more fun!

grandpa got to stay a little later then everyone else! he was very nice and played and played with the girlies! blocks, storytime and he even took us to target and got the girls a valentine treat. thanks grandpa.

papa played a "game" one night with the girls. it is really funny. he put them up in the air and make them flap their arms like they were flying. at first mally didn't know how to do and so papa had to show her. i am sad i didn't get a picture of that!

greg would hold the girls up and have them touch the ceiling.

mallory didn't love it so much but olivia loved it.

i think greg's arm got a little sore. thanks greg!

"crazy hair" after baths. i got mallory's really good this time. we like to make up new styles everybath and then brett has done some very inventive blow-drying.

visitors

we were very lucky and had some special visitors for kale's blessing. nana, papa, greg, wendy and kenny and brett dad, grandpa. they were all very nice and held the baby all the time and played with the girls. we sure do miss everyone!

greg and the girls.

mallory especially loved greg. it was so cute. she would sit by him ALL the time and just wanted to be by him. greg of course LOVED it (right greg??).

papa working his magic. papa does have a talent and is always ok and calm with babies no matter what they are doing, crying, screaming and just being cute babies.
the girls doing a show for us. they had their little "mircophones" and were singing songs for us too. i think they are going to be the next big act!

papa took the girls on a couple of walks. they feed the geese, one of the girls favorite things to do. thanks for taking them dad.here they are leaving. what a good papa!

first baths and my little "helpers"

kale's first bath. he LOVES his bath. it is so cute.

we got him in there and he just looked around and loved it.

here is mallory and then olivia holding the baby. we do this about

about 13 times a day. they both just love him. they have both been very good and not hurt him yet. i am just waiting though. i know i can't protect him from his other mothers for too long.

the girls do help alot by getting diapers and wipes when needed. both LOVE to talk to him and olivia really likes to tickle him with her hair. i haven't decided if i like that or not but it is pretty cute.

4 weeks old!

i can't believe kale is 4 weeks old already! where does the time go?? we have been doing lots around here but i had a small computer issue- so i have lots of blogging catch-up do to. stay tuned.

here there are...our off-spring. aren't they cute. mallory is getting so big, it is her 2 birthday on SUNDAY!! kale!! isn't he so cute and growing, growing!

ok, really! i know i am has mom, but maybe the cutest boy EVER??

i think so!

can you find the baby??

kale has already starting watching the news. he thinks the economy is getting better!

he says spend, spend, spend.stay tuned for more, hopefully later today.

sweet baby kale

look at this face. olivia was so cute with kale. she couldn't wait to see him. she is a great big sister. liv wants to hold him ALL the time and helps getting diapers or his plug or whatever. i still can't get over her sweet face.here is nana with #12. she says we can keep him. she has been such a great help. i can't image doing this without her here. i am so lucky to have such a great mother that can come to help. thanks mom! i love you!he does open his eyes.sitting with daddy. isn't that the cutest blanket ever. my aunt gail makes them for all of us. thanks again aunt gail. i have already got tons of compliments! mallory and kale. mal is funny about kale. you know she loves him and wants to help and hold him, but she isn't really that concerned about him. i LOVE this outfit. he is such a boy. i think he looks JUST like brett. even the nose. he is so cute. i can't believe we have a boy. it's nice to have some blue around here. i just can't get enough of him. seriously! he is so darn cute!

what an experience, having a baby. i went all natural this time, not even the IV in my arm. it was terribly fabulous. i can still remember the whole pushing thing (thus we are NOT having anymore children at this moment, until that memory fades) but the recovery is awesome. i already feel great and shovelled our driveway today! kale has been a great baby so far. he is a great nurser and sleeps ok at night. we already had a checkup and he is almost back at birth weight!! the girls just love him. olivia is having alittle bit of a hard time. i think she thought kale was going to be her baby so she has a hard time not being the mommy. mallory is doing just great though and doesn't seem to even notice anything different. just one question,

how do you go grocery shopping with 3 kids??

snow day

we just got the most snow in 13 years here the other day. the girls were so excited. they got all bundled up and went out with daddy to "help" shovel.

brett shovelled for about 2 hours and because there was a foot of snow!
they had so much fun! thanks dad.

