Memorial Day Weekend

Jackson loved the inflatable slides at Helder Park (they were there for a soccer tournament). He tried to be brave and do it by himself but Luke and I didn't trust him to go down by himself. Thankfully Luke was a good trooper and went down with him MANY times!



Ben and Jackson after playing on the inflatable toys - they were happy but sweaty! Ewww!





Lauryn and Jackson played at the beach on Sunday. They thought it was fun to throw the sand and water and us.





Trent and Jackson were having fun throwing the sand in the water.



Jackson loved to "mix" the sand.

I Run For.....

Saturday, I was able to participate in the River Bank Run 10K with Hillary and Rachel. All 3 of us did it on a last minute whim but had a good time running despite the rain and tightening up of muscles.

Anyways, I usually say that I run races for the t-shirts but I was terribly disappointed with this year's shirts... they were incredibly dull. So I guess that I should say that I do run for the t-shirts but this year I had another reason to run. This year I ran for our new baby!

Yes, the Hansen's are expecting Baby #2!!!!!!!

Luke and Jackson even surprised me with a fetal dopplar for Mother's Day! I was telling the doctor last week how I wish that I had one so I could hear that sound whenever I wanted and Luke thought it'd make a great Mother's Day gift - which it definitely did:) So now I can hear this little one and calm my fears whenever I want:)

What a blessing this Mother's Day was for me - I have an amazing 22 month old son who is full of energy and much happier now that those 2 year molars came in. And now I have another little one who should make his/her appearance around Nov. 23! The Lord is so good and we just pray that he takes care of this little one as it continues to grow. Incidentally, I do think that it's a "mini Jackson" because when we had the ultrasound, it was exactly the same age as Jackson, same length AND had the exact same heartbeat...... could be interesting in the Hansen household:)

Finally outside!!!

I finally remembered to download some pictures of Jackson. He has been thrilled to actually be outside again and has really started to enjoy playing on our deck (which if fabulous for me because he's contained and content!). One day we got home from school and he wanted to be outside so I let him sit on the deck while I was making dinner. The next thing I know, he has his a cellphone, and apple and he's chilling on his chair. It was absolutely adorable as he mimicked Mom on the phone:) And of course he's without his pants on because the kid hates to wear clothes... and sometime it's not worth the fight of getting his pants back on after a diaper change.

Swimming

Jackson has a blast swimming this weekend! The hotel had a kiddie pool which was PERFECT for Jackson. I had to include a picture for Colin doing his yoga pose (he and Jackson loves to do Wii Fit). Now we can't wait for summer to actually go swimming around here.... hopefully this warmer weather is a sign that summer is coming:)

Museum Day

On Friday we went to the Museum of Science and Industry with the Edings. The day started with a train ride into Chicago. Jackson loved looking for "buses" and "trucks"... he was pretty intrigued when we first started but by the end he was ready to get up and run around again. The museum was perfect for the kids because of all of the interactive exhibits. Thankfully Jackson took a bit of a nap in the stroller but he was up in time to watch the Omnimax movie "Wild Ocean"... afterwards he wouldn't stop saying "shark." Needless to say, it was a long day so when we got back to the hotel, Jackson laid down and was out for the night!

Second Cousins

Luke ended up going to the Zeeland East basketball game on Friday night so Jackson and I headed to my Grandma's house for pizza with Mom, Aunt Diane and Lincoln. We hadn't seen Lincoln since Christmas and couldn't get over how much he's changed! It continues to amaze me how much babies change in such a short amount of time. Anyways, of course Jackson LOVED having all that attention and was enthralled with Lincoln.

Weekend Fun

Another beautiful weekend! Jackson can't stay inside anymore so we went to the park with Aunt Sara. He kept yelling Sara's name so she would see everything that he was doing.