Lydia's Baptism

Our family has grown so much - this picture makes me smile as I see us all together.

Rev. Newhouse baptized Lydia - I've worked with his wife Kathy for 9 years now and her and I have also run the 25K and the 10K runs together.  We were thrilled to have him as part of the special day!

The picture we had for the screen - I think she looks a lot like a VanderZwaag in this picture. 

Baby girl and I ... she and I both wore the baptism dress. 

My mom and Lydia - My mom also wore the baptism dress so it was pretty special to have it worn for a 3rd generation.

The beautiful cake - I definitely didn't make it;)

Cake time!

Isaac and Brendan were all over the cake!

Lydia wore her Grandma Hansen's coat for the day (this was taken at the end of the day so the tights were off:)).  We had a special bracelet as well but it didn't fit and we didn't want to lose it so we're saving it for her first ballet recital someday.

Sunday was Lydia's baptism.  Prior to the day I was having nightmares thinking of the boys up in front of church - Jackson hates to be in front of people and Brendan ... well, Brendan is LOUD when he speaks and has never been in a service before so I could just imagine how things would go.  I imagined Brendan yelling out and getting mad as we tried to keep him by us and then Jackson clinging onto us.  I shouldn't have worried so much - they did awesome!  Brendan was the one who appeared terrified to be in front of people and he didn't make a peep while he was in church.  Jackson was very curious and tried to peek at the water but overall stood so nicely.  Lydia was wide awake and smiling during baptism. 

Fun in the Tub

Can you find 2 boys in all those bubbles?

Our house was hit with illness again this week - I'm pretty sure Brendan was sick because of all the gunk that's in his nose made it to his stomach. But nevertheless it was gross (I can officially say that I've been puked on!).  But after anyone gets sick, I feel like everything needs to be washed - including the kids!  We spent Tuesday evening cleaning, disinfecting and letting the boys play in the tub so we could clean the bedroom out (because of course he got sick in our room).  I had put some bubbles in the tub so they'd stay in and play longer but then Luke decided to turn on the jets ... well the bubbles certainly multiplied!  The boys had a blast and I couldn't resist their goofy faces.  However, after all was said and done, there was another thing to clean.... the bubbles all over the tub.  But it was worth every minute of it! 

I love Brendan's happy face here - especially after his sad face the night before:) 

Lydia is finally out of that terrible little baby tub ... you know, the kind where they really aren't even in the water so bath time isn't enjoyable for them:)  I put her in her bathseat with the boys and of course she loved looking at Jackson and laughing at him.  The boys thought it was pretty fun having her in there too - until Brendan got too loud and scared her and the tears started.  (Can you believe all the toys in the picture?!  For some reason the boys think that the more toys and mess they make in the tub, the better it will be). 

Story of our life - one kid not look, one kid being goofy and the other enamored with her older brother!