Happy I'm A Hansen

 Twins at two weeks.  They look so small, but that was only a short while ago.  They were so strong already.  Blake was lifting his head and Matthew was arching his back so high, I thought for sure he was going to roll over at two weeks.  They both slept so well.  At this point, Joe's mom Judy was flying back home and I thought I was going to die.  It felt so overwhelming.  So Joe, being the super man that his is, he started getting up every night to help me out.  He did every nighttime feeding from then on out.  Every single one.  What a stud right?  He was such a help to me.  I was going going going all day long with the twins and Dallin, that I was exhausted at night, and would break down and cry at the thought of getting up in the middle of the night.  Joe was such a trooper and did it for me instead.  We bought these nifty horseshoe shaped pillows that we would put on either side of us and feed the babies by bottle.  We still feed them that way to this day.  Joe was able to feed them at night by himself and I was able to do it during the day by myself.  Those pillows worked like a charm.  I didn't have any help from week 2 on, so needless to say, I was a bit frantic at first.  But, I slowly got in the swing of things, and now feel pretty capable.

 The family.  Twins at week 2.

Dallin had a birthday on March 5th, but we had his party March 3rd.  It was fun and just what he needed to feel loved and get some much needed attention since the twins came.

 Daddy got him a bike for his birthday and Dallin loved it!

Twins week 4.

Twins week 5

Twins week 6

I don't know what I was thinking, I guess I was out of my mind at this point, but I decided to potty train Dallin at 6 weeks post partum. I must really have been out of mind, I mean who does that?  But I stuck through it all and Dallin was potty trained in a week.  He still has a poop accident every once in a while, but he is pretty good now.  He even potty trained to not wet the bed by day 5.  I was so and still am so proud of him.  He is such a smart and awesome kid.

 Twins at 2 months.  Blake was rolling over  from front to back and Matthew was smiling like crazy.  Blake was slow to smile, but Matthew though, was all smiles by week 7.  He loved to smile and coo.  They were both sleeping through the night.  At week 9 they were sleeping from 10pm til 6:30am.  It was amazing.  Babywise is the answer to all my worries.  It works like a charm.  Well rested babies, make for well fed and happy babies.  I love the full night sleep I get and it sure helps get me through my hectic days with two babies and a toddler.

 Dallin loves his brothers. He says they are his babies, and his very protective of them.  For a 3 year old, Dallin is really smart and super intuitive. Sometimes he can calm them down better than I can.

Twins at 11 weeks.

I love the way that Dallin is starting to interact with them.  They are so much fun now and we both just love to play with them.  Matthew has been smiling for weeks now and Blake is just starting to at this point.  Blake started smiling around 12 weeks.  Matthew smiles so big, I think his face might crack.  I love it.  They both giggle and coo at my silly faces and sounds.  It just melts my heart.  Dallin was so funny this day I took their 11 week pictures.  He kept saying, " Mommy, my brothers want to take pictures with me, watch this."  He then would move them into position and have me take their picture.  He then wanted to be in the pictures too.  He moved around them,  setting himself either between them or beside them. I have to say, my joy was pretty full this day.  It was so heart warming to see him love them so much and to watch as their eyes followed him wherever he went.  It is my hope they he will always be a good example to them, and that they will look to him in every good thing as they do now.