Blogging tonight sounded like fun and it's been a long time! My little Angel who was formerly known as Olivia, now known as Lydia, is already almost 4 months old!! And yes it's true, we changed her name. But anyhooo, life with 3 has been so great. I don't remember enjoying having a baby this much so she must be a good baby. We just love her!! I also had lots of help when I had her so I think that helped the transition sooo much. Lincoln and Lila have adjusted so well too which helped, plus Seth's schedule wasn't overly demanding when we had her which seemed like a miracle. Things just work out ya know. It's just amazing to see how Heavenly Father blesses our little family everyday.
The time has flown by and I'm way too behind to post pictures of everything but I'll try and recap for my own sake. My Mom was here for 2 weeks then my sister came. I felt so lucky! Then Seth's parents came and we were feeling adventurous and went out to Mackinac Island in Michigan which was so beautiful. It was kind of nice to get out of Toledo, especially for Seth, since he has pretty much lived at the the hospital since we moved here. To stay sane with the heat, (and yes I've already adapted since living in Phoenix and 80 degrees is too hot, haha!) I took the kids swimming a lot. Our new thing this summer has been riding down our little hill on our bikes. The kids have gotten pretty good on their balance bikes and I love watching them ride. We also got to go to Oregon for a week with Seth's family.
Lincoln has now started pre school and speech so we are getting into more of a routine and things feel busy. We are blessed. I'm thankful for every single day that I get to spend with my kids.
Here's a few pictures but I'll have to post pics from our trips another time.
Every second that Seth has off he wants to spend it with these kids. He is such a sweet Daddy.
LOve this smile and the dimple!! She is the sweetest baby. Lydia is fitting right? I love the name and I love this girl!
I was determined to do a half marathon and the only one I could find on a Saturday was Sept. 1st so I trained for it but didn't end up actually registering and just did my own with the help of my support crew (Seth). Can you see my fierce competition? Yogi was the best training buddy I could have asked for. That dog loves to run! I spared you a close up picture, I looked awful! This trail is so pretty and it goes forever.
I'll never forget Lincoln's squeal going down these hills! He loves it.
Lila tries to copy LIncoln's screams and it's hilarious too. She's a dare devil.
The ladies. Love my girls!
They just looked too cute one Sunday morning to not take a picture.
These two are the best play buddies. Lincoln loves his hat from Uncle Aaron!
I also got to go to Emily's wedding in California. I love this picture with my sister and my Mom, however I wish I would have gotten a picture with the bride!! owell. I can't tell you how many pictures I wish I would have gotten since I had Lydia. I guess there are too many distractions with three kids to remember everything. The wedding was beautiful and I was happy to finally get to meet Donovan.
That's all for now folks, until next time!
2 comments:
YAY for the update. You look fantastic and the kids are getting so big. We miss you.
Great job on the half marathon. You rock woman!
Glad you are enjoying 3 kids. It was (and has been) quite the adjustment for me.
Keep the pictures and updates coming! Love ya.
Wow Maria! You really keep busy! A half marathon?! I'm finally started running/walking again (my sister wants me to do a 5k with her! hopefully by Nov I can run the whole thing w/o walking). You have such a cute family! Those kids of yours are just darling. I want to hear about Lydia's name change. It wasn't last minute during the baby blessing was it? ;) (That happened to Kurt's aunt)
Anyway, so glad you to hear how you are doing. I hope you have a fun birthday this week!
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