Brothers

Jack is loving having his brother here. He is very loving and wants to hold and love Cam. We are working on being soft and not touching the babies eyes, but overall things are going well. Each day gets a little better as we all welcome a new one into our home.

Introducing....

Cameron Richard Christiansen
12-18-2009
7 lbs.
19" long

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone for all of your well wishes. Baby and I are doing great and are excited to come home. As you can see from the photo baby cleans up quite nicely. I am sure we will be announcing a name soon, we are very close to finalizing that!:)

Here is a picture of Jack when he was born, and the picture is of me. I think I see some similarities.

He's Here

(Guest blogger Rob)
No, he doesn't have a name yet, but we're excited to announce the birth of healthy baby boy (7 lbs, 19 inches) at 3:32 pm Friday, 18 December.

I'll let Hillary blog all the details, but the short story is that this baby came with much less effort than Jack. In fact, Hillary and I were quietly resting in the room when all the nurses and doctors showed up and start getting ready. I even asked "What's going on ?" and they said, "We're going to have this baby!" This came as a little surprise to us since Hillary wasn't showing any outward signs of how close she was (although we'd been at the hospital since 8 in the morning)

Less than 10 minutes later we had him in our arms. Since he couldn't be more healthy and Mom is doing great, we can celebrate the less important things - tons of dark hair, no pointy head, a strong little cry, and that most innocent of all looks - "Where am I and what are you?"

Playing In The Snow

These pictures are from the snow storm we had last week. Rob and Jack had a great time and enjoyed sliding down the playhouse. I didn't plan on the playhouse being a winter toy but it was a lot of fun.

My boys playing in the snow.

Rob making sure there is enough snow at the bottom so Jack doesn't hit the ground too hard!

Temple Square

We went down to Temple Square to see the lights for my birthday. It was super cold, but it was beautiful, and not crowded. We had a great time and Rob took some great pictures that I thought I would share.

One of the few pictures we had of the 3 of us. I know it is blurry, but I think I look better blurry now a days.

Christmas Time Is Here Again

We love Christmas time in our house and this year we have started off with a bang. We were asked about 6 weeks ago to participate in a Holiday Home Show Tour of homes in the Bountiful area. I wasn't sure because I am pregnant, and this is the first Christmas in our new house, I do not have enough decorations, my Mom lives in Spain now, etc. etc. Well we decided to go ahead with it and said we would be part of the tour. I knew that Shannon, my Mother-In-Law would help me, and so what you see in the next few pictures was created under her guidance with the help of Rob's 2 sisters Emily & Jeni. My sister Nikki & her family did a great job is picking out a tree for us, it is 13.5' tall, and Rob & Nikki were also very involved in making my house presentable to a few hundred people. I was a really good observer of the entire process!:) Thanks to everyone who made this happen for us this year. Rob and I both agree that our house may never look so beautiful at the holidays again.

Coming in the front door, hey Rob!

The family room.

A closer view of the tree. There are lighted balls that go up the middle of the tree. It is minimally decorated, but if you ask me it is perfect!

A closer view of the mantle area. When we were building this house one of the things I pictured was our mantle, fireplace, & hearth at Christmas time. I think this is better than I imagined!
Merry Christmas to all!

Which Is Better

My Jack has been wearing this jersey since the first of October, and I would say he has worn it a majority of the days since then. He did start to wear it with the number on his back about a month ago, so that was a little improvement.

He was recently re-introduced to his Halloween costume from last year. He is Super Why from the PBS show of the same name, and he is coming to the rescue!

So what could be better than combining the two?? If you see me, or I should say my Super Why, basketball jersey wearing son around town just smile and wave, I will understand if you don't want to talk to us!:)