Life keeps moving

It seems like I can't keep up with our blog. I wanted to remember some things that have been happening so I am going to write them down. Lydia is turning in to a little lady. Right now her favorite things to do is play outside, play games, watch Tangled, playing with her Polly pockets and most of all she loves playing with Seth. She always asks me to go get him up or she says mommy can Seth play in my room with me? It is so awesome that she loves his still so much. She loves babies. Seth is moving and a grooving as they say. His new words seem to come everyday. The other day Joel was praying for dinner and he finished up his prayer with In Jesus name Amen, then we heard a little voice say Amen. Seth says Amen now every time we pray, and he finally says Luv U and gives you a big hug. He loves to play with sissy and mimics every move she makes. He is learning so much and it is neat to see how they love and get along. But no post is good with out a few pictures for our families.

Craziness

Like most people here in our area, we have once again battled sickness in our house. We did all finally make it back to church today. Seth was diagnosed with RSV, which turned into pneumonia, but he has since recovered. We are blessed to have amazing people in our life that came over and took our kids and brought us meals. We are looking forward to spring and summer very quickly. We did enjoy a couple of days of spring like days and now all the kids want to do is go outside. So we are definitely looking forwards to that. Lydia has learned how to write her name. She can even tell you how to spell it now. Seth got his first shiner. We don't really know how it happened and it healed up quick. So here is for hoping another post soon and not a couple of months which it feels like it has been.

Lydia is growing up

I know that my last post was about Lydia, but she seems to be growing up so fast today. Her favorite toy is still her Jessie doll (from Toy Story). She is learning her alphabet very quickly. She still is very tiny. She only weighs about 24 pounds. Her favorite things to do with Mommy, is dishes, folding laundry, cleaning the toilets and making her bed. Each Saturday I take her grocery shopping with me and it is an awesome time for us to spend time together and also teach her things that she doesn't normally get to see, for instance, climbing out of the front of the cart on your own is dangerous. Just because she sees something she wants doesn't mean we have money to buy it. Today, she learned that you have to earn money to get things. Joel and I decided it was time to make her room a little less babyish and add some big girl qualities to it. We bought a shelf that we could kind of use a toy/book/stuffed animal shelf. She loves it and it makes her room look less crowded.

Our little girl

Iwasjust sitting herethinking about our kiddos. God has been so good to us. Lydia is 3 and she is amazing, a sinner , but still amazing. Today she said to me "mommy can you be my friend?". Which I replied of course I can,and she said good because I missed you. She said this to me after I leather for an hour in jazzercise. She seems to bring new light to my day. Today as I told her about Jesus and the Holy Spirit she just got this look in her eyes that said to me I get it mommy. She can identify 17 letters and gets better with her numbers every day. She is developing her sentences and how to use her imagination. Lydia grace Leineweber, we love you so much.

Happenings

Life here has been just a little bit crazy. We spent Christmas here and had tons of fun. Then we traveled to Virginia Beach which was a small bit crazy. They had 14 inches of snow and we were stuck right in the middle of the snow storm. We made it and the kids did amazing. We went to Busch Gardens in Virginia for their Christmas town there and that was so much fun. Each of the adults except for Joel's mom had some type of illness while we were there. Joel had a sinus infection, Phil and Sarah had a stomach bug, Kim had an allergic reaction to some cream and me well that is a long story. Joel's dad through his back out trying to catch Seth from sticking his hands in the belt of their treadmill. So it was sure fun to be together but we could have done with out all that sick yuckyness and bad backs. We made it through what we thought was free and clear, until today. We woke up to Seth and throw up in his bed and he continued to throw up on and off all day. So we are praying the rest of us don't get it.

Merry Christmas

It is this time of year that I think will always be the time that sticks out in mind from my childhood. My siblings and I saw much more than most kids our age did when we grow up. But this time of year always seemed to be the time of quietness and unselfishness. I think about this and think that there are tons of kids out there right now who suffer and are lonely and may never know that our Christ is the reason we live. I long for the time when my kids who are small will desire and grow to love our Jesus. I think about my family and how much my siblings and I love each other and how this year I won't celebrate Christmas with them. How I will miss my whole family and how I will desire to be with them, but I am so excited to teach and show Lydia and Seth that Christmas is about so much more than just gifts, but it is about the Savior who came as a baby to suffer the consequence that we fully deserve but that Christ was the biggest gift we could have ever gotten. I am hoping that they will love and desire to know about our Christ of Christmas. I also desire that they will desire to keep the relationship they have with each other. I know siblings fight , but I also know that my siblings are the best. I love you guys so much and I am sad to miss Christmas with you but I just want to say that I could never ask for better siblings than you. I am also thankful for my siblings that I have slowly gained over the past few years. Who knew that I would get my wish to be a big sister, you guys are amazing. Dad and mom I look forward to the time when we will be together again, because with out you guys I couldn't have all of my amazing siblings and I wouldn't have the knowledge I have if it weren't for you, that goes for both sets of my parents. I am super excited for starting our own traditions here with my awesome hubby and sharing it with our amazing kids. Merry Christmas from the Leinewebers!!

Christmas is upon us

I feel like the second half of this year has flown by. This past week Nana (aka Joels mom) came in town for a few days. We sure were a busy crew. Friday night we went to the opening night of Christmas town at the creation museum. Saturday I had a meeting in the morning and then our friends Josh and Laura got married in the evening, I will just make a side note here, if you are buying stuff on clearance make sure it fits before you leave the store. I bought Lydia some tights from there Saturday morning that said they were for 2 to 4 year olds and since she already is small I figured this was great, until I opened it and turns out they were for 4 to 6 year olds. So I had to make a trip out again right before the wedding to find tights that fit her. Ok moving on Sunday was our easy day then we had our Christmas party for Joels work. We road the fairy across the Ohio river and that was lydias favorite part although the rest of us were anticipating how many ways we could die riding on the fairy a very funny conversation if you ask me, Lydia even got to help Nana make Christmas cookies. Now that nana is gone Lydia asks every day if we can go to Nanas house for morrow which is Lydia talk for tomorrow. So I have to continue to explain that we can't just drive to her house in one day like we could to her friends house. But we are looking forward to going and visiting them at the end of the month. Seth has decided to help learn what discipline really looks like, he is very strong willed and a big trouble maker, but he can and is the sweetes little guy. He runs around the house yelling Daddy and pointing as if he sees Joel all through out the house. He gives random hugs and kisses and boy does he love his sister. I hope they always have a close bond.