Elias is 7 months!

Elias is a big boy.

We've got another month under our belt and how Elias has changed. He's grabbing anything and everything he can get a hold of, is sitting like a champ and is starting to like solid foods a little more! He's ALSO sleeping a little bit better, which has been a huge blessing to this momma! At his 6.5 mo check up he was 16#8oz, which put him in the 20% percentile. The MD said he's doing great. mmmm, I secretly already knew that! ;0

Elias likes to squeal at his sister Clara and also gives big belly laughs at her. It's absolutely adorable to hear them both laughing together! It makes me realize how lucky I am, when I see both of them together enjoying each other! Here are a few pics from Eli's last month.

Five Years!

Here's to 5 years of marriage today! Blair and I are truly blessed to be married to each other! Five years later we continue to be best friends, enjoying each day together and now blessed with two wonderful kids. Here's to 50++ more years together! :)

Spring has sprung!

The Lynch family-Easter 2010

Ahhhh spring is finally upon us. I just love it! The flowers are starting to spring up and the trees turning green. The sight of 'new life' is so beautiful! Each year spring gives me great memories of our wedding (4/23/05) and first stages of pregnancy with both kiddos! Wow, what exciting times in life. I love that the spring smell each year helps me reminisce of those precious times! The Lynch family has been busy this spring. Between work and family time the weeks just fly by! Clara is loving the weather and being able to enjoy her new bike she got from Santa. Elias also enjoys the fresh air when we take walks. We were getting cabin fever, so it's great to get out and enjoy the neighborhood now.

Mr Stud. Eli is now 6 months old!

We had a blessed Easter in Bloomfield. We saw lots of family, which was wonderful! I felt especially blessed this year, as I looked around the room and was surrounded by lots of family and a few special guests. God is good!

Elias is 5 months old!

Where is the time going?! Our sweet baby boy is now 5 months old! I can hardly believe that in a month we will be trialing baby cereal and our little man will likely be close to sitting by himself. Elias has changed a lot during his 5 months of life. He is very aware of his surroundings and loves watching his big sister play! He is sitting with support in his bumbo seat and loves laying on his activity mat batting at the toys above. He is a very happy boy and loves to squeal and laugh!

Eli loves his hands! He just stares at them like they are the coolest things around! :)

Is there anything sweeter than baby toes?!

Those eyes just melt my heart!!!!!!!!

Baptism of Elias Paul

Elias Paul was baptised on January 3, 2010 at St. John Vianney catholic church. St. JV is a new church 'home' to us and therefore we were very excited to have Eli baptism here. He was welcomed into the church with lots of family members and friends present. Elias' god parents are his grandpa, Bob Bent and his aunt, Ty Lynch. We know that they both will be great role models to Elias, as he grows in his faith and learns more about god.

We were blessed to have ALL our family (minus great g&g Crabtree) present to witness this joyous event. What a true blessing that was! After the baptism we celebrated the day with lunch at our house.

Elias wore the same baptism gown, as his sister Clara. This gown is special to us because it was hand sewn by grandma Darla. Elias also kept warm by a blanket made by his grandma Toni. How special to be clothed in items that were handmade with love by his grandmas.

Family photos

Over the holiday season we took advantage of the 'Bent' clan being together and got family photos taken. Here are a few from our photo shoot. Let me just say, it was hilarious trying to get 6 kiddos under the age of 4.5 to look at the camera at the same time!

The cousins: (L-R) Isaac Justin (18mo), Ezra Bent (4.5), Caspar Bent (7mo), Clara Lynch (3) holding her brother Elias (3mo), Solomon Bent (3).

We're back!

Wow...the Lynch family definitely dropped off the face of the earth of 'blog world.' I've had a 'draft' from the holidays waiting to be done and well... just never got around to it. We also have misplaced our camera...boo. I've been praying to St. Anthony and being patient for it's return. I sure hope it turns up one of these days.

We had an amazing holiday and were blessed to see all of our family. It was extra special this year celebrating as a family of four. Clara loved loved loved Christmas this year. I think the Christmas spirit was ever so present this year being able to see it through a child's eyes! She is STILL talking about good ole' santy! :)

2010 has been treating us well so far! We continue to be busy with work and family, but love every minute of it! Blair and I decided to run the Indy mini marathon this year, so we are gearing up to start our training. It sure has been interesting trying to juggle family life and an exercise plan. Although there have been challenges, we've found that we both have more energy and less stress with exercising, which has added a more positive attitude around the Lynch home! Always a good thing right?! :)

Elias is now 4 months old and continues to be my little cutie pie! He smiles all the time and is starting to giggle for us! He's also discovered his sis Clara is pretty funny and likes watching and laughing at her. He is starting to give us more sleep with an average of 6 hr span at night. He just had his 4 month check up and is now 14pounds, 30z! Whoohoo Elias!

Clara is busy as always. Her language has just blossomed over the past 6 months and she says the cutest things. We wake every morning to her saying, 'wake up...it's a bootiful day!' She loves all the snow we are getting. Mommy and Clara played in the snow the other day and she initiated a snow ball fight. Little stinker! She is loving school still and is looking forward to her 'balentine' party on Friday. We went to Target this week to pick out her first 'balentines.' Of course, she went straight for the Disney princess ones that had suckers!!!

Well, I have all hopes to keep up to date on our blog. Until next time...