Julia's First Full Day at Home

Neil is able to take some time off for Julia's birth, so of course we're busy playing with our new little girl, having lots of fun with her around the house. Here are some fun shots of our day today.

We got her started out right, in yellow ducky pajamas. Every little girl's favorite, I'm sure. Here she's checking Neil out from inside her bassinet.

Next we took her over to the nursery room (she's sleeping in our room until after Raquel's family go home in September) and had her test out her crib and the accompanying stuffed animal thingee (they tell me this is called a "lovie").

After that we had her test out the day bed, because we thought it would make the best picture backdrop. We learned, unfortunately that sitting upright is not quite in her repertory yet. After just a couple of seconds of trying she appeared to be pretty uncomfortable. So we moved on to letting her pose lying down. Here are a few fun ones.Next Raquel wanted to get a shot of her in some underpants she brought back from her trip to Brazil earlier this year. They say "I belong to Mama".While she wasn't too happy with those panties, by the end of the photo shoot, our girl was pretty happy.

Julia Arrived!!

At 3:50 PM on Sunday August 9th, Julia Pereira Hanson was born at Texas Women's Hospital in Houston. At birth she measured 19 and 3/4 inches long, and 8 pounds, 8 ounces.

Here is Mom and baby less than an hour after Julia was born.

Dad got to hold her some also before they took her up to the nursery.Here we all are together. Mom and Dad are happy but Julia is looking a little tired. Of course, she was born in Texas but Neil planned ahead to get as much Husky gear around her as he could at her birth. Late Sunday after confirming that both mother and baby were doing well, they moved us into a post partum recovery room. We stayed there until early afternoon on Tuesday. Here are some shots of us together while Raquel and Julia recovered.We had a bunch of visitors, thanks to everyone who came and shared in our joy!!! Here is a picture of Raquel with Avery, the daughter of Walter and Scha, who we know from Sunday School class. Her and her brother had a good time making more bracelets for Mom and Dad to supplement the ones the hospital had us wearing. Finally, at about 3PM on Tuesday afternoon, Julia arrived home. Welcome home Julia!!!! Praise God for the blessing we have just received!!

Another Shower

We were very blessed by everyone in our lives who threw showers for us with the new baby on the way. On the afternoon of the 23rd, Neil's co-workers threw a shower for us and invited Raquel. Fortunately she was able to break away from her office and attend. We had cake and punch and they showered us with tons of gifts. Praise God for the generosity of the people he has brought into our lives.

Nina, the office Administrative Assistant, made sure Neil left his office for lunch so that she could properly decorate it for the occasion. Thanks Nina for organizing a great shower!!!

Here's Neil opening one of the many presents we received at the shower. Thanks everyone!!!!

Below are a couple of pics of Neil's co-workers at the party.

Bathroon Update - Almost There!

We have made a lot of progress on the bathroom project ... nothing like a looming deadline to motivate us. We have completed the sinks, the bathtub (which I have been able to greatly enjoy) and the toilet sections.We are still slowly progressing on the shower. Neil advanced a little bit on the tiling and I was suppose to get quotes on the glass work but no luck (no one showed-up on Friday or called back with prices). Well.... we have 3 more weeks!

June 19th - Church Game Night - Baby Hanson's Shower

On June 19th, a few friends got together during our Sunday School Class night out to celebrate our new baby. It was our first official baby shower. We used the church's youth room. The host, Scha, did a great job with all the decorations, food, games and prizes. We even had ice cream cake! Here are a few shots of the action!

July 16th - Chevron's Baby Shower

On July 16th, my office organized a surprise baby shower. They really got me good, because I did not expected it all. I shower-up with my note book, agenda, and several business points I was really to share..... you should have seen my face of shock when I saw everyone gathered around cake and Ice cream .... they all shared some good laughs recounting how hard it was to set-up everything behind my back and at the same time how easy it was to get me focused on a "bussiness meeting" that didn't exist to be able to get away with it.

June 27th - Baby Shower Next Door

Well ... as usual we are a bit behind on our blog entries ... but here is to try to catch-up a little.

On June 27th we had the coolest baby shower ever. Neither Neil or I have enjoyed baby showers in the past and faithfully made a point in avoiding them (All the comments on our potential for parenthood and what we were missing were just a bit too much to take). But now it was our turn and our next door neighbors Vicky and Steve really wanted to take the opportunity to get our friends together and have a good time. Here are a few pictures of all the fun:

Instead of the traditional "sweets bonanza", we had several Brazilian finger foods, mimosas (they kept me at Sprite as my hard drink) and a delicious chocolate cake.

We played TP the belly to guess the size (Neil came in the closest, but he did not count because he had insider trading information),

There was an award for the heaviest purse weight (I was relieved when I realized the scale was not for me),

Guess the number of M&Ms in the bottle (which turned out to be a practical joke between Steve and the other male guests).

and guess the chocolate bar in the messy diapers (yes I tasted them because I cuold not tell what it was by just looking).

Neil and I were blown away by everyone's generosity and love. One friend travel 2 1/2hrs to participate (Terry), another came into town from a bussiness assignment and turned back arround the same day (Nicki) and so many others came from all over town just to be there.... here are just a few pictures.
We trully had a great time!