My awesome brother!

I just want to tell the world that I have the most awesome brother! He drove Taylor to bountiful and he is babysitting tonight for us. He helps me out a ton and even brings me the food I crave when I can't get out of the house. I also have awesome sisters. Rebekah is the reason that I got three hours of sleep yesterday, without her I wouldn't have slept at all. I have the best family. Thanks for everything guys!

Ellie, Ellie, Ellie

Yesterday was an interesting day. After only three hours of sleep in the morning, we went to the doctor and found out Joslyn had ear infections. Joslyn by the way is walking more than ever. Yesterday she kept standing up and walking all over the place. I am happy she is finally doing it! Ellie had a fun day as well. It was mysteriously quiet and I got the feeling I should go check and see what she was doing. I found her in the linen closet in the bathroom. She had thrown all the linen on the floor and climbed up the shelves. She couldn't get down, but she didn't want to. Later she ran right into the wall and hit her head so hard that she broke the dry wall into pieces. She was fine, the wall wasn't. Ellie definitely keeps us on our toes, but as Justin reminds me, she is just preparing us for our little boy. Taylor is home from a weekend visit to grandma's house. She had a great time and came back with some beautiful bright green shoes. Mom always finds the most fun crafts to do with her. We are glad to have her home. Justin is excited because his 100 year old lawn mower finally died and he's getting a new one for father's day. We are also working on the back yard a little bit, getting it ready to pour a patio. Tonight Justin and I are going with some friends to see Indiana Jones. I hope its good!

Its a .....

Healthy baby BOY!!!!
Justin and I are really happy that the baby looks great. Justin is on cloud nine about it being a boy, and I am kind of in shock. I have no idea what to do with a boy. Justin took the picture of the boy parts to work with him and I am pretty sure he will pin it to his shirt or something. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful healthy children. It will be interesting to see how a little boy will change our little family. Love to all!

The rest of our crazy weekend, and week!

Justin and I got a great surprise Friday night when we found out that Justin's mom was going to make a quick visit. She had some travel delays on her way home from the East coast and she was able to stay with us for the weekend. We were all so excited to see her. The girls never get one on one time with her so I was really happy. Anyway, we were having a grand time when on Saturday night, Ellie, being the crazy child that she is, got into grandma's stuff. First she just got into her lipstick and we all laughed and I felt really bad that she ruined it. Then a little later, we noticed that Ellie was very quiet and that is a very bad sign. Justin found her again in grandma's things, snacking on her medicine, saying "Grandma's candy is yucky!" I didn't freak out too much because it was just a vitamin and I am sure it tasted so bad that she didn't get too much of it. Then we discovered that another one of Ellen's pills was missing, this one a little more concerning. Anyway, I called poison control and they told me I should take her to the ER, which I did. Ellen was pretty sure she had taken the last of her pills, but I wanted to be sure. We waited in the ER for a few hours because they wanted to monitor Ellie. Try keeping her laying in a hospital bed without any TV!! They checked her out and she was fine, but I'll tell you, she gave me a scare. I knew she would be the first child to go to the ER. Anyway, it was an experience and I don't want to ever go again. The rest of our week has been really fun. It was warm, the girls even ran through the sprinklers on Monday. I have been trying to keep busy so that Friday would come. I am so excited for the ultrasound tomorrow. I get pretty anxious waiting to hear if the baby is okay. I am also pretty sure it is a girl, but that is just fine with me. Well, enough from me, I will include some pics of Jos and her sunglasses, she loves them so much and will keep them on for hours. I have the cutest kids!! I'll update tomorrow!

Fun at the zoo

Last Saturday Justin took Taylor and Ellie to the zoo. My parents, Matt and Cortney also went. They had so much fun. It helped me out also, because I was able to have the baby shower in peace. The girls keep asking to go back and see the animals. I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband and family. Justin took more pics on the video camera and I haven't figured out how to get them from there, so sorry there aren't very many.

Taylor is growing up too fast!

Last night was so much fun. We went to Taylor's end of the year preschool party. She has a great teacher and she learned so much this year. She will go again next year and I know she will miss it during the summer. It is so fun to see how she is growing up and learning all kinds of things. It seems like it goes so fast. I can't believe that she will be four in a couple of months. Being able to see my kids grow and accomplish things brings me such a joy. I guess that is one of the many blessings of being a parent. We all watched Taylor sing and dance and then she received the "hardest worker" award from her Teacher. Then we all ate ice cream and it was a great time. Her teacher made a really cute slide show of all their activities through the year and I will try to post it later. I hope we all have a great weekend. Justin is taking the older girls to the zoo tomorrow with my parents. I am having a baby shower for one of my friends here at the house so I will be busy with that. It is going to be very warm and I can't wait. Have a great one!
Here is Taylor singing "Toeknee chestnut" Sooo cute!




Even Joslyn loved the ice cream!