It's a GIRL!!!

After waiting for lots of weeks we were excited to finally meet our baby. We were scheduled to have her on the 15th but my contractions were close together all night so early Monday morning we headed to the hospital hoping they would get this baby OUT!!! After waiting for several hours ( we were baby #7 that morning and the 5th C-section) we had our turn. Everything was great and we were shocked when they told us it was a girl. We thought it would probably be a boy but we were wrong! That just made the naming a little bit more difficult but once again we were able to agree on one. Thank goodness! We are so glad she is here and that she is PERFECT.

Here is the proud Grandma. She came Saturday night just in time to help us out. We couldn't have done it without her.
Here are the proud siblings!
Happy John is glad his baby is here and he gets to miss school!
Makelle couldn't be more happy to have the baby be a girl!
Finally a little sister, I don't know how our house will handle two girls.
The newest big brother.
Just hanging out together.
Beautiful little girl!
Love these kids ALL FOUR!!




Karlee Pearl Gerhauser
6 lbs. 6 oz. 19 in.
February 13, 2012
12:18 pm

Lantz turned 3

My little boy had been counting down the days until his Birthday. He couldn't wait to turn 3. He requested a brown puppy cake.....it took a few days until we got around to making it and singing, but he finally got it.


He doesn't look too excited to me.



He blew the candles all by himself!
He got his own knight set so he could play with Zak.

He also got a rocket.




He chose Burger King for dinner and he got to take his balloons in with him. I also took him and Makelle to the zoo for the day. Then on the weekend we went to a motel here in town and went swimming and had a pizza party and slept at a motel. It was a great birthday for several days! He likes to tell people that it isn't his birthday anymore but he is still 3! I sure love that boy!

Christmas Break

To say we enjoyed Christmas break would be an understatement. Our lives slowed way down and we were all happy to be home and to be together. We made the most of it. The kids wanted to have a fancy party while Lindsey was in town. They are quite the parties with great food, dancing, costumes, singing, and lots of silliness.



















We had another party planned by Zak to bring in the New Year! These were some of the hats made.
We got our first snow. A skiff but the kids just had to get out and play. It was first thing in the morning in their pajamas.



We built lots of legos and train tracks during the break. LOTS!






We also had some really nice days we had to take advantage of.



Lots of long days, wears a princess out.




This is the kids on the way to take Lindsey home. They sure look excited!


We had a great break, and now back to real life for all of us.