Joseph made crowns for Frank and Jason. They fit amazingly well even without measuring.



Jason now weighs 9 lbs 7 oz.

Thank You

A very special Thank YOU to Grandma who came out to help this past week. She spoiled us with her good cooking and mad cleaning skills. One day she even made with the kids, a castle, knights, and horses out of paper. a 3 dimensional castle I might add. very impressive.



My kids really are this weird.


I think it will take a bit before I get a decent picture with all 5.

Jason Emrys McQuade

Most of these photos are not new from facebook, but for those unfortunate /fortunate? few who do not belong, I'm adding them here to my blog.
Jason was born June 6th at 8:26 in the morning after a very intense but quick labor. I started having contractions at 6:00 am. I got out of bed about 6:20 no longer able to fall asleep in-between. Woke Frank up at 6:30; had him call the midwife. She showed up at 8:00 a.m. Upon her arrival I got out of the tub, climbed onto my bed and was told I was complete. My water broke while pushing. Out he came weighing 8 lbs 12 oz (a full pound bigger than my largest) Despite his large size (for me) I got away with just one tiny stitch. After the lovely afterbirth and bleeding stopping interventions, I'm feeling much better- especially now that my mother in law is here to take care of all of us.


Last belly shot - this was about 90 mins before Jason was born.









Overall stats:
Name: Jason Emrys McQuade
Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz
Length: 21 inches
Place of birth: at home

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No Real Update

Lacey says it's been too long since my last post. Mostly I'm impatiently waiting for this baby to come and haven't felt like blogging.

So short summary. We have a few precious moments like this one:

But remember, mostly life is more like this:




Lorelei got into my blush and correctly used the brush to put some on Christian. Now you all need to know the glare he's giving me is not over getting make up on. It's because I wanted to wash it off and he didn't. I pretty much get this look from Christian 90% of the day.

More Belly Pics

36 Weeks. I took these really late last night and didn't even attempt to do my hair or face. I figured people will only be looking at my largeness anyway. I feel super large and the thought of 4 more weeks of getting bigger is a little overwhelming. I threw in a picture of Christian because he's so silly cute. We got our 2nd set of bunk beds this last week which Lorelei is extremely happy about. She picked the top (ya no surprise there). And now Christian is in the toddler bed and the crib is put away. I found the bunk beds on craigslist for $100. :)

Hair Cuts

Summer hair cut time. At first I thought I'd cry over Christian's lack of curls, but I think I actually like it.

33 weeks

I don't really have much to say about this pregnancy. It's chugging along, neither slowly or quickly. Somewhere from a month to 1 1/2 months I will have another baby. Preferably one with a name- that might be asking too much though.

Lorelei's Swimsuit

Frank had last Friday off and we took a family trip to Chucky Cheese. We stopped by Target and I glanced through the kids clothes. I found a swimsuit that was super cute; however, they only had it in size 5T. Not helpful for my 2 yr old. Later that day we happened to drive by another Target and I had to run in and check. They had it in the right size!! It's a good thing too because the swimsuit isn't available online. So now Lorelei has her first swimsuit - perfect for this summer.

Happy Easter

We found a good deal on a trampoline and got it for the kids for Easter. It took us just about 3 hours to set up.



Christian enjoying a nasty marshmallow treat.