The Best of the Best

 Robbie is the best. Serious.

Also my sister/doula, Talya.  She pretty much rocks.

My dad worked hard all day.

Light-touch massage is heavenly.

Fresh goopy baby is the best feeling in the world.

Baby Adelyn being de-gooped.

8 lbs. 1 oz.

Also the best?  My midwife, Machel Knowles, and my ridiculously rockin' nurse, Renee.

Better than the best?

This.

'Nuff said.

PaMa and PaPa kisses.

PaPa is a total sucker for his grandbabies.

Grandma Allred is too.

 Dax seeing baby Addie for the first time.

 He LOVES her!

 Not kidding.  He wouldn't stop giving her loves.  He still does this.

Eventually, he got bored and played "Wosie"

(Ring Around the Rosie) by himself for a while.

 Our little exhausted family.  Don't worry, I really looked that rad.  Not even scared.

 I love this shot.

Addie's first bath.  Apparently, parents aren't allowed to help anymore.

So this is us, taking pictures through the thick glass.

 We're diggin' the blonde.

The view I had all day.  It pretty much ruled.

Daddy can't get enough of her, either.

Addie all ready to go home the next afternoon.

Here we are....a family of FOUR!!!

Birth story to come....but some people (ahem....Erica) were getting impatient for pictures.  :)

My New Stroller

Robbie was lucky enough to spend a week in Alaska with his Dad this year....fishing.  Also, he got to do a bit of whale-watching (which is the part the people in my family are most jealous about....including myself). 

He brought home nearly 100 lbs. of salmon and halibut.  In fact, he brought home SO much fish that he had to call and purchase a deep freezer over the phone on Friday morning so that it wouldn't spoil as soon as we got it home.

Unfortunately, we had to use the funds that I was hoping would go toward my new double stroller.  Hey, it's got wheels, right?

Lots of Things

This past weekend was pretty full of stuff.  Thursday night, some of my friends threw me a baby shower.  It was SO fun to see everyone there.  I loved it!  Baby Dax got some pretty impressive items as well.

Friday was our first anniversary!  Gotta love being 8 months pregnant at one year...leave it to a "Hansen"--we (my mom and sisters and I) have all been pregnant within the first 6 months of marriage. Whew!  It was great to be able to spend the entire day with my wonderful husband.  We slept in, ate lunch, went and saw a matinee of The Dark Knight, had dinner at Hamilton's (Robbie tried the duck...not bad!), and spent the night at Providence Inn, which we would both HIGHLY recommend.   Leave it to me to watch TLC's "What Not To Wear" all night long.  Don't judge me.

We woke up the next morning and went down to the Bountiful Temple to do sealings before we remembered that they won't allow pregnant women to do all that kneeling, so we opted to do initiatories instead.  It had been a few years since either one of us had done them, so it was a good reminder and a great experience.  

While I was waiting for Robbie to finish, I watched as all the newly-married couples came out to meet their respective families and saw Elder Russell M. Nelson exit the temple.  It's amazing how much the Spirit can witness in such a short moment.  I am so grateful to have a testimony of the gospel!  There is nothing quite like the moments where the Spirit whispers that everything you've been praying about is true and real. 

Leaving the temple, we headed to Robbie's parents' house for the Allred/Singleton Baby Shower.  Dax has really cleaned up on this gift thing.  People have been so generous and wonderful and supportive of our little family.  Thank you all!  What a great blessing!

Saturday afternoon, Robbie, Kathy, Sara (Robbie's mom and sister), and I went down to the Salt Lake Parade of Homes.  There's this really great $4.5 million home we are saving up for....  You should have seen the four of us limping around (Robbie and his mom both have bum knees, Sara had hurt her back, and I am, well, I'm 8 months pregnant, so mine was more like a waddle, but whatever).

It was a good weekend, but we are glad to be home so that we can get our house clean before this little guy comes!

Weekend Fun

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday all without work for Robbie! What a great weekend. On Saturday, he got to go down and help officiate at a track meet at Syracuse High School while Kathy, Sara, Amy (Robbie's mom and sisters) and I headed to the outlets at Park City. Both of us were in a perfect place...we both had fun and I got plenty of new clothes for the baby. Yay!

That evening we went on a double date with our friends Lacy and Dan. Dan is Robbie's good friend and old roomie, and Lacy is a good friend and former companion of mine on the mish. It was a blast! Even though it was the first time that Lacy and Dan had ever met, we all got along really well and had fun. It helps that Thaifoon is a fabulous place to eat, and let's face it: they were with us!

We think they would make a great couple...what are your thoughts?

Our Easter Weekend

Weekend at Lacy's

Saturday morning, we hurried down to Salt Lake City for Questar's Annual Junior Achievement Bowling Fun-ness (I'm fairly certain that's the actual name of the event).  Basically, it was a chance for Robbie to bowl a bit while I learned more about what a celebrity his father really is.  Afterward, back at the Allred's home, I crashed for at least 1 1/2 hours on his parents' bed (this baby makes me tired!)

Later that night, we went to Ryan and Sarah Shaw's wedding reception back in Logan. What a great event!  It was really fun to see them so happy.  We are also very excited that they are in our ward!  Yay for more friends in Logan!

Early Sunday morning, we headed up to Fruitland, Idaho (the other side of the Snake River from Ontario, Oregon) to see my dear little trainee Sister Lacy MacKenzie report her mission.  We were really excited to have made the 5 hour drive and still have been 10 minutes early to the service when we realized it was almost over...Dang that early daylight savings time!  After so many years of being reminded at General Conference to change clocks, I can't get a grip on this "remember-on-your-own" bit!  I vote it goes back to the old way!  We did catch the last 20 minutes or so of the service and (I think!) most of her talk--which was fabulous, by the way.

Later, back at the MacKenzie home, while I busied myself laughing and catching up with my former companion, Robbie made himself comfortable perusing the local closets (ok, so he was told where to find it) and discovered a sweet, sweet old guitar.  He was happy.

Lacy and I had a lot of fun together.  It was SO great to see her again!  

(this is before, in Anderson, Indiana)

(and after in Fruitland, Idaho--me being fat and pregnant and un-makeuped!)
In reality, Lacy's pictures didn't need to be touched up at all, but MAN!  I looked SWEET!

It was a crazy-awesome weekend!