Everett's Birthday!

It is hard for me to believe that my little boy is 5 already. He will be starting kindergarten this fall. He had a fun birthday party with all of his friends at the park.

Lachlan's Birthday!

Lachlan's birthday, June 25. Hard to believe he is already a year old. In a years time Lachlan has grown from 7lbs 9oz to 20lbs 7oz. He started walking around 11 months old and is now running everywhere. He is a very curious little boy always finding something to get into.

Going to try this again.

Well, it appears that I am really not good at this blogging thing. I tried to put posts up regularly in the beginning, and then I just slowly stopped posting at all. I feel like our life has been really crazy lately, but I miss posting and updating all our friends and family. So I am going to make another attempt at posting regularly again. I can't promise anything but hopefully I will make the time to keep all of you updated on the happenings at the Joy house.

Bubbles!

Lachlan had his first bubble bath with his brother. They both had a lot of fun I think. Everett kept trying to put bubbles on Lachlan's head.

Another attempt...

Well I am not sure why I keep trying to get cute pictures of the boys together but I have yet to capture that perfect shot. This time I even recruited Stephen's help. And even though it went a little bit better than the last attempt I would still have to say these pictures did not turn out at all what I had hoped for. So I will once again post them to show that I really am an amateur photographer. And to prove my previous realization that it is next to impossible to get sibling pictures to turn out.

My baby is growing up.

Lachlan is now almost 17 pounds and about 26 inches long. He is such a cute little baby at least we like to think so. He is very active and likes to be sitting up where he can see what is going on. I decided it was time to pull out the bouncer that Everett once used and see if he likes it. Even though he was really tired by the time I got it all wiped down and ready for him to sit in he still enjoyed it.

Lachlan loves Laini whenever he sees her he starts smiling and talking.

And just for fun a couple of pictures of Everett in the bouncer when he was about the same age. He didn't seem to like it as much as Lachlan does. I don't remember him ever really bouncing or playing in it. I would put him in there and bounce him and he would just fall asleep.

I now know why...

On October 16, 2009 I came to the realization as to why parents always seem to have more pictures of their first born child than any of their other children. My conclusion is you are too busy chasing around the first child to get a picture of the second child, or you are trying to get a picture of just one child and the other is always jumping in the picture. Also if you try to get a picture of more than one child at a time getting them all to look at you and smile at the same time never seems to work. Add a dog into the mix and well your chances of getting a good picture are probably pretty slim.
The following pictures were taken as I came to this realization. I had taken the time to dress the boys in matching shirts and just wanted a couple of cute pictures of them together. My first challenge was getting Everett to sit next to Lachlan for the picture. Everything was downhill from there and after only a couple of pictures I gave up. I will have to try again another day. As you can tell none of them are usable for anything other than a laugh and just show that I really am an amateur photographer.