We are in "The Family Way"

I have to show of a couple of pics my sister Suzie took of our family. She took a SO MANY GREAT ones. She took them at her home. They turned out so well! Thanks a ton, Suzie! Now I need to get copies out to people...

About a week ago, Maren finally graduated from preschool. We had a graduation party with all the moms and kids involved. It was so much fun to be involve with such an organized joy school.

We made a trip down to Utah to see some of the Aagard family members the saturday before memorial day. We got to see the baby pigs, baby cows, baby chickens, and baby kittens. Maren and Eliza were out in the barn every few hours with those kittens. It was to bad that when Maren went out the next morning she found them dead. The father cat had come in the night and killed them. Eliza wasn't ready for the visual of the dead cats so I explained to her that they had died. She later heard me telling my Mom that "the" daddy had killed them in the night. Eliza later confronted Jon "why did you kill the baby cats?" OOPS!!!! So I had to explain that the daddy cat killed the babies. We had a lot of fun, though, throwing rocks in the creek behind my folks home, going on a hike and finding "sea shells", and feeding the animals. It was so nice to see some of the kids other cousins. They all seemed to get along pretty well. Plus, we got to bring home my childhood trampoline. The girls LOVE it!

Maren seemed to have a lot on her mind yesterday. She asked me "If you go into a volcano when it erupts, will you turn into a lava monster?" "I wish we were rich so we could buy that homeless person a house." "I want to make lots of books and put them in a box and sell them to people who don't have any. Or I can take them to the library so lots of kids who don't have books can read them." "What would happen if I typed in _____.com?" She is so inquizitive.

So the title is true. We are expecting our 4th child. This one is due around the early middle of January.

Update

These pictures were taken in the end of January before I lost my camera cord somewhere on the way to Utah. We finnally had to buy a new one.

Maren all ready for church the last sunday in January.

Eliza brushing her teeth before we go.

Eliza, Jon holding Henry, and Maren sitting on our basement steps.

This is Maren and Eliza unloading the dishwasher with a little help from Hap this morning. This is one of their chores they get to do everyday.

Eliza, Maren, Paige, Claire, and Hap all in the toyroom tent yesterday.

Eliza showing off the new dress-up dress I made for Maren to give to a school friend for her Birthday. We decided I have to make another one for Eliza a few days ago.

Happy Henry is getting so big! He likes to pull himself up and then walk around using the wall or anything he can get a hold of to steady himself. It is hard to believe we moved to Idaho a year at the end of this month.

Hap is still a very enjoyable baby ... as far as babies go. He knows what a tiger says. He is eating most anything we eat. He has the front four teeth. He'll turn 1 year old next month...crazy! What a sweet boy!

Happy New Year

Sweet Eliza Jane! Yesterday, while Jon was at work I decided to go over to the house, touch up some paint, and hang a few doors. I was in Henry's closet when I heard the girls yelling/crying downstairs. It sounded serious, so I went down stairs to find Eliza in the toy room with the door shut and crying. Maren, who was standing beside me, was saying something about Eliza taking a nap and the door was stuck. I tried the knob and found that it would turn but wouldn't unlatch. Eliza was scared. I got her calmed down by telling her we would get her out. I tried everything I could think of without damaging the door or knob. I called Jon to get more Ideas. I couldn't go through the window, the screws that held on the knob were inside with Eliza, and so were the hinges. I even tried pushing a piece of cardboard around the door in hopes that it would release the latch, but the cardboard would not bend . Jon decided that he could take off the rest of the day and headed over. At this time Eliza began crying again for her daddy. I got impatient and began hitting the handle with a hammer. Eventually, I did enough damage to get the door open. Shortly after Jon came in and Eliza wouldn't let him be. She clung to him for quite a while. I began thinking Maren's suggestion of hanging a curtain for the door in that room wasn't such a silly idea.
We had the opportunity this last weekend to spend it in Tooele with Michael and Heidi Robbins. They were preparing for and blessing their handsome little baby boy, Zachary Michael Robbins. We made it down to Tooele in time to watch a movie and fall asleep 1 1/2 hours before the new year. We visited Jon's buddy, Issac, and his family in Pleasant Grove on New Year's Day. It was great to see them, and it was fun to watch the kids play so well together. We traveled back home to Idaho Falls after the blessing and luncheon on Sunday.

Henry is getting SO big. He thinks he wants to crawl. He can get up on all fours and he has began to hop with his legs together. I think it is kind of funny. We took him for his 6 month check-up the other day and he weighed 16 pounds 7 ounces which is 27 percentile for his age group. He was 26 1/2" tall, which was 50th percentile. His head was 45.5 cm around, which was 89th percentile. So he looks heavy, but really is pretty light for his age. He can roll anywhere her wants to go, and loves cords or anything he can grab. He is one cute, happy boy!