Holding head up high

Dallin is super strong already and I am so excited for him to be able to crawl around, so I can chase him, lol. Here are some pictures of him holding his head up, this was around a month ago, but you get the idea. He can pretty much hold himself up on the ground and push himself over. I think he is just a few weeks away from rolling over.

He loves to take baths now too. At first, he absolutely HATED bath time, but now he loves it, as the following pictures show:

He still doesn't have much hair yet, but I am counting on it coming in thick and lush. Joe and I both have really thick hair, though both of ours is super fine. Right now his little peach fuzz is light brown, so I think he might follow suit and have dark hair like his daddy.

I am officially losing weight quicker now. When I came home from the hospital I weighted....194 lbs. By the time Dallin was 2 months I still weighted 170. Yikes, I know, but I have in 2 1/2 months lost about 27 pounds. Hurray, I weigh 157 as of this morning. Just 20 lbs left to go to be my pre-pregnancy weight and just 25 lbs to go before I am at my weight I was when I was married to Joe. That would be nice to get down there, but my Doctor said I was underweight at 130, so I may not get that far down. I was still super healthy, but my BMI was too low I guess. Right now, those days seem like a dream. I never thought I would battle so much with loosing weight, but then again I had no idea how much having a baby changes your body. But, I am confident I can loose it all by the end of the summer. Hurray!

I do cardio on my eliptical for 30 minutes every morning. The machine says I loose 450 calories each time, but really, I think it is way over estimating. I lift weights each afternoon and I do yoga and pilates every other morning. I think on this regime I can definitely loose the rest by the end of summer.

Blessing

I finally got around to taking some pictures of Dallin in his blessing tux. He was blessed on May 3rd and it was so beautiful. We had so many family members there, it was so wonderful. I played around with the pictures a bit. Let me know which ones you guys like the best. I think I did an okay job.

This two I love, but I can't decide between black and white or sepia.

I absolutely adore his little face in these two.

And here is a fun view of his tux. My mom sewed it for him and he looks adorable in it. I love it and I love him.

The most wonderful thing about tiggers is.....

Okay, so we decided a few weeks ago that Dallin was old enough to experience a jumperoo. So we went a purchased one for him. We got a really neat one at Walmart for a good price. We brought it home and put it together for him. It was so fun to see him bounce in it. At first his little legs were just too short and still bent ( he hasn't quite figured at how to stand on his legs and keep them straight yet) so his little legs just dangled there. But soon he was figuring out how to bounce and sure enough he did get the hang of it. Here are some pictures of the many faces he makes while he is bouncing in his jumperoo.

He is quite a character. He loves to jump and bounce now. He has also found his voice. I think it was my sister in law Rileigh that said that when her little girl Jocelyn was little she sounded just like a Pterodactyl. Well, Dallin has now discovered he can sound like one too. It is so fun to hear him squeal and squawk. He smiles after every one like, "wow, I totally was loud." He is so much fun!

I also thought that since he loves to bounce it made sense to dress him in his tigger outfit. Isn't he cute?

Bouncy, Trouncy, fun fun fun fun fun......

Pictures and more pictures

So Dallin is changing like crazy, as you can see in the above pictures. This entry is full of pictures of Dallin as he changes, and it shows a little bit about how much his face has changed with expressions and what not. It has been so fun to have him! We just love him so much. As you can see in the above pictures, Joe is pretty happy to be a dad and loves to hold and play with Dallin.

And Dalling loves his Dad. Look at the way he looks at Joe. It is so adorable I can hardly stand it!!!

Here is another one. Joe had just come home from work and Dallin was all smiles for him. What fun!

Here is a picture of Dallin standing on his own for the first time. His legs are totally still bowed, and probably will be for a long time, but this was his 6 week mark. What progress he is making already. He is holding his head up all on his own now and incredibly he is standing now. Way to go Dallin. You grow so fast!

This is one of my favorites. I love his eyes. The seem to just jump right off the picture at you. I think he has the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen on a baby....but I might be just a little biased...wink wink.

These two are of him just hanging out with mom at home. I thought his outfit was especially cute this day, so I thought I would take a couple of shots. I love his face in the first one...he is such a sly little guy.

A picture of Joe and Dallin with the biggest guns imaginable. We went for a walk on Sunday and stopped at a near by park that has this as a monument. I think they are from the second world war, but I am not too certain.

Dallin and I just hanging out. I love him so much sometimes it hurts! This night in particular I kept kissing his little cheeks which are getting so chubby and soft now. I think kissing babies cheeks is one of my favorite past times now:)

In his stroller just before our walk on Sunday. He loves his stroller. I wish I could say the same for his car seat. He hate, hate, hates it.

Giving mommy a huge smile....see how much he loves his stroller?

Or maybe the smile is for me? I think he might just love me too:)

Bath time for baby. He is so adorable in his little towel his aunt sent him. We can only savor these little moments for a millisecond because he will usually pee all over us, if we try to shoot for a long moment. He has peed on me over 10 times already....hahaha. We are so glad to have him in our family!

