Lloyd Family

J oziah celebrated his first birthday today, and had a wonderful time. It was a bittersweet day for his mama- he's getting to be such a big boy, which is so fun, but he's leaving his babyhood behind more every moment. J oziah's favorite animal is the dog. He is always on the lookout for one, saying "da-da" and he woofing really cute. So I baked him a banana cake in the shape of a dog. (It is actually a Blue's Clues design.) I think it turned out really well:   W e sang to him and he didn't have a clue what to do with the candle, so I eventually blew it out. Then I popped off one of the "ear" pieces (actually a series of cupcakes) and he devoured it. I t took him a little while to figure out how to open his presents, but I guess with a toddler the joy is in the journey. He loved all of the gifts, of course, and had to be pried away from each one to open the next. G ood times, good memories. JoZ is such a sweet boy. He loves to give ki...

W ednesday (that's 3 days ago) Zane was cutting out little hand-drawn vikings and he cut his finger pretty bad. We took him in to the local Evening Medical Clinic where he was given 6 stitches. The worst part of the whole ordeal was the shot they gave him to numb the finger. That hurt him a TON but he was pretty brave. I hope the picture isn't too graphic for anyone! Here it is with the 24-hour bandage. The cut was in a half-circle around his fingertip. T hen, if you can believe it (and I couldn't), we were up in Almo this morning and Ezra came in to the house bleeding from a gash in his forehead! All he would say is something about a gate. . . I'm wondering if he was trying to cross a barbed wife fence. In any case, the wound was really gaping open so we cut our trip short and made another visit to the old clinic. Thankfully, they glued his cut rather than giving him stitches! He was very composed, and didn't even want me to stand by him; he told me to sit...

T his posting won't be interesting to most of you- sorry! I've just been working on adding a sleeve to a sleeveless dress and wanted to show it to my sister-in-law :) The sleeve is just pinned on still. I think it looks great!

Caught in the act!