Miscellaneous Pictures

He's doing his best to keep his cheeks chubby.






















The girls doing karate poses for the camera before their promotion to orange belt. They passed! My sister, Kimberly, was also going up for her purple belt and my nephew, Alec, for his blue belt. Everyone did a great job!

My dad took Taylor, Kimberly & Alec shooting and then to Snoqualmie Falls on the way home.

Taylor had a class trip to Padilla Bay last week.

Our niece, Franki. Her necklace is from the "bag of cool", a bag my girls thought of to get rid of their old toys. Their little friends and cousins get to choose from the bag of cool when they leave our house. A great idea because it gets rid of trinkets and reduces tears when little ones are leaving. The name gives me a chuckle every time they drag it out and have someone go through it.

I've been doing a lot of cuddling...baby's favorite pasttime.

Going home from a bike ride at the school tonight . . . gorgeous weather.

Dennis teaching Kimi how to do a wheelie. Then she had to chase him down to get her bike back. He kept showing her "one more thing".

it was a beautiful evening...

Tyson's 1st Haircut

Tyson was born with an abundance of hair. Over the past three weeks it has grown to touch his ears and down his little neck. It's also started to stick straight up on top, which we are enjoying immensely.

While we were at Beach Comber Kid's Cuts getting the girls a trim, the owner, Kelly, kindly agreed to clean up Tyson's hair around his ears and neck. She didn't even charge us for it.

It really looks cute - especially with the long hair sticking straight up on top.

Tyson meets his grandparents!

Tyson and Grandma

Grandma and her grandkids



And for your viewing enjoyment, here is a picture of one of our plumbing trucks.

Tyson's first two weeks . . .

Austin holding and meeting Tyson for the first time. He had to wait longer than the other cousins because he had a virus. While we were waiting for baby to wake up, he kept telling me very sweetly and seriously, "I love this baby." and reassuring me, "You know, I know how to hold this baby." And he did.

Austin checking out Tyson while Tyson checks out Austin.

Emilie blowing Ty a kiss while Austin looks him over.

2 days old - Sunday morning

pants changing supervised and photographed by Dennis

see the red in his hair??? It would make me pretty happy if one of my kids turned out to have somewhat red hair.

Kimi's birth day! Nana made a nummy cake.

First Bath

Tyson is enduring it.

Trying to eat his fist for comfort.

Trying to eat my fist for comfort.

Pretty hard to hold on to him when he's trying to make a meal of his hand.

All done, to Ty's relief. Although he didn't cry, he didn't enjoy it much, either.

What a cutie.

Look at that beefy little arm

see the red in his hair again???

babysitter #1

getting ready for his first Sunday morning meeting

all dressed

Our little guy . . .

Tyson Julius Hamon

born Friday, March 13, 2009

10 pounds 12 oz - 20 inchesWe named him Tyson because we liked the name Ty, and while looking up different variations on this, we found that Tyson means "son of Dennis", if you can believe it. We got a little chuckle out of that. Julius is in honor of our friend and worker, Julie.

Dad and he look quite alike - note the furrowed brow on Tyson - Dad has an identical wrinkle, although he has nothing to frown about in this picture, so you don't see it...
The girls meet their brother...
Taylor holds Tyson for the first time...
Emilie....

Kimberly....

Daddy took good care of him...Tyson meets Isabella, Paul & Amy's oldest daughter...

Best entertainment around...

We had this little insert for the car seat to keep him snug, but he was so big he didn't fit. I had a good laugh at this...the car seat itself is snug.

Coming in the house for the first time...

Several someones to watch over him...

Happy Birthday Kimberly & Emilie!!!

Kimberly & Emilie blow out their candles. 9 for Kimi & 7 for Emi.

Happy Birthday, girls!

growling girls

As Dennis walked by the girls room, he heard them growling at each other and started loudly singing "love is the kingdom's banner...." and then made up some other words as to how they should treat each other. Then it was back to the garage for him to help another stubborn child with her science homework. Fun night for him....not. But I am sitting here enjoying two things. One, my husband is good at making up funny songs and sayings to snap kids out of the funks they can get in, and two, he is a good dad for caring enough to pay attention to fighting kids and help a tired, uncooperative kid with her homework.
A fun night for me as I sit here listening to him make up funny things to say to the kids. I'm laughing as silently as I can.