Lisa Crafts Too

One Month Ago Today

One month ago today I officially became the luckiest woman in the world when my boyfriend, Bryce, asked me to marry him.

It was obvious (to me, at least) when I first met Bryce that he and I are the perfect match. We have had such amazing chemistry right from the start and I was positive that that chemistry would grow into a deep love for one another. I remember telling one of my friends two years ago that I had met my soul mate.

I have a deep respect for Bryce, both as a human and as a musician. Not only is he an incredibly talented and effective musician, but he is a kind-hearted, generous and insanely funny man who makes me enormously happy. Quite simply, Bryce inspires and encourages me to want to be the best possible version of Lisa that I can be.

Bryce accepts me for who I am and his trust in me and his support enables me to be myself. I am happy, I am healthy and I am excited about our life together both in the present and in the future.

We are perfect together because we bring out the best in one another and we constantly make each other erupt into fits of giggles. My niece thinks he's funny. My family loves him and I can't wait for my faraway friends to meet Bryce.

The best part about all of this is that I know Bryce feels the same way about me.

I love you, Bryce. Thank you for being you and making me so completely happy.

 

Pictures of the Brand Spankin' New Babies

Here are some pictures, as promised of my beautiful brand spankin' new identical twin nieces:

Big sis Adeline Quinn (Addie)

 Lil' sis Charlotte Baily (Charlie)

Aren't they precious? These girls are doing great so far and have just gotten their first belly-fulls of mommy milk :) Mommy is also doing great - she's already up and about and will go home to be with her big girl (and hubby) tomorrow. I hope everyone will keep these babies in your prayers as they continue to grow healthy and strong. Aunt Lisa is definitely in love - times three :) Love my nieces :)

Brand Spankin' New Babies!

Wow, New York started out as a nice quiet trip home and has spiraled into all kinds of excitement! Bryce, my fiance, came to New York with me (Long Island) to start the process of meeting my family. So far, Bryce has met my mom's entire family, which only includes my Uncle Harry (her brother), my Aunt Elaine (his wife) and their kids (my cousins) Christopher (16) and Katie (turning 14 tomorrow). We have discovered that Katie has the loudest voice of anyone on the planet. (Yes, she is that loud, it's incredible.) We still love her, of course.

Bryce also got to meet Stephanie (my sister-in-law) and Elliot (my beautiful niece) and my brother, David. Stephanie was also pregnant with identical twin girls (notice my use of the word was.) Saturday evening was spent with my parents and my brother's family at the Cheesecake factory, the Disney Store (while we waited for our table) and then back at my brother's house where they finally got to open their Christmas presents from me (since Aunt Lisa lives in Florida.) It was a lovely evening. When we bid farewell, thinking we wouldn't be seeing them again until June, we said, "Next time we see you we will get to meet the babies!"

Well, not much longer than a half hour after we arrived back home, my brother called with the news that Stephanie's water broke and could my parents please go back over to watch Elliot (who was asleep for the night) so they wouldn't have to wake her up. Stephanie was only 31 weeks and 2 days into her pregnancy.

At 3:48 am, my beautiful niece Adeline Quinn (Addie) was born, followed by her little sister and identical twin Charlotte Baily (Charlie) at 3:50 am. Both babies and mommy (and daddy) are doing well. The babies will be in NICU for at least 4 weeks, possibly 6, as they continue to grow. Addie's birth weight was 3 lbs 6 oz and Charlie's was 3 lbs 2 oz. These babies are beautiful - they look a lot like Elliot did when she was born. These are the first newborn babies I've ever gotten to see. Even Elliot was already almost a month old when I finally got to meet her, since I live so far away. This will all change, though: In June, Bryce and I will be moving to Long Island. It will be nice to be close to my nieces again.

So yesterday, Bryce got to meet my cousin Kristin, and then we got to go to the hospital and see the babies. Stephanie's parents were there (they live in Ohio but happened to be visiting family in D.C.), also, so Bryce got to meet 4 bonus people: the twin babies and my sister-in-law's parents. Today he gets to meet Grandma. We're off to do that now. When I get back I will add pictures to this post. Until then.....

 

St. Patrick's Day Crafts

Hi everyone. It's been a full week since my last post and I apologize for that. Things were very, very busy last week due to rehearsals and a performance of J.S. Bach's St. Patthew Passion with the Bach Festival of Winter Park (a 2.5 hour drive a way, so 5 hours on the road nearly every day last week didn't leave much time for blogging) but they have finally settled down some. My fiance and I have flown to Long Island and are visiting my family this week since I am on spring break from teaching. He finally gets to meet my whole family (he's only met my parents so far when they visited in Florida) and we are all excited about that.

In crafting news, St. Patrick's Day is coming up in a couple of weeks, so I have begun to compile my list of St. Patrick's Day themed crafts. I will definitely be adding more crafts to the list over the next couple of weeks so be sure to check back frequently for updates.