Welcoming Owen

Owen William Shaw

9lbs 5 ounces

22 inches long

April 6, 2012 10:11pm

We are adjusting to a family of six. Owen is loved and held a lot by his siblings. He is my biggest baby and the only one to come on his due date. We love having him in our family.

Big Project

Recently we found a little more space in our small house by finishing a storage room. Anna will move in shortly but first we needed to create some sort of storage system. Thanks to free plans on-line (Ana-White, Knock-Off Wood), we planned a closet with cubbies and two drawers on the bottom. I also finally got to use a pair of shutters that I bought at Habitat ReStore for $5 each.

Finally, after many hours of cutting, construction, and painting we finished. Everything may not be squared but is fully functioning and Anna is excited to move in. My Dad saved me at the end by coming and finishing some details. Baby #4 will be here soon and we are closer to being ready.

Random Pictures

Our only significant snowfall so far this year. It is nice to have a kid-size hill in the backyard.

Our kids and their future as graffiti artists! They were pretty excited to "paint" Anna's new room. The drywall and mudding was probably our least favorite part of diy-ing this room.

It was mismatch clothes day at school. Fun to not match on purpose.

After this post, I should be caught up before baby boy Shaw #2 arrives (don't miss the other two new posts). We are also almost done with Anna's new room so I will post pics of that later too.

Jacob turns 3

Jacob's birthday finally arrived. He only talked about it every day for a month or so. I guess he considered it a second Christmas because he was pointing at everything and saying "I want this for my birthday". We figured it was never to early to try out shaving cream but we will wait on the razor how-to until he grows a few feet.

He is a big Toy Story fan and loves anything with wheels. His birthday was complete with the movie, pjs and cars from Grandma and Grandpa Shaw, his first remote control car from Hanna and Happa Downs and a new bike from us.
Happy Birthday Jacob! We love you.

Christmas 2011

I know it is March 4th but I am finally catching up with pictures from Christmas. We spent Christmas in Jefferson City with the Downs. Luckily, Santa knew where to find us and the presents where safely tucked under the tree on Christmas morning. The holiday was complete with new pj's and a Christmas Eve candle devotional.

The Nutcracker

This is Megan in her costumes for the Nutcracker performances. We dedicated some evenings and Saturdays to her practicing and performing. She has loved every bit of it. Her favorite costume was the "Little Cousin" outfit for the party scene. She loves to twirl around and around as it fans out around her. She was also a "Snowbird" in the snow scene. This was her first year dancing in in it and you can always find a big smile on her face while she is doing it. I was surprised that nothing about performing in front of a lot of people bothered her at all. We loved watching our little ballerina and it was a great way to start off the Christmas season.

My husband

My husband doesn't know I am writing this and putting it out there in the blogo-sphere but more people should know how great he is. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am so grateful for him. He is very considerate of me and never takes much for himself. I thought I would list just a few of the little things that he does for me.

1. He always gets up first in the morning unless he is sick. I get to sleep in every Saturday and Sunday morning. Many times when he gets up, he pulls the covers that he has taken back over to my side.

2. He checks out books about maternity fitness because I asked his opinion about it.

3. He knows that when I am grumpy I either need a nap or a good workout at the gym.

4. He is the saver and I am the spender. As a result, we have little debt.

5. He hides my clearance candy so I don't eat it all at once. I love being surprised later, when I really need it and I had forgotten about it!

These are just a few things why I love my husband so much and am so grateful for him.