Having Fun with Friends

Lydia wanted to give a shout out to some of her friends today (aren't they all so cute!):
Reece, Colt, Lydia, Audrey, Brayden, Zoe, Kennedy

Reese

Olivia

Tyler and Jonathan

Zoe

Audrey

Colt

What fun to be with friends! Lydia is a very lucky girl to have such great friends. And I, too, am lucky to have great friends in their Mommies!

Baby Paul is HERE!

Lydia's brand new cousin, Paul was born this morning at 5:00am weighing in at 9lb and 20 1/2 inches.

What a cutie~ We are so happy for my brother and his wife and especially big sister Grace Ellen! This is my parents' sixth grandchild.

Let it SNOW.....(finally!)

The snow only lasted for a little while, however, we still found time to go out and see it this morning. Lydia kept looking down at it and got real still and amazed. Oh to see the beauty that God creates through her eyes is something else!

Busy Baby

Lydia is now 9 1/2 months. She had a great 9 month check up with Dr.Patty. She is a very happy and healthy baby. She is weighing in at 20.2 lbs and is about 29 in long. She claps on demand and is starting to hug on demand. She loves cheerios and is eating more table food. Last night she tried some spaghetti and loved it. She is cruising all around the furniture. She has found the front door window and the piano keys and loves to look outside and bang on the window of the door looking for Daddy. She is playing the piano and is almost ready for a concert recital! HA!! She keeps us on our toes and most important, keeps us smiling and proud!

The Big 3-0!!!!!!!!!

So today I am no longer in my "twenties" but have jumped into a new group of numbers. When I was little my parents watched the show, "Thirtysomething" and I remember that being about a bunch of old messed up people. I don't feel any older or different. I do have gray hair coming in on the sides that I like to pull out frequently and hope that the expense of coloring my hair can wait another 10 years down the road.

Anyway...
I had a great birthday. Josh and Lydia got me an MP3 player which I am addicted to putting songs on it. I have already stored over 120 songs on my library on the computer. I am loving finding my favorites and hearing some new favorites. I went to sleep last night listening to it. I love music! The inlaws had my family over for dinner last night and my sweet MIL made me all my favorites. It was so yummy. My mom took me shopping and I got some new clothes. I got a sewing basket with goodies to go along with my sewing machine from my MIL. My sweet buddies, Tonya/Eric and Valerie/Matt along with our sweet girls went out to celebrate tonight at Montana Grill. Tomorrow I will continue the celebrating and spend the day with my sister.

I have had wonderful memories during these first 30 years. I have super family and friends who have helped make those memories so special! Thanks ya'll!!!
I look forward to celebrating and making new memories during the next 30 (and then some) years!

BTW, I want to wish a very special HAPPY Birthday to Amy Kate, who turns 26 today and Isaac who turns the big 3 years old! I am glad we get to have our special days at the same time!

Sew easy...yeah right!

Well I got my first sewing machine for Christmas and have high hopes on being crafty like my friends Larie, Valerie, Maggie, and Heather. With a simple "napkin demonstration" lesson from Heather on how to make a little taggie thing, I was off to conquer my first stitch. I had to enlist my mother-in-law to help supervise my endeavor. And after a few mess-ups and back stitching, I finally made a little gift for my soon to be nephew due in the coming weeks:

Our G-town Friends

We went to visit friends up in G-town last weekend. It was so good to be with everyone. I have one friend, Erica, who is having twins and I am so EXCITED! She looks absolutely beautiful and will be a great mom to twins this summer. I also got to be with my friend, Courtney and her sweet 2 year old, Anna Pryor. Here is a picture of us. We taught together and have had so much fun being moms. I miss them so much, but am lucky that we talk very often on the phone.