Andrew Doren

Andrew is here!! He arrived on Friday at 5:30pm. He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and is 19.5 inches long. We are so happy to have him! He is healthy, I am great and we are both home. I will post the details soon, but in the meantime enjoy these pics!!

What Jos did during the graduation

Joslyn feels a little sad that she isn't in school yet, but she will start soon! She was a trooper and sat through both the girl's programs. But, she found creative ways to keep herself entertained. As you can tell from the pictures she crawled under the chairs, played with Taylor's roses, and put stickers all over my 9 month pregnant belly. She loves her big sisters so much and looks up to them!

My little graduate

Taylor made it through Kindergarten! I can't believe the school year came and went already. I also can't believe that I will have a child in first grade soon. It has been so fun to watch Taylor learn in school. She is reading and doing math and all kinds of fun stuff. She also made a ton of new friends. Her graduation program was really cute. They each had a part and they sang some neat songs. The kids worked really hard practicing. I did tear up a little bit, but thats just because I am pregnant right?? Taylor, like all my other kids is beautiful inside and out and I am so proud of her!!!

Ellie's preschool program

Even though Ellie will be in preschool again next year, she had a great end of the year program. Ellie has learned so much this year, her teacher says she will be reading soon! She loves school and her friends and she did a great job in her program. She sang all the songs and said her part really well. She recieved the good friend award from her teacher. She is always making sure all of her siblings are taken care of, so it doesn't suprise me that she is a super friend at school!

My favorite time of day..

Before I go to bed each night, I check on all the kids to make sure they are really in their beds, covered, and comfortable. The other night I decided to take pictures of what I found. The kids look so cute and peaceful when they are asleep. This time of day is also when I get a little time to myself, hooray! I found Noah in his crib with the book over his face, I don't know if he fell asleep reading, or if he put it there on purpose. He likes to cover his face when he is sleeping. That is one of the reasons I check on him! Also a baby update, I am now into my 37th week, so he is fully ready to be born. I feel so blessed to have made it this far. I was having Non-stress tests every week because of low amniotic fluid. Now I will have them twice a week until I deliver. My body is really ready and I am already dilated and thined out a lot, so we will just wait and see when this little man wants to make his appearance. Enjoy the pictures!

Ellie is so brave!

I am so far behind on posting, these last couple of weeks have been kind of crazy. Thursday and Friday we had Ellie and Taylor's preschool and kindergarten programs. I have so many pictures to post so please hang in there with me. First of all I can't get over how fast kids grow up! Ellie finished her first year of preschool and just misses the cut off so she will have one more year before kindergarten. She is doing so well and is ready to start reading. I will post pictures of her program soon. These pictures are actually ones that Cortney took yesterday. Ellie got her ears pierced! My mom gave her earrings for a present and so she insisted on getting them done. I don't mind as long as they want to do it and they know it is going to hurt a little. She picked out some really cute studs, they are rainbow colored daisies. There was only one person working at Claires so she had to do one ear at a time. She barely even flinched!! She was so brave and I am so proud of her.