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Hank has a Secret!!!

2011-11-28T12:04:00.001-08:00

Ok so most people already know what Hanks "secret" is but this post is for the few of you that don't know.

That's right! Baby #2 is on his way. I'm due May 21st and we are really excited. Due to some concerns the doctors had from the first ultrasound, we had to get some genetic testing done the first of this month. All the results came but just fine but since they looked at the chromosomes we were able to find out the gender a lot earlier then normal. We are very excited to be having another little baby boy. Hank and him will be such great friends.

Ranch Dressing anyone?

2011-07-30T19:00:00.001-07:00

Hank had chicken nuggets and fries today for lunch. We usually just give them to him plain but he saw me using ranch dressing and wanted to try it. He was hooked after his first bite. He actually ended up at one point trying to drink it from the container. There is no turning back now, Hank is a ranch lover for life!

Tyson's White Coat Ceremony

2011-07-30T18:43:00.001-07:00

Tyson had his White Coat Ceremony on July 15th. The white coat is suppose to symbolize entering into the clinical part of dental school. Tyson said, "That doesn't make sense I still can't work on patients." Haha that made me laugh. The second years are only able to do cleanings and x-rays. Sorry the indoor pictures came out blurry, not sure why.

Getting the white coat put on.

Tyson with his "Bridge Group" leader

Tyson with the Dean of the dental school. (There has only been 8 deans since the school opened in the 1890's) The Dean even complimented Tyson on his tie because it was lavender, the color of Dentistry.

Hank and Tyson after the ceremony

Me and my two wonderful boys.

Tyson and I.

I am so proud of Tyson and all of his hard work in dental school, he is going to be a great dentist someday. Only three more years to go.

Misc pics of Hank

2011-07-30T18:27:00.000-07:00

Just a few random pics of Hank that I love but have no other post to be apart of.

The other day Hank found this little teddy bear and packed him all over. I thought it was super cute the way he just snuggled and loved that little bear.

HUGS

KISSES

One morning after breakfast the phone rang. During the few short minutes I was on the phone Hank managed to climb onto the table and dump the syrup EVERYWHERE.

Look how mischevous he is.

This doesn't look half as bad as it was. There was syrup on everything.

Hank loves corn on the cob and does a pretty good job at getting most of the corn off.

Hank found this shirt of mine on the floor and tried to put it on. He was struggling so I helped him out a little. Then he walked around the house with it on for about 15 minutes. (Can we say future blackmail material)

I went to get Hank out of the crib the other day and this is want I found. I guess he got to hot and needed to cool down.

June at a glance.

2011-07-30T17:57:00.001-07:00

Hank and I had the chance to visit Idaho for about 4 weeks (basically the whole month of June). It was great. We got to spend some really good time with our families. Tyson joined us after he was done with school and he was there for almost 2 weeks. When I got home I took a look at the pictures taken during the vacation and there was over 300 pictures. I was a little overwhelmed when it came to blogging them, hence the month's time that has gone by. I decided to do just one big overview of pictures and a few captions, so here goes.

Hank LOVED having a big backyard to play in whenever he wanted.

Hank just relaxing in his Cars chair while the rest of us played wiffle ball.

Hank really clung to Jason while Tyson was gone. They became best friends fast.

Hank and Sarah had so much fun together. They were inseparable from the moment they both woke up.

Hank thought that the coolest place to sit was Teko's bed.

And what's a visit to Grandma's house without Mickey and Minnie?

Hank couldn't visit Grandma's house without leaving his mark. Makell's bathroom got the most of it.

Hank loved having a puppy to play with and Teko thought it was fun too, for the most part.

There were many "tub times" at Grandma's with lots of bubbles.

One morning we heard Sarah grunting in the other room and this is what we found. She had put herself in the car seat but couldn't get out.

The girls really enjoyed this slip and slide. Sarah just liked to drink out of it.

Ryan preferred the little pool and water guns.

Hank even got to enjoy the slip and slide with the help of his Aunt Carina.

Hank opened the drawer under the stove and climbed in. Daisy and Sarah thought it would be fun to join in.

Tyson joined Josh and his kids for a mini fishing trip at their neighbors house. Sarah is getting a little help from Lindsay.

Jill caught a big one!

Roy removing the hook

Hank dumping water out onto the bricks at Grandma's house. He's not use to a cup that he could spill the water out of. He thought it was great fun.

Grandma made the mistake of giving Hank a ride in the wheel-barrow. She ended up pushing him around for a very long time, but he had the time of his life.

4th of July

2011-07-30T17:27:00.000-07:00

We were able to be home in Idaho with family for the 4th of July. It was great day full of family, friends, and fun. We went to the parade in the morning. Afterward we went to Josh and Lindsay's house for a very yummy BBQ and some fun in the pool. Then we went to my mom's house for another yummy BBQ and some fun games of water balloon volleyball and some fireworks. It was a very busy day but totally worth it. For some reason I only got pics at the parade though.

Hank dancing with Jill

Hank loved the Ray's Chevron dancers. He danced right along with them.

Hank totally loved the parade.

Ryan kept giving Hank the cutest little hugs.

Hank started to get sleepy and just wanted to sit down next to me.

Tautphaus Zoo

2011-07-30T16:22:00.000-07:00

While Hank and I were visiting Idaho we were able to join all of my sisters and mom at the zoo. It was a very warm, sunny day and the kids had tons of fun.

Hank ready the day at the zoo.

The classic pictures on the lion statue.

Chelsey

Daisy

Emily

Ryan

Sarah

Hank

After the Zoo we went to the little Fun Park next door and had a picnic then let the kids ride a few rides.

Emily was sitting on the bench and was "zoning out" a little while holding her watermelon. Hank walked right over and took a bite out of her watermelon. The girls thought it was pretty funny so then they went about feeding Hank watermelon.

Makell wanted to take Hank on the Ferris wheel and Ryan was the only one that would join her. They had a great time. Ryan thought he was pretty cool because he was so tall.

Chelsey and Daisy riding the airplanes.

Sarah and Emily riding the airplanes.

Ryan riding by himself because Hank wasn't big enough.

Chelsey helping Hank ride the train.

Sarah, Carina, Hank and I on the merry-go-round.

Amy, Ryan and Mom

Chelsey

Emily

Teton Dam Marathon

2011-07-30T16:12:00.000-07:00

While I was home in June I was able to run a 10K with my brother and sister. It was a little bit harder then I hoped for but we all finished with good times and no injuries. It really does feel good to have finished a race. Who knew that we would all become runners?

Jason, Carina and I

Jason coming up to the finish line.

Carina coming up to the finish line.

Jason and Carina came and ran the home stretch with me. I was totally grateful, I think that last .2 was the longest part of the race.

Camping at the Beach

2011-07-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

The beginning of June we went camping by the beach with some of our dental school friends. We had a total blast. One couple we went with has a little boy just 10 days older than Hank so the little boys were able to entertain each other. Hank loved the beach all the sand and water anyone could ask for. Instead of being scared of the waves coming toward him he ran head first into the ocean. We definitely have a little adventurer on our hands.

Hank and his friend James. They both just wanted to play in the campfire so we tossed them in the back of the truck (an impromptu playpen) and they loved it.

Hank and James playing after breakfast while we packed up camp.

Hank was so tired he fell asleep while playing the the holes in his sandals.

Over all the camping was a hit. We had such a great time with our friends and really enjoyed getting outdoors again. We will definitely be going back.

A very Handsome Hank!

2011-05-29T18:10:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went shopping and found Hank this very cute suit and some new shoes. I thought that he was very cute! My handsome little man!

It's so hard to get a good picture of Hank. He is always on the move! (Hence the walking photos.)

Feeding the Geese!

2011-05-29T17:57:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we had some really nice weather and Tyson was home from school early so we went to the river to feed the ducks. When we got to the river there wasn't any ducks just some very anxious geese. They saw us coming and swam over very quickly. They ate a whole loaf of bread rather quickly but we still had a blast. We can some bread to Hank and told him to feed it to the geese and he looked at us and very slyly put the piece of bread in his own mouth. We'll have to work on sharing with the geese.

After feeding the geese we played around and soaked up some sun!

On our way back to the car Hank saw this puddle of water and quickly ran into before we could stop him. Tyson was there just in time to stop him from sitting down.

Hank's first fishing pole!

2011-05-29T17:46:00.000-07:00

Tyson is starting Hank out young! Hank is only 1 but apparently that is old enough to own a fishing pole. A new store opened up a couple months ago not far from our house called Fisherman's. They were having their Grand Opening Sale and had give-aways every morning to the first 100 people. One of the days it was a free fishing pole and tackle box to the first 100 kids under 12. So naturally we just had to be there and we waited in line for an hour and a half just so Hank could get a free fishing pole. I have to say that Hank was pretty excited about, but not as excited as Tyson.

I didn't get a good picture of Hank's shirt but it has a fish on it and says "Gone Fishing"

Random Pics of Hank

2011-05-29T17:32:00.000-07:00

These are just a bunch of random pics of Hank that don't really have enough for a full post but they needed to be shared.

