Fun with the Fam!

Lar and I went to Nebraska this past weekend for my cousin Jake's wedding. As you can tell we had a great time hanging out with the fam! Although, Lars has some stranger anxiety with most people, he felt right at home the the craziest people around. Maybe cause that is "his normal", with me for a mom!!

My Aunt Becky took us to the Omaha Zoo on Friday before the wedding. Hands down this is the best zoo I have been too in a long time! If you are ever in NE you have to go!! If you see any crazy animals out of the cages, don't worry, it's probably just my family! :):)

Lars is normally a great kid, but I have to give him major props for this weekend! He was really on his A-game the whole time! For four days he never got to have a whole nap and he went to bed around 11pm each night. He didn't complain, he just kept rolling with the punches, and hammin' it up! We had such a great time!!

Painting Pottery

This morning I was just trying to waste a little time before Lars needed to take a nap. I decided to go into a local pottery store to check their prices. Well, as you can see, we ended up staying more than a few minutes! The girl working at The Pottery Wheel in South Riding was very helpful and their prices were reasonable!! Don't tell Grammee, but Lars painted a flower pot for her birthday next week!

I was really bummed I didn't have my camera with me! He looked so cute and had such a great time painting! I did have my phone with me, which I used to take some pics, but they are a little grainy. We are definitly going back, WITH the camera!!

You can tell he had fun by the paint that he wore home and tried to share with Garfunkel!! :):)

Lars' new shoes

My sister, Kim, sent Lars these shoes that have a squeaker in the heel. Every step he takes they squeak! Today is the first day he has really worn them enough to realize that he is making the squeak sound. This is a great way to get him to walk, because he loves to hear the squeaker!!

After he was all dressed for bed and just playing a little more before going up he spotted his squeaker shoes. He brought them over to Karl and started trying to put them on. Karl helped him put them on and then he proceeded to "walk" around the kitchen, squeaking all the way!!

Ryan Marquiss is HOME!!!

For the many of you who having been praying for our friends the Marquisses, you will be thrilled to hear that they were able to bring Baby Ryan home yesterday!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Ryan was born with his heart and a portion of his stomach outside his chest. Doctors didn't think he would ever even be born, but he is a true warrior and is fighting for his life, with God's grace now he will get to be at home with his family!! Ryan is still on a feeding tube, so they are learning to manage that. He has a special breastplate to protect his exposed organs.

Please continue to pray for the Marquiss Family as they have a lot of adjustments to make.

Here is a link to his homecoming! He is so cute!!

Welcoming our Baby!

Lars' 1st Haircut

Lars had his first haircut yesterday. He was beginning to have a little bit of a mullet! For some reason his hair grows faster in the back than on top, so we had to put a stop to the "Business in the front, Party in the back" look. We only cut the back, but he looks super cute!
You can see in the video (which is kinda long), we created our own cartoon cuts. Karl cut his hair with the clippers, while he watched a video, ate a cookie, and combed his own hair! Anything to distract:). I have no idea how my dad cut our hair (all girls) when we were little! How do you get a kid to sit still?

Week of 1st!

This has been a big week for Lars with food.
Monday, he had a hot dog and ate the whole thing!
Tuesday, he had pizza with his friend Maryn! He LOVED it!!
Wednesday, he had Terryaki Steak (Chinese Food:).
Thursday, he fed himself a whole bowl of macaroni! You can see him enjoying it in the pictures and then confirming it in the video clip.
I don't think there is any food out there that Lars doesn't like! I hope he stays that way:):)!

Lars dancing to guitar!!

Hope ya'll enjoy this video! It's Lars dancing with Greg Speier playing guitar!

Karl is 30!!

This week has been filled with milestones. First Lars turned 1, then Karl turned 30!! We had a suprise birthday party for Karl on Sunday, he really was surprised! Thanks to everyone, who celebrated birthdays with us ALL weekend!!

Karl would love to have a new Dodge Challenger, so I got him one! Not exactly the size he wanted, but it will have to do for now:)!

Lars is 1!

Lars had his 1 year doctor's appointment today. Dr. Ben confirmed that Lars is still growing rapidly and continues to be off the chart! I thought he was slowing down a little and might actually touch the chart this time, but as you can see he went up a little more than 3 months ago!
It's hard to believe it's already been a year, my baby is growning up way to fast! As Papaw Hardy used to always say to me, "We are going to have to put a brick on his head!"

The top chart is his weight and the bottom chart his height. If you click on them they get bigger, so you can see his 33 inches and almost 29 pounds!!

Lars' 1st Birthday

Lars had his 1st birthday party today! We all had so much fun! It was great to have so many friends and family here. Karl's parents even made it up from Texas!!
Lars got way too many toys, which he is very excited about (I'll post more pics soon of him playing with them). Once he got a taste of the cake, he dug right in. It was so great to see him just plant his face right in. I'm not sure what I was thinking, putting black icing on his cake, but it all washed out!