Dan:
-Gaining new skills and responsibilities at Vermeer working on mini skid-steers
-Busy working on our dresser - the final piece to our bedroom set
-Anticipating helping Grandpa with planting this spring
-Diaconal duties
Leah:
-Balancing house/family duties with work, youth group, Bible studies, cooking group etc
-I enjoyed having my dear friend Summer visit with her daughter Janie.
-Having another baby in Winter 2016!
-APRIL FOOLS! Did you really think we would have 3 kids under 3?!
Lydia:
-Says "woops" and "sah-wee" (sorry) whenever she drops something, bumps into something or makes Clara cry
-Loves to be outside with Tucker and the kitties
-Asks for cookies at least 3-4 times a day, even for breakfast
-Relentlessly searches for Opa and Oma at church and often talks about them at home
-Sleeping without a pacifier for the first time in her life! Clara inherited them.
Clara:
-Very ticklish
-Lots of squealing and giggling
-Likes to watch Lydia run around the house
-Beginnings of stranger awareness is starting, especially if she gets a hint that I might be leaving her for awhile
-Eating baby food
-Sleeping more at night!
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| Her first bites of real food seem to be going down. |
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| Clara continues to be very tolerant of Lydia's antics. |
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| Duplo time |
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| Tummy time! |
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| Sweet profile. |
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| Five months. |
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| Mom's shoe. |
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| Dad's shoes. It was a shoe day. |
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| Typical scene at our house. |
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| What a day! Loved taking the double jogger on its maiden voyage. |
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| Holding hands. |
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| Lydia and Janie :) |
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| They loved bath time together. |
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| Flashback to their last visit in May 2015! Janie is still so sweet, and Lydia is still a little rascal. |
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| Coloring. On paper. A few minutes later as Summer and I chat and sip coffee only a couple feet away the girls took to coloring the wall. We are very responsible mothers. |
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| Failed photo session #1. |
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| Failed photo session #2. I would add a good picture, but I don't have one. This is as good as it gets. |
