stuck in nostalgia

I was uploading some new videos and then it happened. I got stuck. I started going through the past in videos. Oh how I love seeing how tiny Lydia was. She has seriously transformed right before my eyes. I've been there for practically every moment of it but it's still hard to remember it all. So thankful for videos. This is one of my favorites: She was only 14 weeks old here.

Talking with Lyd at 14 weeks from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.

And here is a more recent one that I am late on putting up. It's probably from almost a month ago when she was just starting to walk more. She's so much more daring now. I apologize in advance for any motion sickness you may get from watching this video. I kept turning it the wrong way and then we threw the camera back and forth between the two of us... you'll see...we are definitely the best videographers out there.


Oh and I put up a new video of her on the birthday party post.

Happy Wednesday to you all and an especially happy last day of work at Starbucks for Patrick!!!

bernard and brenda: engaged

Here are a few from an engagement shoot last week. Excited to take their wedding pictures in a few weeks.

thanksgiving 2011: round one

We hosted Thanksgiving for the first time this year. We didn't have all our family over (we are celebrating with my family on Saturday and did an early one with Patrick's fam last week). Instead we hosted friends from our church family who couldn't be with their own family this year. Most of them are students here but all are dear to our hearts.





We had so much fun and our hearts were full along with our bellies!





Hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Psalm 107: 1-3
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

Lydia turns 1: celebrate!

We celebrated Lydia's 1st birthday 2 days early and with 2 other friends. Lydia shares her birthday with our friends Mindy and Chad's little boy and our other friends AJ and Jordan had their little man 9 days before us. We all have pretty much the same circle of friends and instead of inviting all of the same people to 3 different parties we thought we'd have 1 party with triple the amount of fun. It worked.

We did a Saturday morning brunch. We served pancakes, cinnamon rolls, pumpkin bread, breakfast casserole, and fruit. It was delicious! It was so fun to see the babies eat their cakes and have everyone there to celebrate with us.

Get ready for picture overload.

I love this picture because she just woke up from her nap and looks so tired still.




the cousins
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friends


cake time

Birthday Cake from Hannah Schreiner on Vimeo.

the birthday three


and the parents








Happy Birthday! Thanks for all of those who were able to celebrate with us!

headbands

My sister is starting a little business on the side. She's staying at home more with her little ones and working as a nurse less. She makes adorable headbands for babies, kids, and adults. Of course Lydia has some... you should too. They'd make great stocking stuffers or just because gifts. She has them all on sale for $5 for this holiday weekend.

Here is one of her bands modeled on a friends precious baby girl


There are all sorts of colors and sizes... I'm sure she'd even do some custom orders if you let her know what you're looking for. Check out her etsy store HERE.

Go support a momma wanting to stay home with her kids. And get some super cute accessories while you're at it:)

ryan and cheryl: married

This was a very special wedding for me to be able to shoot. I have known Cheryl and her family since I was some where around 9 years old. She has been a sweet friend and I am so happy for her and Ryan. Both of their families were so precious during the festivities. I hope you guys enjoy this little peek.

lydia: 12 months old

Our sweet baby is now a 1 year old. She has grown so much in the last month. She has a wonderful personality and is becoming more and more vocal.





Here are her stats from her 1 year appointment:
weight: 21 lbs 4 oz (55th %tile)
lenth: 30.25 in (85th %tile)



Some things that she is doing:
-She is taking more and more steps. I really think she could walk on her own but she just doesn't quite have the confidence. She'll take probable 10+ steps on her own now but still prefers the crawl.
-She babbles a lot to her self.
-She loves the phone. We bought her a play phone for her birthday and she loves it. She holds it up to her head and says hello and hi.
-She is allowed into one cabinet in the kitchen (the one with all the tupperware) and she loves pulling everything out.
-We've just switched her over to all whole milk. No more formula. Now we just have to work on switching to all sippy cups and no bottles.
-She likes to do patty cake. I leave out a lot of the words and really just do roll em up, roll em up and then pitch em in a pan and she will roll her hands up (I should post a video)
-She says: hi, hello, mama, dada, da (duck), momo (more), uh oh, bye bye, baba (bottle or really any drink), roll (for roll em up in patty cake)



The last year has been wonderful. It brings me to tears thinking over our time with Lydia. The Lord has so kindly given us a great baby girl who we love and cherish dearly.



This kiddo is like my best friend. She gives me the sweetest hugs and I'd seriously take them all day if she'd keep giving them. She goes anywhere with me (because she really doesn't have any other choice) and keeps me company. If you know me very well in real life you know that I like to be with people or at least have some sort of company (the phone will work if you can't actually be sitting by me). Lydia is my constant butt buddy. She keeps me company and listens to all my randomness while Patrick is at work or school. She's my breakfast and lunch date almost every day. She laughs while I dance and make a goon out of myself.



I feel so inadequate when trying to describe how much Lydia has changed our lives and how much she means to us. We pray that the Lord would give us great wisdom as we continually strive to raise her to fear and love the Lord. If we could choose one thing for her it would be that she'd love Jesus.



Happy Birthday love bugs! What a fun year we've had.