little girl on the go

Suri has been quite the busy two month old! First a trip to Vegas, now recently, she went on her first nature walk with Mommy & Daddy @ Torrey Pines! She did a fantastic job and it was nice to get out in the fresh air & enjoy the beautiful, natural surroundings :)

Our next adventure led us to Bakersfield, CA and Taft, CA for Spring Break, where Suri finally got to meet the rest of her aunts, uncles, cousins, etc!! It was such a fun time seeing everyone & being together as a family! Seth & I got sick on our vacation - so that was a downer, but Suri was completely fine, so we are thankful for that! On our vacation: we went to Grandma B's for lundin (lunch/dinner), ate at Papa & Nana's with the whole family, went to an inspiring YFC Banquet, I got a Mary Kay makeover thanks to my wonderful sis-in-law April, went shopping @ Target (lol!), got brand new phones, laid in bed (unfortunately), had a picnic in the park, saw our adorable puppies!, and ate breakfast with Mom & Dad before heading back home! Suri always does an amazing job on the car rides & only wakes up the last 15 mins before we're home. She's such a precious gift & we are so blessed to have her in our life! More exciting journeys to come! <3

the family @ Gma's in Taft, CA ~~~~~ The ladies & their babies

(Rebecka & Reese (3 mths), Ashley & Grace (5 mths), Me & Suri (2mths))

Aunt Kelsey ~~~ Granpa Rich ~~~ Uncle Garrett

Kels & Seth goofing off ~~ Suri & me being silly ~~ Seth riding a scooter w/ Kels on his shoulders (scary!)


Suri & Aunt April ~~~ cousin Sam wants to play! ~~~ Suri having tummy time :)



Suri & cousin Sam ~~~ Uncle Seth & Sammy

what happens in vegas...

...gets posted for everyone to see!

For President's Day weekend, we decided to take a mini-vacation to Las Vegas to meet up with our wonderful friends, Nick and Shay, and their adorable daughter, Reagan! The drive to Vegas was about 6 hours, cause we hit a TON of traffic! (The ride home was much better & took about 5.5 hours). We arrived in Vegas around 7 pm @ the Las Vegas Hilton and Suri got to meet Aunt Shay, Uncle Nick and her bff Reagan for the first time! It was sooo cute to see the babies (Reag is 9 1/2 months, Suri - 6 weeks) together! Although we spent a lot of the time in the hotel room - it's tough traveling with youngins - we had such an amazing time! It was awesome to see our best friends & to just get away for the weekend! Suri did wonderfully on her first vacation - sleeping most of the time while we were out and most of the time on the car rides to/from Vegas. We can't wait to see our friends again & plan another fun adventure! Love you guys!

P.s. - videos to come, when I figure out how to post them from our camcorder ;)

Suri in front of the Vegas sign - - - Viva Las Vegas! - - - Reagan & Suri

The Hansens w/ baby Suri - - - - - Reag in her strawberry jammies

Shay and I @ the Miracle Mile Mall where the ceiling looks like the sky outside!

The Paris Hotel - - - Nick & Shay <3 them - - - Reag @ the Eiffel Tower - - - Seth & I in Paris (I wish!) maybe one day :)

Reagan & Suri bonding ;) - - - the amazing Dads w/ their precious girls

Shay & Reag @ the Aquarium in Ceasars Palace

Daddy & me with Suri Jean

Reagan & Suri BFFs! --- Love this pic - Reag's giving this look like, 'This is my baby, don't touch!' --- Suri smiling while Reag checks out her outfit :)

Uncle Seth w/ Reagan. She is soo adorable & starting to talk & walk & makes the cutest faces & noises! We love her <3

the bffs

Our family

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Suri's first Valentine's Day! She has an adorable little dress for this special day & she got all dolled up! We plan on making crepes tonight for Daddy as a special treat! Strawberries, nutella & powdered sugar! YUM!

Also, here are some pics from the visit this weekend with Aunt Ashley & Jake.

Daddy thought we should test out the Bumbo too! She was not very happy with it yet. She has a really strong neck though - since birth she's been able to hold it up for short periods of time - and when she finally masters it - then she'll be ready for her Bumbo!

In the mean time, some of Suri's quirks at one month old:

*She LOVES her butt to be patted! It calms her down & puts her to sleep... usually.
*After she was born, she made a noise EXACTLY like a monkey! Oooh oooh aah aah! No lie.
*She's starting to coo & makes lots of noise! Even in her sleep.
*When sleeping, she loves to have her hands in the air - it looks like she's praising the Lord. And if you try to put them down, they spring back up! :)
*She sleeps about four to five hours through the night - most nights. Usually when she's in Mommy & Daddy's bed.
*She's starting to be mesmerized by her mobile in her crib & loves lights.
*She is now outgrowing her newborn clothes and wearing 0-3 months. She doesn't have a lot, so she's also started on her 3m clothes.
*She's in size 1 diapers - only because what we thought were newborn diapers turned out to be size 1's. oops. So she was only in newborn size diapers for about 3 weeks.
*She'll be smiling soon. Mostly now she does it when she sleeps or toots, but the 6 week mark (Wednesday) is when she's supposed to start returning smiles at people.
*Daddy calls her his lil Peanut.

That's about all I can think of at the moment. She's getting bigger every day & every day we grow more in love with her. She's our lil sweetheart! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Visiting the Princess

Everyone wants to meet baby Suri! Here she is with some of her visitors:

Her first visitor was Aunt Regina in the L&D room.


Then Grandma Anne & Grandpa Kevin came by to see their first grandbaby!

Uncle Abbott holding his little niece


Uncle Elliott with baby Suri

Nana & Papa came to visit the weekend after Suri was born

Gramma Denise came to stay & help out with baby Suri

She still has a lot more people to meet! Aunt Ashley and Uncle Jake came to visit this weekend - pics to come. She met Uncle Kyle last weekend - no pics, sorry. This coming weekend, she takes her first trip - to VEGAS! - to meet her Aunt Shay, Uncle Nick and best friend Reagan! Then in March, she will meet the rest of her aunts & uncles, great aunts, great great grandmas, etc. And most importantly her brother & sister, Ares & Luna!!!! Then she meets the rest of my side in July & also all of our friends in VA! She's going to be Little Miss Popular this year! :)