3 1/2 year old

Lazarus is now 3 1/2 years old. He's still such a cuddler. He especially loves being held out of the bath and when he first wakes up. He always has a comfy spot set up in the corner of the living room--it's his pile of diaper rags and blankets and stuffed animals, and he just loves laying there. He still cuddles with his diaper rags and takes them to bed, but he's not as obsessively attached to them as he was. After losing so much weight being sick last summer, he didn't gain any weight from his 2yo to 3yo appointments, but he now weighs 34 pounds and is about 37" tall. He just got his big boy molars. He still loves Thomas and his trains, but he likes a lot of other things now. He loves bluegrass music and dancing. He's still constantly telling stories and turning everything into little families. He had a very hard time when Joshua was out of town more with family stuff and would have screaming stomping fits, but he's doing better this summer. He likes playing with evalana and lazarus, but he also does things on his own. He likes being around people or says he's getting lonely. He likes asking Daddy, "You weady to westle?" and they like to play wrestle together. Lazarus likes it when Evalana teaches him letters or reads books to him. Lazarus has learned his letters and the sounds they make. Lazarus can sometimes be so defiant, but it helps a lot when he's gotten enough sleep. Recently we've also really been struggling with his wetting his pants since he doesn't want to take a break from whatever he's doing. Still trying to figure that one out. He loves turning all sorts of creations, especially tinker toys into robots. Oh, and he really likes his potato heads these days. He's such a good 3 1/2 year old.

1 year old

Our sweet Ezekiel is a year old. So fun to think back to his birth last June! I have some of his month age posts still in drafts, so maybe i'll update those soon. I do keep thinking i'd love to have more time to update a post with all these cute kids are doing, but, with only 24 hours in a day, time is tight. And now it's so much easier to share with distant family on facebook and texts. Ezekiel started walking at ten months. He has ten teeth; the top molars are just coming in (and a pain for both of us). I think he weighs 24 pounds, but i'll have to check what the doctor gave us. He's about 50% height and weight and about 80% head. Ezekiel really really loves his family. His favorite person in the world, except when he's needing milk, is Daddy. He loves to play with Evalana and Lazarus and gets so excited to see them when he wakes up. Evalana is a wonderful big sister to him. We just really feel so incredibly blessed with our family of five.