Funny Things

We've been taking it easy around here after a busy weekend. Lucas was blessed in church on Sunday and it was a wonderful, fabulous weekend.

Since there's not much to report from the Hanks household, I thought I would post a few funny things I've heard from the kids lately.

1. Noah: "Andy, do you remember when you were a baby and you weren't married and you didn't have a child."

2. This conversation took place after Andy passed gas at the dinner table...
Andy: "I tooted."
Mom: "Andy, what do you say?"
Andy: "Dad, change my poopy diaper. Bye, bye poopy diaper."

3. After the kids helped clean up a mess in the kitchen, I told them they could have a pop tart.
Andy: "Hooray, now we get a hot tart."

4. Mom: "Noah, tell me the truth because we always want to be honest."
Noah: "I'll be honest if you don't put me on time-out."

Who needs TV when you've got this entertainment?

Lucas

I've been thinking about how fast babies grow out of the newborn stage...especially mine. The pediatrician called Lucas Hank the Tank at his 2 week appointment. He weighed in at 9 lbs 15 oz and almost 22 inches long.

I don't think it's very fair that during this precious stage in this little boy's life, I'm not functioning quite at 100%. The recovery from child birth, not sleeping, and other issues that result from a 5 foot 3 inch somewhat petite girl giving birth to 9 pound babies. I'm enjoying mostly every minute of this newborn stage (except maybe at 3am). I just can't help but think that nature could have thought this one through a little harder.

I just wish I could keep him little longer.

I AM crazy

I just had a baby last week. The same time my 2 year old decided he wanted to be potty trained. I have been known in the past to take on too many things at one time. Like when we lived in Kentucky...I was 7 months pregnant with Noah, teaching high school full time, coaching the tennis team, and Young Womens' President. I swore I would never do that again.

But here we are.
I'm recovering from child birth, nursing, have three very young children, and am potty training my middle child.
We're half way there, if you know what I mean.

I AM crazy.

He's here!

We welcomed Baby Lucas Kimball Hanks into the world on Monday, March 30th at 4:00pm. He came in weighing 9lbs 4oz and was 20 inches long. Laura, you were the closest! Well, technically, I was because Ephraim and I had our own bet going...I guessed 9'4 on the dot. Now, what am I going to do with the $50 that I don't have to be accountable for?

Don't I look excited to be in labor?


We are home and all is well. The labor and delivery were quick and........painful. But I feel much better with every passing hour. We're excited and nervous to see what the immediate future holds.

Our Latest Shopping Trip to Target

Why do we have this on video, you ask? Because my husband has a new phone that he can't put down.

Go ahead...Take a Guess

This is for all of you far away who have requested pregnancy photos. Prepare yourself...I'm huge...not even close to my normal size 2. I still wonder about those girls who can wear their regular jeans all through pregnancy??


So this is my third kiddo. I have two boys and I know I've mentioned before that they have both been on the larger side at birth. Noah was 9 lbs 15 oz and Anderson was 8 lbs 15 oz. So let's guess how big we think this one is going to be!

Stats:
** This is another boy
** My belly seems to be about the same size as in the other pregnancies
** I have gained about the same amount of weight (way too much...)
** I feel about the same, although my lower back hurts much worse
** I will be induced on Monday and will be 39 weeks (which is how far along I was when Anderson was born). Although Anderson did have an issue with the placenta, which often results in lower birth weight babies. Noah was born one day before my due date.

Go ahead, take a guess!...let's see who gets the closest!

Just for fun, here was my view sitting on a bench at McDonald's today while the kids were playing.


As for the garden, success so far!

The Prophet Said to Plant a Garden

"For God has given us rich brown soil, the rain and sunshine too." I always see this song as I flip through the LDS Children's songbook but I don't think I've ever heard the melody. For our garden, the Hanks Family might have to add the "rich brown soil"...and the rain...but southern Utah will definitely provide the sunshine.

My yard has been begging for a garden ever since we moved into this house last year. There is a raised patch of dirt in the corner of our yard that just screams "Plant something!"

(don't be fooled by this questionable piece of our property. It will be TRANSFORMED when it is time to transport the plants).

We started today by sowing our seeds in some soil. The kids helped and were so excited to be involved. Noah informed me that he will only eat the cucumbers and we'll have to give away the tomatoes, squash, and peppers. We'll see. The kids are excited about the pumpkins that we will hopefully harvest in the fall.

We'll keep you updated on our successes and failures as we take on this summer project.