Hank was hanging outside with Daddy and decided he wanted to play in the dirt. If you look closely, he even has a shovel and was "digging" in the dirt.

Hank has this new fascination with necklaces. Anything that even resembles a necklace Hank puts it around his neck. This makes me very nervous because he's not super grand at getting them off and usually gets himself tangled in a mess. Anyway in this pic Hank found some of Tyson's materials for fly-tying (basically like yarn) and decided it was a necklace.

Tyson was cutting up peppers for fajitas one night and Hank was "helping" him by sitting on the counter. While Tyson was cutting the peppers Hank leaned over grabbed a quarter and took a big bite.

He totally loved it!

Hank loves the outside and he loves this little red car. Every time he goes outside he climbs into the car and starts to bounce up and down, which means, "Come on Mom! I'm ready for our walk." I just thought it was really cute that he was siting with his legs crossed in front of him.

Hank loves to wear Daddy's hat and he's just so cute I couldn't resist taking a picture!

Happy Birthday!!! Hank is 1!!!

2011-04-27T09:31:00.000-07:00

Since we had a b-day party while my family was here Hank's actual birthday was pretty low-key. Hank opened his present from his dad. Then we had a breakfast of french toast. Tyson had to go to school in the morning but we picked him up for lunch. We were going to have a picnic but the weather was a little bit cold, so we just went out to eat. We then came home and played with dad. It was a great day!

Hank's present from his dad.

"You got me a dump truck!!"

"Thanks dad I love it!"

A Year in a Glance

2011-04-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

My little man turned one on Monday. The last year seemed to go by so fast so I decided to have a review of the last year.

Newborn baby Hank. Born Sunday April 25th 2010 at 10:02 pm weighing in at 6lbs 14oz.

Just a couple days old getting ready to go home.

One month pictures taken by Aunt Carina.

Asleep on the couch at 2 months old.

Hank's blessing day at 2 1/2 months old.

Camping at 3 months old.

Happy as can be in Daddy's chair at 4 months old.

Hanging out with daddy at 5 months old.

Happy Halloween! Playing with his carved pumpkin at 6 months old.

Learning to pull himself up and stand at 7 months.

Merry Christmas! Opening presents at 8 months old.

My little climber at 9 months old.

Very mischievous at 10 months old.

Playing at the park at 11 months old.

Walking a long at one year!

Hank's Stats:

Date: Age: Height: Weight:

4/29/2010 4 days 20 in. 61% 6lbs 14oz 18%

5/12/2010 17 days 22in. 87% 8lbs 5oz 34%

6/25/2010 2 months 24in. 80% 12lbs 8oz 71%

9/1/2010 4 months 26in. 95% 16lbs 1oz 90%

10/29/2010 6 months 27.5in 75% 18lbs 2oz 80%

2/1/2011 9 months 29.5in 90% 20lbs 10oz 55%

4/2/2011 1 year 30.5in 77% 23lbs 8oz 55%

Milestones:

Slept though the night: 2 1/2 months

Smiled: May 28, 2010 1 month

Found my hands: 2 1/2 months

Found my feet: 4 months

Laughed out loud: 8/18/2010 3 1/2 months

Clapped my hands: 7 months

Rolled over stomach to back: 7/15/2010 2 1/2 months

Rolled over back to stomach: 8/20/2010 3 1/2 months

Sat up on my own: 5 months

Crawled: 11/16/2010 6 1/2 months

Ate solid food: 8/10/2010

Stood by myself: 2/20/2011 Almost 10 months

Took my first steps: 3/23/2011 Almost 11 months

Danced: 7 months old

First tooth: 1/24/2011

Easter

2011-04-27T07:34:00.000-07:00

Easter kind of snuck up on us this year. Since we were busy with everything else going on we forgot about the Easter Bunny and Easter Witch (Norwegian). I was feeling really really bad about this and Tyson told me that Hank wouldn't even know what was going on and he wouldn't remember past that day. We did buy him a cute stuffed Lightning McQueen which he LOVES!

In order to try and salvage the traditions of Easter we decided to dye eggs. If you haven't done this with a one year old I highly recommend it. It was a great adventure.

Hank "helping" daddy dye an egg.

Checking out his egg. He was squeezing them so hard I was afraid he was going to break the shell and then we'd have egg smooched all over.

All Hank wanted to do was eat the eggs and drink the dye. He was so mad that we wouldn't let him drink the dye.

Dipping his egg in the yellow dye. He's fingers were a mixture of many different colors by the end of the experience.

Our final product. I realized you can't be very creative when you are dyeing eggs with small children. It's more of a "get in and get out" experience. Just trying to get done before to much damage has happened. It was great fun though and it made me feel a little bit better about Hank's first Easter.

Foothills Park

2011-04-27T07:13:00.001-07:00

We had fabulous weather last week so we of course took full advantage. Last Saturday Tyson wasn't super busy with school work so we went to Foothills Park, right on the river. It's really pretty and Tyson can think about fishing spots. Hank had a blast just walking around and eating wood chips (trying to anyway). It was a great Saturday and we are so glad that we got to spend some time with daddy.

Eating wood chips

Walking while eating wood chips. He's very talented.

Taking a break.

Walking with mommy

We saw these ducks and Hank all but jump out of my arms into the river. It was all I could do to keep him on the dock.

Standing on the dock. Hank loved watching all the boat drive past. He's defiantly his father's son and loves being outdoors.

Hank's first birthday.

2011-04-15T23:13:00.000-07:00

Now I know what you are all thinking, "Hank can't be one already! That went by so fast." Well you're right. He's not one yet, but he will be in 10 days on the 25th. We decided to celebrate a little early since we had family in town. Hank loves the movie Cars so we found this cake mold on line and went with a Cars theme.

The cake Brendie decorated for everyone to eat.

The cake Tyson decorated for Hank to eat.

The decorations.

The presents.

(I know it looks like a lot but it was mostly just new clothes for the summer that he needed anyway. I just thought he'd have fun unwrapping. Turns out that Sarah and Daisy are excellent unwrappers too. Thanks for the help. It would have taken all night if we left it up to Hank.)

The refreshments. If you can't tell, (I don't blame you if you can't) but those donut stacked on top of each other is suppose to be Luigi's Casa Della Tire's the Leaning Tower of Tires. It didn't really turn out how I wanted it.

The drinks. Fillmore's Organic Fuel (raspberry lemonade), Tow Mater's Mouthwatering Motor Oil (chocolate milk) and Flo's V8 Cafe Transmission Fluid (diet Dr Pepper with cherry). I asked Daisy if she was thirsty and she nodded. Then I asked her if she'd like some Mouthwatering Motor Oil and she turn and looked at me with disgusted and simply said, "That's disgusting!" Haha. After we explained she thought it was okay.

Hank getting excited to eat his birthday cake.

A little unsure at first.

But then he really got into it.

There was frosting everywhere. Even after he got wiped down we found frosting in his ear a few hours later. Haha I sure do love this kid!

Unwrapping his present from Mom and Dad. It's a Cars Doddle Pad. He hasn't figured it out quite yet but he loves the little Lightning McQueen that came with it.

I'll do a better, "I can't believe my baby is one" post when he is actually one. But seriously how did time go by so fast.

Children's Museum

2011-04-15T22:48:00.000-07:00

My mom, sister and brother-in-law with their two girls came to visit us last week. It was so great to have some visitors from back home. It gets pretty lonely out here with Tyson at school all the time so I really enjoyed having them here. While they were here we took the little kiddos to the Children's Museum and Zoo. We didn't really take any good zoo pics so below are just pictures from the Children's Museum.

Sarah playing in the water. This girl loves the water and had a blast.

Daisy playing with the water gun. Hank dressed up like Grandpa Mont. (Just wait a few years Papa and you'll have a great helper.)

Dr. Daisy helping the poor little puppy feel better.

Hank laughing, probably at something Sarah was doing.

Daisy shopping for some groceries.

This is a little water bed and Sarah loved it. She would stand up on the side and then just fall backwards. No fear at all.

Just landed. I swear she did this at least 20 times in a row.

This is basically the only pic of Hank that he's looking at the camera. Carina was taking pictures and as soon as she pushed the button Hank would look away. He must not have felt very photogenic that day.

Sarah playing the drums

Sarah and Hank driving the bus.

Hank found a little button/hole to put his finger in.

Sarah, with her face paint, and her gator.

Daisy, with her face paint, and her skunk.

Thanks so much for coming for a visit. We really had a wonderful time with you all. It isn't the same without you here. It's too quite without Sarah saying, "Tysis...W'are you? Tysis...W'are you?" We love you guys and can't wait to see you in June.

Chocolatey goodness.

2011-04-15T22:29:00.000-07:00

We went to eat out the a couple weeks ago to Famous Dave's BBQ. It one of our favorite places to go. Anyway the point of this post is that Hank got some Oreo's with his kids meal. He didn't eat them at the restaurant because he was full, so I brought them home for lunch the next day. Neither Tyson or I like Oreos so I never buy them but Hank loved it.

