Larsen Kids

Daddy's Little Helper

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:47:34 GMT

David was adjusting Evelyn's crib when Evelyn decided to help.

Don't worry after she played with the tools we told her that daddy's tools aren't toys to be played with :-)

Also - Its a long video and probably only interesting to those who don't see her very often. You can also fast forward to the middle and get the cute stuff!

Evelyn's First Ever Blog Post!

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:39:23 GMT

She did it all by herself - yes she even got the word "youtbe" in there somehow!

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Evelyn Can Crawl

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:13:23 GMT

Phase 1 -- The Baby Bunny Hop
Doesn't count, but it sure is cute.

Phase 2 -- Confirmed Crawl
It's not fast. It's not pretty. But it counts!

Evelyn Kate Playing With Daddy

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:53:08 GMT

Video of Evelyn Starting to Crawl

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:35:44 GMT

Ok David helped me get the videos off of our video camera. I know today is an overwhelmingly big day for larsenkids blogging but we couldn't resist!

To see the higher quality video visit youtube by clicking here.

A Cousin Day

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:23:13 GMT

Today was a cousin day. I got to watch Sophie while Jer and Molly worked so I took the opportunity to attempt to get some cute pictures. Up until now it has been tough because Sophie could move so well and Evelyn couldn't sit up. But now Evelyn can kinda sit up and I figured out a way to get Sophie to sit still.

Enjoy the two cute girls!

The Way Cool New Thing Evelyn Can Do?

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:54:05 GMT

Ok so yesterday morning David comes in and says, "Evelyn is going to crawl soon". I responded with "Yeah she is". Not knowing what he had seen that made him think that. I just knew that she was really trying to figure out how to do it. She's been eyeing her cousin, Sophie, and trying to figure it out for months.

So I didn't expect her to actually crawl for a couple weeks. To my surprise as I put her on her tummy yesterday after her afternoon nap...her knees were locked into crawl position and she stayed that way for quite some time. Stacey, Molly and I were all amazed...watching her every movement to see what she would do next. We watched her and encouraged her all afternoon! It was quite entertaining. She'd get her knees under her little body push herself up and rock. Then finally she did it! She went forward! She later fell, but my goodness...she did it! She is well on her way to getting into everything, and I'm totally encouraging it!

When I finally got ahold of David (he was in meetings all day) he responded with, "yeah that's what she was doing this morning". I thought I had seen something cool and he missed it, when in reality he saw it first!

For now you'll have to settle with pictures...I need David's help to get the footage off of the video camera.

Way to go Evelyn Kate!!!!!!

November 2008 in Review

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:40:47 GMT

November is always busy for us. This year was no exception. This year we had Evelyn and she was busy flying through all her milestones!

First we had Jameson's first birthday party. We also had a party for David aka "daddy". For his birthday Evelyn started saying "daaaa...daaaaa...dad" It doesn't mean dad, but its cute and perfect timing nonetheless. She also won't say it unless she feels like playing or she's mad.

Evelyn playing the piano with "daaaaad" and enjoying "daaaad's" party.

David asked for a low key birthday this year. All he wanted was for me to invite a few close friends and family and make his mom's hamburger stroganoff. That's exactly what he got, That and a few books. Also all he wanted! Also a big thanks to Molly, Hannah and Jamie for helping me pull it off! By the way - David insisted on wearing that shirt. I wouldn't let him wear it to Jack's birthday bash so he made sure to wear it to his own party!

Evelyn started eating some solids this month. She is a messy eater. Here she was eating bananas. Next month she gets to try all kinds of yummy things. So far she prefers nursing then egg yolk, then bananas and then rice cereal.

She also got two cute little teeth in November.

She gets to take baths in the big tub because she splashes so much!

We also had cousin Stacey come visit. Evelyn really enjoyed learning how to text message with her while the rest of us played Risk and ate cookies.

Another November activity - we voted! Don't worry we didn't actually give her Starbucks :) the cup is empty!

We are so very blessed, and we thank God for all that He has bestowed upon us...

Jameson turns 1!

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:43:06 GMT

Cousin Jameson was born October 27th last year so his first birthday party naturally was a big event. Most parties in our family are not parties but events. So Jameson's mommy planned a super fun event for all of us to show Jameson just how much we love him. We celebrated November 1st. David and I started helping by making A LOT of cupcakes! Actually I should say...David made the cupcakes...I was busy with Evelyn. David and I have a deal. At home...I do most things - dishes, cleaning and taking care of Evelyn since David works and likes to relax when he comes home. So when we are out David likes to express service by being as helpful as he can both to me and the people we are with. That way I can give my all to Evelyn and I get a little bit of a break. Here are some pictures of my husband being a great servant! I love this about him!

The party was a costume party. Everyone got to dress up as something from the decade they were born in. I was princess Leia, David was a guy from the clean up crew of the Exxon oil spill (1980s) and Evelyn Kate was the 50th anniversary Minnie Mouse. A cute one at that I must add! She was comfortable and loved playing with her Mickey Mouse. Cute Katie Joy was Sarah Palin. Evelyn even let Uncle Matt and Papa Stu hold her!

Jameson wasn't sure what to do with his cake...eventually he figured it out.

A few of the guests...

Evelyn LOVES her jumparoo!

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:24 GMT

Check her out!