Lanette Hansen’s Blog

It was really weird being on national news for something unrelated to the Badgers – or Scott Walker’s possible run for president.  But there it was, dark and early this morning as I sat in my reclining rocker with my six month-old son, Roman.  As I stared at his sweet little face, back asleep after […]

So many amazing blessings to count!  One of my dearest friends, who wasn’t even supposed to have one baby, just had her second … and calling Ellisyn beautiful is the understatement of the year.  Another lifelong friend just found out that TWINS are on the way.  And after a heart-breaking pregnancy loss, my cousin is […]

Maybe you’ve read about a recent Supreme Court ruling.  A woman in Iowa was back at her job after taking eight weeks off for maternity leave.  Her new baby was breastfed so she needed a place to pump when she was at work.  After being sent around from one supervisor to another, one told her […]

The internet is an awesome thing…except when it isn’t.  When I was pregnant with Roman, I Googled, read about and made lists of all the awesome date nights Marc and I were going to have.  Just because we had two kids was not going to be a reason to not keep the romance alive. Now, […]

I just got an email from a friend that said, ‘Lanette … update your blog.  Otherwise it looks like you’re dangerously overdue.’  It took me a second … ‘Oh yeah!  I have a blog!’  Lately it seems as if my mind and my body are in two different places at all times, but it’s all […]

“No baby yet?”  This is a question I never had to hear with my first born, because Everett decided to make his grand entrance a month early.  It makes me smile how everyone walks slowly around the corner – hoping to not see me at work – and then when I’m here they say something […]

I am feeling so blessed to be able to share with you the arrival of my sweet nephew, Nathaniel James.  Notice I didn’t use the word ‘little’ in his description?  This gorgeous boy was born on July 20th weighing 10 pounds, 8.6 ounces and was 22 inches long.  I’ve looked, but there are no greeting […]

My husband stumbled across an awesome playground in Cottage Grove.  It’s the Phoebe Bulman Bakken Memorial Park … and this place is cool.  There’s lots of great climbing and running and sliding and swinging.  And it got extra cool when I found out that it was a park built just a few years ago solely […]

So, here we go.  Rounding the corner into the last two months of this pregnancy.  I have to say that I’ve felt much better than when I was pregnant with Everett.  I’m not swollen.  I have much more energy and overall the experience has been wonderfully uneventful.  Now I’m not one who loves being pregnant […]

Sometimes we do things we’re so embarrassed by … like this past weekend when we were at the park.  Everett was swinging and swinging and swinging.  Every time I’d slow down he’d say, “MORE SWINGING!”  I’m sure it was a good hour until he finally decided heading home was a good idea.  So I pulled […]