Lydias 4th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Lydia. I can't believe you are four now! We had a fun weekend with all our friends and family. Lydia had her party at Young Chef Academy. Her and 10 of her friends made pizza by hand, even kneaded their own dough! Then finished the meal off with cake and punch. The kids were all pretty wired after all of it. It was so nice to not have to do anything, though. We came in and the party was thrown for us, no set up or clean up! Grandma and Grandpa came in Saturday night to wish her a Happy Birthday.

What mom and dad love about Lydia: Her 100 percent honesty, beautiful smile and dimples, thoughtfulness, her girly girly side, her rough and tough side-- she loves to wrestle with dad, her made up songs she sings in the car, her little words that don't make sense and that are too cute to correct. . ( She calls the elevator "alligator"...."burgers" instead of boogers)

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Lazy 5 Ranch

I forgot to post these. We had the animals eating right out of our hands!

I cut my hair!!

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I got sick of my long hair! I told the stylist to do what ever he wanted with it, as long as I didn't look like a "Butch". I like it much better short!

Yvette and Brody

Yeah! Eva and Brody just visited with us for a few days and we had so much fun! We went to Disney on Ice, Discovery Place Children's Museum, where we watched rats play basketball, and of course, you can't go to Charlotte and not visit the Lazy 5 Ranch! We also cooked, baked, and ate out... of course. It would not be an Arredondo Reunion without the food! Luckily Josh was there to finish off most of the desserts. Here are some pictures of what we made http://bradandyvette.blogspot.com



We were able to get some awesome pics at Disney on Ice. Lydia was pretty enthralled most the time. I had to bribe her with popcorn so she could leave her seat and go to the bathroom. Brody actually was into a lot of it.... and danced and clapped with Lydia! (1st picture: Notice Brody pulling Lydia's hair..we caught in the act! =)

Lydia and Ella Strike a Pose

Family Portrait

I don't know if anyone will be as excited as I am about this, but Lydia now knows how to draw stick people. She came home one day and started drawing circles with hands and legs. Then added on hair, nose, and ears. The one on the left is Lydia, with a "milk mustache" and "lots of hair". The one in the middle with the bigger head is mom. And the smaller one with "big ears" is dad. (The sun is above us.) I didn't teach her how to do this..it's like one day it just came to her. She's now been trying to practice drawing her friends, Jarret and Landon. I can't believe my baby is going to be almost 4 soon!

SIDE NOTE: *Four years later, and I still can't get rid of this "baby fat" =)