A day at the Coast

2011-04-15T21:46:00.000-07:00

Alright so this post is mostly just a picture overload but I really wanted to document our day at the coast. Tyson had a Spring Break from March 26th to April 3rd. Most of that break was spent moving from our old apartment to the managers apartment and cleaning both apartments. (We started managing the apartments we are living in on March 25th. We are very excited about this, plus we'll save on rent!) All of the craziness ended and we really wanted to do something fun for Spring Break. We got some discount tickets to the Newport Aquarium and decided to drive out to the coast and make a day of it.

Hank and Daddy with the starfish.

These sardines can open there mouths really far and while we were talking about how far their mouths open we looked over and Hank and he was doing this. It was super funny.

Hank and Daddy looking at the sea lions.

There were lot of these art sculptures through out the aquarium. They were all made from stuff that had washed up on the shore. It was crazy looking at the kind of stuff that washes up.

Hank and Daddy with the turtle.

Hank and Mommy with the jelly fish.

Hank and Mommy in a walk-through tank of fish.

Outside the shark tanks.

Hank at the kids play area with a turtle. He liked the turtle's eyes.

Mommy and Hank on a dolphin.

Another "trash" sculpture.

All three of us outside of the Tillamook Cheese Factory.

Hank and Daddy with the Tillamook Cows.

Hank and Daddy driving the Baby Loaf.

Hank thought it was really fun to turn the steering wheel.

Mommy and Hank at Cannon Beach. It was very windy and cold.

Mommy and Hank with a better view of Cannon Beach.

Hank and Daddy at Cannon Beach.

Hank's first time walking barefoot on the beach. He liked the squishy feeling of wet sand in between his toes.

Hank and Mommy outside of the Astoria Column.

Mommy and Hank on top of Astoria Column. It was super windy up there. Hank wasn't a fan and didn't last long. It was a great view but I don't think it was worth packing an extra 20+ pounds up almost 200 stairs just to turn around and walk back down.

A bunch of sea lions chilling on the docks. They were super loud and Hank thought it was hilarious.

Hank and Daddy checking out the sea lions.

This little guy was the loudest.

Picnic at the Park

2011-03-26T13:47:00.000-07:00

We got to have a little picnic at the park today and Tyson was able to come with us. Tyson had finals this last week and now he has a week off, so no homework or tests to study for. Yippee! The weather has been getting a little bit better so we decided to get out of the house and play at the park. Hank loved it because he got to play outside and Dad was with us.

Here are some photos to document the event:

The wind came out and it got a little chilly so we packed up and went home. After we got home the sun was back out so Tyson put Hank in his little red car. Tyson would just put Hank in the middle of the parking lot and Hank would bounce up and down until the car would start rolling. Then Hank would smile really big and get so excited. The little red car picks up speed pretty fast so then Tyson would stop the car and the whole process would start over again. He was so happy outside it was hard to get him inside.

My little guy is 11 months old

2011-03-26T13:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Hank turned 11 months old. He's getting so big. He started walking a few days ago. He's still really wobbly and likes to hold someones hand while he walks but he's getting better at walking by himself. He is such a fun little guy and is always smiling. He loves his Daddy and will spend every waking moment with him. His whole face lights up when he hears the front door open and Tyson walk in the door. I can't believe that in just a short month away my little baby will be a year old. Time goes by so fast.

Here's my little guy standing all by himself

He kept crawling inside the box to get the toys, it was really funny.

Happy little guy

This is Hanks favorite spot to sit. If you are ever laying down he'll climb on top of your face and sit down.

Hank Is 10 months old

2011-02-25T12:46:00.001-08:00

My little baby is 10 months old today. I can't believe how fast the few months have gone. It seems like just yesterday I was trying to help him sit up on his own and now all he wants me to do is help him walk around the house. This kid has so much energy, I can barely keep up with him. He is constantly moving from one thing to another leaving a wake of distraction behind him. He's getting more and more brave at how he gets around the house. I don't think I have to much longer before I have a walker on my hands. He has such a cute personality and is always super happy. He loves his daddy very much. If Tyson hasn't left for school before Hank wakes up, Hank will follow him around the house crying until Tyson picks him up. The second Tyson picks him up he is just fine and stops crying. Then when the time comes that Tyson has to leave he passes Hank to me and says goodbye. Hank then has a totally break down. It takes me at least a half hour, if not longer, to calm him down. I'm so glad that he loves his daddy but seriously it breaks my heart that he doesn't want me. I guess it's understandable since he sees me all day everyday.

Hank loves this rug. There are many times during the day that I find Hank just sitting there. Every once in awhile he'll even be laying down. It makes me think of a little puppy curled up on the rug.

A couple days ago Hank found this fly-tying book of Tyson's on the floor. He slowly opened it and very delicately turned the pages. It was really cute. I told Tyson about it and he said, "Well it IS in his blood." Ha ha! Hank is destined to be a fisherman.

I tried post the video of this but I couldn't get it to work. Hank climbed up on to the couch then crawled over to the shopping cart and climbed in. He sat like this for like 20-30 minutes. He lean over and grab a block and play with it for a little bit then lean over and put it back and grab a new one. It was really funny. When he was done he crawled back over the arm of the couch.

I was putting away some of Hank's laundry and when I turned around I found this. He was very carefully pulling out one wipe at a time. He got like 25 wipes out by the time I got the camera and took a picture. He thought it was so much fun. He sneaks back to his room at least once a day to try it out again.

I love this kid and his energy. His little personality it great. I love being a mom and getting to spend my days with Hank. My life couldn't be better.

Hank's first trip to the Zoo

2011-02-19T18:20:00.000-08:00

Tyson just finished a very long week of hard midterm tests and wanted a day to relax so this morning he went fishing with some friends, then this afternoon he took me and Hank to the zoo. It was a little colder then we thought it was going to be and it was pretty close to closing time. Most of the animals were in for the day but we still had tons of fun. We bought a year pass so we'll be able to go all year.

Tyson and Hank standing outside the fish habitat.

Hank and I with the elephants. This one saw us standing there and slowing walked over, raised his trunk and then walked away. It was really cute, like he was coming over to say hi.

After the elephant walked away.

Outside the lion habitat. It must have been to cold for the lions because we didn't see any but we had to take a picture on the cool statues.

This picture is for Grandma Merrill and Aunt Makell. They are always calling Hank "chunky monkey" so we had to take a picture with the only monkey still outside.

It was so much fun watching Tyson take Hank from one place to another explaining what things were and what sound they made. Hank had a blast doing his two favorite things: playing with Daddy and being outside.

Brendie's Birthday

2011-02-19T17:49:00.000-08:00

So this last week was a very busy, very stressful week for Tyson, which in turn made it a very lonely week for Hank and I. When Tyson has a busy week at school we don't see much of him. It was midterm week for Tyson which meant he had a test everyday this last week and he has one this coming Tuesday. This normally wouldn't be a huge deal worth blogging about but this last week was both Valentine's Day and my birthday. We knew that we wouldn't be able to celebrate either on the actual day. Last Saturday Tyson surprised me by letting me sleep in and watching Hank until I woke up. He also cleaned the kitchen and the front room. On top of that he decorated and baked a cake. It was a great surprise!

The decorations

Hank helping me blow out the many candles on my cake...25!

Hank loved the streamers. He played with them for a long time.

I had to throw them away when he started to eat them.

My visiting teacher/apartment manager and her girls baked me some cupcakes for my birthday. They were really yummy.

I didn't get any pictures of it but I was also surprised by my friends here in Portland. They all came over to my house on my birthday to surprise me. They brought yummy treats and then we went shopping. It was great fun. Thanks again you girls for the wonderful birthday surprise. It made me feel very loved!

Pictures of Hank

2011-02-19T17:40:00.000-08:00

These are just a few pictures of Hank the last few days. I know that our blog is a Hank overload but I mean seriously he's super cute.

Fishing anyone

Hank found one of Daddy's fishing poles and thought that it was very fun to play with. Tyson got pretty excited and started planning fishing trips for the future.

I was in the kitchen cleaning the other day and turned the corner and found this. I seriously have no idea how he got in the box. Your guess is as good as mine.

Hank loves the outdoors but since it's so cold outside we have to do the next best thing. We sit on his bed and stare out the window. He usually stands up like this and knocks on the window. It's almost like he knocking and saying, "help let me out..."

Dishwasher

2011-02-19T17:35:00.000-08:00

I know I've talked about how Hank likes to play in the dishwasher but I took this pictures the other day and had to share. He is a crazy boy and I have to do the dishes when he's asleep or this happens.

First Hair Cut

2011-02-07T20:49:00.001-08:00

Last night Tyson asked me to cut his hair and we thought as long as the stuff was out we might as well trim Hanks mohawk.

Here is the before.

The first cut.

The after shot.

This morning I thought that I needed to trim to the rest. Like the mullet in the back and the hair that was growing over the ears. Let's just say it didn't go as smoothly as I had planned.

You can see here the uneven lengths. I finally got it fixed but it took awhile.

There was a little blood shed. Luckily it wasn't Hank that got cut, but unfortunately I really cut my finger. It was a pretty good cut and bleed for about an hour and a half. Hank was really wiggly and moved just as I was about to cut and his head hit my hand and then I cut my knuckle. Makell I needed you to come out and cut his hair for me, maybe then I wouldn't have cut my finger. Maybe the next hair cut will go better.

