Wall art

Keen eyes may have noticed all of the scribbles over the wallboard in the previous post. For Katharine and Lukas, it was just a big canvas. All Katharine needed was some scaffolding and a pencil cup to make it complete. High above the Lukas scribble zone she drew some of her trademark princesses; note the hair that goes on forever and pointed jeweled crowns.

New room: Day 3

Door framing is in and the wall boards are going up.

Obligatory Villagers

Nellie McKay just released a new album.

We like her.

Morning playtime

Grandpa surrounded by toys and grandchildren.

New room: Day 2

The framing is almost done (thanks for the help, Shane!). Next up- the door and drywall.

Starting work on the new room

Dad is here visiting the new baby through Monday and helping us out with adding a wall to the loft so that we can convert it into a room for the boys.

The kids pitched in with their hammers and then gave him some lap time after dinner. Our wall had a much less pleasant day, but we will get it patched up and painted again soon.

blog news

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Outtakes from our "birth announcement" photo session

Here are some outtakes from today’s photo shoot for our birth announcement card. Katharine is all smiles, Lukas was continuously horsing around, and this is as about awake as Lennon got for the whole session. Too bad the light is so bad at midnight, because he would have been all bright eyed by then.

Boppy girl

Katharine is finding some unique uses for Iria's nursing "Boppy" pillow. Here she is as a lion. Not shown- pretending it is a pool float.

Iria and Lennon

Here is a picture of Iria and Lennon. It was shot late at night and came out slightly blurry and grainy; a perfect excuse to go B&W in Photoshop!

Lukas's silly lunch

While Iria and the kids were away at the hospital for Lennon's followup appointment (he is looking good, and should be off the light bed by tomorrow) Lukas and I ate lunch,, although 'performed' might be a better word.

Katharine meets Lennon

A video of when Katharine met Lennon for the first time.

Lukas meets Lennon

Here is a video of when Lukas met Lennon for the first time.

Space baby

Lennon in his light bed.

In my arms

Holding Lennon at the hospital as Katharine stroked his hair, waiting to get discharged.

It took us about three hours to get out of there, because we needed to secure a light bed for him to use as a precautionary measure because his bilirubin levels are a little high. He is expected to be in the clear by Sunday.

Big sister

Katharine got to hold Lennon for the first time today. Yep, she loves him.

The Doescher boys

Lukas and I visited Iria and Lennon this morning. Lukas called him a "baby" and then proceeded to poke him in a few of his favorite body parts. Lennon slept through it all, Lukas grew bored, and then we left to go read dinosaur books at Barnes and Noble (a much more exciting prospect for Lukas).

Lennon Noah Doescher

Lennon was born at 5:40 PM and was 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 inches long.

Our aplogies to those who participated in our name quiz yesterday, because his middle name changed again overnight.

For those who are wondering, the meaning of his first name is "Dear One". The origin is Celtic/Gaelic. It is a rare name, but it recently entered the charts on the Scotland Top 100 at #88 (woohoo!).

And the baby’s name is,,

Tomorrow our new baby boy will arrive (check back for pictures and updates). After a long summer of baby name books, internet searches, vetoes, compromises and “maybes” we finally came up with a name at the 11th hour.

Unscramble the letters if you want to find out early -

_ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . D o e s c h e r

neotnuenqlnin

Katharine starts school

Katharine started school three weeks ago, and was bumped up to the "Watermelon Room".

Advanced Photoshop enhancement suggests boredom and displeasure on her first day, but time has proved out that school is as fun as ever.

A new blog

For patient family and friends as we slowly figure this out,,,