A few more of the cutie & Elmo withdraw

Thought these were sort of cute... her prancing up & down the ramp & how her hair started swinging! Tomorrow we'll have a mini celebration for Lydia's birthday day.  I think I'll make some cupcakes for her to take to share with her girlfriends at the babysitter.  Still having a hard time believing she's almost 2.  I took her in for her checkup the other day & Doc Situ says she's perfectly proportioned... a little over 50th percentile for both h & w.  To the best of nurse Christi's abilities, she found her to be about 34 inches & 27.9 lbs.  Since her hernia is so small & hasn't changed, we're not going to mess with it right now & she's got some eczema on her cute little face.  That's about all the news from the health scene.  It was a pretty quick visit, as Lydia wasn't too thrilled about anyone trying to mess with her! She was quite disturbed by the fact that they wanted her to undress & that Doc was trying to touch her with those strange objects!  

Another thing we've been struggling with this week is Elmo withdraw.  In Lydia's world, she should be able to "Elmo watch" all hours of the day.  We've gotten her a few Elmo dvds & it was harmless at first, but quickly spread to having to repeatedly watch over and over and over.  So, I hid Elmo in a place where Lydia could not find them & am trying to keep the elmo watching to a minimum.  Trying to divert her attention only the Elmo dvd we have in the car & when SS is actually on PBS.  She is not dealing well.  We've had many fits about this one, but I have to keep telling myself that this too, shall pass.  I've been trying to get her mind off it by playing dolls with her or reading her books, which are 2 of her very favorite things.  If only Elmo only knew how riveting he was to toddlers...