A trip to the tulip fields

Heather, Angela and I took all 4 kids out to the tulip fields yesterday hoping to get some good shots! Lydia was super cranky due to some new teeth coming in so I was a little bummed I didn't get very many pictures. I've really been into taking pictures now that I have a nice camera and I've enjoyed playing with the colors and effects...

 

 

 

 

Anniversary & Street Fair

Last weekend Matt & I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary. We spent friday night at the Chrysalis in Bellingham. When we got to our room it was beautifully decorated with rose petals and flowers, sparkling cider, choclates, bubble bath & chocolate dipped strawberries! Our wonderful friend Ronna made all of that happen.





We had a delicious dinner at the Harborside in the Bellwether hotel. We had pan fried oysters for an appetizer, Matt had the ribeye steak and I had this amazing seafood pasta! Ronna was eating dinner in the lounge(her roommate is the executive chef there)and we were going to meet her in there for dessert. When we got our bill there was a card in there from Ronna...she paid for our dinner!! The chef(Rob) brought us out an amazing dessert, fallen chocolate cake...yum! After we visited for a while, Rob went back into the kitchen and made a wonderful brie platter with this yummy sauce and cracker and apple slices! They were so good to us and we can never thank Ronna enough for being so kind to us!

Saturday after we got home Lydia and I headed to my moms house to meet up with Mamo, Angela, Addison & Maya. We walked from Mamo's house to the street fair where we met Jason, Heather & Keegan. We walked through the entire fair and enjoyed looking at all the goodies...and really like the ice cream! Lydia and Addy thought it was pretty cool that they could hold hand while sitting in the strollers!

How time flies

I've been thinking alot lately about how much Lydia has changed in the last year and I've been wanting to blog about my feelings but I just haven't gotten around to it. Yesterday I looked at my friend Megan's family blog and she always does such a great job writing about her memories and milestones...so here I am, INSPIRED!
Lydia is a JOY...plain and simple. She has the gift of gab, which apparently she got from me(I don't know where anyone got that idea! lol). She has so many wonderful personality traits...for example, awesome comedic timing(Matt & I are both goof balls so Lydia is destined to be a class clown!). She has a great throwing arm, especially when it comes to her cup, or food...is softball in her future?! She is a master at unfolding freshly folded laundry(it's really a fun game!). Her laugh brings tears to my eyes, her smile melts my heart. I love the way she says "we're home" when we pull in to our parking spot. She hugs herself when she says "please". She greets me in 3 languages(English, Spanish and Chinese)...that's right, we've got a genius on our hands!! She calls stars "twinkle". Her glow worm is known as "friend", and she has to have it to sleep. When she wakes up in the night she pushes friend to make it sing and it soothes her back to sleep. I love how she plays coy with people, like we really believe she's shy & reserved! The girl loves her Daddy! Lydia is becoming a little bookworm(she comes by it naturally), and I love it when she grabs and book and says "read it". When someone knocks on the door she says "come in"! Whenever I ask her where someone is...she either says "on an airplane" or "out the window". She LOVES running!

This time last year is when she started crawling...at Joel & Angela's house on Easter to be exact.
this year on Easter and last year...WOW!


I love when she meets new people how she clings to me and says "mommy", as if she's introducing me! She enjoys listing her family member too, and sometimes in the morning when she wakes up I can hear her over the monitor and it sounds like this "Mamo, Papa, Nanny, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle, Ang, Addy, Maya, Uncle, Heder(heather), Teetan(Keegan)"...then she finishes off by yelling "MOMMY, DADDY!!!". She is stubborn...Matt says she comes by it naturally, "who me?!".

This weekend is our 1 year anniversary...CRAZY how fast that year went! There are no words to express how happy Matt makes me and how much he & Lydia complete my life! Matt has the ability to make me laugh on a daily basis. He has shown me how love is supposed to feel. They have both taught me patience and understanding.






I am beyond blessed with an amazing family and fantastic friends! Here's to another great year!

Spring Carnival

Marg(my mother-in-law)invited us to the Spring Carnival at Trinity Lutheran. Lydia got to do a cupcake walk, scoop duckies out of the water and go fishing! She even got to participate in an Easter Egg hunt! The eggs were filled with candy and on the way home she got to eat a few pieces...she kept saying "mmmmm...CANDY"! It was pretty funny! Thanks Marg for inviting us!

*I didn't get very many good pictures...I realized half way through that my camera was on manual focus instead of auto focus!! BUMMER!

Some silly pictures

The other day Lydia picked up my camera, brought it to me and said "cheese"! I can take a hint! So we had a little photo shoot...and boy was she silly! She kept making these big dramatic gestures and scrunching up her face in these silly smiles. Enjoy!

It's Final!!

Today is a great day! A group of us gathered at the courthouse in Mount Vernon to witness Maya's adoption be finalized! Hon. Judge John Meyer proceeded which was special because he's been friends with our family for years, as well as a member of our church. He made it special and was sure add what lucky little girls Addison and Maya were to be a part of our family...I think we're the lucky ones!

Dinner at Joel & Angela's

We had a nice BBQ with Joel & Angela last weekend. The girls love each other so much and play pretty well together! There is always the occasional "MINE", or toy taken away, but all in all they do great together! After Dinner, the Dad's gave the girls a bath which they enjoyed. After they got their pj's on they were so silly! Running around the kitchen and down the hallway where they would say "on you mark, get set, GO"! Then they'd run around the kitchen again and back down the hall...all while laughing hysterically!