SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

The Birthday girl with her work of art.

All of Katelyn's primary friends: Carli, Jessica, Ellie, Maddie, Maggie, Abby, and Katelyn.

Katelyn opening her present.

Wake up sleepy head!!

We always decorate there door/room on there birthday.



Well my oldest turned 7! WOW! do I feel like time has just flown by. I feel like it was just yesterday we got the call to come into the hospital . Now I have 4 kids and don't know where the time has gone. Seven years ago on Dec 13, 2001, Katelyn Elizabeth Lines was born weighing 9lbs. 2oz. with bright orange hair! What an awesome day. Let's fast forward 7 yrs. this year Katelyn kept begging me to have a friend party and I just didn't want to commit to it with the baby and all. However I had a great idea. I thought it would be neat to have a surprise party for her. I was only inviting the girls from primary and thought it would be fun to do a breakfast/morning party. I delivered the invitations to all the mom's and the plan was set. We were to pick up the girls from their houses and take them to dunkin donuts (Katelyn's favorite). After we picked out our donuts we would go back to our house and eat them and decorate gingerbread houses. I woke Katelyn up early and got her all ready of course she stayed in her pj's but she got to open 1 present and it was a pair of boots. Katelyn did not want to wear her pajamas I kept telling her other kids will probably be wearing thiers since it was early and a donut shop. I can not tell you the look on Katelyn's face when she realized the surprise, it was priceless. We picked up our first girl and Katelyn still had no clue, she asked "mom why are we at Maggie's house?" I said "Oh I just have to pick something up real quick." As soon as she saw Maggie come out her door with her pj's on and a present in her hand, I think she started to catch on. I opened the door to let Maggie in the car and Katelyn's face was one of confusion. Once I got in the car Maggie asked "who's house is next?" At that point Katelyn had the biggest grin on her face. She realized that she was having a party, she was so excited. Katelyn has been blessed with a great group of girls to go to church with there were six girls total. It was such a fun party the girls had fun decorating the gingerbread houses and playing in the backyard. Of course a birthday would not be complete if she didn't have her family party. We had most of all the aunts, uncles and cousins and of course grandparents over to our house that sat. night. Thanks to all who came to celebrate with us. Words can't really express how much I love Katelyn. She is such an awesome girl. She makes friends with everyone she meets. Katelyn is a thinker she is always thinking of something, I can look at her and tell she is thinking of the conversation we just had. She loves school and is excelling very well, we are very proud of her. Katelyn always wants to play with her little sister Ashlyn, sometimes however Ashlyn gets into the things Katelyn does not want her into. Katelyn has been a big helper with Tyler always wanting to help out when I need her to. Katelyn sometimes says that I don't take care of her the way I take care of Ashlyn and Tyler. I tell her it is because they are babies and they need mommy to take care of them, I tell her I take care of you in different ways. I guess she will always be my baby who will always want me to take care of her, which I am ever so grateful for. Katelyn I know I don't probably tell you enough or show you enough but I love you so much. You are my best friend and I love sharing all my jewelry with you. We are very proud of you and all that you have accomplished this year and can't wait to see how much you will grow this upcoming year. You are beautiful in the eyes of your Heavenly Father both inside and out, and especially to your mom and dad. Happy Birthday Katelyn.

I Know I Know....

Tyler at 3wks. Who does he look like??

A lazy sunday afternoon. Of course as of Nov. 30 we will be in church at this time-we start going at 2pm-YUCK!!!!

We love this picture of Ashlyn. She has Michel's helmet on and it is on backwards.

Ever since I brought Tyler home Ashlyn has been infatuated with her dolls and stuffed animals. Here she thinks Tyler's swing is hers.

This picture is of Tyler today just 1day shy of 4wks old.



It has only been what 4 wks since my last entry? I don't understand how all you guys can write every other day or even every week. I guess I just don't have that much time or I am not as invested as others, I wish I was. Well Tyler is about 4 wks old and can I tell how lucky I am to have such an awesome baby. He is sooo good. We don't hear much from him other than to let me know he is hungry. He is on a pretty good schedule. Tyler will sleep for about 3 hrs then be up for about 1-2 hrs and then go back down for another 3. I still have yet to train him on sleeping thru the night but I just have to keep telling myself that he is only 4wks. Hopefully if he is like my others by time he is 7-8 wks I will be back to sleeping a straight 7-8hrs. I still can't figure out who he looks most like but his mannerisms are just like Michel was so mellow and happy all the time. Ashlyn has adjusted so well to Tyler. I did not expect this from her. I was ready for a battle but she has been so good with him. Of course the other kids have been awesome as well and Michel can't get enough of his younger brother. Our family has been so blessed to have Tyler in our home he is alot of fun for everyone. Now if I can keep my kids healthy and not bring every kind of sickness home it will be a good winter. Well hopefully you will here more from me soon. Happy Thanksgiving!!

IT'S A BOY!!!!

The proud new Daddy. Michel was so excited to have another boy in the family. Now he can say he has two sons what an awesome thing.

I don't know if Ashlyn knows what exactly is going on. She will be a great big sister.

Michel kept saying when he got there "It's a guy". Of course Michel knew it was going to be a boy because once my mom told him what I had had he says he knew that because Heavenly Father told him it was a boy. How neat.

