Hansen Family Reunion

As soon as I had Callen and knew he was healthy and fine, I bought my tickets for the Hansen Family Reunion in MO.  I was really sad that Jeff and the boys couldn't come with me, but we felt strongly that I should go. 

I am so very glad I did!!

Shar & I and Mom & Dad all had a connecting flight in Denver. So we got to ride the second flight together to MO. It was so awesome to travel together...oh I loved it!!!

Callen was just a little angel baby and slept the entire time.  This trip was going to be the best!!!

I didn't take a lot of pictures. SO I NEED THE CD, SHAR!!!  But here is what I took the first day we were there:

Callen got to meet Gigi Nila & Grandpa Gene:

He got to meet Nonny Kare:

And lots of cousins:

And I was able to see cousins/aunts/uncles/grandparents/new cousins/babies/etc.

Here's Shar with adorable Tierren:

This was a bittersweet trip for me.  I loved getting to see my grandparents and spend quality time with them.  And I LOVED getting to see my cousins who I hadn't seen in YEARS.  It was awesome. I got to meet my cousins amazing spouses. Oh my gosh, I fell in love with all of them. Seriously, I so wish I lived by these amazing people. SO MUCH.  

Game nights, chatting, hanging out, reminiscing, eating good food, walmart shopping ;) ;)  we got it all in and it was amazing!

That was the sweet.

Now the bitter...

I was so excited to get to go with my sweet, calm, happy Callen. 

Except he wasn't.

Someone, must be the travel fairy, took my sweet Callen & replaced him with an unhappy, grumpy, very sad baby who didn't feel good and cried and cried and cried. It was so sad. And so hard.  And there were lots of tears shed on my part and I was one highly emotional mama the entire trip. Additionally, I left behind 3 sick kiddos for Jeff to take care of AND our house we had been building was FINALLY done (after many delays) so Jeff was moving while Callen & I were gone. CRAZY!!!  To any and all of my friends who helped him out, THANK YOU!

My family was so good to me.  They helped so much. Let me sleep in after my long nights, took him on walks, held him while he fussed, and my awesome dad took him during his late night cry-sessions.  As crazy as it was for me, it would have been so much worse without their help. Thank you THANK YOU Mom & Dad & Shar.  & everyone. :)

My sweet boy in a moment of sleep:

I learned a lot of things that weekend:

I can do hard things.

I have a wonderful, amazing family.

Sometimes I just need to ask for help and it is there.

I cry when people are nice to me. (sorry Nate!)

I have amazing friends who help out when needed.

I am so blessed.

And I miss my family (immediate and extended) more than ever!

I will post more of what we did when I get the photos!