4th of July and a really fun weekend! crazy heavy picture alert!!!

So, I haven't posted in so long because of the craziness that is life and being sick etc but we have had such fun times. We had a fantastic weekend a couple weeks ago. We went to the beach and a couple of family fun days....also, I finally posted the 4th of july pictures...sorry for the picture overload. I realized halfway though that I sould've done it in individual posts but I was too far in to start over haha


On Saturday, we went to my Dad's IBEW Union picnic that we have gone to every year since I can remember. There are all kids of fun stuff....crafts, jump houses, petting zoo, playgrounds, good country music and dancing, good bbq, bingo, pie eating contests, etc. We love it and it makes me so happy that Kade loves it just as much as I used to:)

they had face painting and kade wanted a tattooo on his arm like papa...he got a moon and stars:)

playing in the rocks

showing off his tat haha

kellan was tired

We went to Pixie Woods, which is a mini-theme park with different themed playgrounds, different animals, a train, carousel, boat ride and water feature, on Friday with my sister, her kids and my mom. I am posting only a fraction of the pictures to save you from realizing how obsessed I am with my children and nephews:)

KAde has this new obsession with making his own drive thru window wherever we go...and serving you Taco Bell:)

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us...a very us picture

my gorgeous sister and i

again

the water feature

the carousel

one of the playgrounds

the girls

my cheeseball

papa and his sleeping baby

the boys playing with the bells

kade giving auntie sam kissies

This is at Rio del Mar. Kade loooves the sand and the ocean. Kellan just watched the waves and loved the sounds of them:)

Again, serving me Taco Bell haha

Here are my late 4th of july pictures! We had a lot of fun going to the ward breakfast, spending the day with my mom, and going to the park and to a friend's house for the fireworks:)

we were playing a silly game that he thought was hilarious

hes telling me all aboard!

Next time, I promise, I wont take so long:)

SMILES

Kellan has been smiling for a while now but he has just begun being smily all the time. My favorite, I have to admit, is when i go to get him out of the crib in the morning and he gives me a big fat smile. Here are some cute pictures I took of the kids and Kellan's smiles!

Also, we went to Reno for Daune's cousin's high school graduation and we finally got a family picture!!! It's not the best picture of us(note: Kade's pirate socks, inability to SMILE and oh yeah, me all together:) haha

Utah, Firehouse Tour and some downright cuteness

We recently took a trip to Utah for my best friend, Polly's, wedding. I, like I always do, didn't really pull my camera out too much. I didn't get to see her too much while we were ther ebecause she was sooo busy preparing, but we did get to take a little time at Temple Square and we met up with our favorite missionary who we had when we lived in the apartment in Stockon while I was pregnant with Kade.

the time we were here was really fast, we were in a hurry, so excuse the off-centeredness, bad settings and general craziness of these pictures:)

the mirror pool

our little family(we look sooo tired...we woke up expecting to get on the road to drive home and kind of detoured to temple square and then to lunch with him haha)and our favorite missionary, Geoff aka Elder Newman

As most of you know, I used to work for my sister's swim school and one of the adults that we taught there is a fire captain in Tracy. Well, he agreed to do a private little tour for my sister and my kids of the firehouse. Being that we have 4 boys between us, you can imagine how happy they were to go there. We also took Duane's nephew, Brody, who is almost exactly 1 year older than Kade.

here they are in the firetruck

here is Kade "driving" the firetruck:)

here are my sister's kids and kade and Captain Jim:)
proof Kellan was there...just sleeping haha

now for your bi-weekly dose of cute sleeping kids:)

kade had a really high fever a couple weeks ago and passed out in my bed...and took it over as always

and my sweet sleeper boy. always sleeping, always adorable:)

and for all of you just dying for a smiling picture of the boy, this was taken with the camera phone...

And for a slight comparison, here's Kade at 3 months

I know, its uncanny.

Things You Never Thought You Would Say To Your Kids

"No! Play with your own nipples!"

Kade is sick so Duane decided to take a bath with him to calm him down and cool off the fever. I'm in the bedroom and all of a sudden hear Duane shout out that little phrase. I could not stop laughing!

Kade is just discovering that he too, like Mama and Papa, has nipples. Along with the fact that Mom somehow has "baby milk in her boobs," it has become a hot topic in the household with him. Just one of those things that are fun to explain. I'm sure it won't be the last funny thing that coms out of our mouths haha

the first 2 weeks

The first 2 weeks with little Kellan home have been fun, challenging and kind of surreal.

First, the fun:

I've come to realize I can match their outfits:) It's really cute to have them in their little coordinating clothes when I take Kellan out of his carseat everyone looks at them and goes,"Awwww..." I never get tired of that:) Kade is such a good big brother. I must still have some of those wonderful hormones that make you emotional, because when Kade comes over and sits with us and wants to hold his brother or I'll be breastfeeding and he'll come over and sit with me and just kiss Kellan's head and rub the back of his head, I just get teary eyed. It's been so fun to see Duane with his boys. Anyone who has seen Duane with Kade and knows how much that little boy loves his Papa knows what I mean. He is such a wonderful father. He is helpful and loving and patient, I just couldn't ask for more.

