A Little of This, A Little of That

I have a lot of pictures to share, so I'll try to keep the words to a minimum.  Andy started his new job back in April.  He's still with Cope Plastics, but now he's running the Processing Center.  It's like a recycling center, where he sorts the scrap plastic and salvages what he can and sells the scrap to other places.  He's the manager there, but since it's just getting started and he only has a few warehouse workers, he does a lot of work in the warehouse sorting as well.  Eventually there will be a website and store front where the rest of us can go and buy things.

Back in November, we found out that we were expecting Baby #5, and in February, we learned that it would be Girl #4!  The ultrasound yesterday confirmed that she's still a girl, so I can get out my baby girl things and start getting them ready!  The kids are all really excited, even though they were all hoping that Noah would get a little brother!  We actually only have about 6 and 1/2 weeks left until we get to meet our new addition--CAN'T WAIT!!!

18 weeks along

33 weeks along

We finally got the big girls' room finished in the basement and got them moved in last week!  I guess finding out about the new baby made us kick into high gear and focus on their bedroom first.  We still have a lot of work to do in the basement, but for now at least we'll have enough sleeping space for everyone!  The girls absolutely love their new room and really enjoy playing down there--their new favorite game is called, "Scare Each Other In the Closet," where one kid hides in the closet and scares the other kids when they walk in.  It's pretty fun to have a closet big enough for that game--and still be able to have clothes in it!

Right after the carpet was installed--they just rolled around their room for a while

Mikaela and Delainey share the bunk beds

And Aubrey finally has the space to have her own BIG girl bed!

This is the closet that looks really small, but goes back to the right a few feet--which allows them to play their game

And with all of this going on, we still managed to enjoy Spring Break, celebrate a few Birthdays, lose a few teeth and start Summer Vacation!!!

We got to attend the Kansas City Temple Open House during Spring Break

 These next few pictures I really liked--they turned out better than the school pictures that we ordered!

This kangaroo exhibit allows them to just jump around wherever they want!

1st top tooth to come out--it was a real struggle, but had to come out because it hurt either way!

Mikaela's 1st tooth to come out!

The toothless wonders

Happy 6th Birthday, Mikaela!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Noah!