Jay and Crystal van Achterberg

Our happy baby!

Two smiling

sisters

Will: "I just wish I

could hold Lydia

all day!"

Lydia's first time

sitting in her own

chair

Wow, how do

these eye things

work??

Lydia wakes up

the morning after

her birthday

Dad and Lydia

together

Side Profile of

Lydia

Lydia stretches

out

Willem holds Lydia

Heidi holds Lydia

Jack holds Lydia

Natalie holds

Lydia

Faith holds Lydia

Annette holds

Lydia

Melody holds

Lydia

Lydia's Face

Dad and Lydia

with tongues out!

Dad and all his

girls

Mom and all her

kids

Welcome, Lydia Lynn!

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This is our photo album from when Lydia was first born...

(to see more recent pictures, click into the "Photo Albums" page.)

Lydia is here!

Our family is delighted to announce the arrival of its newest person, Lydia Lynn.

She arrived 17 days after her "due" date on October 1, 2007 at 3:35pm.  She

weighed in at 8lb 5oz and measured 21" long.

Click on a photo for a slideshow of Lydia's first days!  (These pictures were taken

from when she was 0 to 20 days old.)

Read Melody's first impressions of Lydia in the Mbote Melody area of our site.

Thanks for looking!