Summer doings

I guess I'm past due here for an update. Life with four kids now seems so much busier, yet it seems I get less done. Calvin is a great little baby. We went through a few weeks of him being gassy/uncomfortable. I was obviously eating things that he didn't agree with. It wasn't even close to what I went through with Paxton though, (6 full months of colic with her.) He is past that now and he is growing so fast. He is 9 1/2 weeks old now and we've moved into our 3-6 mo. clothes. His eyes are still blue, so I'm thinking that they will stay blue. For three weeks now he has been smiling (not gas related smiles) and cooing more. Here is a picture of him at 6 weeks, so yes I'm still behind on getting a recent picture posted.


Daisy is a little firecracker! She is always on the go and doing everything she sees brother and sister do. She is often heard walking around chanting "mama, dada, mama, dada, gamma, gampa" over and over. She also likes to yell MAMA while walking around, weather she wants me or not. She is doing a lot of side glances and she looks very cute while doing them. I haven't captured it with the camera yet, but I'm trying. She likes to hold the baby, help burp the baby and loves to steal his binks. Spencer took her to the pool one day with the kids and she has since spent a lot of time on the back porch playing in her little pool.

Paxton is surviving summer. The first part of June Spencer taught her to ride a bike. She started out very timid in her riding, but now has little fear and wants to ride often. She got to stay with G-ma/G-pa Hansen for a few days with a couple of her cousins. While there she was cruising down the hill off their driveway (this is a nice size hill) and had her first good wreck. A few good scrapes all bandaged up and she hasn't feared riding again. That was a surprise to us, but we were so glad to see her jumping right back on. Here is a little clip of her right after learning.


Caden joined swim team this summer. It really has been more of swim lessons for him as he is just really learning how to swim on his own. But don't make the mistake of saying he is in swim lessons, because you will be quickly corrected. "It's swim TEAM mom." He loves being a part of it all. They have had a few fund raisers for the team and he is very involved. First was a car wash and he worked hard and had a great time with all the kids for hours washing cars. Next came the bake sale were he did chocolate cupcakes. He asks each day at practice when and what the next fund raiser will be. He's a good little worker and loves being involved.


Spencer did the Payson Triathlon again this year and did great. He took 2nd in his age group and finished 12th overall out of 118 competitors. I only captured him after the bike as he was just starting the run. It is so much more work getting 4 kids out the door to things. Since that race he has started working me back into some sort of a training schedule. He is taking on the kids more so that I have time to ride.

So with that, I am one of the many Hansens who have signed up for the Tour de Tucson this year. Spencers dad is hoping there are enough of us that we might be in the running for the family award this year. I think there is 10 of us signed up right now. So, I'm back on the bike now and we've done a few good rides to get me right back in the swing of things. It's been fun. I also cut off about 9 inches of my hair. Don't have a picture now, but soon! Well, I think all that brings us up to speed here in blog land.