Christmas 2008

Bear hug for dad.
Colton Bryan Hoben -- 8 days old

Kylie and her baby doll

" Ohhh... how I love presents!"

Grandma Jill made matching approns for Kylie and mom. Now is going to be a lot more fun helping mom in the kitchen.

GreatGrandma Dodie holding Colton -Bryan for the first time.

Brayden is enjoying his new tractor.

Piggy-back-ride on uncle Dakota -- just to give dad a break.

Enjoying some dessert --- Yuuummmm!!!

Our little princess!

Colton's first Christmas

Three peas in a pod.

Big sister Kylie - holding Colton while planting a kiss on Brayden....


Colton, Kylie, Brayden

"He is so cute!"

Kylie: "You are so cute!"

Brayden: "NOoo..."

Colton: "You guys are getting boring..."

Our sweethearts!

Winter Wonderland

We are cold, but we don't care, this is too much fun!

Brayden getting ready to go down the slide.

Us and the fort/snowman that we built...well, that daddy built.

Down the slide we go!!!!!

.....And back up again....ready to go!

Colton with Family

Big brother Brayden

Mommy holding Colton

Dad and Colton taking a snooze.

Kylie loves to hold Colton! If it was after her, she would be the only one holding him. :)

Colton with grandma and grandpa.

Welcome COLTON BRYAN HOBEN!!!

It's a BOY!!!

COLTON BRYAN was born on December 17th at 9:45 am.
He was 8#13oz and 20 and a half inches long!
We gave him the middle name Bryan after his grandfather Bryan (Brett's dad), because we wish him to be a godly man and a good father like him some day. Colton is a name that we both liked and we thought it will fit well with the rest of our children.
Our due date was December 15th but Colton decided to wait a couple of days until the 17th to make it more of a dramatic arrival!! Throughout the night I had a few strong contractions but nothing too bad until 7 a.m. The contractions were strong but not very consistent. Considering I was already dilated to 4cm. and 80% effaced at my last appointment, we decided it would be best to head to the hospital...and good thing we did. We arrived at the hospital at 8:30 am and Colton was born at 9:45 am. Praise the LORD for his mercy!!
Colton is healthy, lively, a great sleeper (so far), and he has some healthy lungs on him!!

Welcome to the Hobens blog spot!

We are a happy family of four, soon to be five! Brett is the man of my dreams, a wonderful husband and an amazing dad. Kylie, our oldest, is going to be 4 years old in January. She is very inquisitive and has a great sense of humor. Brayden is our second born and first son. He is MR. Active "pants". He learned to walk in a hurry and the stairs in our home were no big challenge for him. He has the cutest, cheesiest smile ever! Any day now our family will be extended to five members since we are expecting our third child on December 15. I hope he/she will come sooner than later! Yes, we do not know what we are having yet, we will be surprised! The good news is we finally have decided on names - AMEN to that!!

Well...enough bragging, I hope I didn't loose you with my chattering. Welcome to our blog spot and I am looking forward to keeping in touch with good ol' friends thru this blog! Much love and God bless!

Nine months pregnant!

On December 15th (or sooner) our lives will be changed forever with the addition of our third child!! We are so very excited to meet the newest member of our family, to find out if it's a boy or a girl, to hold it and to love it forever!!
This is my third pregnancy and very possibly my last, unless the Lord has different plans. Here are a couple of pictures of me in the last month of pregnancy.