Baptism and Music in the Park

Lydia was baptized at St. Paul's on July 19th. Her godparents are her Aunt Katie and Uncle Joey. She was very luck to get to be baptized in the gown that her dad, Grandpa Hollinden, and Great-Grandpa Hollinden wore (plus a whole lot of uncles and cousins). As you can see from the pictures the gown was beautiful! Lydia did very well during the baptism, and did not even cry when Father Timothy poured the water on her head. Following the baptism, we had a cook-out at our house to celebrate.

Later that weekend, we attended our second "Music in the Park." Tony's music group from church was going to be playing, so we decided to go and listen. Lydia enjoyed laying on a blanket under the tree and listening to Grandpa Tony's music.

Other than that, things have been pretty quiet here, we are all getting ready to go back to school and for Lydia to go to the daycare at William Tell. As you can see from some of the photos, she has been doing a lot of sleeping and now enjoys being in her Snugli!

First 4th of July & Family Wedding!

The first week of July has been a very busy one for all of us. Lydia spent the the week with her friend Will from Virginia. Will was in town for his 1st birthday party. We also went to cousin Ross Melton's birthday party. Ross got a little jealous when his mommy was feeding Lydia. This week also included Uncle Tom & Aunt Kristen's wedding weekend in Bloomington, Indiana. Tom & Kristen got married on Saturday, but the whole Hollinden family was on hand for most of the weekend to celebrate. Lydia slept through her first fireworks show on IU's campus, even though it was awfully loud! She was also excited to see her Gma & Gpa Chinn as well as Aunt Katie and Uncle Andy, who had been gone to Flordia all week. Here are some pictures from the past couple weeks!

Playing in Will's raft

Bath Time!

Will's Birthday Party

Ross was a bit jealous.

She loves Auntie Katie

Family Picture at the Wedding

First Photo Shoot!

Today Lydia experienced her first professional photo shoot at the Picture People in Louisville. We went along with Gina and Will, who just turned one year old. He was having his picture made, so we decided to get Lydia's made as well. She did really well for the first two parts, but then by the end she had had enough. Below are a couple of the photos from the day.

June 2008

June has been a very busy month for Lydia. Although most days we have just been enjoying the summer and getting into a routine, we have gone on some overnight trips. Her first trip was to Uncle Andy & Aunt Erika's house in Indianapolis. That was followed by a trip to Grandma & Grandpa Chinn's for her first "slumber party." We just got back from a trip to Nashville for Uncle Andy and Uncle Greg's basketball camp. She has also had her first experience with the swimming pool at Grandma Rhonda's. She liked it as long as she was moving. She also is trying at times to suck her thumb. Daddy is usually very quick to switch it out for the pacifier. Here are some pictures of our month!

The Month of May

After coming home from the hospital, Lydia was introduced to many family members, friends, and our dog Magoo. She had her first doctors appointment on May 16th and had grown to be 19 3/4 inches long and 7 lbs 2 oz. Lydia attended her first baseball game and track meet this month. Also, she had a chance to meet her Great Grandma Chinn on Mother's Day before she passed away at the end of the month.

Lydia Elizabeth Hollinden

Since I am about 7 weeks late starting this blog, we will start at the beginning. Lydia was born on May 2, 2008 at 1:35 pm in Tell City, Indiana. She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz, and was 19 inches long. Here are some photos from the hospital. We got to come home on Monday, May 5, 2008.