Life Together: Seven Months

Lydia has reached the seven month mark! The first time she sat up was January 7, and now she sits with confidence and plays great with her toys on her own. Yay! She is such a joy to be around, unless she is tired. It is easy to tell when it is time for her to go to bed because she gets very crabby and nothing seems to distract her. Naps are still inconsistent, but they seem to be getting somewhat longer which is wonderful. Her nights continue to be great with an average of about 12-13 hours straight, and a record of 15 hours! She loves to eat, and so far has welcomed anything we try to feed her. I often catch her staring longingly at the food we're eating... like soup or spaghetti. It will be a little while until she's eating those things :)

This week and last week were unseasonable warm and got into the mid to upper 40's a few days. We took advantage of those days and hauled the jogger out of the basement for a spin. Lydia seemed to enjoy the fresh air, and I realized how much I've been missing our walks outside! Can't wait for summer!

Dan has been busy at work and enjoys evenings home with his girls, unless we're at Bible study or youth group. He's almost finished with a little shelf that will go up in the SE corner of the den for keys, bags, name badges, church Bible, etc. Also, he's been spending some time re-vamping our budget on the computer. Sounds boring, right? Well the computer programmer in him loves it, and before I know it we've spent almost all of supper talking about it! Well, maybe not that long :) Friday morning basketball continues to be one of the highlights of his week, and Lydia and I always listen intently when he tells us about his amazing stats and number of dunks! In all seriousness I am pretty amazed that he can play with (and often out-play) all these guys that played ball for years in high school and college. (And he will probably ask me to take this part off our blog once he reads it!)

Lately I've been enjoying reading, caring for Lydia, trying some new recipes, and working some short evening shifts in outpatient surgery and the PACU. I absolutely love going back to work and seeing my dear coworkers and caring for patients. My first calling is to be a wife and mom, but there is part of me that will always love being a nurse. We've been making an effort to open up our home on Friday evenings to having guests over for supper. This has been very delightful, and an added bonus is that we can put our sweet baby to bed when she starts to be more like a mad hornet ;)

Grandpa and Grandma VW are in Washington and have been there for almost a month helping with Tom and Karlene's family after Tom had heart surgery to repair a valve. From what we hear he is having a great recovery (what an answer to prayer!), so Lydia thinks it's high time Opa and Oma come on home ;)