smiles

Last night, Jake was getting Norah to smile quite a bit.  She is smiling more and more everyday!  The first shot looks more like she is pooping, but i promise, it was a nice big smile.

Then these two had to ham it up for the camera.

catch up

Here are a few of the things we have been up to the last few weeks.....

Norah sleeping

The kids making cookies for santa

Norah sleeping

Grace has a fight with a PB sandwich....the sandwich won.

 Norah sleeping

And Norah after church in her blessing dress.

this week

We have had a few fun things going on this week in preparation for Christmas.  Monday we took the kids to the mall to see santa.  Jake was all over it, but Grace wanted nothing to do with Santa and Norah slept thru it all.

This is as close as Grace would get

On Wednesday  Jake had his Christmas program at school.  It was so fun to go see what they had been working so hard on.  

As I was putting this post together, i realized how much I have been neglecting taking pictures of Norah, so i immediately went to work and here are a few shots of her.  Jake came in the room and decided he wanted to be in some of the pictures.  He is such a good brother to Norah and Grace.  When he gets home from school, the first thing out of his mouth is "where is Norah?"  These 2 girls are lucky to have him for a big brother.

1 week

Thanks to everyone for your congratulations.  Everything is going great with us.  We decided to name her Norah Lindsay Hanson.  She is a really good baby for us and we all love her to pieces.

The Day Has Arrived

Today, the 1st of December, is finally the day our new baby arrived.  We went to the hospital at 4:30am, and at 1:25pm our new baby girl was born.  She weighed 6 lbs 8 oz., Blonde hair, and mostly Blue eyes.  We have yet to pick out a final name for her, but updates are forthcoming.  Mom and baby are doing well, and resting in the hospital this evening.

Here is Mom immediately after one of her contractions

 Mom and new baby getting to know each other

Jake and Grace in awe of their new sibling, you can even see the butterfly toy that Jake insisted we bring for the new baby

Overall, it was a great day.  We are so grateful for our blessings.  Thank you for sharing in this wonderful experience with us.  

halloween

Our Halloween weekend was filled with lots of food, candy, games and fun.  Here are the kids in their costumes.

killing time

Here is a bit of what the kiddos have been up to lately...

The other day, Grace was REALLY into her painting

 Such concentration!

Then on Saturday, Jake decided that Grace needed to under go some surgery.

 Her recovery was a smooth one.

She is always such a sport to go along with all his silly ideas.