Or lives with 2 kids

Our lives with two kids have been very exciting and a little challenging, especially the hours of sleep we no longer get. But we are beyond happy with our little family of 4. Vanessa is a sweet baby and doesn't care who holds her as long as she feels loved. We use to call her, "la gatita" because she would never cry, she just meowed, at least that's what it sounded like, but that only lasted about a week. She now yells when she is upset ( Ah!). Danny has done so well as far as getting use to having a sister and sharing the attention, he likes to come in the room and cuddle with her... he is so sweet to her, we love it! So here is the best news: VANESSA SLEPT 6 HOURS LAST NIGHT! It was the perfect way to start of the new year.

Dancin' danny

As you all well know, our son loves to dance! The thing is he won't dance to just any kinda music...if you know what mean. He wants something upbeat and rhythmic. Anyway, abuelo was playing some music for Danny that he just wasn't feelin', so he left to go play in abuela's drawers. But all of a sudden, abuelo put on some "good" music (music that Danny can cut the rug too) and look what happens.....

Our Christmas

This Christmas was extra special because we had Vanessa to celebrate it with. We had a Christmas party on the 24th with lots of yummy food that my mom prepared; we danced, we watched movies and had family home evening were we talked about the importance of Christ in our lives, we had a great time together, and at midnight we opened presents!!! Danny didn't opened his
until the next morning on the 25th because he was asleep. It will be even more fun next year because the kids will be a little older. *Thank you everyone for your Christmas gifts, specially the ones for Danny and Vanessa.

Vanessa Joy Hinkson is finally here!

Ok so here is the story: I had a couple "false" labors for the past 2 weeks, and on Sunday I went to get checked at the hospital again, even though I was 4cm dialted and 80% effaced, they told me to go home because contractions were not consistent enough. But I decided to stay and walk around the hospital for an hour and have them check me after that to see if I had made some progress. Daniel went back home to put Danny to bed; 10min after he left, my water broke! AMAZING! Vanessa Joy Hinkson was born after only 3 hours of labor (horray!) at 11:26pm and her weight: 6lbs 9z, even though she was 3 weeks early, she is as healthy as can be. I am so glad to be back home, I missed Danny so much and was constanly worried about him even though I knew he was well taken care of by my family and Daniel. Daniel and I are so grateful for my family's support and for all they do to help us out when we need someone to take care of Danny. We are so blessed to have Vanessa with us, we are so grateful for extended family that was thinking about us. Thank you everybody for your love! Enjoy the pictures of our little princess.

My Birthday!

I have not had a birthday on a Sunday for a long time, but it was a very peaceful regular Sunday, it was so nice to be surrounded by the people I love. Thank you everybody for a wonderful weekend!





*This video makes me laugh because I think everybody is only concentrated on Danny....in fact, I am 99% sure that they were singing happy birthday to him not me! haha.

Baby Shower

I had a great baby shower on Saturday! My sister Karen planned it all, and with the help of my mom and my sister Melanie they made it into the funnest baby shower ever. Here are some pictures:

Halloween

I know I am posting these pictures a little late but I wanted you to see some Halloween pictures of Danny. We went to the mall this year and it went well, except for the part when Danny realized that he did in fact have candy in his Halloween basket and wanted to eat all of it, so after a couple of stores he got really fussy and we went back home but at least we can tell him and show him that he did in fact have his first Halloween when he was one year old!

An important Birthday

I just wanted to wish my wife a very happy birthday. Love, you are the best thing that ever happened to me. You make me happy. There is nothing more valuable to me than my little family and I would do anything for you. Anyways, for your birthday I wrote you a sonnet. It's no Shakespeare, but I hope it conveys the way I feel about you.

November 8th

By Daniel Hinkson

It’s your birthday today, November eighth;
A day I’ve grown fond of and contemplate.
For at this time twenty-one years ago,
A child was born I’d come to love and know.
I could not imagine more perfect love;
We share what many can only dream of.
The celebration of your day of birth
Merits much more than one day on this earth.
Women like you do so much for us all,
Years wouldn’t do to commemorate y’all.
This I confess, every God-given day,
I am so grateful that you came my way,
And gave me your hand in holy marriage,
Soul-mate of mine, how blessed is my voyage.

Our little Dancer

He loves to dance and spin around with any kind of music, but course he has some favorite ones that makes him go crazy all over the room, maybe one of these days we will get one of those, enjoy these little clips!

Happy Halloween!

Danny is going to be Woody from the Toy Story movie for Halloween! I am so excited for us to take Danny trick or treating for the first time. We probably won't be out for very long since he is only one and he will probably get a little tired after going to a couple of houses but I think it will be a fun experience, and we will take lots of pictures so he can look back at them in the future. We are still working on helping him get use to his hat.

31 WEEKS PREGNANT

For some reason when I tell people that the baby is due in December it still feels like it's far away, but when I say that she will be here in two months...that makes it seem like it's so close! I am so excited to see what she will look like. This pregnancy has been great but recently I have not being able to sleep well at night, I guess I am at that stage when my body is so uncomfortable that I cannot sleep until 2 or 3 in the morning!....I sure need my rest though because the next morning is just as busy as the day before, hopefully I will start sleeping better but I am thinking that won't happen until Vanessa is born...and even then it won't happen because she will be waking up several times at night to eat...I guess it's all part of being a parent. We truly are so grateful for the wonderful blessings our Heavenly Father has given us as a family, having another child is a HUGE blessing for us and even though it will come with many challenges we are so grateful that we are able to go through those good and bad experiences together as a couple.