A CELEBRATION OF LIFE!!

We celebrated Evalette's birthday with as much fanfare as possible.
"Icing Smiles", a non profit organization, arranged for a local baker  to make Evalette a huge amazing birthday cake.
And in whatever theme she wanted…FROZEN of course.




















So on the 12th of April, we gathered with our family at our home
and celebrated LIFE.
Her life.
And welcomed in her new little brother, as he was getting blessed in our church the next day.

































Two beautiful little lives.
Such blessings.
She loved the attention.
And she loved her cake.
And she loved her presents.
And she loved it all!!!
And we loved watching her take it all and seeing her beautiful smile!!

I found this little dress and knew she had to wear it on her birthday.
She is a SUPERWOMAN!!!
And she has conquered it all!!

Did I Tell You?

Did I tell you that I have…
A NEW BABY BROTHER.
Enoch.

And I just love him.
He is now 2 months old.
I like to tell mommy when he wakes up from his nap
and is crying.
"He cry mommy…he cry."
I say over and over again, until she goes and picks him up.
I am his "other mommy"!
Mommy says life is good.
I am home and doing well.
Enoch is here and a great baby.
And she isn't pregnant and living at the hospital any more.
Plenty of reasons to celebrate!!!

SHE TURNED TWO!

Our little sweetheart turned TWO last week.
Our hearts are full.
And we were so happy to celebrate her birthday with all of us at home.
It was simple, but she was happy.
On the 12th we are having a big family party.


























































Happy, Happy Birthday Evalette!
Evalette is our super sweet, yet spirited girl.
She has an opinion and she will let it be known when needed.
Our little feisty pants.
But yet she is quick to give huge hugs, complete with her patting your back and hair.
She loves shoes and loves to pick out a pair to wear each day,
hers or mommys, it doesn't matter.
And picking out her daily or multiple outfits of the day.
Oh how she loves to get all "pretty" and makes sure she has a bow in her hair.
She loves to takes naps with her minnie, mickey, a baby or two, a couple of books, and a random toy in  her bed with her.
She usually falls asleep reading her book.
Her facial expressions are the best.
She has so many.
She is very animated.
She loves her baby dolls, and especially her Minnie and Mickey.
She adores anything MINNIE.
Or anything from FROZEN for that matter.
She loves to burst out in song, "Let It Go"
and it is so cute to hear her sing.
Many times a day, she will go to the CD player and
beg for us to turn the music on.
She loves to dance and her brothers love to dance with her.
It is a favorite thing of mine to watch them all dancing together.
She is fantastic at talking.
Seriously, she can speak extremely well for her age.
She loves to say "thank you", "please",  "Hi" to everyone, and everything else.
She is already talking in small sentences
and knows a lot of her colors and 8 shapes
(circle, square, rectangle, oval, triangle, star, heart, and hexagon).
She loves to perform for anyone that will listen.
Pink and purple are her favorite colors.
Oh my sweet girly, girl.
She is a joy and we are blessed to have her still in our lives.

10 inches...

Yesterday, I finally did it!
10 inches turned out to be a lot more than I imagined.

I had planned on cutting my hair once Enoch was born,
and so I decided that since I would be cutting it,
I had better donate it.
In honor of my daughter.
Ten inches didn't seem too bad,
until it all came off.
AHHH!!!
Oh well hair grows...right.
So for my daughter and for all fighting cancer and it's ugly side effects,
I give up my hair.
You are all amazing.
My sacrifice is small compared to what you go through,
but I give it with a heart of love and prayers to you all.

APRIL CLINIC

Evalette had clinic at Primary Children's Hospital on Friday.
So I decided we would have a family outing.
We started out at the Discovery Museum.














The kids loved it and we had to drag them out.
Evalette had to get her blood drawn first and then I took her to clinic.
The kids played in the Forever Young Zone.
They were able to do experiments and play.
They enjoyed it.
Dr. Wright had an emergency so we only saw Dr. Eldridge.
But she was happy to see us.


















Everything looked well.
And Evalette gained a pound!
She now weighs 20 lbs.
We are working so hard on getting her weight up.
She is in the 2 percentile. 
So small, but growing.
Evalette was a champ. 
She loved coloring and reading books.

She was great with her blood pressure check and blood draw.
She even opened her mouth without a fight and through her entire check
she was very cooperative.
It was so nice.
So glad we are in the clear for another month. 
It was a great, busy day!
And of course, Lance had to pose with Superman and Spiderman before we left!