A Double Blessing!

The Hardin babies made their grand entrance into the world on February 6, 2012. Cade Roy Hardin arrived at 1:27am weighing 5 lbs, 10 oz & was 17 inches long. Younger sister, Camryn Nicole Hardin, joined the party at 1:29 am! She weighed 5 lbs, 9 oz. and was 18 inches long.

Both babies went straight to the newborn nursery, and what an amazing blessing that is! Tara, Dan, and big sisters Riley and Morgan, are beyond excited and ready to give these babies so much love!

Tara is doing great and they should all go home Thurs. sometime. I must say it was the most incredible moment when Dan walked through those doors are roughly 2:30am to tell us the news! It was a moment we will never forget!

More pictures to come, but here is what we have so far! They are beautiful babies!

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My future's lookin' bright....

so I gotta wear shades!

A bigger office?

Can a room really grow? Well, it seems our office has indeed gotten bigger. We spent Sat. and Sun. during the boys' naptime decluttering, cleaning out files, and getting rid of crap. Jason & I both sat in the office going through files one by one. And did I mention I've been wanting to do this for 2 years. Yes, you heard it.. 2 YEARS! It's just gotten away from us, and we've focused on other things. There were at least 4 piles of paperwork and files that needed to be sorted. I should have taken a "before" pic, but I forgot!

Here's the "After" picture. What a lame post this is, but you don't know how HAPPY I am! :)

Hugs please!

Make sure you give your loved ones hugs everyday!

Tara + patience = name of the game

Tara is Super Woman for carrying these twins as long as she has! She is 34 weeks & 4 days and doing great. Having some contractions here & there, but hoping to keep them cooking a bit longer. Bed rest has certainly helped, and has been the key! She is just a sittin', layin', waitin', and prayin' ! And did I mention she is reaching the "miserable" state as well? I can only imagine!

Praying for a safe & healthy arrival for these precious babies. Will they be boys, girls, or both? We are all so excited to meet them.

I'm thinking Saturday, Jan. 21 is a perfect day!

Happy New Year~!

I wanted to wish everyone a Happy 2012! I hope your year ahead is filled with good health, lots of laughter & happiness, & many blessings.

What are your New Year’s resolutions? Let’s admit it.. we all tend to live the same way from day to day life, making very little changes. There’s always room for improvement , right? We’ve all had resolutions like hitting the gym, losing weight, reading more books, eating healthier, seeing more friends, being more organized, spending less money, etc.. But come February, we tend to forget about the resolutions we made. I’m notorious for that. So this year, I thought I’d write down my resolutions on a note card & put them in my closet so I can remind myself of them each day. I’m hoping this helps & I’ll see how I’m doing on them come springtime. ;) And Is it not the best feeling when we accomplish something we’ve worked hard for?

We are so thankful to be surrounded by a wonderful family & amazing friends! Have a TERRIFIC YEAR ahead!

CHEERS!
XOXO

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!

Tis’ the season to see Santa in person & tell him your wishes for Christmas!  The boys love when they see a picture of Santa on an ornament, stocking, decoration.. you name it!  BUT..to see him in real life is a bit scary!

We definitely captured the “get me away from him” picture that we will show them later & look back and laugh at. :)

P.S.- Is this not a great looking Santa?! He starts growing his beard in May!

 

When Santa isn’t near.. we are happy!

Santa.. we still hope you come Christmas Eve! And we promise to smile at you next year!

Boys will be boys….

We always knew both boys were full of personality, but man.. now they are really FULL of personality at almost 22 months. :)  As I was looking through pictures on the camera today, I couldn’t help but think, Wow.. boys sure are wild and do the funniest/craziest things that girls wouldn’t ever think about doing. Some of the latest are… sticking as many fingers as they can in their nostrils and hysterically laughing, running away after bath time to play naked, pulling oranments off the tree and banging them together, pushing their cars in the wall until it makes a hole, jumping off the ottoman and landing on Jason or the floor, and the WORST is still dumping food on the floor. UGH.. After all of this in a days time, MAMA is TIRED! :)

In between all the madness, they do snuggle and read a few books. :) I can’t imagine life any other way, I was truly meant to have boys. I love it.

They love to move furniture to reach light switches.

 

I’m done with dinner guys!
 

Picking out some toys..  
 

Let’s Race, Bro!

Did someone say it was a full moon?

OMG. seriously ?

Time to rest & read.


Kisses through the glass…
 

Which one are you going to destroy?

Until next time………

Family pics

We had family pictures taken recently & I told Jen (our friend photographer) that all I was hoping for was one good shot. My expectations have gone way down as we have encountered each photo shoot. HA!  It was very hard to get the boys to sit still & stay in one place. Thank goodness for the giant lollipops & for Robyn’s help of holding up props & making strange noises. :) 

Here are a few of my favorites:

      

If you’re happy & you know it…

CLAP your hands! I am one happy mama! I am FINALLY caught up with the boys’ baby books. It has only taken me 20 months, LOL!  I feel a huge weight lifted off my shoulder & the next page I’ll be doing is for their 2nd birthday. I’ve enjoyed looking back at all of the memories along this journey called parenthood. :)