Cake Smasher

Due to the medical emergency on the 4th (Jarom's Seizure) we didn't get a chance to have Everett's birthday Party till this last Sunday. We gathered and James And Meikka's and had a delish spaghetti dinner, and then eating cake and opening presents!

Handsome Messy Face, he LOOOOVED eating the cake, I didn't get any good pics of him laughing, but he was laughing and giggling at the texture of the frosting and cake in his fingers, and he would take a bite and laugh some more, it was awesome!

He got some bath toys, and Thomas the Train toys from Grandma and Grandpa Lance, he is destined to LOVE thomas the train, every little lance boy does! :)

See how happy?!

So the cake wasn't anything fancy...at all, kind of lame-ish, but he didn't care one bit! He liked being the center of attention and everybody singing to him!

One bite, two bites, he needed absolutely no encouragement to dig in, I have seen many one year olds timid about digging in to the cake but he wasn't at all, he knew just what to do, and like I said, he absolutely loved it, he laughed and kept digging!

how much of this can I fit into my mouth at once?

I know how to share...

Lia getting in on the goodness too!

At one point he was so excited he had fists full of cake and his hands were flapping and he was kicking and laughing, just so excited, he just flung cake in every direction. It was awesome.

So happy birthday little man, we sure do love you!

What we've been up to

So this is just a little update :)

John Birthday fell on Father's Day this year...DOUBLE WHAMMY! And we spoke in church that Sunday! {It was the last Sunday in our Ward, boo...we have LoVED this Ward so much!}

John was spoiled with some tools, some treats, and for his birthday I gave him a certificate for us to run a race together {he's always talking about how he wants us to do a sport or active activity together, not my idea of fun per-se but it means a lot to him, so we're going to run a 10K together! FUN...or something :) I also made him a picture book for Fathers Day *from Everett* of photos of them together this past year, and telling about why he's the best dad, it's tender...

He got an air compressor, and Everett was so funny looking at it just like John, I guess that's what boys do...too cute... click on the pic to make it bigger :)
We had a Weenie-Roast at Willow Park campground the day after his b-day with the whole lance gang, we roasted hot dogs, marshmallows, and I introduced the Lance's to roasted Star-Bursts...yummmm

We finished it off with Chocolate Cake!

We played Frisbee and talked around the campfire, it was beautiful!
Okay, so Seth and Jacob gave John this Nerf Sword for his birhtday {whenever he see's those boys they play Ninja's and John is the Ninja master and the boys are Ninja apprentices...so he naturally needed a sword.} well Everett got really attatched to it, and screamed if we tried to take it away, and so that night it went to bed with him...this photo wasn't taken that night though, this was taken like a week later, he still loves that sword! Such a boy! He's snuglling it like a lovey or something, it's SO funny! John got this picture during one of his naps this past week...LOL!!! Funny kid...
Cute Everett smashing his nose against the window...silly...and SO cute

Nap time, precious. I love this...
Okay, I made this bow belt! I'll post more photo's and explain how I did it on my crafty blog soon, I was so tickled with how it turned out, I did make some mistakes though, live and learn, I made a mustard yellow one tonight, and i'll take some pics and post them too...
Do you love it as much as I do?! {I wanted it to be more scrunchy, more gathered, the Yellow one I made is better, but its still super cute right???
So that's a little update :) Our summer is crazy busy!

I'm still sewing away getting ready for the jackson show, and trying to keep up with house work, tutoring, and a one year old! We're also trying to enjoy the summer as much as possible, we've been swimming at the Lehi Pool, and plan to go camping at the end of the month! YAY!!!

What are you up to?

Looking Back...

A single photo of Everett each month this past year, man a month makes such a difference!

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Birth Day

July 3 2010

Everett Turns ONE!!!

Everett's birthday was last Sunday. Jarom and Steph were spending the holiday weekend with us, so we went on a fun picnic to Camp Floyd, it was hot, but a nice drive and delicious food :) Veggie tray, fresh salsa and chips, and cheese and crackers. WE had shish-ka-bobs for dinner and ice cream for dessert. The next day, the fourth we made some cakes for the BBQ, and I made a smash cake for Everett, but we had a scary experience with Jarom having a SEIZURE, the ambulance came and everything, it was seriously scary, you ca read all about it here on Steph's blog. Anyway, we didn't have time to do Everett's smash cake at the BBQ we only had time to stop for a quick bite and head back to the hospital, so we're doing the party today with the family :) More photos to come :)

We did manage to get these cute photo's before the incident ever happened though...

Everett LOVES:

-bath time

-splashing

-going swimming

-when daddy comes hme

-getting up from his nap

-snuggling Stephanies Belly

-bananas

-yogurt

-cheese

-bread

-pulling things off/out of shelves, baskets etc

-playing fetch with himself (throwing things like clothes or toys from one side of the room to the other and then back again)

-messing up folded laundry (doesn't care for it as much if it's in a messy pile, he likes to unfold it from a pile...little goober)

-laughs when he eats something he likes

-laughs when other people are laughing

-sings along to the radio, hymns at church, whatever (He was rockin' some Justin Beiber this week while we were getting ready for the day)

Everett can:

-give kisses

-BLOW Kisses

-Wink

-if you say "Everett How old are you?" he puts up one finger, and then he claps 'cause he's so proud of himself!

-WORDS he can say: Mama, Dada, no-no (nose), and cracker (cah-guk)

-climbs up the stairs, starting to learn to go down the stairs (backwards :)

-walk around the furniture, but not standing on his own yet...

-finally drink from a sippy cup, bottle, straw, and officially weaned (I have mixed emotions about that...)

This cool tree had a little hobbit hole that was just his size...this kid is so easy to take photo's of, I had a hard time narrowing it down...I can't get over how grown up he looks though...
See his finger? We were asking him how old he was, "one" {cute}
Made him this super cute birthday hat, and he kept it on all morning, the elastic was super thin, and I put it behind his ears, he totally forgot about it being there...

That's our house in the background, on the right...
Love those BIG brown eyes and the eyelashes..i love them! {WiNK!}
His top two teeth are coming in too!


he LoVES aunt Stephy, he especially loves snuggling her belly, it's the cutest thing!
I can't get over how big he looks today, and when I check on him after he's alseep in his crib and cover him up with his blankie, he looks SO big all stretched out asleep in his crib, he used to be so teensy! Remember?

But now look...so big!

I honestly canNOT believe he is already a year old, I mean people said the time would fly, but I find myself tring so hard to keep him little, he's still the best snuggler, especially in the morning...it's pure heaven. I just can't believe how much love my heart can hold for this little boy...Happy Birthday Everett!