Jason

Jason is 3 months old. He weighs over 15 1/2 lbs and seems huge to me.

Labor Day

We went to visit some cousins for labor day. We even managed to take a few pictures.





Cousins 5 days apart.

First Day of School

Joseph had a wonderful first day of school. Frank took him because 7:30 is too early in the morning for me to be up and about. I still consider myself a good Mom because I sent the camera with Frank and made him promise to take some pictures.



After this picture Joseph asked Frank why he was still there.
Joseph says, "My first day of school was great. I got to make a puzzle. I met new friends. I like my new friends. I like Kindergarten."

Lorelei and The Camera

This is a post about Lorelei and the camera. These pictures either include her or are ones she's taken in the last few weeks. Every day Lorelei asks me if she can take some pictures. I don't especially like my camera so I let her. Today I uploaded the camera and had 530 pictures to look through. I even kept a few. I found a lot more pictures of myself than I'm used to; masterpieces such as these:

(You might notice my ear in this photo as it's the body part centered, but mostly I see the extra large freckle by my eye.)

The boys have been very good sports about letting their sister not only watch them play, but take pictures of their various games, battles, and fights. I'm including Frank when I say boys.

Joseph took this picture. He must have followed them around the house as they did naughty things.



Sometimes Lorelei wants her picture taken. This time she asked me to take her photo. Next she said, "take a picture of my eye".


Sometimes she tells me and the camera no

She loves her brothers so much and asks every day to hold Jason.
Sometimes I tell her no and she settles for taking pictures of him.

Alright I admit I took this picture. I call it Pudge for Love. Well, I called it that until Blogger told me pudge isn't a word. Ok, this picture is now the picture formerly known as Pudge for Love.

Family Pictures

just a few pictures

I said, "smile Lorelei". She made this face.

5 not 6 kids

The red furry one is not my child. Thanks Grandma for the super cute clothes.

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