Sleeping

Gloria is a great napper! You can find her half of the day in the swing like this (she is there right now). Only once has Lydia ever woken her up. And check out the hair :)

Candy Canes

I didn't introduce Lydia to candy canes-her dad did at Thanksgiving and our neighbor gave her one so if she eats all of her good lunch (see the empty plate) then she can have a little piece this week; but I am the one who has to clean it up!

Christmas songs

Gloria has lots of songs with her names including Christmas ones. At the beginning of the seasons, Lydia asked for Gloria's song and I started singing-Gloria I got your number. And she said-no the Ooooooooooo Gloria song. Today in the car Lydia sang Ooooooooo (properly like the song) then Lydia. And Lydia says that Lydia snow, Lydia snow (Let it snow) is her Christmas song.
Yesterday we were singing Away in a Manger and sometimes it was Jesus asleep in the hay, sometimes Lydia and sometimes Gloria.

Sisters and shots

Gloria turned two months a few days after Lydia turned two, so we scheduled their doctor appointments together (Caleb took off to help me). Lydia only got pricked and a flu shot, Gloria got three (see her bandaids). They enjoy having 'back time' together. And yes, Gloria's hair always looks like this.

TV

Well, I finally did it. Now that Lydia is two she can watch tv (though she has a different times-at friend's houses, with her dad watching nature shows, the Olympics, etc). But this is the first time I have sat her down at our home to watch a show for her. She likes it and now seeing me do this wants to watch it now.......but it was nice to get the dinner done with no distractions.

Lydia's Two!

Lydia turned two on Thanksgiving! Because we were traveling we had several different parties (lots of cake!) One at our sweet neighbors, one when Grandpa and Nana came to visit and one on Thanksgiving at Caleb's families' after we ate turkey.

Visit to Santa

We went to visit Santa in the mall with my Mom. Last year Lydia screamed. This year even though we talked about it and now she tells us all about Santa, when it was actually time to sit on his lap she would have none of it. But she stood beside him (my arm is in her back to keep her from backing up). Gloria, who just woke up for the picture, did great! Santa was kinda grumpy, it was hot in the mall and the register was broken so we didn't get a professional picture and then they closed down after us. Probably a lot of disappointed people, but we had a great day.