Parties

Lydia had two small birthday parties to celebrate her big first year.

Some of her friends joined her for pizza and cake. Boy, did they have a blast!
Our family

Adrian snoozes amidst the chaos

Happy Maeve with her daddy

Lydie and Owen "sharing" the farm animal book. They are racing to see who can say "ba" first.


The blue-eyed babies are struck by something while Riley is intently focused on those blocks.

Riley teaching Lydie how to dance to the choo choo song

These children are going to make one rockin' band one day!


Riley and Owen getting a kick out of a backyard football game

Sibs


"Um, Muh-ma, I'm not so sure about the fire on my cake"

"Oh, yeah, this is awesome. I think I'll dig right in!"

Lydie teaches Avery how to eat cupcakes in preparation for her 1st birthday in a couple weeks.

Ava instructing the girls how to open presents like a pro.


One pooped birthday girl

Riding Guinney into the sunset...


The next day we had our entire immediate family over for lunch.
I truly can't believe we all made it, and we all fit (except for Mark on the edge there ;)

Aunt Mere lovin' her babies!

Gabby pets the only dog that showed up to the party

Grandma with her girls

Uncle John and Grandpa Willson

Pushing her "Bay-ya-bee" from Grandma and Grandpa

The adoring audience for the present-opening

Mommy and baby collapse in exhaustion after the festivities. Whew!

One Year Old

Here are a couple of photos from month 11, then onto the 1st birthday!

Boogles in a box. She emptied it and hopped in while I was in the kitchen.

So proud of herself!

Love that grin..."I'm not supposed to be doing this, am I?"

Reading "Mere Christianity" No "Dr. Seuss" for her, she's jumping into C. S. Lewis

Lydie's first day of "school"

We started her first birthday by going out to breakfast - eggs and toast = Yummy!

Mommy and baby

Daddy and baby

Feeding the animals at Bender's



Lydie the scarecrow. She's playing the part.

See, everyone, I'm one, I'm a BIG girl!

Playing with the blocks daddy got her


She sure LOVED her cake :)

Super excited about this card. It's the little things for a one-year-old...

Precious Lydie

Budding Musician

Thanks to my friend, Melanie, I have discovered imovie. I had so much fun putting this together. Enjoy!

Summer Friends

So as these little ones are getting more mobile it is getting harder and harder for me to capture them TOGETHER. Here are some photos of Lydia and some of her friends...
On a HOT evening this summer Lydie was chilling in her diaper after dinner. Her friends stopped by for a visit and Riley decided she wanted to be dressed just like Lydie. Priceless.

Kissing Maeve

Playing with one of her favorite toys, the Little People Farm with Owen

Lydie's newest little buddy, Adrian born on Sept. 5.

Maeve sitting

Luke crawled to the second level of the playhouse (much to his mother's dismay) and of course, is lovin' it!

Riley and big Owen with little Owen in the back.

Fastforward 16 years - watch out!

Climbing Lydie

Hello, friend.

Amidst all of the playing action, Lydie decides to stop and read.