Got Milk?

I came downstairs one day and found Charlotte breastfeeding

her favorite dog Curly. Look at that perfect positioning!
My freezer stash-over 100 bags, whoa!

I do have room for one bag of edamame beans!

Happy Breastfed girl!

I know; this is just what you wanted to see when you visited my blog today. But, breastfeeding has been consuming about 1/3 of all my time in the last few months it seems. When I'm not breastfeeding, I'm burping the baby, when I'm not burping Olivia, I'm pumping; when I'm not pumping ,I'm washing bottle parts, and then its time to feed again. Will it ever end!? Olivia is growing fast and doesn't need to be fed quite as often and soon she'll be eating some solids. So, yes it will end, but for now you can call me the milk maid.

3 months

3 month photos with her monkey pal.

Our little cutie is 3 months old today. She is quickly changing from a squishy newborn to an active and interactive baby. She recently started rolling over and loves to stand on our laps. She is sleeping through the night too! She is such a good baby.

Road trip!

Thanksgiving Point Gardens
Grecian Goddesses.
Me, my sister Andrea, her daughter Johanna and my sister Katy.

This is how Olivia chose to spend her day in the gardens.

Can you say Ahhh.

Charlotte got all wet playing in the fountains.

This is what she had for lunch, seriously.

We sorely missed our 4 Hansen nephews. But, here is the rest of the Hoth offspring; Johanna, Logan, Camden, Mia, Ed and Charlotte (Olivia was sleeping).

Here she is at 2 months old.

We took a last-minute trip to Utah to go to a family reunion last weekend. Mainly because my Mother who just had a mastectomy (breast cancer) was able to come. It was so good to she her-she is doing pretty good. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. It was beautiful; the kids had fun running around in the grass and feeding the coi fish. The trip ended with a Hoth family reunion in Logan. There was an animal park, hundreds of relatives and unlimited cotton candy-fun times!

Good-bye 20's

Mmmm, cake!
I don't know why these hats say Feliz Cumpleanos!

The famous traveling card. My sister Andrea got this card when she turned 30, she then sent it to Jen when she turned thirty. Watch out Katy-it's coming for you!

I turned 30 this weekend. I don't feel older, but I know that I am older. It is kind of sad to leave behind the 20's. Thirty certainly isn't old, but the glory days of youth are officially over I think. I had a nice Birthday with lovely gifts from my sisters, a yummy cake and some time to myself (Scott and Charlotte went to visit with his family overnight). I'm going to go reapply the wrinkle cream now.

More photos

Here she is at one month old.
I think she looks like that monkey.


6 weeks old.

Had to throw in a shot of my little sour-puss on the 4th of July.

I love this picture; they are so sweet!

Sticking her in the bin of animals was Charlotte's idea.

So pretty, right down to her little toes.

Updates

Hello again! So, the party is over. My maternity leave is up and I am back at work. Olivia is almost seven weeks old. I have oh so many pictures to share. But, I'll just post a few at a time. These pictures were taken when Olivia was almost 3 weeks old. She has changed so much since then. The scales here at work say she's 10 pounds and 12 ounces already! (Olivia gets to spend her first 6 months at work with me.) It has been such a joy to be at home with my girls these last 6 weeks. Charlotte is just a ball of fun and Olivia is proving to be a sweet and mellow baby. They make a cute pair!

She's here; Olivia Grace

Aren't I cute!

Showtime; right before surgery

Proud Daddy

Happy Big sister

We asked Charlotte how she liked being a big sister; she gave it two thumbs up!

She looks a bit like a boy here.

Olivia Grace was born on June 9th; two days before her scheduled c-section. But, after 3 days of contractions I'd had enough! She was 7 pounds and 7 ounces and 20 inches long. She has pretty brown/red hair. So far she is a very good baby and is growing like a weed. Welcome to the family Livy. We love having two precious girls.