9 months old

2011-02-07T19:07:00.000-08:00

My little baby is growing up so fast. He's already 9 months old...okay so he's more like 9 1/2 months old now because I'm slow on posting. His stats from his 9 month appointment are: Head circumference 46 cm 70%, weight 21 lbs 55% and length 30 in 90%.

Hank is such a cute kid. I love him more and more everyday. It's really amazing all the things he thinks of to do. He thinks he's just as big as everyone else. He gets excited over everything, it's so cute.

He loves his little Toy Story couch. He sits on it all the time.

If he doesn't sit on it he lays down. It seriously it so cute.

Hank is such a climber. He climbs on everything. I blame this one on his dad. If there is anything for him to climb on to or in to he does it.

He can even climb up and something and then transfer to something else. Here he was first standing on the first aid kit then he wanted to get to the other side of the DVD case so he side stepped it to the chair.

Hank is constantly discovering new things. Tyson left this orange on the couch one morning and Hank found it. He thoroughly examined it. Picked at it, smelt it, licked it and then carried it around for awhile. When Tyson got home that night he peeled it and let Hank taste it. Instead of eating it he just squeezed the piece of orange as hard he could. Juice went everywhere and Hank laughed pretty hard.

This is how Hank helps with the laundry. He loves when I do laundry. He'll climb up on the piles and toss the clothes around....very helpful.

This is Hanks frustrated look. (Mom, this is the look I was telling about) He does this whenever I'm not doing what he wants me to do. It's pretty funny. He arms start shaking and he starts to squeal.

This is what my bathroom looks like every morning after I got ready. It's the only think that keeps him entertained long enough for me to get ready.

Hank and Daddy watching the Super Bowl.

Hank eating leftover pizza. He was so happy. He ate an entire slice.

We seriously love this kid. We can't believe how fast time has gone. In just a couple short months we'll be planning his first birthday. He is learning and growing every day. He says momma, dadda and lots more. He now waves hello and knocks on doors and basically everything. He still loves cells phones and cords and things he's not suppose to play with. We are so blessed to have him in our lives and are so glad that we get to have him forever.

A day in the life with Hank

2011-01-19T21:34:00.000-08:00

My little man is growing up. He's almost nine months old (next Tuesday). He seriously can't hold still for anything. He is always crawling around and standing up next to things. It seems if I tell him no or move him away from something he takes it as an invitation to do that thing over and over and over again while laughing. He likes to play with the space heaters, blinds, computers, TV receiver, fireplace, and the xbox. Anytime I do the dishes or the laundry he's always right in the middle of everything. I can't turn my head for a second without him getting into something. This is what my day consists of and I wouldn't change it for the world. I love this little kid and his personality is showing through more and more each day.

Tyson opened the dishwasher and before he could take anything out Hank was there. Hank couldn't reach anything so he just climbed right in.

Hank really liked these Graham cracker Goldfish and I must have lift them within reach because I left the room for a second and came back to this. He was a very content little boy, all the Goldfish a kid could want.

The other day I made Hank a jam sandwich with Grandma's homemade strawberry jam. He loved it. He ate two whole pieces of bread with jam and still wanted more. I mean just look how happy this kid is!!

Norwegian Christmas

2011-01-19T21:09:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun at Norwegian Christmas this year. We were able to wait until Jason and Teryn got in so everyone was here. After all the boys got ready we realized that it was the perfect photo op. They are all such cute boys.

I had to throw this picture in because he is such a cute kid. This is Jason and Teryn's youngest boy Kyle. He is just about five weeks older than Hank. I can't wait until they are a little bit older. They are going to be great friends.

Dancing around the tree. While we were waiting for Santa to come the lights went out so we had to grab all the candles. That didn't stop us from having a good time, it just made it more interesting.

Hank and I patiently waiting for our chocolate bar from Santa. And since Hank isn't old enough to eat chocolate I gladly sacrificed and shared his with my family....Thanks Hank!

The kids with Santa. They all got new footie pajamas. They were all so cute.

Hank on Santa's lap...he wasn't really a fan. No offense Santa.

Christmas Morning

2011-01-19T21:02:00.000-08:00

Hank was totally spoiled for Christmas. I'm kicking myself because I didn't get a picture of all of Hanks presents but he really got spoiled by everyone.

Christmas Eve

2011-01-19T20:18:00.000-08:00

Every Christmas Eve the Gundersens get together for a little evening of music and acting out the Nativity while Grandma or Grandpa reads the Christmas Story from the Bible. This was the first year that I was able to participate in the talent show portion. You see everyone in the Gundersen family plays a string instrument. This includes the sister-in-laws as while. I felt a little left out and so Tyson started to teach me the cello. He even bought me a cello for an early Christmas present. I only had a few lessons but I was able to play a few songs. Next year will be better.

Hank was so cute with this present from Grandma and Grandpa Gundersen. He decided it was best to just stand on it...it worked because the paper ripped

Little Red Car

2011-01-19T20:01:00.000-08:00

These pictures are from along time ago. I forgot that we had them. They are from before Thanksgiving but Hank loves this car so much I had to share.

Hank is Crawling!

2010-11-10T13:14:00.000-08:00

Hank started crawling last Saturday. We were talking to my mom and Makell on Skype and I was trying to get him to show off his army crawl but he started to crawl on his hands and knees. We were all totally surprised. Over the last few days he's gotten braver and started to follow me throughout the house. I guess it's time for me to baby proof the house since Hank is 100% moblie now.

I can't get the video to upload but I'll keep trying and post it as soon as I can!

3:00 am wake up

2010-11-05T08:26:00.000-07:00

I woke up at 3:00 am to Hank talking to himself through the baby monitor. I went into his room and this is what I found. He was totally content just playing. I didn't catch it with the camera but he was desperately trying to get the cords for the monitor through the bars of the crib. It took me a while to get him back to sleep because he was up and ready for the day.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-30T20:21:00.000-07:00

Tonight was our ward Truck or Treat party. It was lots of fun to see all of the great costumes. They even handed out prizes for the best costumes.

Sorry the picture is really bad. We had to use our old camera because we couldn't get the timer to work on our new one. If you can't tell Tyson is Jim Bob the Animal Control man and I'm a kitty and Hank is a puppy that Tyson, I mean Jim Bob, has rescued.

Another blurry picture...Sorry

That's right! Our little baby boy/puppy got third place in the child's category. We are so proud of him. There was even another little boy with the exact same costume on but Hank wore it better!

I had to add this one too because his tongue is out like a puppy and I thought it was cute.

Six months

2010-10-30T13:13:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it but our little boy is six months old. Yesterday at the doctors he weighed 18lb 2oz - 80% and is 27 1/2 in long - 75%. He is growing up so fast. He starting sitting on his own at five months but now he is doing so much better at not tipping over. He's not crawling yet but he is always getting up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth. I know it's only a matter of time until he's crawling around. Even though he's not "crawling" he will get where he wants with a series of rolls and twists. He sure is a mover. He loves his daddy very much and always has a huge grin on his face when Tyson gets home. Hanks likes to sit by the window and watch for Tyson to pull up. I haven't taken six month pictures yet but they will be taken soon. These are a few recent pics of our little Hank.

When Hank and I went home for a week Susan put Hank in the toy closet. He was so excited. There were toys everywhere and he didn't know which one to play with first.

Carving Pumpkins

2010-10-11T22:08:00.000-07:00

For FHE tonight we were invited to our friends, Steve and Liz Puffer, to carve pumpkins. We had so much fun. Steve is a 4th year dental student and carpools with Tyson. They are also the managers of our apartment complex. They have three little girls that are full of energy.

Tyson carving his pumpkin.

Steve and his two oldest daughters, Xilone and Miki.

Xilone and Miki carving their pumpkins.

This is how Hank spent the night.

Miki and Xilone with their finished pumpkins.

These are our pumpkins. Hank worked so hard on his pumpkin. It turned out so well.

Hank loved his pumpkin.

Happy little boy!

More of Hank

2010-10-11T21:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry but our blog has really become just a Hank-fest but he's the cutest one in the family so why not right.

Hank is doing so good at sitting up all by himself.

Hank watching one of his favorite shows, Tarzan.

Hank helping me with the dishes. He got mad that his walker stopped him from reaching the dishes so I gave him a paper cup and he was in heaven.

Blast from the past. Hank in one of Tyson's baby outfits. Totally 80's but still cute.

Hank watching football with his daddy. It starts out young...

Hank loves this lizard. He held it in his mouth like this for about 10 minutes. It was really funny. He almost growled while he chewed on it.

Tyson bought some crab pods and a buoy. Hank thought it was the perfect toy.

Strike a pose

Chewy on the rope

Tyson is very good at rocking Hank to sleep. It's almost instant, just a few minutes and Hank is out. He usually ends up in some weird position that doesn't really look that comfortable.

I just had to include this picture because I thought he was so cute.

The other morning I put Hank down on his blanket and walked around the corner into the kitchen. Just a few minutes later Hank was "talking" really loud so I went to see what he was talking about and this is what I found. He thought it was pretty funny.

