Family Photos

We took some family photos at the temple yesterday. We had to sneak around the construction gates because its still being renovated. I cant wait for the temple to open in Novemeber. When Seth and I first got married we made it a goal to go to the temple once a week. We could feel the difference dramatically in our marriage when we forgot to go. Im so excited to be able to go again very soon, it feels like its been forever!

We had so much fun taking these pictures, I decided I am going to get Coco into baby modeling. She is in love with the camera! She is such a poser, always looking straight into the camera. I always wanted to get Sol into it but he has never had an interest in having his pictures taken. Picture taking requires staying still, something sol is incapable of. Lately when I try to take a picture of him he says," look mom, dinosaur" pointing behind me and when I look he runs and hides. We were only able to take these pictures because Seth told him he could get a popsicle if he was good. He tried his best but in the end he ended up swimming in the temple fountain. Should I have expected any less from my sollie?






Miss Coco is the cutest litle girl I have ever met. I know I am bias but I am pretty sure she is up there, I mean look at this face! Plus she is just as sweet as she looks. She is so mellow, she just hangs on my shoulder all day watching her brother be crazy. But the greatest thing about her is her sense of humor. She loves to laugh, especially at Sol. One little silly face from Sol and she is rolling. And her laugh is so deep and throaty it reminds me of Santa Clause, Its so werid coming out of her little body.

Seth and I were taking photos of the two of us and sol comes running over and says hey I wan snuggle too! and squeezed between us. Now if he could be this sweet all the time my life would be alot easier...

yes, this is where sol ended up

my baby boy

Being a mom is craziness! I have always been a student/mom, but now that I am graduated I have been able to spend alot more time with the kids at home. Before I semed to always be rushing to class or doing homework so when I did spend time with them I was thinking about all the things I needed to finish. But now I have all the time in the world to spend on them and I am loving it. But I do have to say it is the most exhausting job ever. I feel like my house is never as clean as I want it. Just as I finish cleaning up one mess, Sol will inform me that he has pooped on the floor(we are potty training) The dishes seem to be constantly piled to the ceiling and I feel like I am doing laundry multiple times a day. However, since I have decided to erase any ideas in my mind that I have to be the perfect Martha Stewart mom life is alot more fun. Do you think Martha would allow a two year old without pants to prepare the dinner's salad. Probably not. But he had a great time being my helper. Even though the salad was so wilted in the end from being cut so many times, his little smile made it so delicious and I was proud to eat it.

Sol has this new fascination of thinking he has a full time job. After breakfast every morning he will climb onto the counter and get a butter knife or one of seths tools, usually a hammer and will come to me and say"mom im goin work. give kiss"

then he will go outside and hammer or saw away at this water pipe we have outside our house. Yesterday I came outside to ask him what he was doing. He said " oh mom, its breaky" and then went back to work. Today I found him attempting to hammer down a tree on the playground. He was yelling at everyone "watch out! watch out! I dangerous!

oh sollie how I love you so

some pics for my mama

Has it really been a year?

Well in the time that it took me to update my blog I got pregnant and had a baby! Obviously I am not made to be a blogger mom. Here are some of the highlights of the last year:

Seth broke his leg and had to have surgery which ended our summer sales career for good…thank goodness, no offense to our summer sales friends its just that I hate constantly packing up and moving. I am so thankful to have been able to live in the same house for the last 10 months. We have never been able to live somewhere longer than four months in the last three years so this last year has been incredibly relaxing.

We moved back to Hawaii and are living in Tva, which is Byu Hawaii housing, which is shockingly blissful despite the constant infestation of bugs and lack of privacy. We live just a couple doors down from Shem and Andrea, Seth’s brother and wife which is so great because their son Tama and Sol are best friends. Those two are so funny together, they love to go on adventures around TVA without adult supervision. Sol is older and tends to be the more domineering of the two. He does what he wants and Tama follows him around trying to do exactly what Sol is doing.

Seth’s parents bought a restaurant five minutes away from our house. It is called the Kahuku Grill and serves the most delicious food, I suggest the cheeseburger if you ever get a chance to go. They also have a very handsome chef …

The boys in front of the new resturant. It truly is a family affair. All the boys work there except for Shem and Spencer, but when it gets really busy you will find them cooking in the back too.

Sol turned two and I turned 24! To celebrate Sol's birthday we took him to the zoo, he loved it. I didnt want to be running around planning a party when I was swollen and feeling like I was about to explode. So we celebrated his life just the three of us. I tried to cherish every moment the whole day, being as it was the last time Sol would have a day all to himself. For my birthday I woke up with a letter from Seth outlining everthing we were going to do that day down to the hour. Which sounds ridiculous but was kind of endearing and very cute as he tried to follow it strictly throughout the day. Basically the day consisted of shopping, going to an arcade, went to a beach we had never been to before-Ko olina and then dropped off Sol with Seth's brother and went to dinner and a movie just the two of us. It was a great day!

Seth and Sol playing at Ko olina's beach on my birthday
Our last family shot of the three of us. Coco was born the following week.

coco at 6 weeks

We had a baby girl on March 30, 2010. Her name is Coco Mitsuko Irene Hannemann. She is named after Seth and I’s grandmas. Both were amazing women and hopefully Coco will turn out like both of them. I forced her out a week earlier due to me graduating the following week. The delivery would have been perfect if my epidural had not worn off on one half of my body an hour before delivery. But I guess you cant always escape the pain of childbirth no matter how hard you try. I was in tears for the last hour trying to endure the pain all the while Seth and my sisters were there encouraging me to get through. I guess I was not the only one exhausted in the end because the first thing Seth said as soon as she came out was "I am exhausted!" and collapsed on a nearby chair. Seth hates me telling this story but I just think its too good not to share! Anyway, Coco is such a good baby and Sol is thankfully in love with her and has shown no signs of jealousy. He loves to hold her, he always says "I hold it ,I hold it mama" and then runs to the bed adjusts the pillows behind his back and holds out his hands…its so precious. Sol loves watching movies in bed before bedtime and since Coco has been born he insists on her watching beside him. He likes to put both arms around her and occasionally he will cup his hand against her face and say "mama cute cute" and then wait for me to agree... also very precious.

I graduated on Saturday April 10, 2010! Well kind of, I still have an internship this summer. But the school had me walk anway as I would be done before the next commencment which isnt until December. Andrea also graduated with me and because we have the same major and same last name we were able to sit next to eachother. I am so thankful to have her as a sister, we tend to go through the same life events together like getting married, having babies and now graduation. My family also came out to Hawaii to celebrate with us and see the new baby.

My dad bought Sol a ride on a horse at Turtle Bay. Has been the highlight of his life ever since. Is this not a pricless shot, it reminds me of a post card.

So all in all there has been alot of changes but all good ones and my little family is so happy.