Our New Family: One week old

Family update: Hazel is practicing her smiles, mostly by twitching.
Dillan is realizing that his baby sister is here to stay and he's getting more emotional everyday.

Dillan always wants to have tummy time when Hazel does. Our little angel, all ready for church. What a girl!
Our new family.

Dillan likes to bounce Hazel when she starts fussing.
Family tummy time.
Home from the hospital, Dillan doesn't understand.

Family Reading Time! Dillan wouldn't let go of Hazel, it didn't matter that she was crying. When I tried to take her away he panicked, grabbed her, and said "Wanna hold her!"

New Baby GIRL!

We would like to introduce: Hazel June Hardy! The newest addition to our family. She was 8.5 lbs., 19.5 inches long and has a head of brown hair. She has been a super sweet girl so far. Dillan acknowledged her existence and has a pretty melancholy attitude about her so far. We really appreciate Grandma Hardy for getting Dillan in the wee hours of the morning.

Additional Stats:

-Labor duration: from 2:30am until 4:37am (yes, it was about 2 hours from when she woke me up to when the baby came out!)

-Dillan and Hazel were both born 3 days overdue, but had very different birth durations/experiences.

Zoo trip on Baby Eve

Today was discount Tuesday at the Zoo. It was freezing (it was snowing in Salem when we got home), so nobody was there, and the baby is due tomorrow, but we had such a fantastic time! Look how close he is to that leopard!
Dillan loves to take his socks off his feet and put them on his hands.

My pregnant self at 39 weeks (one week ago).

On New Year's Day we took a trip with Grandma and Grandpa Hardy and Uncle Josh. We went to the Tillamook Cheese factory and the Newport Beach Aquarium. We also went whale watching at Depoe Bay, but we didn't have binoculars so we couldn't see them.

Oregonians are into recycling. This is the display outside of the Aquarium, it's made completely of trash found on the beach.

Dillan checking out his old carseat before we installed it in preparation for his baby sister's arrival. He was really upset when I made him get out. He would have sat in there all day!

Dillan is getting too smart for us! He pulled that onto his lap, opened it, and pushed the power button. Once the log-in screen came up he turned it off and started back at step 1!

Dillan discovered pockets over Christmas break. Pants, coats, on him, me or Kyle! When he can't find his back pocket his hands usually end up in his diaper, which he thinks is the right place!

You can't see it, but Dillan is popping the bubbles that land on the ground. It's the only way he wants to play with bubbles, popping them with a 2 lb weight.

Where does he come up with this material? Float my boat!

Finals Week

Can you tell which one has finals and which one doesn't? They are both studying so determinedly!
Dillan doing safety inspection on baby sister's bed.

One of our biggest expenses (other than tuition) has been acquiring a business wardrobe for Kyle. He looks good!

I think the stress of finals made them a little crazy!