Our Cole Baby!

Man I am one cute little dude!


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It's Snow Time!

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Sorry the videos weren't uploading before. I've combined them though now. Hope you enjoy. We sure did!

Snow Day!!!

We were so excited this weekend as we got 8 inches of snow on Saturday. Yes, I said 8 inches for us here in Jacksonville. We all had a blast. This was Parker's second time seeing snow however he really has no recollection of the snow last year. We all played at the house that morning then went to play at mom and dad's that afternoon. Dad wanted to take Parker through the woods with the snow and introduced him to sledding. Boy did he love this. This also lead to Wally and I pulling Parker on the sled for 2 1/2 out of 3 hours on Sunday. We were so sad to see it go but yet glad we are not in the boat of getting 50 inches like some of you all out there. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Yeah! We got snow!!!

Anyone recognize this sled? Susie? Kerry? Bubba?

This is the sled we used as kids.

Yes dad still had it in the garage and it worked fantastic. Definitely Parker approved!

Let's ride!



Wow! What fun!! Great idea Poppy!



This snow rocks!


Rolling a huge snowball.

The finished product. It's Frosty!

Parker tackling Daddy!

The boys had fun too! They get frisky and absolutely love to run and wrestle in the snow.

They also love to catch snowballs in their mouths.

YEAH!!!

It's a boy!!!

Aunt Susie and Uncle Scott welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the world yesterday.

His name is Paxton Eli and he weighed 5lbs 7oz.

We are so excited for them and look forward to meeting him soon!

Nothing but fun!

Cole chillin !

Copper says "hey what kinda fun things you got for me to do under here Cole?"

These two LOVE each other!

What a cute sack o potatoes!

Better Late Than Never

Well our holidays were quite different this year but although they started out rocky all ended well and we had a wonderful time with our families. Cole unfortunately got RSV the week of Christmas. It presented like bronchiolitis and then croup but on the Tuesday before Christmas we woke up to Cole not being able to catch his breathe nor stop coughing. It lasted a total of 45 mnutes and only resolved once we got to the ER and they gave him a breathing treatment with epinephrine in it. It was then that he was tested for RSV and yes we were admitted. That evening he was having a coughing fit and the Drs. felt he may get worse as most kids do. So in order to prevent a possible helicopter ride to Pitt if he did get worse (because our hospital does not have a PICU) they opted to send him to Pitt by ambulance (non emergent). We got to Pitt at about 1am Wed. morning and we were discharged that Fri. (yes - Christmas day). Luckily Cole did well and we remained on the Peds. floor (no PICU). It was a pretty nasty few days but this silly kid never ran a fever and decided it would be a good time to cut his first tooth. Oh yes at the young age of 3 months old. We were in the hospital til Christmas day but the staff was great while we were there. Wally went back to be with Parker for Christmas eve and then they went to my parents Christmas day. Cole and I had 2 great visitors on Christmas eve. Our good friend Alison Cieszko (that meant a lot to us that you came to see us) and santa claus. While we were sleeping Santa (aka child life services) came in and delivered 2 large red bags of toys. 1 for Cole and 1 for Parker (even though he had never been to the hospital). It was one of the sweetest things that could've happened. It is a sweet service they do and it really makes being in the hospital on Christmas not so bad, at least for a little while. Our holiday became miraculous though because not only did our baby become well enough to come home but we made it home in time to go to my parents house right as the food was ready to eat. We were able to eat, open gifts and celebrate a little before getting the boys to bed. The next day we made Christmas eve at our house and Santa made a special trip to our house on Sunday when both boys were home. It was PJ's ALL day and then later, Wally's parents came over for us to celebrate with them.

It will definitely be a Christmas to remember!

Oh yes that is an IV on my baby's head. He is impossible to get blood from and get IV's started. It took the nurses 30 minutes to get an IV started in his foot only for it to come out 4 hours later. The Dr. was in the room when it happened and saw a good looking vein in his head so he went for it. We called him our "little shanghai kid" as we felt it looked like those hats with the tassles.




Cole waiting for Santa




Santa arrived in our hospital room.

These are all the toys we received from the hospital. It really provided a full Christmas for each of our kids. We were so amazed we had to take a picture.

Christmas at our house

Parker getting to work on his new tool bench!

My sweet babies!!!

PIctures, Pictures, Pictures!

Sorry so delayed but for all who've been asking here are some recent pictures of the Hansen crew. We have been unbelievably busy. Besides the holidays we have also had 2 baby showers for my sister Susie (one we gave her here and one we attended in VA), birthday parties, and the boys have been sick, TWICE, in a month. Yuck! All I can say is an infant who is sick is just pitiful. Cole has basically caught a cold from Parker both times which turned into bronchiolitis. The first time it began to turn into pneumonia and he also had a double ear infection on top of that. He is currently sick now but it is beginning just like the last time. Lets hope we don't go down the same path. Well I decided to just do a bunch of pictures because, well I'm sure everyone would rather see the boys than hear me ramble. So enjoy!!!

Parker wearing Granddad Hansen's hat!

Hey, what are you looking at?

The boys snuggling on orange (aka Parker's bean bag).

Parker LOVES to hold his baby brother and as you can see Cole has no complaints.

The silliest!!

Parker at various times will walk around the house like this with his blankie on his head.

It is really a sight to see.

Cole Baby what are you doing?

Oh yes he is more than likely going to be a thumb sucker. He will take a pacy but if one isn't available he goes for the thumb. Funny thing is that during my 20 week ultrasound we saw him trying to get his thumb in his mouth.

The boys hiding out in a dinsosaur tent!

Parker loves tools so he and my dad often find fun and unique ways to practice using them. Here he is actually showing Aunt Susie how to screw a screw into a cardboard box.

Parker and Poppy love taking trips into the woods. Weather permitting this is a weekly activity for them. So for Poppy's birthday Parker and he got special hats for the wods. Don't they look great!

Aunt Susie and Uncle Scott aka parents to be in January. They say hey this parenting thing, we think we are ready!!!

Cole, myself and my parents traveled to VA to Susie's 2 weeks ago and we all got to see our first snow of the year. It snowed for the second half of our drive there and that night. It was gorgeous.

One of the absolute funniest pictures we have of Cole.

Man can he work the pouty lip. Good thing he doesn't use it often.