Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Wonderful Christmas!

Hank had a great Christmas for his first year ever. We surrounded him with gifts and took some fun pictures. Thank you to all of our family that really made Christmas for us this year. It was amazing! While we were opening gifts Hank's eyes would start to roll back in his head... he finally crashed. :)
So I have to tell you that we started the most amazing new Christmas tradition (now that we have our own new little family): This year I pulled out our nativity scene, but no one had noticed that I had wrapped the baby Jesus. On Christmas morning (from this year on) Baby Jesus will be the very FIRST gift we open, as we talk, celebrate and remember ever year that he is the reason we have Christmas. Pretty cool family tradition huh? :) I would recommend it. I can't wait to do this every year with Hank and the rest of our kids.
On Christmas night we had a party over at Josh's, it was a wonderful time, Hank was so good and he even landed himself into 2 outfits. :) We sang Christmas carols from Silent Night to Avve Maria, and had a lot of fun. Dinner was awesome, and being together made the evening special.
Isn't he sooo stinkin cute!?!?!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Back to the Grind

Well, just this last week Tyler went back to work at the Hospital. It actually has been going okay being at home all alone to take care of Hank, and by the time Tyler gets home he is wanting time with Hank and I am usually ready for some relief. We have both been out to get some Christmas shopping done, though there really isn't a lot to get for Hank that he would even understand. But we did get him a humidifier since I ended up getting us all sick. Yuck.
We have enjoyed watching Hank develop a little personality as he starts to smile and stare more... and he still loves to coo and talk to himself. He has started to roll over more often from his stomach to his back he will roll over 4 or 5 times in a row. I will take more pictures of him as he continues to grow and post them on here. Hank just recently weighed in 9lbs 14oz and 22 inches long...
(Funny Picture of Ty at work, above) Tyler will be talking to 3 different colleges tomorrow about their nursing programs, lets hope that they aren't full. We will keep you posted on how that goes, who knows what will happen if they are full ??
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Love, Lindsey, Tyler and Hank the Tank

Friday, December 5, 2008

A Very Grateful Thanksgiving

Hank on Thanksgiving Day
So I thought I would update the blog this morning as I watch Hank have his tummy time. He is so much more alert from even just weeks before! Anyhow... we went to St. George to visit my family this year for Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful time. My sisters, mom and aunt threw me a baby shower for Hank and it was so nice just to take him out in public finally and to have lunch and visit. I ran into a few people that I knew from highschool and it was so fun to see them.
Tyler spent a lot of time with our nephew Braylin, he shot bow in the backyard, and went out into the desert with the guys to shoot clay pigeons. It was nice for him to have some time away from the baby for once, since he is still off on maternity leave. :) Ty goes back to work on December 8th and I go back on January 13th. I think for Tyler one of the highlights of the trip was taking all the teenagers to WalMart for black friday shopping. What a nut. :) Love you babe.

We finally got some family photos done while we were in St. George. I wanted to have some "red rock" in our photos and we think they turned out great. And Hank sure looked sharp Thanksgiving day (thanks for the suit Steph), and the family just oohed and ahhed over him. We are so thankful for family and for our new beautiful healthy baby boy Hank.
Now onto the Christmas season, we look forward to celebrating the birth of our Savior and enjoying the holiday as our own new little family.