Lydia turns 4

My baby turned 4!!! this week! I can hardly believe it. She still seems like my little baby. She had an excellent birthday party with a "pig" cake and presents. She is obsessed with pigs. Ever since she got a pig beanie baby (a few years ago) and named him "Hammy," she has had a love affair with pigs. She of course requested a pig cake for her birthday. I made the big pig and Maggie and Jillian each made a baby pig for the top of the cake. She was thrilled with her "hammy" cake.

We invited Grandma and Grandpa Walburger over for a dinner of some of her favorite things...homemade chicken nuggets, cheesy mashed potatoes, banana bread and a green salad with her favorite snack...croutons. :) Unfortunately, Lydia was battling a headache all day and by dinner, she was not feeling well at all. She perked up enough to blow out her candles and open her presents though. (Mom, don't worry...Casey had a headache all day too...we think it was just a bug :)

Grandma gave her a Princess porcelain Tea set and when she opened it, she said to Grandma, "How did you know that this was just what I wanted?" She's been playing with that tea set ever since.

the next day, feeling much better, Lydia invented a new word. As she was playing with her new Tinkerbell dolls (whose clothes are easy to remove) she said, "Mom, look, the clothes and shoes are 'off-able.' " She's so funny and we are so very happy to have her in our family!