2010-10-02T15:48:00.000-07:00

A gentleman (tourist) was kind enough to take our picture. We were all smiling cause he knew how to count to three.... at least he tried too.

This is the one that cut my thumb.

Brett invited me to go sturgeon fishing. It was a lot of fun. We caught 8 "shakers" which means that they were too small to keep. I had fun though, they fight pretty hard. They have sharp spines down their backs and sides and if you are not careful they will cut your hands. (found that out the hard way).

Josh said I wasn't pulling my weight, I didn't follow.

We got Crabs!!

This is how Josh ruined his pants, shoes, and hat. We did have lots of fun though.

Recent Happenings

2010-09-13T16:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a bunch of random pictures of our life the last few weeks. Okay so it's mostly Hank's life but that what most people are interested in anyways.

This is the face we usually get when we pull out the camera. He's not really a fan and tries to figure out what you are pointing at his face.

Whenever Tyson is home there is a lot of father/son bonding which I love. It's so great to see Hank having fun with his dad. Tyson is so much better at getting him to laugh so I just sit back and watch.

Hank loves to "fly" through the air. Actually he just loves to be held in the air. He wraps his feet around your arm and holds on tight, which is good for the crazy rides Tyson gives.

Hank also likes to be tossed in the air. We told ever really let him leave our hands but he loves it.

My two boys just hanging out.

Look at the smile. My boys are very handsome.

Hank is usually in this position, at least until he accidentally rolls over. Then he gets mad.

Look Mom I have toes!

He's favorite again. We can't put him in pants because then he can't bring his legs up. So usually is just in a onesie.

This little kid has been eating so much. He loves his solids and so far hasn't really turned down anything although he does have his favorites: pears and applesauce.

The other day Hank was playing on the floor while I cleaning up alittle and when I came back into his room this is what I found. I thought it was so cute I had to snap a pic.

When I first get up in the morning I prop Hank up in the middle on the bed while I get ready and I looked over and he had laid down and was watching me through the mirror. So cute.

Fish Hatchery

2010-09-13T12:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Tyson's aunt and uncle, Brett and Jeanette, took us to the Fish Hatchery to see all the salmon. It was pretty cool, I've never been to hatchery before. Now if Tyson was posting he could tell you what the salmon count is but I really have no idea. So all you get from me are pictures.

In front of the fish ladder...the fish have to swim up it.

It's kind of hard to see but there was a ton of fish, and they were huge.

Inside there were windows you could look through and see the fish. Hank loved it.

This sturgeon was playing peek-a-boo with us. He kept sliding back and forth.

It's again hard to see but the sturgeon in the lower right corner of the window.

A couple of the big fish. They were basically the same size as Hank if not bigger.

Hank and Daddy checking out the big fish.

The Sturgeon

This is at the fish hatchery. Once the fish come up stream there is this wall. There is a current coming through the wall so the fish know that there is something on the other side and they really want to get through, so they just sit there and jump into the wall.

Look how big they are!

Tyson in front of the holding tank.

Again hard to see but these fish are swimming up stream to the wall.

Now this is Herman the Sturgeon.

He is about 70 years old, weighs about 450lbs and is about 12 feet long.

Tyson's trip to the beach

2010-09-02T12:59:00.000-07:00

Tyson went to Cannon Beach last week with his classmates. They went for a professionalism conference...talk about fun. They left Thursday morning and got back Friday night. They even got to have a sand castle competition. I would tell you more about the pictures and what was going on but unfortunately Hank and I had to stay home, so take the pictures for what they are.

Raccoons

2010-08-28T22:54:00.000-07:00

These pictures are a little dark but you can still see the little family of raccoons we have out our back door.

Hank's first pet

2010-08-26T13:13:00.000-07:00

Tyson and I decided it would be fun to let Hank have a pet. I know he's only 4 months old but honestly I think it was more for Tyson than Hank. We got Hank three little fishies. They are goldfish named after his favorite movie.

Miss Sally

Mater

Lightning

Sorry this pictures are the best I could do while holding Hank.

Hank is Four Months old

2010-08-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to say Happy Four Month Birthday to my little man. He and I have become really good friends that last couple weeks because it's just been the two of us. A few things about Hank at 4 months:

Hank is such a happy little guy. All you have to do is look at him and he'll give you the biggest grin back.
He likes to stay up late and sleep in late. (still working on this one)
He loves his bath time. He'll kick and splash as long as I let him, even if the water has gone cold.
He loves eating solid food. His favorite so far is pears.
He is always wanting to sit up, which is hard because he is not even close to doing it on his own.
He has rolled from stomach to back four times in one day over a month ago and will not do it again.
He rolled from his back to his stomach last Sunday but no one saw it and he won't do it again. (little stinker)
He hardly ever gets sad but when he does he has a lower lip that sticks out at least a mile.
He has found his hands and feet and that alone will entertain him for a long time.
He LOVES to be outside. We go on at least one walk everyday, sometimes three or four. This kid is super smart about it too...he'll start screaming the second I close the door, so we can't come inside until he's asleep and even then he'll wake up just a few minutes later.

Daddy took this pic this morning.

This is my favorite picture. He is such a little man. Sorry the quality isn't super...it was taken with my phone.

This is the only picture we have of "the lip" it usually sticks out further.

I just love this kid so much. Right now we are watching Toy Story and he keeps letting out little giggles...co cute! We are so blessed to have him in our family. Every day I can see little bits of his personality coming out.

Our New Place!

2010-08-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures for all those that wanted to see our new place...Erin... Our apartment may be small but we love it and it's in such a great area. We are only a few blocks from the Portland Temple.

This is in our cute entryway...Thanks again mom!

Hank's Bedroom

Master Bedroom (from the hallway)

Master Bedroom (from bathroom)

Master Bathroom

Bathroom

Front Room (from hallway)

Front Room (from fireplace)

Kitchen

Dinning area/Tyson's study room

This is the last room I have left to organize and since it's also Tyson's study room there is a lot of stuff there. We also just started putting stuff there that we didn't know what else to do with, so this is going to be a weekend project. That way Tyson will be able to help in between study times. We really do love where we are but we miss everyone back at home. We love you all!

Waluga Park

2010-08-17T13:07:00.000-07:00

Tyson and I found this fun little park about a mile from our house. There is acutally two parks connected with this little dirt path.

Mommy and Hank walking down the path, Hank slept through most of the park trip

This path is full of lots of yummy wild berries

The yummy berries that Tyson picked, they were so good!

Hank and Daddy on the spider web

Daddy helping Hank down the slide

Hank and Daddy on the pirate ship

Hank and mommy on the bouncing frog

Hank and Mommy on the alligator

Hank's first cereal

2010-08-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

Hank had been wanting to eat every 2-2 1/2 hours which is okay during the day but not so fun at night. We decided to start him on rice cereal to help him sleep throught the night. He loved it from the start and still enjoys his rice cereal time. My little boy is such a good eater. There is a lot of pictures because they were all cute I had a hard time picking.

The before shot

The smile after the first bite

I wasn't feeding him fast enough he had to help me

He's so happy!

He's such a cute little guy

He loved every bite

Yummy

He's blowing spit just like his daddy taught him which is usually fine but not when there's cereal in his mouth, I was covered

Look at that excitement

So good!

The after picture

Saying goodby to family

2010-08-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

Tyson's parents drove out to help use move and to bring Tom home that drove Tyson's truck. We are so grateful for all there love and support and all their help. We love you!

Tyson and his parents outside of our new apartment.

Mom and Makell drove out with Brendie and Hank. Then they stayed for a few days to help unpack and organize. We went shopping and stayed up late one last time. We drove them to the airport wednesday morning and said a very tearful goodbye. We love you guys and are so grateful for all your help and support.

Saying goodbye at the airport.

The Gundersen Family Campout

2010-08-17T10:31:00.000-07:00

The last weekend in July all of the Gundersens, except Jason and Teryn who were greatly missed, went camping at Green Canyon. It was alot of fun to spend time with everyone one last time before me moved. Josh even roasted a whole pig. It was great!

Hank with Grandpa Great

Hank hanging out

Josh starting the all day roasting

Tyson watching the fire

Spreading a Honey Mustard mixture half way through the cooking

Just took it out

The final project. It was fantastic!

The huge puddle that Trent and Shara's tent ended up in after the rain/hail storm

Trent drying out there stuff

Hank rolling over

2010-07-16T15:04:00.000-07:00

Hank rolled over from his stomoach to his back for the first time today. He was just laying on the floor and all the sudden he was on his back. I hurried and grabbed the camera and put him back on his stomach and he rolled over again before I could get the camera ready. So I put him on his stomach again and began recording. It took him awhile to roll over the third time but I did get it recorded. So just be a little patient and you'll see it.

Hank's baby blessing

2010-07-06T15:53:00.000-07:00

Hank was blessed by his dad on Sunday the 4th of July. Tyson gave him a very beautiful blessing. Hank was so good the whole time. He was asleep before they started but as soon as his dad started talking he woke up and paid attention to what was being said. When the blessing was over Tyson held Hank up for everyone to see and Hank flashed the biggest smile. It was such a wonderful day.

