A Bunch of B.S.: 2009

O Christmas Tree!

Ever year we pack up all the kids (and Hailey) and go chop down our tree. We had been exploring a few weeks earlier and had spotted a few good ones & marked it on the GPS. So, it didn't take long to find this one. It is the smallest tree I think we have had in 9 years, but it is BEAUTIFUL! Me and MaKayla wanted it flocked, so we bought this stuff at the hardware store and sprayed it all up! We left it out to dry overnight outside, but it fell over, and when we brought it in, PEEEUWWW! It stunk so bad!! UGH! But after a few days, we really didn't notice the smell anymore and it looks really pretty! We made a new ornament for Andy this year and hung it on the tree.

All the kids and tree decorated

So Handsome! He smiles so much now!

The Famous Silly Face Pose

My Manly Man!

Andrew Baby Blessing

Andy got blessed on Dec. 1st By his Grandpa Hawker. Here are some AWESOME pictures my SIL took of him. She does EXCELLENT work, if you would like to contact her or see more of her work go to her website on the pictures:

All dressed up and SO Handsome!

Beautiful Big Blue Eyes (just like his mommy!)

My favorite, because this is the view I see while feeding him

His only Great-Grandparent: Grandma Boberg

4 Generations of Hawkers: Brad, Doug (Brad's Dad), Doug (Brad's Grandpa),

and Andy (Brad's Son)

My favorite of the day!

San Francisco

We had the opportunity in Oct. to go to SF, Izzy had never been there and was so exctied to go to the "Full House" house. There was a park across the street that we took the kids to and played at.
We stayed at my brother Robbie's and SIL Ria's house. They were so much fun! After the park and some touristy driving around we went to Joe's Crab Shack... YUMMY! Emily was sick that day so she fell asleep on Brad's lap during dinner!

October 17, 09

Brad killed his first deer this year, he went hunting with Keith and Mike. Keith came over and helped us with the skinning, cutting and butchering! We have since enjoyed several Delicious meals (that I cooked :)) !

Oct. 2nd Andy's first Bath

Back in Oct. ( I know I am a little behind in blogging) Andy had his first bath, MaKayla and Izzy both got to help!

Brad's Projects

These are a few of the projects that Brad is working on at the aviation shop! If you can imagine these will look brand new when they are done with them, the bottom one will be done first, and he probably will get to fly it! He is amazing, I don't think there is anything he can't do!

3 Weeks Old!

Andrew is 3 weeks old, I took him to get pictures done, i can't wait until they come in. I can't believe how much he has allready changed! He looks more like brad than ever! He did his first "GOO" yesterday, he got so excited that he made a noise, then after a few moments he figured it out and did it again! He is awake for about an hour at a time about 3 times a day..he usually looks very bored like he is waiting for something to happen. He has a pleasant personality and is still very calm.. He is slowly sleeping more at night about 1.5-3 hours at a time! I am so grateful to be his mom, and could not have asked for a more perfect son!

1 Week Old!

I can't believe the difference 1 week makes! Andrew looks so different all ready so I had to take some pictures cause I know his newborn look won't last long! Here he is today on his 1 week birthday! BTW this is his 3rd outfit for the day, I am still getting used to changing a boy diaper :) I will have to get some pics without the binki but it has been a long day for both of us!

Andrew James Hawker

I am so proud to introduce my Son: Andrew James Hawker!

His 3 older sisters... this boy will never be neglected!

MaKayla protecting him from Emily and her curious hands.

Izzy so proud!

Getting to know each other! Emily looks so proud!

On the 23rd at 9:30pm I went into the Hospital having contractions 4 min apart for 60 sec. They sent me home at 10:35pm because I was not dialating any more even though I was having contractions. I came home very upset and depressed I was certain it would be another week of contractions and no baby! So, I took a nice hot bath, relaxed and went to bed at 12am expecting the contractions to go away. I woke up an hour later at 12:50am in a LOT of pain! After a few intese contractions, I was sure this time things had changed, so we went back to the hospital.... I was right! At 1:50am we were checked in and getting an epidural. I was progressing 1 cm per 45 min. At 6am I stalled out and they gave me a little pitocin. 7:15am the Dr. Came in I was at an 8 and he decided to see what would happen if I pushed, well 1 and a half pushes later we had our little boy Andrew.

Andy looks just like his dad! So far his hair is black and eyes a chocolaty brown just like Brad's.

Born at 7:22am, 19 in long, 6 lbs 150z. Everything went fine, me and baby did great!! We stayed 2 nights at the hospital and came home today.

Thanks to everyone who called, prayed, and came by for us. I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends!

Also, the staff at DRMC were so great to us, they always provide exceptional care and took care of everything for us!

Labor Day Vacation 09

For Labor Day this year we decided to go somewhere new. Neither me or Brad had ever been to Yellowstone and decided to it would be fun to go this year. My brother Mike lives in Montana just 1.5 hours away from there and his youngest happened to be getting baptized the same weekend. I also needed to get my maternity photos done so we bundled it all together and had a little road trip.

Thurs. night we rove to Springville and stayed at Brad's brother Scott's house. Friday morning we got up and his wife Luann took my maternity photos (they will be on seperate post).

After the pictures Friday, my mom and step-dad met us and piled in the car with us for the remaining journey.

Friday night we arrived in Montana at my brother Mike's house.

Saturday we went to my nephew's baptism then, Brad and Keith went fishing, and me and the girls went exploring. My SIL's Step-mom was there and taught MaKayla to make Mile High Mississippi Pie:

It was also my nephews birthday, so we had a little party for him that night!

Sunday we got up early, said our goodbye's and took off to Yellowstone. We saw lots of different animals: Buffalo, Elk, Deer, etc. everything but a bear! It was so much fun, but we only got about 1/4 of the way through what we wanted, if you are going there, 3 days is needed to see everything for sure!!

We made sure to see Old Faithful. Brad has always worried that it would stop unexpectedly before he got the chance to go see it, but luckily it is still working!! :) It was so cool and a lot bigger than I thought it would be.

Another cool thing was crossing the continental divide. It was funny cause right there was a pond and all the water held still as if it didn't know wich way to go down the mountain!