More Dallen...

Just a collection of pictures of and about Dallen over the last 3 weeks. Enjoy!

First diaper change by his daddy, with a little help from grandma.

Little guy in a big crib!

First meeting with Lily-she did and does great!

What is this doggy doing next to me?

Ah! doggy is way too close, too close!

First jog with daddy in the stroller

First bath- he hated it!

Ah- finally all warm

2 sleepy heads

Proud Daddy on a walk in the sage behind our house

Fishing with Dad at Puffer Lake

Chillin in his favorite spot- the couch

Family Visits

It was so nice having both mine and Travis' families come visit and meet Dallen so soon after he was born. David and Linda came 5 days after he was born and enjoyed a couple rides on the ATV and dinner Saturday evening. Of course there was lots of cuddling with Dallen too. Their visit went by too quickly so we're hoping to get together again soon.

My family came the following week for 1.5 days on their way to take Emily to BYU. Travis was able to get the day off and took everyone on long, fun ATV rides. It was fun hanging out with everyone and getting up into the mountains as well. Dallen's first outing was to Kents Lake and Upper Kents Lake where Travis and Joy tried to fish for awhile and we all just enjoyed the sites. It was so nice seeing everyone! - well almost everyone. (Jess & fam are still in TX, Sarah & fam couldn't come down from Provo during the week, and Jordan is on his mission in TN). Looking forward to having them again when we do the blessing and I'm all recovered!

Introducing Dallen Howard Hicks

Dallen was born June 7, 2011 at 9:59am in Beaver Utah. He was 6lbs 9oz and 20.5 in long. We decided to induce 8 days after he was due. All I needed was a little medication to get the process going and he was born 14 hours later. I was in "real" labor from about 3am to 7:30am- lots of contractions and lots of pain. Finally got the epidural around 7:30am and thought that because I was only at 4cm that it'd be another 4-5 hours before I'd be ready to push. Well Dallen had other plans and was ready to come at 9am, 1.5 hours later! I pushed for about 45 minutes and couldn't get him out fast enough- his little heart beat wasn't recovering from the pushing very well for quite sometime so the doctor used the vacuum to help pull him out. He came out head and shoulders at the same time which in turn caused me to tear pretty bad. But Dallen was good and healthy and there weren't any problems. It was an amazing experience and we are so happy to have him here!

First car ride- in the Tundra

Lily wants in on the cuddling

Milk Coma



Ooo Milk! :)

Sunday Family Fun

Sarah and family brought mom down after picking up her up from the SLC airport to come be with me after Dallen was born. Since I was induced, Mom got here the day before I went in and we spent a Sunday afternoon with Sarah, David, and Jacob at the park and up the canyon. Jacob is so cute and so curious about everything. It was fun watching him play and a great way to spend my last day pregnant. :)

Rough & Tough

Travis decided to take matters into his own hands and clear out a really pretty ATV trail. Usually the Forest Service crews take care of it but with all of the snow this year there has been a lot of work to do. So Lily and I sat on the hill and watched him work. Lily was of course scared of the plasky...Oh Lil. I just had to post these since the camo is doing its job so well. :)