Tyson, Brendie and Hank.
Hank in all white laying on the blanket the Papa Hymas brought home from his mission in Italy.

Baby Hank in his little white tux.

Ryan

Eating BBQ after the baby blessing.

Jason, Carina, Denise, and Amy

Jess and Tom

Brendie

The 4th of July

2010-07-06T15:23:00.001-07:00

After the 4th of July parade we went to Josh and Lindsay's house for a very yummy BBQ. There was tons of delicous food and fun had by all. All of the kids went into the pool by choice. Kirstin, Tyson and Josh went in by force.

Josh and Trent throwing little Roy in the pool.

Brendie

Trent

Josh

Lindsay

Trent

Grandma Sharon

Roy

Hank

Hank and Dayton in matching 4th of July outfits.

Three of the boys born this year (we are missing Kyle, Jason and Teryn's youngest). Hank is 2 months, Carson is 2 1/2 months and Dayton is 6 months.

Tyson and Roy fishing

2010-07-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

Tyson has been trying to get his fill of fishing before we move to Portland and his dad has been more than willing to help keep him company.

Camping Summer 2010

2010-07-06T15:05:00.000-07:00

We've gone camping a few times this summer and Hank really seems to enjoy it. He loves being outside, he truly is his father's son.

More of Hank

2010-06-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

So most of our post are going to be of Hank, thats just how it works once you have kids. And as usual with your first we take pictures of everything. Now we will share some of them with you.

Hank loves his swing. He would sit in it all day if he could. He'll sit there and just look around until the swinging makes him fall asleep.

My two guys feel asleep just like this the other morning. It was so cute.

Hank likes to just sit on your lab and look around so I decided to try the Bumbo out. He loved it. He only lasts for about 10min before he gets tired of holding up his head, but for those 10 mins he just smiles.

Hank isn't a huge fan of tummy time but he's getting better and holding himself up. Like sitting in the Bumbo he only lasts about 10mins before he's done.

1 month old

2010-06-05T17:38:00.001-07:00

My sister Carina took some pictures of Hank when he was just a few days older than a month. I think they turned out really good and I'm so glad she was so nice to take them for us. He was so good while we took the pictures, it was almost as if he was posing for us.

Asleep in his carseat.

I love this picture. He is so cute when he sleeps.

He makes this face ALL of the time. It's the funniest thing.

Look at those little fat rolls. (Why are those only cute on little babies?)

This is my favorite of all. Like I said before he was totally posing.

He is the sweetest little boy ever.

I love his cute little toes, or as Jill says, "His little big feet."

Thanks again Carina! These turned out great!

Baby Hank Update

2010-05-20T15:11:00.000-07:00

Hank is growing up so fast. He is 3 1/2 weeks old. He'll be 1 month old on Tuesday the 25th. I can't believe how fast it's going. I took him to the doctor yesterday and he weighs 9lbs 8oz, he's growing like a little weed. He has been a super good baby. Occasionally he gets fussy when he eats but we are hoping that gets better soon. Last night I was lucky enough to have him sleep from 11pm to 5am. That is something I could get use to but am not expecting. Hank is starting to be awake more during the day and is very alert. He is constantly looking around and taking in his surroundings.

Some pics of Hank from the last couple weeks:
Hanging out with Aunt Barbara.

Every once in a while Hank lays in our bed in the morning after his morning feeding. Unfortunately Hank had a little accident, the first bed wetting experience.

Hank hanging out with we watched a movie.

Tyson labeled this one: "Caught in the act." He pulls this face when he is pooping.

Hank is wearing one of Tyson's old pajamas. I thought it was a total photo op.

This is my favorite. He is so cute and peaceful.

First Walk

2010-05-08T16:02:00.000-07:00

Hank was one week old last Sunday, I know I'm behind but we don't have internet at our house. We decided to take out on his first walk. While on our walk we found a path down to the river by Walmart. It was a paved path so Hank did a little off-roading in his stroller. It was the perfect day for a walk and Hank really seemed to enjoy it.

Hank's First Bath

2010-05-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday Grandma Merrill came over and helped give Hank his first bath. He wasn't really a huge fan and cried throughout most of the bath, but he smelt so yummy and clean after. He slept so good that night. He second bath went a little better smoother, we even had daddy's help that time around.

Farm Boy

2010-04-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

When I walked into CAL ranch a month ago I saw that they had chickens.I could not help myself and so I decided to buy a few. I gave them to my dad for his birthday. We started with 16 chickens. That number has increased dramatically. We have 18 bantams, 27 cornish rock(meat chickens), and 38 others( barred rock, rhode island red, white leg horn, buff orpington, black sex link, cinnamon queen, golden sex link to name a few) I also bought 10 phesants. After the chickens came the pigs. We have 6 pigs. The runt is pretty easy to catch and hold although he does not like it much. He sure makes lots of noise.

Hank Tyson Gundersen

2010-04-30T13:39:00.000-07:00

I know that most people only want to see pictures but some like to read/hear the whole story, so for their benefit as well as to have this recorded somewhere I'm going to tell the story.

On Saturday the 24th we were at Denise and Mont's house for Mont's birthday party. Mont had been saying that the baby would come on his birthday. By 9:30 pm nothing had really happened but Brendie could feel that her stomach would tighten every once in a while. She was not sure if they were really contractions because they didn't really hurt and she didn't know what to expect because she has never had a baby before. Makell and Brendie started to time the "stomach tightenings" and they were coming about every 8 minutes. This all took place in the bonus room up stairs on the love seat while I beat Hermes repetitively at his X box boxing game. When we decided to leave the birthday party Brendie stood up and noticed that her pants were wet. She wondered if her water had broke but she didn't feel anything and after every one took turns sniffing the fluid on her pants it was deduced that it was urine or some other liquid that someone had spilled on the couch. Brendie claims that she was not struggling with incontinence and the wet spot was in such a place that I had no trouble believing her. Brendie was so excited for the baby to come that she really wished that it had been her water breaking but it wasn't. I was pretty tired and so I was happy that I could go home and sleep in my own bed rather than checking into the hospital and sleeping on the wonderful pull out bed that they have in the hospital. At 2:55 am Brendie felt something that can only be described as a water balloon inside of her popping and she sat up trying to figure out if she should run to the bathroom. That's when she woke me up and she said "Tyson I think that my water just broke". It took me a while to come to my senses and then Brendie said " pretty sure I am going to need a towel or something". I had to ask Brendie where the towels were because I do very little around the house and I lacks the ability to find anything that does not help me to hunt or fish, and most of those items lack any type of organization. It was pretty obvious by the puddle of fluid Brendie was sitting in that her water broke so I tired to call Jason (the OB) to see if we should go to the hospital even though Brendie could not really feel any contractions. Jason is pretty worthless because he didn't answer any of the times that I called him. He claims I should have used his pager number but I have tried that in the past with very little success. To his credit he actually did call back a few hours later claiming that his cell phone was not at the bed side, I don't buy it, I just think he already has the doctor routine figured out.
The good people at the hospital told us that we should come within two hours of the whole water breaking fiasco so Brendie told Me that I should go back to bed and that she would shower and get ready to go. This was after I had managed to get myself dressed and load the hospital bag into the car so I got undressed and back into bed only to have Brendie say well maybe we should just go to the hospital now because they can monitor the baby and make sure everything is okay. That was pretty much the end of my sleep situation. After we got to the hospital the nurse did an ultrasound to see if the baby's head was down because she could not feel it. To make a long story a little shorter they admitted us into the labor and delivery room and started Brendie on oxytocin which made the baby's heart rate do some strange things so they shut it off and then two hours later they turned it back on. The contractions were about two minutes apart and they were pretty regular. By 10 am she was ready for the epidural. Before she got the epidural doctor Evans came in to place a pressure contraction monitor and a fetal heart rate monitor which was pretty unpleasant. She then got the epidural and then she spent the next ten hours waiting. The doctor checked her at 7:45 pm and said that things looked good and that she he was going to let her "slide" for an hour. At 8:45 she was ready to kill some one because she was sick of waiting. The nurse made it in about 9 and she checked Brendie and the baby's head was down and I could see it. It looked like he was a little bald baby. The Doctor eventually moseyed into the room and put on his rubber suit and Brendie started to push. Every time she pushed the baby's heart rate would drop and so the doctor was worried that the umbilical cord was around the baby's neck. Eventually the baby's head did pop out and it looked pretty deformed. The cord was around his neck twice and then it went down under his arm pit and around his arms. I was in shock. I wish I had gotten a picture of it, its like he was bringing it out with him. He was born at 10:02 and he was 6lbs 14ounces. We decided to call him Hank Tyson Gundersen.
We finally got into the mommy baby side of the hospital at about 1 am Monday morning. Brendie was supposed to keep track of when she fed him and changed his diaper. at about 3 am Brendie woke up and asked me to had her cell phone to her because she needed to know what time it was. I reached down and picked up the bottle of lotion that was on the floor and handed it to her, she looked at me like I was a retard but I thought I had done what she asked. She then kindly explained that she needed to know what time it was and that her cell phone had a clock on it. I tried again and this time I was successful in handing her the TV control. At that point I was almost ready to go back to sleep and Brendie started to laugh pretty hard. I eventually got her the cell phone I guess although I have very little recollection of what happened.

