Merry Christmas!

so much has happened since i last blogged.but ill start with christmas. four days before christmas we went to corpus. we were so busy i dont know where the time went. but we had fun, as always!dec 23 my grandma had a party, we went and celebrated with extended family.then we came home dec 24 to celebrate christmas in our home for the first time. we went to mass christmas eve, grabbed some greasy junk food on the way home and watched christmas movies.christmas day we woke up, opened gifts, and ate some more. it was awesome! hektor was clueless. but sofia enjoyed her gifts. she was so calm when she saw her gifts. first she saw the wagon, then the trike, and last the ball pit. shes gotten use out of all three already. hektors gone out in the wagon as well. for some reason they enjoy walks in the wagon over the stroller. erik was a good boy this year and santa brought him a basketball, a track suit, and filled his liquor cabinet. he works so hard he deserves it! i recieved tons of baking materials and a hot pink jog skirt! just what i wanted!we hope everyones christmas was just as amazing!!! Merry Christmas from the Hanson family!

tis the season

sofia and i got started on our holiday baking early this yr. here are some pics of our sunday of baking! she was so helpful, lol.

cookie exchange playdate

sofia and i made cookies for our cookie exchange playdate. we had fun. we had just as much fun at our play date. hektor slept most of the time but sofia got in some play time.it was a wonderful morning. and we got some reallllly good cookies:-)

sesame street live!

we went to sesame street live with our friends seana and nia. i really didnt know what to expect. but i was really pleased with how it all played out! the tickets were expensive, but it was something i really wanted to do with sofia. i had told myself not to be bummed if she didnt like it and we had to leave early. but nope, she and nia loved it and we watched the whole show. at the end they were dancing like it was a really cool concert, i guess for them it was!it was so precious!

sofias christmas cookies

taste test at the end!

never too many sprinkles!

some icing!




erik thought it would be nice if we and by we it means me, baked cookies for the culdesaq(i swear sometimes i wonder if he thinks i stare at the wall all day). but i agreed that it would be nice. we have gotten plenty of goods frm them when hektor was born, so now would be a good time to repay them!
so i googled cookie ideas, found some beautiful and tasty cookes to make. we headed out to the grocery store and got all we needed. hektor went down for his nap so sofia and i got started. she was soooo into it. more than i thought she would be. and at first i was super frustrated with her. i wanted to make these beautiful cookies, but she was messing them up. lol. and so i decided to let her. she was so happy to help. the joy that it brought her to help made me realize that i will have plenty of time to make the perfect martha steward cookies. but for now i need to let her help. even if that means the neighbors get cookies that are not exactly christmas trees and are literally rough around the edges.

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Sofia 19 months

my little missy 19 months already! Shes so stinkin cute, its hard to get mad at her:/

*shes sleeping through the night, in her room

*eating everything except hamburger meat, not sure i blame her on that one!

* very helpful with brother

*not potty trained, my new years resolution!:)

*talking more, if that was possible, putting words together. example, baby crying or bye, gotta go!

* favorite movies spirit and chipmunks. shes now trying to ride hektor when he does tummy time. she thinks hes like the horse frm spirit. she tries riding the dog too but she runs way frm her.

*she has renamed the dog, frm lucy to scuzzi to papuzzi. lol

* shes a little mommy in the making. she carries around her bears the way i carry hektor.

*weighs about 22 pounds

* she loves to sing! its so sweet to hear her voice.

*into elmo, we are going to see sesame street live with some friends and i cant wait to see her face!

*shes loving all the christmas lights!she says preeeeeety. we go for a walk around 545 so all the lights are on and she loves it!

*she calls santa just ta. im not sure why?

*and from now on i think i need to buy two of everything (when possible). whatever hektor has she wants and whatever sofia has he wants. i didnt think it would happen so soon! this morning she had a rubberband for my hair and he wanted it, really???? and of course since he wanted it she was ten times more into it. a flippin rubberband!?!?

* she loves to color and read

*most of all she loves to be outside, exploring.

*shes not afraid to venture out alone which of course worries me!

*she loves my phone but gets stage fright when she calls anyone.

*she blws kisses now and says muah!!!

* she loves to help me in the kitchen. i let her once and now she wants to help every day when we make dinner.

* favorite snack, popcorn!

shes my sweetie pie! Love her soooo much. its so fun watching her grow!