about face

it's finally happened. my girls are big enough to face forward in their new 'big girl' car seats. ok, so they've been big enough for a while there with their little feet hanging out of their carriers - but it's one of those things that you only think about when you're strapping them in to go somewhere. and lets face it - if we're strapping in, it's because i have a plan...

they are LOVING their seats and the new view. they love to look out the windows. of course it is a bit harder to get them both strapped in when it's just me. soon enough they will be able to strap themselves in, and then i'll really be sad because they'll be sooo big!

all caught up

ok, i know i totally slacked for a few weeks/months - whatever. i'm caught up now so check out the latest posts and i'm going to do better. christmas is coming and we're very excited.

family pics

we had brooke take some family pics of all my siblings and their families a few weeks ago. it was so much fun that we're going to try to do it every year. here's a few... and btw i got a hair cut Yay!!

the whole crewmy brothers & sisters (not in any order)

don't i have the cutest babes ever! so fun with me and my babes. we'll work on smiling next year!i think we do okay too.
thanks brooke!

Birthday

the girl's birthday was november 19th and we had a great time. the girls had their very first cupcakes and while they spit the actual cupcake out it was fun to get frosting everywhere
they also had fun opening presents. abby has a special knack for pulling paper off of things i didn't think possible (like board books, and boxes) so this was right up her alley. it still took a little encouragement but they caught on and it's great practice for christmas!grandma and grandpa won the day with their scooter gifts.
the girls took to them very quickly... i put abby on her's pushed her forward a little and she grinned and took off.same with maddie. they had a very fun night with several scooting sessions.

Walking

the girlies are having alot of fun learning to walk. abby is the front runner by far, which i never would have guessed. here's some video of all the good times. this is pre-walking to abby walking. she is almost running now, and maddie hasn't really taken an interest in it at all, but we're working on it.



Pre-Walking Training from Jason Hansen on Vimeo.


It's tough being a box - but we're livin it up from Jason Hansen on Vimeo.


Abby's Walking Skills from Jason Hansen on Vimeo.

Halloween

I know I'm way behind, but the girls have really picked up some momentum, so without anymore excuses here are some halloween pics.
Abby was Batgirl and Maddie was Supergirl. Following the theme Jason was Clark Kent and I was Lois Lane.



We had a busy night starting out with our new ward trunk or treat for a minute to say hi to the 5 people we know there - then off to grandma's to say hi and get some treats from them. This was probably the most fun for the girls. We took them to the door to see all the trick-or-treaters which they loved. There was a little girl that came to the door saw the girls and forgot all about the candy. Her little princess jaw dropped and she said "super hero babies... two super hero babies" and stood there in awe as the rest of her troop got their candy and were on to the next house. It was the highlight of the night.

Then it was off to the old ward trunk-or-treat which was fun to see all the old friends again. A very fun night.

The Big Trip

ok so the big trip of 08 was actually in august (yes, i know i'm behind) and it was great! the girls got to meet their two great grandmas so it was very special for them. we went to see my grandma first in Provo, where we spent the night at my aunt becky's house, then we went on to bear lake (utah/idaho border) and spent the rest of the weekend with jason's family.

abby & maddie are at a very fun age where they make friends fast, and eveyone loves them. they took to grandma very quickly... here's some pics of the girls with great grandma McOmber at our aunt Becky's house

abby, maddie & gr. grandma mac

maddie & gr grandma mac
abby & bob, maddie & grandma

we had a great time with aunt becky & uncle jed & grandma & grandpa. it was our first sleep over with the girls, we put some cushions on the floor and surrounded them with pillows which the girls thought were great fun to crawl over. we were trying to get them down for bed and they happened to start crawling over the same pillow right towards each other, and when they saw each other they just started laughing. so any frustrations that jason & i were having trying to get them down instantly melted into laughter with them. i finally laid down next to abby and they both instantly calmed down and slept through the night. what beautiful wonderful girls i have.

then it was off to bear lake for the annual hansen gathering

first things first, we had to meed gr. grandma wallentine
we had some good times playing with both our grandma's

then it was off to the beach for some real action

aunt michelle & abby, with grandma and cindy with maddie

splashing with aunts cindy & michelle

mom & abby testing out the water

mom & abby really making a splash

my new favorite pic of maddie ha!

The girls did absolutely wonderful on their first trip, they slept marvelously no matter where we were, they did great on the plane trips, and had so much fun with lots of family. it was alot of work planning and packing, and even though they will not remember it, we have plenty of pics to look back on and remember. i really want abby and maddie to have lots of fun memories to look back on, and just because something is hard to do, i shouldn't let that stop us. (even if it does take us a week to recover)