Sunday, January 20, 2008

Lydia's Blessing Day

Today was Lydia's Blessing day. Here she is in her dress that both Grandmas helped me make.Here middle name came from her Grandma Nancy Jane. Here are the two Janes.
And here is the whole crew. It was so fun to have the grandparents here with us.
The girls loved their new dresses too. (Thanks to Grandma Nancy) They weren't as excited about pictures though.
It was a beautiful day and a beautiful blessing. We are so grateful for the Priesthood and the blessing of this new little girl.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Thursday, January 10, 2008

She's Finally Here

Lydia Jane was born January 8, 2008 at 1:20pm.


The pediatrician said she was half grown weighing in at 8 lbs and 20 1/2 inches long. Daniel had been such a great support through the pregnancy and delivery. He has arranged childcare and meals and watched the girls, not to mention being there for the delivery. He seems thrilled to have a new baby to hold and I love to see the joy in his eyes as he holds her.
Eliza loves 'baby Eeah' and wants to hold her whenever she can. Liesel is starting to notice she isn't the baby anymore and hasn't quite decided how she feels. Time will tell.
I feel so blessed to have this new little girl in our home and am excited to be a forever family. Stay tuned for more pics!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Time with Dad

The girls have loved having their dad home for the Christmas holiday and for new years. Some of the fun activities we did with dad were:

An Egg Carton Lunch in a fort...I was gone to lunch so Daniel built the girls a fort and made them a little lunch and even took pictures. What a great Dad he is.
A visit to the Olympic Training Center!


And Popcorn and Orange Julius on Sunday evening...the girls loved the sugar high!

Daniel-the time with you seemed magical. Thank you for being the best dad and husband your girls could ask for!

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Christmas

I am sorry I am so slow at posting all our Christmas Pics. Daniel got me Photo shop Elements and I couldn't help but play with the pics before posting. Here are some of the best.

Christmas Eve...pajamas! (I decided on Friday before Christmas that the girls needed pajamas so a made them that day. Eliza is a little short but she loved her 'pretty dress.')
Christmas Morning...treats! (Whenever we would ask Eliza what she wanted Santa to bring the answer was always...TREATS!)My Family Gift Exchange...Jessica had us! She made our family matching pajamas and made the girls each a doll with matching pajamas too.Eliza was thrilled to get another 'pretty dress' and Liesel twirled and twirled with her new baby!The BIG Gift...the dollhouse. We gave the girls a dollhouse for Christmas this year. They love the parts that make noise as you can see from the picture below. Eliza really enjoys moving the people from room to room and playing house. Liesel however wants to climb in the house or sit on the furniture. She gets a little frustrated when she doesn't fit.Our Family Gift Exchange...Daniel had me (of course). He made me this great shelf to go in our entry to hang coats and keys on. He did it all by himself and I think it turned out great!
I had Daniel. I made him a scrapbook "What we love about Dad!" I think it turned out pretty good.
The girls had each other and they made themselves matching sweaters. Look for a picture soon.

Other Gifts...Dolls from Gma Nancy...Shirts from Great-Gma Patsy...aprons from Gma Jones...and a great big box of fun from Papa Tom.
Thanks everyone for your great gifts. We had a wonderful Christmas!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Christmas Dresses

Since today was 'Christmas Sunday' the girls got to wear their new Christmas dresses from Grandma Nancy. The only way we could get Eliza to eat her breakfast this morning was to show her her 'pretty dress' and tell her she had to eat if she wanted to wear it to Church. When she got it on she twirled and twirled and couldn't wait to show her babysitter Kaia when we got to church. Liesel loved her dress too but some how got the front decorative bow untied and I can't quite figure out how to fix it. Sigh. The dresses were a huge hit though. Thanks again Grandma Nancy.