Jordan is home form Hungary

Jacob's brother Jordan came home from his mission a few weeks ago. The kids made a sign and we all went to the airport to welcome him back to the USA. He said it was a little weird to hear everyone around him speaking english. I thought that was funny. The kids had been looking forward to his homecoming for months and were so excited to see him.

First thing we did was go eat at IN and OUT Burger. We are so glad he is back.
(nice Jamie :)

We have big kids!

Jake and I are really tall measuring at 6,3" and 6,0". So I guess it is only natural that our children are super tall as well. After all, tall is beautiful and makes for great ball players.

Katie is almost 5 and 1/2 years and is 49 inches tall. That is the same as the average 7 year old.

Zach turned 4 last month and is 43 inches tall.

Marshall went to his 2 month appointment today and measured 26 inches and 16 lbs.

Marshall is getting fun!

Jake has always like to tease our kids. He really likes to see if he can get them to make this face. It is his favorite thing to do while they are babies. I'm just as bad because I don't keep him form doing it. It has always been some sound that Jake makes that will make the kids do this.

This is Katie.

Here is Zachary.
And here is Marshall. Don't judge us.
They smile a lot too. This is his first smile that we got a pic of.

ZACHARY

Zach is now 4 years old. He had his birthday last week and it was a very busy day. We have a membership the Reid Park Zoo here in Tucson so that is what we did first. It is a really great Zoo that isn't too big like the Phoenix Zoo. You can see the whole Zoo in about an hour and half. This pic is Katie and Zach playing in the little splash pad in the zoo.

After the zoo we went home to eat lunch and get Jake and then we went "real" bowling. Our kids have been bowling a lot on the wii and so Jake thought that they would really like to go real bowling and he was right. They had a lot of fun as you can see. It took Zach a little while to get his ball down the lane but he did alright. We had the bumpers up and He was still lucky to get two pins down, but that was good enough for him. He really had a blast.
Jake tried to show Katie how to bowl with one hand but she got frustrated with that pretty quickly and just stuck to two hands. She had quite a few grannie's that looked like this.
We asked Zach what he wanted for dinner and he told us that he wanted to go to the chop stick place. That would be Pei Wei. So that is where we went and then we came home to have cake and open presents. I did make the cake because I don't like buying them with weird colors and characters on them. And they just aren't good at all. Zach was very happy with his chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, it was delicious. Most of it is in the freezer now because there was a lot left over and I know I would eat it if it was left on the counter. It was a fun day and Zach was very happy with our family party.

Zach is a really sweet kid. Sometimes he can be a really big whiner and it really gets on our nerves but we love him anyway. He likes to do things himself and will keep trying until he gets it done. He really likes Star Wars, Star Trek, and Xmen and likes to pretend play with Katie. We sure do love our 4 year old. Happy Birthday Zach.

Summer

I know it has really been to long since I posted and I know I need to do it more often because I forget things if I don't.

This is Marshall at 1 month old. I think he was about 12 lbs then and almost wearing 6 month clothes. I keep waiting for Katie and Zach to get bored with him but is hasn't happened yet. They like to get really close to his face to talk to him. It's really annoying. However, in their defense, they have been very helpful when I ask them to get me things or put things away.
This is Katie and Zach's Joy School graduation. They had a lot of fun at joy school and had some great teachers. Thanks to all my friends involved with that. We will really miss Janelle and Carlie. Amy didn't do Joy School but we'll miss her too.

Jake as started his unpaid internship with customs and border protection and is also working part time for an attorney here in Tucson just doing some office work.

I really like having three kids, even though I am sleeping a lot less than I used to. I try to stay patient and understanding. Sometimes I surprise myself and I handle things very calmly and other times I lose it and start slamming cabinets and doors. I have yet to break something but I'm sure that time will come.

Katie is super excited to start kindergarten in August. I think we got her into a really good school. It is a charter school that puts a lot of focus on science, math and computers. I hope she enjoys it and does well.

It is getting really hot here in Tucson and so I have been trying to get down to the pool as often as I can with a new born. I really need to get the kids into swimming lessons. I think it is going to be a long and boring summer.

Marshall has arrived!!

Well it has been about a week and so I guess it is time to post. His name is James Marshall but we are going to call him Marshall.

This pregnancy and my labor and delivery was very frustrating for me. For some reason unknown to me, this kid would not get into the proper position for exiting the womb. He was breech for a good 3 months at least, maybe more. That is something I never want to experience again. I had an external version done at 37 weeks and it was so terrible. It did work and he did get his head down but he was posterior until he was born. I was in labor having contraction with pitocin for 24 hours and not dilating past a 4 when they finally broke my water. I ended up having an epidural because I was so tired and the contractions were worse than they were with Zach. (Liz I don't know how you had Harley) I have mixed feelings about the epidural. It was really nice not having to feel the contractions but it was hard to know when to push and then I really didn't like the way I felt afterwards. I don't think I will get another one, but I'm glad I had it for this last one.

This was right after he was born. He immediately found his fingers. He was 9 lbs 7 oz and was 21 inches long. Zach weighed the same but was 2 inches shorter. Once his hair dried it was brown and his skin isn't as dark as Zachary's.
A few days old here. We caught him with his eyes open which hardly ever happens. He is such a sleepy baby. I don't know if it's just the way he is or if it's from having the epidural. My other kids were not sleepy like him. For being so sleepy, he does keep me awake for a good part of the night. Another thing I forgot about having a new born, I am seriously sleep deprived.
Jake has always like to tease the kids. Even when they are only a few days old. He did this with the other kids too. They really get suckin on his nose when they are hungry and Jake thinks it's so funny. Soon Jake will start growling at him and he'll cry and that will be funny too.

I like to to make things

This was really fun to make. It is a bag or clutch for a few diapers and one of those portable wipe containers. It took me about 40 minutes to make and I think I could really make it cute more buttons or ribbons to tie closed.

Our home

This is a picture of the outside of our apartment. We live in a 2 story condo and our complex is very nice. our kids especially like the balcony that is off of Katie's room.

These are pictures of Sabino Canyon that is really just 2 minutes from our house. It is really beautiful and these pics don't do it justice. I really think that the desert is beautiful and the area of Tucson that we live in is so nice. 

Booties!

I just wanted to post a picture of these booties that I just finished. I made these by hand and it really didn't take me that long. The next pair will have some embellishment.