lazarus's first birthday

I had great plans for yummy cakes, but with Joshua, Lazarus, and I being sick the weekend before, I just didn't feel up to baking. Maybe for his second birthday. 

 

Here are the pictures Mo took.

Soon i'll also update what our 12-month-old is doing.

arizona family

We got to spend a little more time with Aunt Jennifer and Uncle Chris this morning! Evalana loves being able to see her aunt and uncles from arizona, and i do too. We also got to watch the video of aunt jennifer and uncle chris's wedding ceremony, which was great to be able to see. Evalana told me she's going to save up her money to buy us plane tickets to arizona.

jump-o-lene

lazarus used his christmas money from great grandpa and grandma johnson to get this jump-o-lene today. the kids had lots of bouncing fun in there this evening. ever since we visited the pumpkin patch, lazarus tries to bounce on anything he can.

elizabeth turns three

Elizabeth turned three on the 19th, so Evalana and I went to her birthday party on the Saturday morning of Joshua and Lazarus's party day. Evalana loves her friend Elizabeth so much.

shopping with a princess

Look who I got to shop with at Target yesterday!

When this pretty girl put her princess dress on, she said she thought it would be perfect for Aunt Kristen's wedding. Aunt Kristen got engaged on Christmas, so Evalana, who loves weddings, is pretty excited about that.
People ask Evalana what princess she is, I think expecting to hear some Disney character for an answer, and Evalana replies, "God's princess."

While at Target, we found a super cheap baby boy doll! Boy dolls seem to be very difficult to find, and Lazarus even happened to have a kind of matching outfit with this baby boy. Evalana and Lazarus were both very pleased with this new baby.

And, i'm sure you're wondering what the princess has on today. She says it's her beast costume, not because she knows anything about Beauty and the Beast, but because, since halloween, she tries to convince people she likes spooky things. She doesn't. When Evalana was insisting she likes spooky, joshua started telling a Bible story about David tending his sheep, but Joshua was using his spooky story voice, and evalana didn't want to hear any more. Here is her southern belle dress.

sweetness

Over the weekend we had so many wonderful family members staying at our house, so Friday night Evalana slept in our bed with us.

Thankfully she sleeps great anywhere. Wednesday was in Grandma's bed with Grandma, Thursday was in her own bed, Friday in our bed, Saturday on a blowup mattress with Grandma and Noah, and Sunday back in her bed. Sunday evening both kids were worn out after a weekend full of fantastic family, and they both fell asleep about 6:30pm.

bed with daddy

Joshua took Friday off, and this is how Lazarus and Daddy kicked off their birthday weekend

12/16/11

tunnel and tent

12/15/11

decorating cookies

Yes, evalana said the marshmallows at the bottom are their penises. 

hats

It's hard to keep a hat on lazarus when we're trying to keep him warm outside, but he loves to play "dress-up" with hats.

12/9/11

daddy night

On the 13th Joshua put on his new David Crowder Christmas CD, and he was holding lazarus and dancing, and lazarus just fell right asleep in his arms.

lights

On the 12th, Evalana had a late nap, so we decided to try to see some Christmas lights. We found a list of some great displays, so we checked out the Olathe ones. Evalana's favorite was "the blowup house" and after that she had no interest in lights and just wanted to see blowups. Lazarus fell asleep before we even got to the first house.

football with daddy

12/26/10

first trip to church

12/23/10

12/24/10

And Christmas eve

More of our 2010 Christmas pictures here.

nap on daddy

12/23/10

donut with daddy

12/23/10

Looks like a little Daddy-daughter outing for donuts last December

1 year!

Lazarus is such a fun, sweet boy. He has started bringing me books to read to him. He still loves to cuddle. He really loves playing with his sister. He gets sad when they're apart, and they love to laugh together. Evalana's wonderful with him. They do a good job of sharing with each other, and Evalana likes to teach him things. On most days, he takes just one nap (about 11am-1pm). He loves to eat. He gets upset if he thinks people are eating without him, and he checks the table to make sure that he has everything that anyone else is eating. He does a lot of signing and says the beginnings of some words. He also loves to dance and, i think, is actually pretty good at it. He's started getting sad when daddy leaves for work, and he gets so happy to see him when he comes home. He reminds us to pray at each meal and sometimes during a meal. He now looks for the dogs and pets them. I'm so thankful for this cutie we've been able to know more and more this past year. I've finally made it back to my pre-pregnancy weight, although the shape is completely different.
As of 1/12/12, he weighs 23 lbs, 10 oz (55%) and is 30.5 in. (65%). His head is 47.3 cm (70%).

when lazarus was new and squishy

Almost a year ago, when Lazarus was new and squishy.

nap on daddy

12/17/10

12/12/10

girl in a box

 funny girl in a little box 

12/3/10

ice cream

12/3/10

the girl loves her peachwave and her daddy time

shopping with daddy

11/24/10

well she looks comfy, but i'm not sure where the groceries go.

tired

11/23/10

 i guess she was too tired to make it to bed. 

nehemiah

A month before lazarus was born, evalana's friend, alea, got her baby brother, nehemiah.

turning lazarus

11/14/10

To try to convince lazarus to turn head-down, i laid upside-down on the stairs--not the most comfortable position for me, but it worked, and evalana loved helping me.

mower

11/8/10

here's the first picture joshua took on his iphone. Evalana loves going to the tool store with daddy. well she loves doing anything with daddy.

catch up

okay, i'm working my way through joshua's around 1000 pictures and videos on his phone so that i can try to post all those that i haven't gotten to since he got his phone last november. it's great always having a camera with us. i just have a lot of catching up to do if i'm going to finish 2011 by the end of the year.

here's the first picture i saw. it makes me laugh. joshua was trying to put together a picture of our family as adults.