Lana is 1

Baby girl is 1! She is such a great baby and continues to sleep and eat like a champ. Lana cut her two bottom teeth right before her birthday. She crawls super fast, is cruising everything, and has started climbing too. So now, the whole family is on alert. The kids used to say "alert alert, spit up" and thankfully this has resolved. Now it more sounds like "alert alert, Lana is on the stairs!" :) 

Lana is so easy going. If I have my sling, or if she has a flat surface she can nap about anywhere. The photo below was at Eli's field day. She has started to sign a little, shake her head "no", and points at what she wants. 

Her brothers and sister continue to adore her. She loves all the attention and gives them sweet hugs. 

We are so thankful God gave us Lana Mae to be in our family. We pray we show her His way is the best way all the time. 

Stats: 
Height- 28.5" 50th percentile
Weight- 21lb 8.5oz 65th percentile

Eli and Eli, Micah and Micah, Haddie at 1 year

We gave her this baby doll for her birthday and she just held it the whole time until bed time. It was the sweetest. 

Micah is 5

I can't believe that Micah is 5! He's my baby boy and so that just can't be true. Micah just went to meet his Kindergarten teacher a couple days ago, and it feels like he shouldn't be old enough. After the ways that Eli grew up after going to Kindergarten, I can't wait to see how Micah grows and matures. For now, we're all looking forward to everyone being home for the summer. 

Micah's current loves are: Legos, Lana, playing pretend (almost) anything with Haddie, riding his bike, riding his scooter, playing baseball with Eli and Dad, being right (he uses the word "actually" frequently), and did I mention playing Legos (he spends hours playing them and some of the coolest creations). 

On Micah's birthday we were driving home from getting Chick-fil-a from Hutch. He was eating and we were listening to GT and the Halo Express. I saw in the rear view mirror that his eyes were closed. I looked back to check on him and asked if he was okay. I then realized he was praying. I apologized and told him to continue. He said "it's okay, I was just praying to ask Jesus into my heart". So we are rejoicing that the Lord saw fit to save him on his fifth birthday and are praying we (with the help of others) might be listening to how God might have us disciple him. He's excited and told me a few days later "I know God is always with me now that I asked Him to be". I think that's a great start, buddy. 

Micah is creative and enjoys making things. In addition to Legos, he likes painting, coloring, cutting, and playdough. He usually has us laughing about something, but he's also very sensitive. There's a very fine line between him wanting affirmation and attention and too much such that he shuts down. He is mostly reserved in public. 

Micah is so observant. He has all sorts of observations on "old people" that make me nervous when he starts telling people them. He says things like "I've been noticing..." and "I kinda feel bad for..." different people that have varying ailments (according to him). I hold my breath when he articulates the observations because they are extremely accurate, but not always things people want pointed out. 

He also talks about not eating too much sugar or working on his muscles. It's adorable. He'll say he doesn't want dessert or pop with a happy meal because he doesn't want them to "take away my muscles". He also says "I'm working on these, baby" pointing to his muscles. 

Stats:

Height- 41.5" 20th percentile

Weight- 38.6# 32nd percentile