Baby Bum

This cracks me up. Look at the difference in the size of the tooshie of my babies. And thighs.

Here is Morgan at a year old....and Lydia.


Love it.

Bath time, past and present

Similarities

Morgan and Lydia look a bit alike. See? Morgan kind of has a grumpy face here, but that's okay.

Jumparoo

When Morgan was eight months old we took a trip to the Oregon coast with the Nelsons. We stayed in a rented seaside home, and in it was a jumparoo. We set it up for Morgan and he LOVED it.

So when I was at Other Mother's the other day, I had to buy the one they had for Lydia. It was only $12.99 and I had more than that in store credit. And guess what? She LOVES it too.

Changing table

Here are some more shots of Morgan and Lydia looking the same. Lydia is six months, but Morgan is closer to four. Lydia has a lot more chub on her.

Five months

Lydia is five months old.

I know, I know, that was my reaction too. But it's true. She's almost half a year already. STOP IT!

I went back and looked at pictures of Morgan from similar stages. Here he is at 3 1/2 months, already rolling over.
At five months he not only accepted a bottle, but could hold it.

He could also sit on his own.

Lydia still fights tummy time, (my fault, for not doing it enough or early enough.) She's still not awesome at gripping toys, though she likes them. She hasn't rolled over. I wonder if it's because she is held too much? Dunno.

However, Lydia is great at being adorable. She's usually happy, and seems to have her big brothers love of people. Oh, and if you can see her, and she isn't sleeping, than you can hear her. This baby is a talker! Never stops making noise. I love it. Oh, except for at church. And...I'll never be able to take her to the movies. Coincidentally, Morgan went to the movies for the first time when he was five months old. The move was Bridge to Terabithia.
I keep hoping that one of these days, she'll sleep through the night.

Memory Lane

Just a couple pictures of my kids around the same age, doing the same thing. Do you think they look alike?

Comparison photos

So, I'm learning that Lydia and Morgan have very different looking newborn faces. Here are some comparison shots.
I don't really remember Morgan ever looking like that. He kind of grew out of that look really fast I think.
Lydia is older than Morgan in this set, but still, they don't look much alike.


Here they are, both on the boppy.

And now both wearing the same pajamas. Yes, Lydia wears a lot of Morgan's old pj's. Oh, and look! Lydie is mostly smiling.

Nelson Reunion

This past weekend was a Nelson family reunion. It was from Aaron's great-grandparents on down, so there were lots of people there, most of whom we didn't know. However, most of Aaron's aunts, uncles, and cousins were there, so that was fun.
We arrived at the site Friday evening. It was just a little ways up Spanish Fork canyon. The site had a covered pavillion, a playground, a river, a volleyball court, and a very busy train-track near by.
We camped there for two nights. Morgan had fun running around with all the other little kids, particularly Aaron's nine year old cousin, Grace. She took Morgan around and watched him and played with him for most of the time. It was wonderful! He loves her.
There were some crafts and games Saturday. Morgan colored his paddle ball. At first he was being very careful and coloring in the lines, etc. Then he got bored.

Oh, and he has decided that pink is his favorite color. Usually his favorite changes on a daily basis, but he has stuck with pink for a long time now.

Morgan also made a patriotic necklace. He put all the beads on by himself, I just gave them to him one at a time so they would be in the right order. However, I was very surprised that all the lettered beads ended up right-side-up.



The adults played a game. You fill a brown paper bag with water and toss it backward over your head. The trick is not letting it soak too long, otherwise the water soaks through and rips the bag. After your toss, you have to stand on your bag and hope that you don't get pummeled by the next toss. It was a great reunion game.
Aaron cheated. He turned around and did a side arm toss. See? His bag was one of the farthest though.

It rained a lot on Saturday, but that didn't stop Morgan from wanting to play. Here he is playing on a tractor in the rain.

Lets do a flashback. This is from the reunion two years ago.


The main event of the reunion was the auction, which is actually a raffle. With Jana's help, Morgan and I did exceptionally well. Morgan won a bug net, a wooden rubberband gun, and a water cannon. I got FOUR baby blankets. Two receiving ones, and two crocheted ones. Now I am all set on the blanket front. I also got three girly burp rags. Then I won some precious gems. Seriously. A real ruby, emerald and tanzanite.
The second night, even though I was 8 months pregnant, sleeping on an air mattress, with trains going through regularly and blaring their whistles, and hearing our tent neighbors snore, I slept very well. Exhaustion will do that.
A fun time.