Last Friday we were able to go and participate in Sophie’s last ballet class for the summer. It was a lot of fun. As a special bonus I got to see my dear brother, Jeremiah, who took off the morning to see his little ballerina! It is always such a joy and treat to see everyone! There aren’t many pictures of Molly and me, but we all know how that goes :) – oh, and thanks Jer for taking the photos!

I still need some help from my Photo Shop pro, husband…but here’s what I got so far.

It’s been a busy summer of fun and lovin’. We so enjoy being a family in our new home. We’ve also been able to spend time with people we love.

These first two videos are just a sneak peak into our day here at the Larsen estate.

The two below are part of our lesson on the fruits of the spirit. This was Joy week! Evelyn “got” some of it. More than I expected so I’ll say it was a success. If nothing else it was a great topic of discussion for all of us that week.

We’ve been trying to capture Evelyn singing “her” hymn (click her if you need to be reminded what “her” hymn means) for about a month now. We finally got it! Not perfectly, but we were stoked to capture it on “film”. It makes my heart so warm to hear her sing this beautiful hymn.

This was our family night before our long trek to Northern CA for our beautiful niece, Juliett’s birthday!

As you can see, Elijah has taken an interest in the guitar.

You know, I think we could start a family band!

I came into the room to find Evelyn thought Elijah needed his hat. It was adorable, she put it on him herself.

Our trip for Juliett’s birthday was short but worth it…more about that in the next post dedicated to the birthday girl!

We’ve been busy having fun and growing here! I don’t think I’ll ever get over how fast kids grow. We’re soaking it in and enjoying all the moments as they come! Wish you could be here with us!

 

 

 

 

 

That’s right – our boy is now SIX weeks old. In fact, he’s nearly SEVEN weeks old! This coming Monday February 8th will mark 7 weeks! I can’t believe it. It seems like I’m just getting a handle on having two. I don’t remember time going by this quickly when Evelyn was born.

As you can imagine we’ve been pretty busy! This poor child is only going to have about half the videos taken, pictures taken and blogs posted about him as Evelyn did! That’s just how it goes…everyone knows that’s what happens…but it still makes me sad.

Anyhow, as usual – not much time. Hopefully these videos capture some of the joy that has been brought to our home. I know it doesn’t capture it all because frankly…we’ve missed out on recording so many wonderful moments. Thankfully, there are sweet memories locked away in our family’s memories. AND hopefully I will make the time to share some of these memories and sweet thoughts with all of you soon.

Here is Elijah about an hour after his birth…

Evelyn loves her baby brother SO much!

She also discovered her love for the rain.

Elijah likes to swing.

He also loves to be in his Ergo Baby Carrier!

Family time before dinner, baths and bed.

We have yet to get a good video of Evelyn jumping, but it’s super cute!

Neither of our kids like to perform for the camera…but we finally were able to get some of Elijah’s babbles recorded :)

This was a rare sight yesterday and today. It seemed Elijah wanted to be more active…so I had to get this moment on video.

No pictures… just a quick story.

We had wondered how well Evelyn would do with a baby brother.  Would she be jealous?  Disinterested?  Well today as we were opening gifts, we got a little hint.

After she had removed every last scrap of wrapping paper from each gift, she would jump up and run down our hallway with gift in hand.  At first we thought it was a little game like she wanted us to run and catch her.  But when she got to the door, she would say “Be be.”

She wanted to show her gifts to her little brother.  I’m not sure whether she would have wanted to actually share or just show him, but it was neat to see that she was thinking of the newest family member.