INTRODUCING THE LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

KALE IVAR LAMAR HANSEN,
Kale was born this morning at 7:56am. weighed in at 8lbs 12 oz and 21 inches long. Stacey was a superstar through the whole thing and delivered him like clock work. We are so excited to have him here after months of hiding in the black Abyss he has emerged to conquer the world. Here is picture and a video for everyone.

40 weeks and counting!

just went to the doctor. i have an induction appointment for jan 31st, if i don't go into labor before than!! yeah!! if i could have skipped out of the doctors office i would have. i am 1 to 2 cm and she stripped my membranes. hopefully something will happen before saturday, but if not atleast there is an end insight!!

PS, i love my mom. she is so fun to have around. thanks dad for letting her come!! LOVE YA!

we have a sunbeam!

here she is. our little sunbeam. i can't believe we have a child in primary. she loved it. i can't wait for mother's day when she gets to sing to me at church!! it was also mallory first time in nursery ALONE. i thought she would need a little help, aka me going in like the past 5 sundays, nope. she was just fine all 2 hours. it was awesome. maybe she needed a little space of her own. hopefully this will continue especially since the baby is almost here. the girls love to do funny faces thanks to aunt sha sha (sally).

olivia is really good and has quite a few different ones she can choose from.
mallory is learning and getting better everyday

the ducks and pretty hair

this is the view from our living room windows. if you look closely you can see the ducks are walking across the frozen lake. the girls and i just love it when they do it. i thought ducks went south for the winter?? am i wrong? they are still here. they will even go in the freezing lake and swim. it is neat to watch.olivia's hair is finally long enough to put in a braid. she always wants me to braid it. it stays in for about 3 minutes of playing but it does look pretty cute for those 3 minutes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

the girls woke up at 6:15. i really didn't think they would wake up early but of course they did. it was really cute. we could hear mallory yelling "santa" from her crib. we had to let them get up.

all the loot under the tree.
brett and i got one "big" present (keyboard for me and bar-b-que for brett) and one small one (pair of shoes for me and a new pillow for brett).

mallory's little pile.

olivia's loot

it was a great morning. the girls loved all their presents and just played for hours. it was nice. brett and i put his bar-b-que together later. we have decided that we have come along way in our marriage becauase we actually had a pretty good time putting it together. in earlier similar adventures we were not so good at working together or being very nice. lol.
here is my keyboard. i love it and so do the girls. since we can't get a piano right now, i figured this was the next best thing. we sing and play at least every other day.

we had dinner at the madsens later that day with the missionaries. it was really fun. olivia calls their boys her brothers. she loves to play with them. megan cooked a great ham and and home made rolls, we brought some jello and a pie. it was really good food. thanks madsens.

over all it was a good christmas. we missed having family with us but got to talk to all of them. i would rather see them when the baby comes. hint, hint! i can't wait to have him and show him off.

christmas eve

merry christmas! i can't believe it is already here. we had a quite and not so normal christmas eve. i thought i would just go to walmart "really quick" and get some last minute stuff we needed. so, most of you must be thinking "is she crazy" and the answer is - yes. i didn't think it would be too busy. i think it is all the pregnancy hormones. how did i not know that it would be CRAZY at walmart??

i went to walmart at 4:30 and didn't get back until 6:45. so brett and the girls had a nice christmas eve together. brett made some really good hamburgers (i know very festive) and i got to spend the night with the people in line at walmart! they was a really nice guy in front of me and a couple behind me that i talked to alot. the guy in front kept on telling me to fake labor so i could get though the line. he also got me so water when i started not feeling so well and offered to carry me grocery's to the car for me. he was really nice. the couple behind me were only buying rolls. i thought they were crazy to wait all that time to just buy rolls but they were really nice.

**moral of the story**

never NEVER NEVER go to walmart on christmas

don't even think about it.

after i got home we let the girls open some presents. they were so excited.

grandma edrington (brett's mom) made them some really cute blankets they HAD to sleep with that night. it was really cute. they also opened some books from grandpa hansen and we read those before bed.