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My sweet little baby turned one last week! He's at such a playful and totally cute stage right now. He's still stumbling around a bit, working on his balance for walking, but getting better and more confident all the time. He hasn't started running yet, but I'm in no hurry for that. :o) Currently he's sporting 6 teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom) to chew through almost any and all food I give him. He loves to walk down the hall to the big boy's room when they're playing in there to see what he can join. Big boy toys are SO much more interesting than the toys we have out for him. He's also starting to dance a little bit when he hears music - total cuteness! He's got a great laugh and loves to play little games like "Where's Micah?". He'll chase after me when I leave a room, then when I turn around to look at him, he'll hide behind a door or something so he can pop his head out and giggle when I "catch" him. I could be a little on the partial side, but I just don't think babies get any cuter than this - seriously. ;o) He recently got his first haircut and did so well. He also recently got a very bad burn on his little hand by trying to pull up on the oven when it was on. We had to keep it bandaged and covered with a sock for about 5 days. It only seemed to hurt him the night it happened and he didn't seem to really notice it much after that. Something else he's started doing (that the big boys LOVE) is making zerberts on the couch or on his arm. It's really funny to watch him, then watch Joshua and Luke join in while all 3 of them are laughing.
Well, I realize that I've used the word "cute" like 50 times already, but it's really hard to talk about Micah without using that description. You'll have to check out the pictures below for reference!
He was down with the birthday pancakes! You can see the sock on his hurt hand here. I did take it off that night for the cake eating.
He was not too happy about the icing all over his hands!
But he eventually got over it, as you can see here.
It's hard to see the icing because it was light colored, but it was all over him. You can tell he enjoyed the experience immensely.
Trying to get into one of his presents.
Happy Birthday, Micah!!!
The other night I was sitting at the computer, which is at the far side of our living room, and Daddy was sitting on the couch with his own laptop computer, cord strung across the room. It was that sacred time of day, when the kids are already in bed and the house is mostly quiet. All you hear is the tap-tapping of computer keys, parents actually getting some work done... All of sudden, Daddy jumps up and starts yelling, "No! No! No!" as he's sprinting towards the living room door. He trips over the computer cord (the same one I had already tripped over once that evening), falls and bangs into the door (very loudly). Then I hear Joshua start crying. Daddy is now carrying Joshua to the bathroom rather quickly. Apparently, Joshua needed to relieve himself and in his sleep wandered down the hall and into the living room where he proceeded to pull down his pants and prepare to do the deed. Hence, the yelling, "No!" by Daddy. Thankfully, when Daddy fell on the floor and slammed into the door, it woke Joshua up so that he realized he wasn't quite to the bathroom yet. Another mess averted, but Daddy is still nursing the wounds on his foot from the harsh computer cord. The whole incident was kind of crazy. Ah, the adventures of raising little boys. At least Joshua wasn't doing it on purpose. :o)
June 25th is a very important day in our house. After all, we've been talking about it practically all year long. Since Joshua can't have his birthday every day of the year (which is what he wishes he could do), he has to wait 365 for that special big day. Well, it's hard to believe it but my biggest boy is now 5 years old. (Though he's already talking about his birthday next year when he turns 6.)
We had a super fun time celebrating the big day! He wanted a "Little Einsteins" theme, so we went all out (thanks to Aunt Stac!). It was great having her here to help us celebrate and get ready for the big day. She made the coolest cake in the shape of Rocket. She used this stuff called fondant (which we had never heard of) to cover the cake and make the shapes on it. The little faces are actually stickers that she cut out and stuck to the fondant. Check this out:
We started off the day with a few presents and birthday donuts. I made them the night before, and being my first time to make donuts, they didn't turn out so good. I'm pretty sure it was mostly due (I think) to the fact that my yeast wasn't fresh. I'll have to try again another time. Thankfully, my audience wasn't picky at all and the boys loved them.
After breakfast we all got ready to head to the "fun place" where we met our friends, the T family. They have 3 children whose ages are within 6 weeks of each of our children. We all really enjoy spending time with them, so it was great to celebrate with them. Bumper cars were first on the agenda, and it was great fun with more friends there. The kids played in the fun place for about an hour, then they rode a few kiddie rides before we headed back to our apartment. This picture is Joshua doing the zipline in the fun place. He's so brave!
Back home, while we were getting lunch ready, the kids played pin-the-baseball-on-the-glove. They only mildly got into it. They were much more interested in running around together (since we did have two 3 year olds and two 5 year olds together). We had birthday pizza for lunch then had the yummy cake and ice cream. Then a little more running around with friends and a few more presents before the friends left and we all settled down for a much needed quiet afternoon. 
After said quiet afternoon, we had another couple over for dinner whose husband shares Joshua's birthday. We had birthday Mexican food and enjoyed time with more friends. They gave Joshua this construction worker outfit, and the boys loved it. All in all, it was a very fun day!
