No class = time for blogging!

Today I did not go to class. Super Babysitter #1(aka Grandma Julie) was taking my sister (fellow newbie mommy) to a doctor appointment.  My Super Babsitter #2 ( aka Grandma Rose) is currently battleing a terrible cold.  What to do, what to do?  Well, I guess I'll just have to stay home and play with my baby all day long... and that's what we've been doing.  It's been wonderful!

To update those of you I don't see on a regular basis...yes I Laci Rose am STILL in school.  I have calculated it all out, by the time i graduate next spring it will have taken me 5 1/2 years to get my degree.  When me and Brian got married I had been accepted into the Elementary Education Program, and I started it the following fall after I finished all the many pre-requisites it requires.  I really thought I was in the home stretch.  Two years left!  Well, after Level one was completed SURPRISE!  Baby Lydia was on her way scheduled to arrive that September.  Well, I took summer off to work and save up some cash, and I also took fall semester off to be with my newborn.  Now I'm back in the game currently in the middle of Level 3.  It's been challenging juggling everything, and missing my baby when I'm in class. On more than one occasion I've been tempted to put it off and finish later. But that not-so-still-small voice of my husband reminds me how far I've come, and how close I am to finishing.  So, I keep going. I'm a pretty lucky girl to have such a great husband.

So I promised I would fill all of you in on Lydia's blessing this past month.  Well we had her blessing scheduled for December 1st. I had food assignments out to all of our extended family members, it was all planned out...and I got sick.  I kept getting gall bladder attacks from gall stones that I had gotten from pregnancy.  So we pushed the blessing back to January.  Once again i invited the whole family, assigned food, my sweet mother-in-law got her house ready to host everyone....and then Lydia got sick a few days before.  She came down with a terrible cold. So we pushed it back to February.  I didn't want to plan a giant party for the third time so we kept it small and we ate breakfast in our little house after sacrament meeting. It was so fun to see everyone there supporting us.  We are blessed to have such awesome families.  So, here are some pictures of Lydia's special day.

Our house didn't have a really good place to take pictures, so this was the best we could do.

Us with Great Grandma LoRaine Wilkinson. Lydia's namesake. (Lydia's middle name is LoRaine)

I wanted a cute picture so you could see Lydia's dress, but you can't really see it. (This was also my blessing dress.)  That girl has found her toes and all she wants to do is stick her feet right up in the air.

Us with my mom and dad. Papa Matt really was happy that day.  He just never smiles in pictures :)  You should see him in my wedding photos.

My grandparents Milan and Susan

My Grandparents Scott and Marie Richins

Brian's parents Rodney and Vicki

And our sweet angel baby...with Brian's toes in the corner : )  My sister was recovering from labor with her own sweet baby girl when we blessed Lydia or we would have had a more talented photographer take these for us :)  Oh well, that's definitely the Rose way of doing things around here : )