Graduation

2010-04-30T13:20:00.001-07:00

Tyson graduated from BYU-Idaho the begining of this month. I am so proud of him and he is so happy to be done. It going to be nice for him to have a little break for the summer before dental school starts. The only bad thing to come of this is that Tyson no longer has to live by the honor code and have quit shaving, so now it looks like I am married to a homeless man.

And the winner is...

2010-04-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

PORTLAND. We have offically decided to attend dental school at Oregon Health and Science University. We are very excited to make the move to Portland. School starts on August 16th so we will most likely move out the begining of August.

Baby Shower

2010-04-01T20:04:00.001-07:00

My mom and sisters threw me a baby shower last Saturday and it was really fun. There were lots of friends and family that stopped by and we had a good time. Thanks for everyone one that came. We played a few games that everyone seemed to enjoy. The ice cubes had little baby frozen inside and as soon as your baby came out of the ice you had to scream, "My water broke!" All I can to that one is that Erin was going to win no matter what. They also cut a piece that was how big they thought my stomach is. Tara was the lucky one to win that one. Some people's guesses were a little off...but it was all a lot of fun.

Just in case people forgot what I was having....

Carina insisted on taking a profile pic of my belly...not a fan but here you go.

Carina made me this cute diaper cake. I love the puppy on top!

I've always loved rubber duckys so mom thought of this clever idea to have them floating in the drink. I even get to keep the ducks for the baby to play with later.

The gifts

My wonderful MOM!

Barbara and Amy

Makell and Daisy

Lindsay, Susan, Grandma Sharon, Barbara and Amy

The Baby Dyne from Susan. I'm so excited for this.
She also gave us a crib size dyne. These are perfect.

Me with the gifts. The baby is already spoiled and he's not even here yet.

Mom had this blanket made for the baby. It's made out of the minky material and has a super cute design quilted into it. It's a baby pattern with bottles, rattles, booties, and such.

The dynes from Susan.

A couple diaper bags.

Some toys and books.

Diapers and bath stuff.

Lots of nice blankets.

Clothes from newborn to 12 month.

Thanks again to all those that came. And a huge thanks to my mom and sisters for putting it all together. It all turned out great! It made me so excited for the little guy to finally get here. We've got just about 4 weeks left to wait and then we'll get to meet our little man.

A Quick Update

2010-03-01T21:52:00.000-08:00

Things are going very well with me and the baby. He's growing just the way he should and I'm feeling great! I'm at 32 weeks so we've got about 8 weeks left until the little guy is here and we are getting so excited. We can't wait until we get to finally meet him. He moves like crazy all the time and gets the hiccups at least 4 times a day. Tyson and I are having a hard time thinking of a name that we like. Hopefully we think of something before the little guy gets here.

I haven't posted a picture of my baby bump since I was 15 weeks so here I am at 32 weeks. You have to know that Tyson is home right now while I'm posting so I took this picture by myself, sorry it's a little blurry.
Tyson is doing good as well. He'll graduate from BYU-I at the end of this semester and then we are off to dental school at the end of the summer. Tyson was lucky and had four interviews. He interviewed at Nebraska State Dental School, Indiana University of Purdue University Dental School, Marquette University and Creighton University through the IDEP program. At first Tyson was placed on all four waiting lists, this was a little hard to deal with but it pay off in the long run. The beginning of January Tyson got a letter of acceptance from Indiana. We were so excited to get into dental school and to know that we were able to take the next step in our lives. The beginning of February brought us a surprise when Tyson was offered an interview at Oregon Health & Science University. Of course Tyson said yes and drove up for the interview. Before Tyson even got home he had an acceptance email waiting for him.

Now we are lucky to have the chance to choose between a couple schools and decide which school feels best for us. Both schools are great and Tyson would get an amazing education at either school. We haven't made up our minds for sure but we are leaning towards Oregon. Things feel better about Oregon and plus it's only 11 hours away instead of the 26 hour drive to Indiana. We still have a few months until we have to know for sure so we are just taking our time with this decision. It's a life changing decision that we are so excited to make.

I also finally posted Christmas and birthdays if you have any desire to see that far in the past.

Christmas...finally

2010-03-01T21:24:00.000-08:00

Finally posting Christmas....I know like three months late but hey it's here now. For Christmas I bought Tyson one big present but I wanted to make it last longer than just opening one present so I sent him on a little scavenger hunt. It turned out perfect. He had never been on one before.

Opening he first present...a puzzle? He was a little confused and it took him a while to but it together.
Clue #1: This may be a puzzle but don't accept defeat! Look where there is lots of spinning heat!

Clue #2: Mirror Mirror on the wall, where is the fairest clue of all?

Clue #3: Now listen here I did not stutter, Where do we keep the butter?

Clue #4: This clue isn't so dumb. Where are you going to change our baby's bum?

Clue #5: Now I know that this clue rocks. Do you have any clean socks?

Clue #6: Under the bed you will find... Something that will blow your mind.

Surprise! He didn't even have to open it to know what was in this shape of a box. It's a brand new gun. Just what he's always wanted since before we got married. I finally did it right...

Tyson with his new gun and ammo. He was so happy for his brand new gun. Just in time to replace that one he broke not even a week before Christmas. Things worked out perfectly to make this the best Christmas ever.

Tyson spoiled me with some very beautiful pearl necklaces and earrings.

My new coat. I love the red plaid and it's super warm, plus it fits over my growing belly.

The Birthday Post

2010-03-01T21:02:00.001-08:00

Here's a quick post of both of our birthdays. I know it's been a few months since Tyson's birthday but at least I'm getting it on here.

Tyson blowing out his candles. He turned the big 25!
Look at all of those candles.

I love this picture. I was just snapping a few pictures while Tyson was opening presents and I happened to get this one just as Zach stabbed Tyson in the throat.

Tyson opening his presents with the help of Jill and Sarah.

Here's the only two pics of my birthday. It was a great day and I'm so thankful for the great family I have to share my b-day with.

Blowing out the candles..24 to be exact.

You can't really see my belly but I'm 30 weeks here.

We're having a little baby.....

2009-12-09T08:18:00.000-08:00

BOY!!!!! We went to the doctor yesterday and they told us it's a little baby boy. We are so excited! We would have been happy either way but it's good to finally know so we can go shopping! The little guy is growing so well and everything looks great! We didn't get "the picture" to share with everyone, you'll just have to trust us. We are slowing making things even with the grandkids on both sides of the family. Once our little guy is here there will be 4 girls and 2 boys on my side and 6 girls and 4 boys on Tyson's. Not quite even yet but we're getting close. We are so excited to see our little guy, only 20 more weeks!

Baby crib and such

2009-11-05T19:50:00.000-08:00

My mom gave us our Christmas present a couple months early and it was just what we asked for. We wanted a new crib for our baby and mom found a great deal on a 3 piece set which included a crib, a changing table and a four drawer dresser. She dropped it off last Saturday and we started putting it together. It started out pretty simple with the crib and changing table but then I tried to put the dresser together by myself and I struggled. It was a lot harder then I had hoped but I accomplished it after about 4 hours.

We didn't realize what we were in for until after unloading all of the contents of the box, our whole living room was covered in pieces.

We got the crib done first. Now we just have to find a mattress.
The changing table was pretty easy as well.
Here is the dresser that took me forever.

Here's a couple pictures of my little baby bump. I'm just over 15 weeks here and finally showing.

We're Having A Baby!!!

2009-10-05T17:43:00.000-07:00

Just to fill everyone in that doesn't already know, we are having a baby! We are both very excited! We are due April 26th and can hardly wait for the next 6 1/2 months to go by. We are so happy to have a spring baby just in time for summer and right after Tyson finishes school here at BYUI. We can't wait until our little one is here.

The finished project

2009-09-26T17:38:00.000-07:00

Sorry that it took so long to post the final pics of our new fireplace, but here they are! I think Tyson did a wonderful job, I wish that I could take some credit but I can't. These pictures are before we put the stove back but you get the idea.

DESTRUCTION!!!!

2009-08-05T21:21:00.000-07:00

Tyson and I decided that the stone behind our pellet stove really dated our little trailer. We both thought it would be best to replace it with some nice looking tile. Fortunately for us Tyson has a little knowledge on this subject and we decided now would be the best time to do it since Tyson is out of school.

Here's the before picture: Tyson was a pro from the start:Look at him go:Getting all the mortar: He's so good he can get two at once:
I thought that I should at least take a whack at it: I was a little unsure of what I was suppose to do: Trying to find the right spot:
The whole wall was moving at this point:
In the end I got the hang of it:
The after pictures are to come.....hopefully anyway.

Baby Tyson

2009-08-02T09:28:00.000-07:00

So Tyson's brother Jason has been scanning a bunch of negatives into his computer and was kind enough to share these pictures of Tyson with us. I thought they were so cute and needed to be shared with all.