He is getting blessed this Sunday and I am so excited. My mom made him a little white tuxedo with a green bow tie to get blessed in. I will have to post pictures when she brings it over. I am so psyched to him in it!

Spring is here and I am loving it. It has been sunny for two days in a row and I just love it. I just spent the morning mowing the lawn and planting some flowers in our front yard. The flowers didn't make it more than a few weeks last year, so I am hoping that my green thumb has improved over that last year. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I love the Spring! I decided Joe and I will live somewhere warm most indefinitely. I hate the cold.

Dallin and Weight loss

Dallin is getting so big. This picture is of him at his 4 week mark. He is going to be 6 weeks tomorrow, so I will have to post another picture of him then too! He is just so cute.

Dallin is a pretty calm baby and we love him so much! He doesn't give us much trouble, and he is just learning how to smile. I love to get him up in the morning because he is starting to greet me with a super cute smile. He is starting to stand on his legs now and they are sure strong!! He loves to suck on his pacifier now, which makes falling asleep even easier for him. He is a joy and such a blessing to have. We are so grateful to have him in our family.

I am still trying to loose my baby weight! I am taking up yoga in hopes to boost my flexibilty and to help tone up some much need flab:) I have been using my elipitical for 30 minutes every day since Dallin was 2 weeks old. I haven't seen much improvement yet on the scale, but I do see some changes in my appearance. I have never been over weight before and exercise was always easy. I don't enjoy it, but I do love the challenge that it gives me to loose this weight and to feel good while I do it. I was....I can't believe I am telling everyone this....but I was 194 lbs. when I came home from the hospital and now I am 167 lbs. I just have 30 more to loose til I am at my pre-pregnancy weight....lets start the count down...

On other news, the business is going great. Joe is at the office daily making sure it runs and grows so that I can stay home with Dallin. What a blessing! I have always thought it was so important to be home with your children, and now I get to! I love it. We are so blessed!

He is Here....Pictures of Dallin

I have so enjoyed having our little guy here finally! He was born on March 5th, 2009 at 2:51 pm. He weighted 7 lbs. 2 oz. and he has been such a joy to have. He hardly cries, except for when he is hungry or getting his diaper changed. You would think he would love that part....but he hates it:) He is so cute and so cuddly, we love him soooo much already. It always amazes me how much you can love someone so automatically and so quickly. We are so blessed to have him.

We love you Dallin Carter Hansen!!!!

He is gonna be BIG!

SO I just got back from my 37 week check up today. The doctor informed me that I am going to have a rather large baby. Well, I could have told you that, I mean, I am 5'10" and Joe is 6' 1", but she says he is going to be a 9 lb baby for sure. We are at 37 weeks and she measures him to be already close to 8 lbs. I still have 3 weeks to go. Wow! Dallin is going to be so chubby and cute, I can just feel it. She says it is a good thing because bigger babies eat better, sleep better and are healthier. I guess those are 3 really great things to be happy about. On the other hand, this mother-to-be has to bring that 9 lb. baby into this world and that is not going to be fun....but we will just have to wait and see.

He seems pretty content to stay in there. He hasn't dropped at all and there doesn't seem to be any signs that he plans on doing that any time soon. He is head down and has been that way for quite some time, but no dropping and no contractions for a little while now. I hear labor can just start out of no where, and that will have to be the case with me, because it sure isn't starting on me yet, not even the slightest hint of it.

Here is a picture of me at 8 months. This was taken about a week and a half ago, but my belly has already grown since this picture.

If a baby is supposed to put on a pound every week, that last 4 weeks, I am doomed. That means that by next week, he will be 9 lbs, and by the time I deliver he could be 11 lbs.!!!! I really hope that he gains weight slowly this next 3 weeks. I don't think I want to deliver an 11 lb. baby, or that my body could handle it. But, the body does accomplish some pretty amazing feats all the time. I just don't know that I want to try :)

So everything is good, he is healthier than ever and just growing like crazy. We can hardly wait to see what he will look like. Joe is betting that he will have dark hair. I sure hope he does. I think it would be so cute if he got Joe's dark hair, my curly hair and my blue eyes. What a knock out he would be.

I am just getting over being sick. I am still in the recovering stage, but I am hoping I will be tip top and feeling great by this Saturday. I have two baby showers being thrown for me, all on the same day. I am super excited to see some friends I haven't seen in a while. I just hope I will be better by then. I have had a nasty cold along with a nasty ear infection. I woke up Monday morning feeling like my ear was on fire. It only got worse and worse, so Joe finally took me to urgent care around 9 am. I had to wait til 12pm to get any drugs to help with the pain. I thought I was going to go crazy. I was seriously contemplating smashing my ear drum to bits. It hurt worse than anything I have ever experienced. So bad.... Ear infections are not cool.