Baby Tip of the Day

I'm sure most of you with babies have discovered this... But just in case you haven't, had to share the magic with you. Marie is a little tougher than the boys were. Can't hold a candle to Eva, but then again I had no idea what I was doing.

marie fan

The Hanson kids! Looks like Lukey is going to be the only blonde-haired, blue-eyed out of this bunch? I told Chris it feels so complete now with Marie. He thought it felt complete before her as well...........he's greatly wrong.

Lukey standing on his little stool to look at the baby, Me-me. Note how she is positioned as far away from him as possible, yes in a blue blanket and yes, Luke has no pants on.

Chris has realized that offering to take care of the baby while the Twins are playing is a great excuse for not doing anything else.

I know lots of you are swaddlers. Aren't baby burritos so darling?

Luke LOVES his "TA-DA" (Travis.) Ta-da is pretty much the coolest person on earth to Luke. Whenever he sits on the couch, it's right on Travis. Travis was at Grandma's for a night and every time Luke heard the door open he'd say "TA-DA!!!!!!!" and run to see him.

We definitely need to buy furniture for downstairs at some point.....grandma tree with the kids.

This video is kind of long...but the excitement happens in the first 1-2 min. Travis is very pouty when we tell him what kind of baby it is. But, Travis also said he pouted like this at preschool the other day when he didn't get to be calendar person. He's our very sensitive "flower."

It's a girl!

More pics of Marie Elizabeth Hanson

It's Baby, baby, baby time!!!

Here SHE is...the 2009 model Hanson! Erika was at waddling around Bed Bath and Beyond at 3:00 and she was born at 6:22. She's 7lb 15oz and 19 3/4 inches long. All is good with mommy and baby. The name is yet to come, so we'll have to get back to you on that!

Go Vikes!

National Holiday around this neighborhood... looked like a mob scene of purple on our sidewalks. These are our neighbor girls, Paige and Allison.

Travis' first day of preschool in the guitar shirt he picked out all by himself.

I'm not sure which day Chris ran to get his keys and checkbook faster? The day that Travis wanted a new Vikings hat or the golf clubs and bag? It was pretty much "Dad, I want golf clubs/Vikings hat." And Chris says "Go get in the truck."

Eva's first day of 1st grade. Boy, they aren't messing around in 1st grade! No more "it's all about socialization." Nope. You'd better be ready to read and do homework and get smart!