* Walk In His Ways *: I threw all caution to the wind...

and did the dishes while the baby was napping. (It's loud) I know, exciting and adventurous, right? Did she wake up? of course! Did I get the dishes done? YES! So, if it's worth it I don't know... but there just seems to be no other free second in our day. I have my hands full with just two sometimes, how's anyone do more? I have a feeling though that Josiah will be an even BIGGER helper by the time a third shows up! He's already being amazingly helpful lately with Lydia, it's awesome! She'll start crying and he says, (because of course I can't hear it) "MOMMY! Wydia's cwying! go get her!" haha. And sometimes (if I know she's happy, fed, changed, burped and just wants attention!) I'll say, "Josiah can you go talk to her and make her happy? play peek a boo" and he is ON THE JOB. He LOVES that he helps and plus everytime she smiles at him he laughs and says, "she smiled!!" He can't get enough, and she can't either, it's so cute.

The other day at the hair salon Josiah kept Lydia happy by talking to her and rocking her in her car seat for a bit, it was too sweet. Unfortunately, I sat in the seat getting my hair cut terribly and not at all how I asked by a lady who just likes to cut things for a living and got a little scissor happy. ugh. Maybe she was distracted by my amazingly adorable children, I could understand that. Anyway, I actually had to GO BACK later in the day and ask her to fix it, but in all fairness I was really really nice about it, it was hard for me to go back, I felt so bad. Anyway, long horrible story short, as Michael says, "give it a few weeks, it'll grow back to the length you originally wanted it"... he's right, and who do I have to impress? Josiah walked out of the toy room when I was done and said, "Ohhh Mommy, you look so nice and handsome!" LOL (so cute) Then when I got home and saw myself, I realized she'd cut it so short I looked like a man,.. so his comment became clearer.

We've had a lot of firsts around here lately with Lydia, she's just growing up too fast! She's grown out of the baby tub so now she lays in the big bathtub while Josiah sits next to her, or sits up next to him in a baby seat. It's precious and I love having them in the tub together, saves time and energy. She also has been in the "johnny jump up" seat recently and really liked it! she was kicking her feet up and down so much I said, "honey, we should put her in the jumper!" Josiah was SO THRILLED to jump up and down all around her and "show her how it's done"! She would kick a few times here and there and surprise herself when she moved. I think Josiah enjoyed it more than her, he thought it was hilarious! mostly she just swayed around like he used to in that at 4 months. Too cute though!