Aaron Michael Zoltán Hanzeli

Aaron Michael Zoltán Hanzeli was born on November 16 at 4:21pm at Northwest Hospital. He was 7lbs 13oz and 19 3/4" long.  Welcome to the world, Aaron!

Daniel and Matthew love Baby Aaron, with Matthew calling out "BeeBee" anytime Aaron is around.  And Daniel is very proud to be a big brother 2x.  Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers, meals, and help over the past few days.  We've appreciated it more than you know!  Here are some fun photos since the big day.

"I'm just 1 hour old!"

Finally home!  Thanks for the ride, Mom and Dad.

Daniel holds Aaron's hand for the first time.

Tuckered out already.

Brothers.

Thanks for all the help while we were gone, Kaelen!

Daniel and Matthew.  Aaron better get ready for this.

So tired.

Still so tired.

Baby no more.  Matthew is now a big brother!

This is Daniel "looking" at the camera for the picture while watching Veggie Tales.  "Dad, I AM looking at it!"

Happy and snugly.

Daniel's first trick for Aaron.

"Wait, I have TWO older brothers?!"

After a long day of celebrating Baby Aaron, even Daniel needed some back rubs.

St. Aaron, pray for us!

St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us!

Challenge accepted

A little over a month ago, I thought that this baby would come early since I just don't get a lot of down time and since Matthew isn't great with stairs (or following me) I end up carrying his extra 24 pounds quite often, which isn't recommended. However, the baby (or my body, I guess) has decided to take this on as a challenge to see just how long it can stay in. Tomorrow we will be one week late. We'll see how far this goes.

Matthew's First Haircut

Matthew had his first haircut yesterday. His barber? Big brother Daniel. Luckily he chose to take some off the back, so it's really not that noticeable. Regardless, Daniel's scissor privileges have been revoked.

 

Our future high-maintenance coffee orderer

Daniel has been getting pretty particular about how his food is prepared. The other morning I asked what he would like on his toast. This is what he said:

"One piece of toast, half with butter half with jam, cut into squares but not made into sandwiches."

After I had made his toast to his specifications, he became upset because I had assumed that "squares" meant "quarters." He had wanted it in 16 bite-sized pieces to eat with a fork.  Sorry, Starbucks, this one is going to be trouble.

Happy Halloween

 Halloween was lots of fun as usual. Daniel and Matthew dressed up as two of the scariest creatures known to man: a dragon and a skunk. We made our daytime rounds to Grandma Eva's house, the Newman Center, and Aunt Tina's, then came home and rested up for trick-or-treating later on.

 One happy dragon.

 Waiting patiently for the bag of candy to be opened.

 Thanks for all the candy Grandma!

 Matthew is very particular about what kind of candy he likes.

 Checking out the jack-o-lanterns at the Newman Center.

 Ready for trick-or-treating!

 Whoa. It's a little scary out here at night.

 Matthew surveys the neighborhood from up high.

There's a skunk crawling into our house!

Halloween is fun!

Matthew's babies

A week and a half till our due date and Matthew is just now catching on to the whole "there's a baby in Mommy's tummy" thing...last night after dinner I was pointing at Matthew's very full belly and teasingly asking "What's in this belly?" Matthew's reply (in his very cute little voice)?  "Babies!"

Make-shift pumpkin patch

 Due to busy schedules and weather issues, we missed out on going to a real pumpkin patch this year. But, a quick trip to the grocery store, some decent afternoon weather and a few creative hiding spots around the yard turned out to be almost as fun as the real thing.

 Found one by the rosemary!

 This one's just my size!

 Almost as big as my head!

 This might be a little to big for me...

 Uh oh. One rolled under the deck.

 Decorating the front of the house.

 Can I get a hand with this?

These ones are all mine!

Favorite.

We love pumpkins!

Husky Prayer

Daniel literally ended his prayer like this the other night.


...and all you holy men and women...pray for us........
Amen............and Go Dawgs.

Amen little buddy, Amen.

No fun allowed

After a few times of being told that the current method of play is inappropriate, Daniel has taken to saying "Mom, why don't you just let us enjoy ourselves?!"

Hmmm...not sure how to respond to that.

Happy Birthday, Daniel!

Yesterday was Daniel's 4th birthday. We still can't believe he's already 4, but according to Daniel, he's been an adult for awhile now. His day was full of special treats, concluding with his requested mint chocolate chip ice cream cake and a few gifts.  

 The birthday boy!

 I can't wait to eat this!

 Presents!

 Love my new cash register!

Did you guys seriously get me a harmonica?