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.

Happy Halloween!

We had a wonderful Halloween and the week surely couldn't have been any busier. I put alot of pics. in this post so you all could get a little taste of what fun we had this Halloween.

First we went to the aquarium at Pine Knoll shores to trick or treat on Thursday. That was a lot of fun. The whole aquarium was decorated for Halloween and they had booths throughout for kids to trick or treat at. They even had an underwater pumpkin carving contest in the shark tank. That was pretty interesting. Nana and Grandad went with Parker, Cole and I (Wally was out of town) which was alot of fun to have them with us.

Check out the fush. They have Halloween masks on.


Yikes! We are in a Sharks mouth!!!



Daddy was out of town for work until Friday (10/30) so that is when we carved our pumpkins. Parker loved using the scoop to scrape out all the insides.

Saturday morning (Halloween) all the kids were to wear their costumes to gymnastics. That was really cute and they all took a class picture (his first class picture :) ).

We got a kick out of our dinosaur on all the equip. He wore it the whole time.

Check out that TAIL!

Wee!!!


Well after gymnastics it was time to decorate and cook because we were having our annual Halloween bash with our neigbors. It involves lots of decorations and pretty much all of our friends and their kids coming over to pass out candy, go trick or treating and celebrate. Oh and the boys trying to scare trick or treaters of course.

Parker helping me make dirt cake for the party. He recruited "Pat" to help with crushing the cookies. That boy loves his tools!!!

Time for the worms and the ghosts!

Cole in his Halloween outfit. He wasn't quite big enough for any costumes so we went with a cute Halloween outfit. Thank you to the Priechenfrieds for sending this to him.

We thought he was adorable!

Here we are!!!

After a lot of trick or treating, which Parker really enjoyed, and lots of playing with friends Parker decided to grab Poppy and convince him it was time to call it a night. He enjoyed some TV to wind down and some snuggle time and then offically called it a night.

Though it was a busy week, we had a great time and we look forward to next year!

The boys and there Halloween goodies!!!

The Pumpkin Patch!

We all took a trip to pick out our pumpkins last week. Parker had a great time running up and down the isles looking at the pumpkins and pulling the wagon. Cole, well he slept. We found the perfect three and now all we have to do is get to carving. We have to wait til Friday night to do that though because Wally is back in Chapel Hill til Friday evening taking a class for work. Let's hope we have no need for him to rush back this time like he had to do last month thanks to the early arrival of Cole.

Jackson's come to visit!

Our dear friends the Jackson's came to visit Cole a little over a week ago. We had a great time catching up with them and the kids had a blast playing. Everyone took a turn holding Cole but I have to say Jenna was probably the most excited. She kept asking to hold him and making sure we knew he was a baby. It was very sweet and she was naturally nurturing. Amazing to see in such a little one (she'll be 2 in December).

The whole Jackson clan!

Jenna enjoying holding Cole!

Kids at play

Jake taking his turn at Parker's newest game. Oh yes, jumping off his bed onto "big orange" aka. the orange bean bag. Can you say dangerous, but oh so fun.

Cole

One of the best snugglers!!!

Our litttle peanut!

"I love my Wubba Nub"

This is truely a fantastic invention.

I Love My Brother!