7 years ago today

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday, dear Lydia!
Happy Birthday to you!



This is us 7 years ago tonight. What a crazy time in life! Jacob had just turned 3 and Rebekah was just over 14 months (about Anna's age right now . . . a baby herself!) I was very certain that I was having a boy, but was surprised when I found out that all this time, the baby I had thought of and imagined as Jonah Carl wasn't a boy at all. Rather, he was lacking some important anatomy, making him not a him at all but rather a her! And Lydia had arrived; she keeps us on our toes to this day with many surprises at each turn! Happy Birthday LJ, we love you!

Here is the birthday girl more recently:

As "the little red hen" in her first grade play on Tuesday night:

before school the other morning:

this morning after a sleep over with her best pal, Frances:

Time sure flies!