Katelyn's smile says it all she is so excited. What a helper she will be I am so lucky to have her.

Tyler William Lines

9 lbs. 4 oz.

21.5 inches

Well I am sure alot of you have heard we had a bouncing baby boy on Wednesday Oct. 29 at 11:38 am. Everything went well. The hospital called and bumped us back to early Wed morning at around 2:30 am so by time we got there and got settled we finally stated on the pitocin at around 6 am and progressed fairly quickly (for me at least) there were no complications and the delivery went textbook. We are very greatful for the doctors and nurses who helped be comfortable and have a great experience. We named the baby Tyler William Lines. William after my dad's middle name. He is a very good baby and only makes noises when needing to eat. Little Michel can't get enough of him and is so excited to finally have a brother. Ashlyn is doing fairly well but I will give it a few weeks and then she will realize that the baby is staying. Katelyn is a BIG help she is always willing to get me what I need. She will make a great mom someday. It was so exciting to have Tyler be a surprise it made it so much fun to anticipate what we were having, I would highly recommend it. I just want to thank my wonderful husband Michel I could not have had the good experience without knowing that he was at home taking such good care of the kids. My house was clean my laundry was washed and put away and my shower was scrubbed. Of course I let the shower get that way hoping he would clean it. But thank you Michel you did awesome. You always think your household could not go on without you but when we are put in these situations it makes you realize how much our husbands are capable of. I am very lucky and thank my Heavenly Father daily for such a blessing in my life. Your the best Michel. Thanks to all who have visited and sent there congrats.

Finally. The real question is: Boy or Girl??

Well I got news that I will be scheduled for an induction on Tues. Oct. 28 at 9:00 pm. Yes I said 9 pm it made the most sense to have my kids at home asleep rather than figuring out where to put them during the day. Let's face who really sleeps in the hospital anyway. Hopefully the labor will go quickly and by that I mean less than 10hrs. We are really excited to find out if this is a boy or a girl. We figured this is one really good surprise in life that is worth the wait. I will post what we have as soon as I can, I guess I can have Michel try and do it but I doubt it. Wish me luck and people keep asking me what do I think this baby is and I can honestly say I have no idea. I guess I never wanted to get my hopes up one way or another. We will post hopefully in a few days.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY MICHEL!!

Tanner, Michel, Joseph, and of course Ashlyn enjoying the slip and slide.

Michel has his game face on he really wanted to hit someone with the water balloon.

Michel trying to hit the pinata.

Michel and his cousins singing happy birthday to him again.

This picture of daddy at Fiddlesticks concentrating of the put he has to make to win the game. Love it!!

What to say when your son turns 5? Michel is such an amazing big boy I am at a loss for words. I love him more each day as he discovers new things and learns new facts. We started Michels birthday weekend out going Goofy Golfing at Fiddlesticks (Michel loves Gooofy Golf). On Sat. he had about five little friends over and they played in the backyard on the slip-n-slide and had a huge water balloon fight. After the friend party Michel had all his grandmas, grandpa, aunts, uncles and cousins over for his family party what fun he had thanks to all who made it for his special day. Here is just a few facts about Michel. Michel was born on September 14, 2003 at 9:50 p.m.. Michel got his nick name right when he was born weighing 9lbs. 5oz. and was 21 in. long. He was always a chubby baby hence the big boy nickname. Michel always topped the charts and continues to do so the drs. anticipate him to be about 6ft or taller. He did not get his height from my side it is definitely from his fathers side, even tough his daddy stands shorter than all his younger brothers at an average 5'10'' tall. Michel is an eager learner he always want to make letter books and do homework(I am sure that will all change when he actually starts kindergarten next year). His latest game is to play hide and seek with Ashlyn he will go hide and then yell "Ashlyn come find me" and she will run all through the house looking for him. Of course Michel always hides in the same spot so Ashlyn knows exactly where to look for him and he always gets mad when she finds him. Michel absolutely loves NASCAR and now has a total of 8 big nascars he stores neatly under his bed like a parking lot. He also loves Corvettes another love he got from the Lines side. Whenever there is a NASCAR Race on t.v. he will always sit and watch it with daddy and bring his cars out to race along with it. I asked Michel a few questions of what his favorite things are and this is his response:

Favorite Movie: "Cars"
Favorite Food: Spiral Macaroni and Cheese
Favorite Color: Blue and White (his favorite because Kurt Busch's nascar is this color-don't tell Grandma Lines he has that car she doesn't quit care for him)
Favorite Snack: Granola Bites
Favorite Story: "Miss Nelson is Missing"
Favorite Dinner Mommy cooks: Hotdogs
Favorite Activity: Playing memory games
Favorite Activity to do with Daddy: Wash the cars
Favorite Activity to do Mommy: go to the store and buy a toy.
Favorite Activity to do with Katelyn: Play school and make letter books
Favorite Activity to do with Ashlyn: Play hide and go seek
Favorite Cartoon: Tom and Jerry

That is just a few facts about Michel that describes him as a 5 year old. Michel is a great big brother and little brother to his two sisters. Our family has been blessed for 5 wonderful years to have Michel in our family he continues to amaze us and make us proud in the decisions he makes. We can't wait to see how this year goes and to see all he can accomplish. We love you Michel and hope you had a great birthday.