Starting Early...

Kathryn tried Goosa for the first time yesterday and LOVED it! I've always made sure to give her the same thing Ky and I eat so she will develop a taste for different herbs and spices in food. She's eating it again right now. I know she likes it when I don't hear a thing while she eats, except for the occasional "mmmmm" as she mimicks me.

Yay for Lebanese food!

Turkey Day Update

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We had a great day. We headed up to Mark and Robyn's to celebrate along with my folks, Kambria and Preston (who was very nice, by the way). The food was amazing...I was so sad that I only had room for one plate! I had just lost another 5 lbs a couple weeks ago from being sick, so my capacity for eating wasn't back to normal. Although I'm happy to say that it has stayed off even though I felt like I stuffed myself all weekend!I got to help by bringing a cranberry apple salad, turtle pumpkin pie, and homemade rolls using my mother-in-law's favorite recipe. That was a first for me, working with yeast...now I'm hooked and planning on various bread recipes to try this month.

Kathryn did really well for being away from home all day. She didn't take a nap at all, except for about 35 minutes in the car. She'd get fussy, then distracted so she'd get all perky again for a while, and then the cycle would continue. Not bad at all.

I didn't get a whole lot of good pictures at all (I blame triptophen), so if anyone else who was there has some, send them my way for posting if you wish.

Kathryn grabbing at Uncle Mark's BYU suspenders

Kathryn chilling with Grandpa (must have been when she was getting tired again because that crazy scowl from her early days is back!)

I hope we can hear from more of you on how Thanksgiving was...Jen, fill us in on how things went at the farm! Hope you guys had a good drive back home and saw cool things...definitely fill us in :)

New Hansen Family Picture

We went up Bountiful Canyon with some friends a few weeks ago and did some photo shoot swapping, where we took each other's family pictures. I look quite different than our Gabriel Family pics at the farm (about 10 lbs lighter and shorter hair, so of course I have to update your image of me), so here's an updated look on all of us:

Kind of a patriotic look, I guess...Kathryn was supposed to wear her black turtleneck and jeans, but she puked all over it right before we left. This was our backup outfit that we had to find in 2 minutes. But it fits us.

November Already?

Well, October sure went by fast! I swear hours aren't quite as long as they used to be...life is just flying by. I particularly am not thrilled by daylight savings this year. I think it really threw Kathryn's body clock off. Things are going well with us, same as always.

Kathryn's getting into more kinds of solid food. She's mastered rice cereal, pears, and is undergoing sweet potatoes (not sure if she likes them as much). I spent a couple days last weekend making over a month's worth of fruit and veggie purees to give her when she's ready for a new food (that's about every 4-5 days). I enjoyed it very much and felt accomplished that I learned a new skill and had more options than the baby food at Walmart, which is almost always close to gone because the baby stuff is in high demand there.

If I remember right, it seemed like there were crazy snowstorms in NY last week or so. How's life going out there? I'd really love to hear from you guys out there. Tell us what's new. Love you all!

P.S. Here's a picture of Kathryn in her ladybug costume for Halloween...yep, homemade and cost less than $3!

Happy Fall!!

Hi family! I hope fall is treating you all well with beautiful colors (and less allergies than what we have here!) My neighborhood is the capital of sagebrush so I'm enjoying and hating it all at the same time.

Thanks to the Lomeli's for starting up your own blog and putting parts of Isaac's letters on it...I think it's so important and I love hearing his stories. He's an incredible example to all of us.

Here's a quick update on Kathryn (quick, right): In the past month or so, she has mastered rolling both ways and even scooting herself forward to grab wayward toys! This past week she's started to sit up by herself for a few minutes at a time and standing with support. I know most babies do the standing thing earlier, but she just had no desire until now. This morning I held her standing up on the floor with her doing most of the work for about a minute! Doesn't sound like much, but it has seriously just been overnight that she's started doing this. I'm a proud and scrambling for babyproof stuff mom! Kylen and I are going to try to get outside before the colors are gone to take some family pictures...I'll be sure to post them when we do. Hope you all enjoy the new background, too! I'll do my best to keep it up.