left, and THEN she turned on the tears. Since then though, she cries as soon as we are in the classroom. I don’t even have to let go of her hand, or start to walk away before she starts crying. I try to get her interested in the toys, and then I leave. But then shortly into Sunday school one of the teachers brings her to me. I keep having to take her back to class, and end up being stuck in there for the rest of the block of church meetings. I really want her to learn that I WILL come back for her, but I haven’t had an opportunity to go back and get her just because they always bring her to me. I DON’T want her learning “If I scream, they take me to mommy”.

Also, she has learned the magic word that all toddlers learn when they go to nursery, “mine”.

Lydia went to nursery for the very first time today. I dropped her off, because I’m meaner than Kyle is. I can actually take her in and walk her to the toys, let go of her hand and walk away. Kyle would have stayed with her to see how she handled it.

I went to Sunday school and wondered how long it would be before they brought her to me because she had just been crying too long. I got through Sunday school, and before relief society started, someone came in to ask for help in Lydia’s nursery. I didn’t volunteer, just because I wanted to see how long Lydia would go. Relief society began and surprisingly ended without anyone bringing Lydia to me.

After church, I went to go get her, and there she was playing with the bubbles just as happy as she could be. Until she saw me. She looked up and noticed me after I came in the room and THEN she started crying, as if suddenly realizing that I had left her and she just couldn’t believe it. I thought it was totally funny. I knew she was fine, and obviously, I came back for her. But as soon as she realized that I had left, despite the fact that I came back, that is when she had the melt down.

Lydia turned one today! We had a simple party with just our family here to celebrate. I made chocolate cupcakes with a cream cheese filling for the cake, and frosted them with chocolate frosting.

Nothing overly fancy, but oh so yummy just the same. One of my kids decided to try to snitch the filling from a bunch of cupcakes though:

I’m kind of leaning towards thinking it was Dinah. After all I KNOW it wasn’t Lydia, she would have taken the whole cake if she could, and really, she can’t reach the counter. Chloe CAN reach, but she can’t see high enough to be able to dig right into the filling and only the filling. Dinah, however, can see high enough to dig her finger right into the filling and nothing else. And really, I’m seriously hoping the others are all old enough to not be messing with things they shouldn’t be!

For presents, I just wrapped up some baby toys that we have had hiding in the basement since Chloe outgrew them. The kids were kind of bugged at me for not going out to buy something new for Lydia. But really she has NEVER seen these baby toys, and why spend money to buy something new when I can give her what I already have and she loves it just the same?

After she opened her presents, it was time to sing to her and give her cake.  We ended up blowing out her candle for her, so that she wouldn’t grab it, but we let her eat her cake all by herself. 🙂

She has grown so much already! Here is a list of things about Lydia at 1 year old:

• Walking is her preferred method of getting around the house.
• She has 4 teeth with another 2 or 3 working their way through.
• She dances when she hears music.
• She babbles what sounds like she is trying to talk, but isn’t actually anything understandable yet. Sometimes it even sounds like she is trying to sing.

Lydia is now OFFICIALLY walking! I am glad that she decided to walk first, and not to just skip walking and go straight to climbing like some of her siblings did. Of course, since she is just beginning to walk she is still rather clumsy at it, and falls frequently. And that means bumps and bruises all over her body, usually on her head. I am noticing that when she falls, she may crawl for a few steps, but then she stands back up and goes right back to walking. I guess she has decided that crawling is just too slow and she can see where she is going and get there much faster on her feet.