We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for this special announcement…
Lydia Katelijn Holden arrived early Thursday morning, weighing 8 lbs and measuring 20 3/4 inches long. The Lord have us quick, smooth labor at home (birth story in drafts!). She was joyfully welcomed by her sister and big brothers…
We could not be more delighted, and thank God for this precious gift and special season welcoming Lydia!
(Her middle name is Dutch, and is pronounced ka-teh-LEAN.)
Posts in the real food journey series will continue on Monday…not because I’m super mom, but because I wrote and scheduled most of this series weeks ago, (I’m sneaky like that). I’m just giving you a heads up that I might be a little slower in joining you in the comments next week because I’ll be busy snuggling one of my four (four!) children, inhaling newborn perfume, or, you know, catching a nap here or there. 😉
Congratulations on your precious gift!
Congratulations! What a joy!
Congratulations!! She is so adorable!
Oh, she’s beautiful! I hope your recovery is going smoothly. So excited for all of you. 🙂
Congrats! So excited for your family’s addition!
Beautiful! She is just beautiful! Love her name too by the way! Would have never even really thought it myself but reading it, seems to perfectly fit!
Lydia is just beautiful! Congratulations to you all! God bless you!
Thanks, Lisa!
Ahh she’s so pretty! Congratulations Trina! It looks like she’s got some proud big brothers!
Oh, my goodness, yes. Jesse is incredibly excited at his new responsibility as big brother to such a helpless little princess.
Congrats!! She’s beautiful!
Thanks, Jennifer!
She’s beautiful, Trina! Congratulations! XO
Hi, Kelly! thanks so much!
She is gorgeous and seeing all of your pictures is making me so antsy to hold my little girl in 5ish weeks! So fun that we will have little girls the same age!!
Congratulations!
Thank you, Amy!
WOOT! So excited for your family, friend. You’re so incredibly blessed. 🙂
Can’t wait to introduce her to you, friend!
Congratulations! Such a sweet blessing from above! Enjoy her and your family.
Thanks, Victoria! we are having such a good time with her already!
If my parents had had a fourth baby/girl, they would have named her Lydia. 😉 I’ve always had a special fondness for the name. She is such an incredibly beautiful newborn and I can’t wait to read her birth story!
Thanks, Claire! (Me and your parents had similar taste in names, I guess, huh?) 😉
So happy for you my dear!! She is beautiful. 🙂
thank you, stacey!
Congratulations, friend! Welcome to the world, little Lydia!
Wish she could meet you!
Congrats on such a beautiful and healthy baby!!
Kalyn…thanks!
SOOO beautiful! 🙂 Just love little tiny babies! 🙂 I like her name too! Many blessings to your family, and I hope you are able to rest well!
I’m being waited on hand and foot, Melanie–it’s a blessing 😉 Thanks!