The Hansen Clan: September 2008

Hello it's Sunday again, and like we said we will try and post to this thing every week. So here it goes.

Nothing too new this week. The kids are all doing well. Andrea will be taking James to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane this week. He will be seeing a pediatric Gastrointerologist named Dr. Abu-Harb. He is the one that did the scope on Kayla to find out that she had celiac disease. I can't help but wonder what he will say when we are back with another! I think it may be kind of humerous. It will be an interesting visit though. James is a different case. What he is doing is not normal. He is gaining weight great, and growing like a weed. The problem is the only formula he can keep down is 10 dollars a bottle and if he eats anything else he is in great pain. Our pediatrician has done several tests that have all come back negative except the one that shows he does have a reflux problem. Enough of that I guess we will give an update there next week.

Tomorrow moring at the butt crack of dawn Scott and I leave for our annual week long elk hunt. We are not as ready as we should be but we are going to get out of dodge and enjoy the moutains for a few days. Hopefully we will come back successful. Kirk, Tiffany's husband has decided to join us from Colorado this year. He will be hunting but he is going to hang out with us for few days and enjoy the mountians. He was able to get a good deal on a plane ticket and wanted to come. Dad is here on business and says that he is going to try and come on Friday for the day and maybe the night. That would be nice for him to come and visit. We miss having him along for the hunt.

Andrea will be home with the kids and hopefully won't go crazy. She is a little apprehensive about being home with all three kids for a week. We usually do a good job taking turns so that we don't go insane. Like Scott said the first couple of years will be hard because they are so close in age but then it will be nice. Pray for Andrea to have strenght. Mom promises that she will be around to help and her mom invited her to come over and hang out when she needs too.

The kids all woke up with nasty colds this morning so I hope those go away quick. That will make the week go by better for her.

Brooklyn is back in school and loving it everyday. She loves her teacher Mrs. Michelle as they call her and loves to learn. She had a great birthday this week and got a giant easel that she and Kayla can do art on. They expirmented with finger paint all over the back porch the back sliding door and each other on Tuesday. I came home for lunch to find them both in the shower.

Well that is all for now, I hope I have some good hunting pics to show next week. May God bless you and your families.

Well were moving into the 21st century. We are going to try and keep this blog thing updated. We are horrible at letters and emails and maybe this way we can get to all of you by you coming to us.

If you don't know we had our third child James Richard at the end of May. He is now three months and following in his sisters' foot steps. He has acid reflux!! There is something more to it but we don't know what it is. He is an angel baby other than that. He smiles and talks all day long at anyone and everyone. His sisters adore him, Kalya can't kiss him enough and Brooklyn is the little mommy.

Brooklyn just started her second year of pre-school and loves her teacher Mrs. Michelle. Her best friend Logan is in her class this year. On her first day of school she informed her teacher that she was going to marry Logan!! She just had her fourth birthday on the 5th and is as ornery as ever. She is a great big sister and mommy's best helper.

Kayla is 20 months old now. She talks a lot although we can't understand much of what she says. She loves to sing and sings all the time. She is a lot like her mother and very stubborn. She is always pressing the envelope to see what she can get away with. One of her favorite things is to tease her sister.

And last but not least there is Daisy. She is the dog. Some days she drives us crazy other days we love her. She is great with the kids and lets them wallow her all they want.