Baby Blankets

2009-03-22T19:19:00.000-07:00

I just have to clarify right off the bat before anyone jumps to any conclusions, this is not an announcement. I'm just very proud of these two projects I've completed. I know it's kind of weird to make baby blankets when you aren't expecting but every time I went into Porter's I would look at this really cute blanket and contemplate buying it. After months of looking and wanting I decided to just get it and I'm very glad I did. These turned out so cute!!!

This is the original pattern. Now you can see why I couldn't pass it up.

Just a close up of the adorable flowers!

Once I got the little girl blanket done I thought "Well what if we have a boy first" so this is my little boy version.

I adjusted the pattern by making the flowers into little fish, because if our little boy is anything like Tyson he'll be fishing from day one.

They turned out really cute and I am so proud that they turned out so well.

Random

2008-11-19T19:36:00.001-08:00

So Tyson had the camera with him at school for the last little while and I just got it back. So I have a few random pics to post. They don't really have much to do with each other but Jason wanted a new post so here goes....

So Nov. 8 was my wards Super Saturday and we had a craft day. Mom and Makell came with me and we had a great time. These are the crafts that I did...with lots and lots of help from my mom and Makell. Basically they did the whole snowman for me, that turkey took forever.

This one was the easiest: just paint, sand and stick on the stickers.

Again mom and Makell did the snowman, the turkey was really hard but totally worth it.

These next two pics show what Tyson and I are usually doing on a Sunday afternoon.

Tyson is usually studying really hard. I really am proud of Him. He has a very hard semester but he is doing so well and even when things seem tough and never ending he sticks it out. I love him with all of my heart and really appericiate all of his hard work with school.

This is a common activity for me because Tyson and I usually crave sweets on Sunday. This particular day was the day before Makell's b-day. Makell requested sugar cookies with the number 16 on them. So I baked and decorated all day on Sunday. I ended up with about 5 dozen cookies, half pink with green writing and half green with pink writing. And in explantion of the pop can rolling pin....I don't have a real one. During Barbara's move mom offered to save me her rolling pin but I said "No, I don't really make anything that I would need a rolling pin for." Well Makell's birthday proved me wrong. Needless to say the pop can worked great!

The final product after hours of fun!

This is a very random, awful picture of me at my mom's house during her birthday party. I was playing the piano and Tyson surprised me with the camera.

2008-11-02T16:22:00.000-08:00

Josh tells me that I am now truly trailer trash because the washer and dryer I have are worth more than my "house". I bet the value is actually pretty close and since the washer and dryer are almost 6 months old I would guess that they have depreciated almost enough that our "house" might be worth more. Brendie's great aunt Barbara sold her house and moved to Idaho falls and she asked us if we could use her washer and dryer. We said that would be wonderful cause the old washer leaked and the dryer was melting brendie's stuff. We are so thankful that Barbara decided to let us have the washer and dryer. It was no easy task to move the washer and dryer down the hall way of our tiny little house but Josh was the mastermind behind the move so it all worked out. As you can see the washer and dryer dont really fit the rest of the house(it looks like I stole them from some rich people), in fact they dont really even fit in the space we have but they are hooked up and they work. Thanks again Barbara!

Emergency Surgery

2008-09-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

So most of you have already heard that we had a interesting weekend. It all started when Tyson started filling sick to his stomach Thursday night about 9:30. He decided to just go to sleep and hope that it would go away and that he'd fill better in the morning. Little did we know what was about to happen. Tyson was up most of the night because he as unable to sleep due to the pain he was feeling. During the night the pain in his stomach started to settle in his lower right side. At 4:00 in the morning he woke me and we thought we should take off to hospital. Not sure really what to do we called Tyson's brother Jason and we were advised to go to the emergency room.
Once in the E.R. they ran blood tests and took x-rays, as well as answered a very lengthy list of questions over and over again. The doctor finally showed up at 6:00 and said that it was probably appendicitis. They moved Tyson upstairs and we waited for the surgeon to get in because we needed him to okay it.
At about 8:00 Dr. Christensen came in and went over the list of questions again and said it was definitely appendicitis. Dr. Christensen had one surgery to do first and then he was going to take Tyson it as soon as possible.
They took Tyson into surgery around 9:00 and he was in surgery for about an hour. Everything went well and Tyson is healing nicely. They had him spend the night and we were able come home at about 11:00 Saturday morning.

Tyson in his hospital bed. The drugs made him quite loopy and completely out of it. He slept most of the day Friday.

We decided to do the laparoscopic appendectomy so Tyson has three little incisions instead of one large one. This way is suppose to have less scaring and heal faster.

During the surgery we had them take pictures for our two medical student brothers to see. In the first picture you can see the appendix, it's the long purple thing. Usually appendix are small, about the size of a earth worm, and really pink; Tyson's was as big around as a finger and had started to turn purple. In the second picture you can see the gal bladder and the liver. I'm not quite sure what the third picture is. The forth one is of the large intestine after the appendix was removed.

We'd like to say thanks to everyone that helped us out this weekend. We really appriciate the thoughts and phone calls. We love you all!!!

Back to School

2008-09-13T14:50:00.000-07:00

Everyone else did thier back to school blog and so I thought that I would post a picture of Tyson on his first day of school for this year.

You can see in this pic that Tyson has quite a large load of books to carry with him to class each day. Too much weight if you ask me...this is going to cause some problems with school due to our most recent experience this weekend.

ZOOM!!!!

2008-08-01T14:40:00.000-07:00

Tyson and I decided to have the Zoom Whitening done, especially when we found out that we get free dental becuase I work in a dental office. Nice benifits if you ask me. It was $700 worth of dental for free.

Here's just a few pics. Tyson before with his starting shade.

Tyson during the process...3, 15minute cycles. By the third cycle you really want to just cry. It gets pretty hot and your teeth start to ache unless your like Tyson. He was having electric like jolts shocking through his teeth.

Tyson after with his starting shade. He lighten up three shades. Now his teeth almost glow in the dark there are so white!

This is me before with my starting shade.

This is me during the very last of the three cycles. My teeth didn't really start hurting until like the 5 minutes of this cycle. I had to just grin and bare it.

This is me after with the shade I started out as. I lightened up four shades and now Tyson and I are the same shade.

It was a unusual experience for the two of us and I can't say that I would do it again. Tyson and I spent the remainder of the day cringing with little electric jolts and super hypersensitivity. But I as happy with the results

Our Frist Anniversary!!!

2008-06-08T13:58:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is our one year anniversary but we celebrated by going up to Mont's Cabin and had a weekend getaway. We leave Friday after we both got off work.

Friday night we started a campfire because Tyson was craving a little outdoor time. I was freezing but soon was so warm from the fire that Tyson created that I thought my eyebrows were burning off.

Saturday morning Mont drove up and took us to his fishing spot for a little early morning fishing trip. He was going to be there about 6:00 which meant we had to be awake at 5:30 to make sure we were ready for him. I was pretty sleepy but also very excited for my first real fishing trip.

This is me reeling in my first fish which was also the first fish of the day. It ended up being the biggest fish off the day too. It was just a over 5lbs. Tyson caught one almost as big but mine was just a few ounces bigger. We caught a total of 11 fish in just over 3 hours. We were only able to keep two a peice though.

Tyson and I freezing on the boat. It actually starting to snow just as we caught our last fish. We hurried off the lake at fast as we could.

Me and the two fish I caught.

This is Tyson with some fish....he didn't really catch all of them though.

This is me with all of the fish we caught.

Both of us with the fish.

Mont weighing the fish to see who's fish really was the biggest. I totally won!!! (ok only by a few ounces but still I won)

Tyson and Mont gutting the fish. It was pretty gross to watch and if you look close you can see Mont throwing the guts. Eww!!!

Tyson the filleting the fish.

Saturday night we went to West Yellowstone. We ate dinner, had an old fashion western picture taken and went to the playmill.

Tyson fell asleep while waiting for me to get ready.

Tyson and I eating at the Gusher, a little pizza place. It was yummy!

This is us outside of the Playmill. We went to a play called See How They Run. It was hilarious. It was all about a ton of misunderstanding and everyone was trying to figure out the truth but it just made it worse. It was so funny. We really enjoyed it. They even sang us a little song for our anniversary.

Graduation

2008-06-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

The most recent interesting event in our live was my graduation. It's really nice to be done with school and to start a career rather than nights as a server.

This is me and my class walking into the auditorium. The program was really boring and way to long, but we all had to sit through it.

Tyson and I being oh so cute after I walked. He was very supportive throughout my schooling and was always there for me. I'm very grateful to him.

Hello Friends!!

2008-06-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

So my brother finally talked me into starting one of these, so that it can be easier for him to know what's going on in my life. Unfortunately, there isn't much in my life that is too exciting.

A quick update: My husband and I have been married for a year on June 9th. It's been a very great year and neither of us can believe that it went by so quickly. Tyson is a Chemistry major at BYU-I and hopes to make it into dental school in the next couple years (I know he'll be able to do it). I just graduated from EITC in Dental Assisting and I am in the middle of my lovely intership working 250 hours for free. It's great fun....the assisting part not the no money part. Since I am not making money Tyson is also working while doing school. He lays flooring with his brother for his parents company.

That's basically our live in a nutshell. It's a little crazy but we enjoy it.