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Lyra at Lunch
April 16, 2012- Lyra, in her high chair at lunch time- I think she found all the reading aloud tiring. 
12:49pm
12:50pm
Lyra in overalls
3/31- This reminds me of a picture Gramma Mary used to have of two little boys wearing overalls- they were leaning towards each other, kind of like the pose Lyra has below, saying “You been farmin’ long?” Good heavens she is cute, cute, cute!
Lyra is TWO!
My Baby is TWO!!!
Oh, I can hardly believe it, our precious treasure is TWO years old! We started off our morning with presents!
Lyra’s three presents from Daddy & Mommy were a dollhouse, a table top kitchen and a Baby Be Blessed Doll.
Nathan was just CONVINCED that Lyra had to have “my first crayola” because “she’ll just love it, Mom, I know she will!”
A rainbow picture from Savannah b/c we were having a rainbow-themed party for her that night.
Mary made Lyra a potholder to go with her new kitchen set. She wrapped it up herself.
This is the note she wrote on the back- “I love Lyra. She has brown hair. I love my baby sister” How cute is that??
Opening her presents…
I *wish* I had taken better pictures of the table. We had rainbow ribbon laid out on the table and tied around the candles & vases. A bunch of brightly colored rainbow flowers. And, of course, a rainbow cake!
Originally there was going to be 8 layers but the dark green layer broke when it came out of the pan. It still came out okay though!
Starting with Kip and going to the left around the table: my sister Sarah, piano teacher Mr. Hicks, cousin Alec, my Mom Joanne, Mary, Kip’s Dad- Paw Paw, Savannah, Kip’s Step-Mother Carolyn/Mimi, family friend Ms. Barbara, Nathan & Lyra.
Oh, I *HATE* that Paw Paw blinked- this would have been such a great picture of him with Mary & Savannah! We also celebrated Paw Paw’s 83rd birthday that night!
And we celebrated my Mom’s 61rst birthday! My sister, Sarah with our Mom & Mary!
Lyra & cake
Opening presents- lacing beads (animals) from Pap Pap! (my Dad)
Bristle blocks from Paw Paw & Mimi!
Lyra’s Baby Be Blessed Doll arrived about a week late, despite being ordered back in January. I have to say, although I was pretty irritated by the delay, she was worth the wait!
The patch on the doll’s tummy reads:
“The Lord your God is with you…He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
Sleepy Lyra
The Sleepy Little Treasure
March 1, 2012
Look at the little fats on top of her feet and around her ankles. I love it.
So sweet.
March 6, 2012
Rub-A-Dub-Dub-Fun-In-The-Tub
1/10/12: Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture??
I gave Lyra a nice bath, got her freshly diapered, put on clean warm jammies. She was all ready for bed. I left Nathan in the bath tub while I finished putting laundry away. Lyra was (I thought) playing with Mary & Savannah in their room. A few minutes later Nathan starts calling for me. Lyra decided that she really hadn’t had enough fun times in the tub, so she climbed back in- diaper, pajamas and all. She was allready wet so I just let her play with Nathan while the tub drained. And of course, I had to grab my camera for a few pictures. She is such a fun baby.
Lyra and the piano
December 16, 2011
Lyra LOVES the piano!
December 22, 2011
Lyra with our piano teacher, Mr. Hicks. She *adores* him and the feeling is mutual. He has a little granddaughter about her age who lives out West & he has never seen her. So I think he especially enjoys her for that reason. He is a long-time widower and so he stays and eats dinner with us every week after lessons are finished. On this night he stayed after dinner and watched “The Polar Express” with us, which he had never seen. We had my Mom’s awesome homemade hot chocolate recipe and popcorn. Such a nice evening.
Lyra, 18 months
Beautiful Girl
10/21/2011- Lyra, 18 months old.
I was stressing out about Lyra’s 18month picture the entire month of October. We had a very busy month & many extra expenses and I just couldn’t seem to get the time or money to have her 18mo. picture done but I had done it for the older 3 children and wanted hers to be done as well. There is such a big difference between 12 months & 2yo. that I really like to get their picture done at that halfway mark- not quite a baby anymore but not quite a big kid yet. Lucky for me, my sister got married on October 21. Not only did we gain some wonderful new family members- her new husband and his two lovely daughters- but I also got access to a professional photographer! She took this lovely picture of our sweet girl and was kind enough to email me the file.
