Quotes from Lydia

Lydia's personality has been developing so much more the past few months! I didn't think it was possible! Lately she has been saying the darndest things! They're so cute! So, I want to remember some of them. These are my favorites:

Lydia pointed to David and my wedding picture with the Manti Temple in the background one day.
Lydia: "You and Daddy got married in the temple?"
Me: "Yes:
Lydia: "Oh...I get married in the temple someday!"
A couple days later was our follow up conversation while she sat on the potty.
Lydia: "I get married in the temple someday."
Me: "Who are you going to marry?"
Lydia: blank stare
Me: "I married Daddy in the temple. Who are you going to marry?"
Lydia: "You not married to Daddy!"
And then all rationale was abandoned from there. But, we have had several moments where she tells us that she is going to get married in the temple! We just have to keep building on them :).

We had some friends over one day to play, but decided not to do bubbles in the backyard because it was too hot. Later that day after naptime:
Lydia: "We go do bubbles outside?"
Me: "After dinner because it's still too hot right now."
Lydia: "Oh". Thinks for a moment then goes to the front door. "It's cool out here."
Me: "No, it's hot outside"
Lydia: "It's hot in the back, but not in the front."
If only that rationale were really true!

This morning after watching The Little Mermaid.
Lydia: "Aaaaaaaaa" (however you write that singing that Ariel does in the movie).
Me: "Oh, are you singing like Ariel?"
Lydia: "Yes, Aaaaaaa!"

Other noteworthy things:
Lydia loves things that are "scary"! Why? I have no clue! But she loves anything to do with Monsters (including, but not limited to the movie Monsters Inc) and dinosaurs. We went to the zoo a couple weeks ago and they had a dinosaurs exhibit. She was in heaven watching the life-size dinosaurs move around and make noises while her friend (who had also been begging to go see them) cowered in his stroller and wanted to leave.

Lydia takes every opportunity to dance! Whenever and wherever we are, she will stop and dance if there is music playing. It was especially amusing as her and her little friend danced around at the Scotty McCreery concert that we went to for my birthday! They were pretty much the only little kids there, even though the concert was at Palm Beach in Moody Gardens, and they were surrounded by squealing teeny and not so teeny boppers.

Potty training: the never-ending adventure. Sometimes I think that we're making some headway in this long traumatic endeavor. But then other times I just want to throw my hands up in the air and say that I'm not even going to let her use the toilet until she decides she's really ready. We had one amazing week in March where Lydia was completely potty trained and only wore panties (except for sleep time). And then we took a complete 180 turn and she decided it was no longer fun and was done with it. So, we put her back into diapers to take away some of the stress and frustration. She has not tried to go back yet. She goes through periods where we come up with a new award system and she's really excited. She will spend a couple of days earning rewards like crazy and will stay mostly clean. And then she gets bored again. But she still likes to go on the potty. With how little energy I've had and how little she seems to really been interested though, I have yet to pull her panties back out of the closet. Hopefully in the next 6 months! I would like her to be potty trained before she turns 3 :).

As much as Lydia loves scary things, she also loves princesses. Cinderella is her favorite, but she loves them all. Even the ones from movies she's never seen, like Jasmine and Tiana. They are all pretty and she loves to sing their songs. Yesterday during lunch she was singing the Wishing Well song and Someday My Prince Will Come from Snow White. This morning it was Ariel. Who knows which one it will be tomorrow :).

And Lydia also loves Dora (what little girl doesn't?). This has been one of the strongest pulls to get her to go poops in the potty. Lydia can occasionally be heard saying "Buenos dias" and other spanish phrases. So cute!

Hope that gave you a good fill of Lydia! I know that I never get enough of her! Well, unless she is being cranky. But most of the time she is happy and full of life!