The challenges:

Coordinating the 2 boys schedules. Getting used to having 2 and working together to get things done. Kade's attitude is off a little. He delights in telling me "no" but we're working on letting him know that it's not okay to tell mama and papa no, instead we say,"yes mom." Which he has taken a whole other step and started saying,"Yes sir." haha...or "Yes sir, mom!" It's the adventure that is the terrible twos, but we're getting through it. Kellan might possibly have some reflux issues. He has been getting some air when he eats and then no matter how long I burp him for, he vomits A LOT. I'm trying to work out the air every couple minutes so we don't have a problem but it doesn't seem to be helping much. But, he has an appt where I'll talk to the doctor about it. Kade had it too and it seemed to work itself out. It's been hard spending less time with Kade during the day. Today he was in his chair eating lunch and looked and me and smiled and said,"I miss you mom-mom." It made me sad but we are getting to a nice point where the baby has his schedule down and I am able to not be attached to him so much.

Surreal:

I realized about a week ago..."Wow, I am a mom of two boys." I feel so much pressure knowing I am raising future husbands and gentlemen, but with the example of their Papa and seeing how he treats me and what kind of man he is, I'm sure they will turn out to be wonderful men. It's all something that's happened so fast it seems. I feel like Duane and I haven't been married that long and it's now been 3.5 years. Though we've had recent bumps in our life, I am so happy and feel so incredibly blessed to be where I am with all my men:)

On a happy side note, Kellan is virtually sleeping through the night. He sleeps from somewhere between 11-12 to 6-7 am. He sleeps most of the day and is awake for about a half hour to an hour between each of his feedings. The time between his last feeding he is awake the whole 3 hours. He is such a good, patient, happy baby so far, we are really lucky. We still haven't even used the pacifier, so I'm a happy mom:)

So, enough of that. I know what you've really come for...here are some picture of the last week:)

My sister threw an "awe'shum!!!" Rockstar birthday party for her 6 and 8 year old boys last weekend. A rockin' time was had by all, complete with hair dye and a live band. Kade had a blast. He dyed his hair orange(against his will, but he was bribed with soda...haha and once he discovered he had orange hair, he loved it:) He even got to play the guitar and drums. Kellan slept the whole time which my mom thoroughly enjoyed...

We went out to dinner and I dressed the boys alike. Kade wouldn't let me take a picture but here's Kellan! lol

And the always cute sleeping baby:)

More to following next week of course:)

Kellan Seymour

He has arrived! Kellan Seymour Hansen was born Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 3:07 AM weighing in at...are you guys ready for it???

9 lbs 7 oz.....20.5 inches long!!! Thats 2.5 oz heavier than his big brother:) He looks so much like Kade and has the same facial expressions e.g. furrowing of the eyebrows, pursing of the lips. Here is a comparison for the people who need it:

Kade at 2 days old:

Kellan at 2 days old:

They both have Papa's eyes and Mom's mouth. They both have the pronounced forehead and widow's peak. Kellan's hair is surprisingly darker than expected but Kade's hair was too and he lightened up after is all fell out:)

I was induced Monday morning and it was very slow labor. I did not want them to break my water bag or give me pitocin, so it went a lot longer than it could have. I gave in to the water bag at 6:30 pm and then the pitocin at 2:30 am. That moved things right along and by the time I had to push, within 2 pushes, he was out. Needless to say I was DONE being pregnant and didn't care how badly it was going to hurt, I needed him out:) From the pushing, his face was bruised pretty bad, but it has cleared up for the most part now.

We are so in love with our little handsome addition and are really enjoying the time we have while Duane is home. Kade is adjusting really well. His attitude has been a little off(saying NO more often when he asked to do something, being more active etc) but for the most part, he hasn't had any issues that concern me too much at all. He loooves his little brother and is very sweet and gentle towards him. So far he has no issues with me holding him so much. It's a relief to say the least.

We wanted to get out of the house today, so even though we probably should've let ourselves sleep in, we went to church. Here is a cute shot of the boys after church:)

Kellan all ready for church

And a quick one for his first bath

I'm sure I'll have a lot more soon. I can't keep the camera off of him, he just melts my heart:)

t minus 5 days

This last week, we had a little false labor scare just to be horribly let down when the doctor checked and found that my cervix hasn't at all changed which means the likelyhood is I will make it to my Monday induction. I have had a lot of questions for my doctor and he is most conerned about A. My pregnancy history with the protein S deficiency presents several risks of going past the due date. B. The baby's size. He is already guesstimated at 8-8.5 lbs and we don't want too big of a baby. He is clear that I can change my mind at any time but I don't think I will:) I am one for natural labor and 9 lbs naturally is not too fun as I found with Kade.

This weekend, I will stay active and try everything I can to have a baby but he seems nice and comfy where he's at for now, so I am willing to bet Monday will be the day we see this little man. I will keep you all updated:)