July 30, 2025
Anailyn Turns 8! A Hanson Birthday Celebration on We Are The Hansons
In this heartwarming episode of We Are the Hansons, we’re throwing confetti and blowing out candles as our sweet Anailyn turns 8! 🎂 Join us behind the scenes of a fun-filled birthday celebration packed with laughter, decorations, cake mishaps, sibling chaos, and family traditions. Whether you're a fellow parent, big family enthusiast, or just here for the wholesome vibes, this episode reminds us all how special growing up can be—especially when it's celebrated with love.
Tune in as we reflect on Anailyn's growth, share our favorite birthday moments, and dive into what makes family life worth celebrating every day.
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Welcome back to We are the Hansens. Today's episode is
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so special to us. It's all about celebrating our sweet
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Annline turning eight years old. Time flies and we want
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to soak in every magical moment of her big day.
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Eight years ago, our family changed forever in the most
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beautiful way. Anneline came into this world early, but with
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a strength and a light that's only grown brighter every
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year since. She's our firecracker, our deep thinker, our quiet
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observer who surprises us all the time with wisdom way
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beyond her years. And today she gets the spotlight. This morning,
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we started her birthday with, you know, waking her up
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by all these beautiful balloons in her bed and screaming
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Happy Birthday. She smiled so big you could feel the
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joy fill the whole house. Then Annelin had her favorite breakfast,
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which was French toast and eggs. And because it's her
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day and that means extra sweetness, we let her pick
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what she wanted to do for the day. She got
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to choose her favorite songs on the radio would which
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meant a mashup of all different songs. Taylor Swift a
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little bit of that, and because who doesn't love Taylor Swift.
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After breakfast, the other kids helped and we just played
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with the balloons. They got to have their friend over.
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Happy eighth Birthday, Annlin. Everyone pitched in, even her nieces.
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It's incredible watching all the kids rally around to make
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one of their siblings feel special. That's something we've really
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tried to foster in our home, celebrating each other. Aneline
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chose to do games with her friends and her real
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party is going to be this Saturday. She got a
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really cute tutuo and ballet uniform from her big sister Maddie,
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and she wore that dress for the most of the
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day and let me tell you, she looked like a dream.
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Her smile set it all. Then we spent the afternoon
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at the mall and we went into her favorite store,
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build a Bear Workshop. Then we went over to the
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candy store and she got to get a free cotton
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candy container. It was so much fun. We had so
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much fun at the mall with her. We gave her
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some quiet time too. She loves to draw. Her older
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sister got her a whole bunch of drawing and art stuff,
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so she sat with her new birthday pages and colors,
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and her and her sister and her friends. They did
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that for a lot of the day. I'll never forget
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how tiny she felt in my arms the day she
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was born. And now here she is writing little stories,
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drawing magical words, asking big questions about life. She's becoming
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her own person. One of the things we adore about
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Anneline is her sensitivity. She feels things deeply. If a
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sibling is sad, she's the first to hug them. If
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someone is hurt, she's right there. She also has a
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fire in her When something's unfair, she speaks up. She's
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not loud, but she's fierce. She reminds us all what
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it means to have quiet strength. We had just a
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wonderful day. For dinner, she got to pick her dinner
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and she chose to have lasagna. So tonight we did
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homemade lasagna and birthday cake. I asked her what she
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wished for when she blew out her candles, and she whispered,
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more days like this, Hugh the tears. She's just that
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kind of soul. Her sister Torn made her a homemade card,
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and honestly, those were the gifts she kept flipping through
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over and over. She treasures, their love. We gave her
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a couple presents from US two, one being a bike,
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and she got the build to Bear. She was so
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over the moon. Watching her open gifts is always a joy.
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She's thankful for everything, even the smallest things. Her gratitude
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makes me so proud. We got to talk to a
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few family members on the phone so that they could
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wish her a happy birthday, and she held the phone
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like you know. She was too busy worried about getting
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off the phone to go play some more. So that
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didn't last long. We just kind of hung out. She
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ended up getting to have a friend spend the night.
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After dinner, they danced a little, they went and played
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outside with the neighbor. It was kind of a big day.
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It's the kind you want to bottle up forever. We
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ended the night with just having fun, just enjoying each
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other's company, and that's always the big thing. So before bed,
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I asked her what her favorite part of the day was.
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She said all of it, And that right there, that's
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why we make birthdays a big deal. Anelin's birthday reminds
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us how quickly time moves. It feels like just yesterday
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she was learning to walk. Now she's running and showing
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off and riding a bike. Birthdays aren't just about the
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cake and the gifts. They're about noticing, really seeing our kids,
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celebrating who they are, and soaking in what makes them unique.
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This birthday reminded me that every child or in a
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big family still needs moments where they feel seen, and
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today Anneline absolutely was. She brings this calm, creative energy
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to our family. She's not the loudest, not the wildest,
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but she grounds us in ways she doesn't even realize.
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There's something so beautiful about watching our kids grow into
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who they are meant to be. Each year adds more
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color to the masterpiece of their life. I sometimes wonder
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who she'll become. A writer, an artist, a teacher, whatever
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she chooses, I just know she'll lead with her heart
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and I honestly, she's told me that she wants to
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be a neurologist because of her medical stuff. That is
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what she wants to be, even though she's only eight.
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She teaches me things about kindness, about slowing down, about
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what matters most. Anneline's spirit is gentle but strong. She
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reminds me daily that softness is a strength and creativity
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is a gift to be nurtured. Her bomb with her
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siblings is something special. She's glue in a lot of ways,
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always bringing people together with her idea and calm nature.
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I am so grateful for the way she loves freely, deeply,
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and without needing anything in return. She gives just by
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being who she is. On this eighth birthday, I just
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want to say thank you, Anelin, for choosing us, for
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blessing our home with your sparkle, your hugs, and your heart.
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You are so loved more than you know. We see you,
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we celebrate you, and we are also incredibly proud of
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the person you are becoming. Happy eighth birthday, Anelin. May
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your days ahead be as bright and full of magic
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as you've made ours for the last eight years. Thanks
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for joining me on this special birthday episode of We
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Are the Hansens. Today was about love, celebration, and a
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reminder that every child deserves to be cherished. Until next time,
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hug your babies, make the day count and never forget
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to celebrate the ones you love the most. Again Contain
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