I really am so proud of my big boy, Joshua. He absolutely amazes me sometimes with how smart he can be. He often talks like he's a little adult, using big words and enunciating perfectly (like his father taught him). He has an absolutely incredible memory and can quote chapters of the Bible as well as random facts he's learned about history, geography, etc. from his computer games. His pretending skills have greatly increased recently and he's always going on pretend missions with his friends the Little Einsteins, or sailing on a pirate ship with Larry the cucumber as a pirate, or going on a safari with his animals, or fixing things with Handy Manny or Bob the Builder. Going on adventures with Daddy outside is also very cool to him. He loves to line things up and put things in order and group things. His favorite color is still orange. Parades are like the coolest thing ever to him, so we have them up and down the hall often, and he's into instruments (especially in a parade). He's recently shown a little more interest in drawing animals, particularly elephants which is the favored animal of his choice. And he's getting better at writing letters and reading books. We're still working on these things, but he's slowly improving. He's totally stoked about beginning kindergarten (which really only means using real curriculum), but he just thinks he's so big and is proud of that. He's a good helper around the house and can do big boy things that his brothers can't do yet. His main job in the family is to clean off the table after every meal. Another thing that he's gotten more interested in lately is playing games like go fish or board games. We love our big Joshua boy; his sweet smile can melt your heart. I can't wait to see what God has in store for him!
Thought I needed to update everyone on Micah's latest skills. He's accomplishing more and more every day, it seems. WHAT a cutie. He's been taking more steps on his own. This new found freedom is wonderfully exciting for him. When he wants to get somewhere, he'll walk along holding on to furniture or the wall or whatever is closest until there isn't anything left to hold on to, then he will let go, throw his hands up in the air, and try his darndest to get where he wants to go. Of course, this amounts to about 3-5 steps then he falls down and proceeds to crawl where he wants to go. But his balance is getting better and better every day, and he's still trying to walk when he can. He's also been repeating words that he hears a lot. His current favorites are "no-no" (isn't that great?), "uh-oh", and of course, "ma-ma" and "da-da". He is still being run over by his big brothers who are usually going too fast to stop for anything or anyone. But that doesn't keep Micah from trying to follow them and do what they do anyway. Sometimes he's just asking for it, it seems. :o) He just wants to be like those big brothers!
Luke, lately, has become extremely accident prone, it seems. He recently fell off a bench in our apartment complex courtyard and got a pretty bad cut on the top of his head. Thankfully Jeremy was there to break his fall slightly and his "owie" wasn't too bad. Before that he had been picking up big rocks while playing outside and dropped one on his pinky to form a very large blood blister. Then last week he fell off the top of a slide. Again, thankfully, Aunt Stacey was there to at least slow down his fall and keep him from hitting the ground too hard. He got a pretty nasty scrape on his forehead, but nothing serious. Finally, the day before yesterday we were at the park and he was swinging when all of a sudden he somehow fell out onto the ground. Daddy, Aunt Stacey, and I were all right there, but none of us were looking at him when he fell out, so we have no idea how it happened. One second he was swinging, the next second he was crying on the ground. It was so strange and we still can't figure out how he did it. He wasn't really hurt, just a little scared. So crazy. I'm so grateful for the way that God has been protecting Luke from serious injury in the midst of his crazy-psycho-3-year-old-boy-ness. This morning Luke showed me that almost all his owies have gone away and told me that God took them away. Thank YOU, Lord, for your protection!
This morning we were sitting around our living room having house church. In between songs that we were singing Joshua announced that there were 17 people here today. Thank you, Joshua, for your fabulous counting skills. :o) Later we were talking about how special fathers are and how our earthly fathers teach us about our heavenly Father, etc. One of the men asked the kids if they would pray and thank God for fathers. Joshua was on it. So he starts off with, "Thank you, God, for all our friends here today." He paused, making me think that he was about to thank God for his father. But instead he said, "16 people, to be exact." Apparently his subtraction skills are fabulous too. It was very cute, and I had a hard time not giggling. You just never know what your kids will say, especially Joshua. :o)
My sweet little baby turned one last week! He's at such a playful and totally cute stage right now. He's still stumbling around a bit, working on his balance for walking, but getting better and more confident all the time. He hasn't started running yet, but I'm in no hurry for that. :o) Currently he's sporting 6 teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom) to chew through almost any and all food I give him. He loves to walk down the hall to the big boy's room when they're playing in there to see what he can join. Big boy toys are SO much more interesting than the toys we have out for him. He's also starting to dance a little bit when he hears music - total cuteness! He's got a great laugh and loves to play little games like "Where's Micah?". He'll chase after me when I leave a room, then when I turn around to look at him, he'll hide behind a door or something so he can pop his head out and giggle when I "catch" him. I could be a little on the partial side, but I just don't think babies get any cuter than this - seriously. ;o) He recently got his first haircut and did so well. He also recently got a very bad burn on his little hand by trying to pull up on the oven when it was on. We had to keep it bandaged and covered with a sock for about 5 days. It only seemed to hurt him the night it happened and he didn't seem to really notice it much after that. Something else he's started doing (that the big boys LOVE) is making zerberts on the couch or on his arm. It's really funny to watch him, then watch Joshua and Luke join in while all 3 of them are laughing.
He was down with the birthday pancakes! You can see the sock on his hurt hand here. I did take it off that night for the cake eating. 
He was not too happy about the icing all over his hands! 
But he eventually got over it, as you can see here.
It's hard to see the icing because it was light colored, but it was all over him. You can tell he enjoyed the experience immensely. 
Trying to get into one of his presents.
Happy Birthday, Micah!!!
