Ayda and Hadley Love Agong!

Kevin's dad is completly smitten with his grandkids. You can tell he lights up talking about Kevin's sister's kids and he is on cloud nine when he is in FL and playing with Ayda and Hadley. When he was down here last week he was holding Hadley on the couch watching tv and Kevin remembered us having an identical picture of him and Ayda doing the same thing. I grabbed the camera and got the pic!

Agong and Ayda when Ayda was almost 4 months old.

Agong and Hadley when Hadley was about 2 1/2 months old! CUTE!!!

Sister Love

Ayda is such a great big sister. She LOVES her baby sister to say the least. It is so cute to watch her interact with Hadley. She worries when she's crying, she loves when Hadley smiles at her and she gets so excited when Hadley wakes up in the morning or from a nap. I know they are going to have so much fun growing up together!

I made a feeble attempt to get a picture of the two of them in their big sister/little sister shirts. How people get decent pics of their children together amazes me. I think I took 20 pictures and this is all I got...these are the funny/decent ones:

Yes, Hadley looks a little terrified here...

Perhaps she sensed this was coming!

Ayda settled down after her attack hug but Hadley was still not giving me a relaxed look.

So I had Ayda move her arm and give H some space. Appears to have worked except my pathetic camera skills cut H out of the pic!

Finally, something I could sort of deal with. Hadley still has a weird look on her face but it'll work!

Ayda is quite the active child and Hadley appears to be the one that will enjoy watching the world go by. I think they will balance each other out nicely! We'll see!

Memorial day

We had a wonderful day with friends! We had several of our friends over for a cook out and enjoyed the poor man pool! Thank you to all the men and women serving our country!

Kevin got hot and jumped in with Ayda before our guests arrived!

Nothing like hanging out "around the pool" on a hot afternoon in Florida!

Ayda playing with her best buddy Easton!

Emily, Quintin and sweet little Lyvleigh! Lyvleigh partied herself out!

Hadley is Two Months!

Hadley, you are two months old and growing so fast! Here is what you are up to these days:

*You weigh 11 lbs 7 1/2 ounces and are 22 3/4 inches long!

*You are holding your head up REALLY well. Dr. Otero was very impressed this morning actually. And when you are on your tummy you are close to rolling over!

*You hate the car and let us know almost every time we are in there!

*You LOVE your big sister. She loves to make you smile and give you kisses.

*You are sleeping about 7-9 hours at night which mommy is SO excited about. Thank you!!!

*During the day you eat about every 2 1/2-3 1/2 hours.

*You will only nap in your swing but you love your bassinet at night.

*We have you in cloth diapers most of the time but when you do wear disposable you are Size 1.

*Your 0-3 month clothes fit you perfectly right now but I have a feeling you'll be in 3-6 months clothes before you get to three months old!

*We just took you out of the sling in the bathtub and now you get so excited kicking in the water. Water goes everywhere and your sister thinks it is so funny, mommy too!

*You are an absolute joy to your daddy and me. We are having so much fun with you and cannot believe you are 2 months old already! We love you Hadley Mei!!

Tommy and Hadley

I love looking at pics of Ayda when she was Hadley's age. Here is Ayda at 2 months! I am starting to see them resemble each other more now...Ayda just had so much more hair!!

Kevin Yen-Chen Lin...

...is celebrating his 28th birthday today! He is such an amazing husband, father, chiropractor, friend. I am so thankful for the life God has given him and the man he is. I want to brag a bit...

When I was single and heard people say their spouse is their other half I thought that was nice of them to say but really? What does that mean? Well I now know. Kevin is my other half. He knows how and when to calm me down, he knows what to say to me when I am down on myself, he is great at making me laugh, he is caring, patient, funny. I miss him when he is at work. He is such an amazing daddy to our girls. Ayda absolutely adores him. I see it in her eyes that he hung the moon. Daddy can make her giggle pretty much by doing anything. She has always thought he was funny. I know Hadley will be the same. He is so gentle and sweet with them. He knows how to keep us girls under control!!!

He is passionate about his practice and his patients. He goes to work everyday and puts everything into his business. It's been neat to watch him grow and his practice the past year.

I'm so blessed to be married to such an amazing man. So to celebrate his birthday today has been nothing but fun and exciting. He deserves to know how very special he is!

Happy Birthday Kevin! I love you!

Mother's Day Weekend

I had a wonderful Mother's Day to say the least. My mom came into town Thursday which we always love having her! Saturday we headed to Cocoa Beach for the day. We shopped at the Ron Jon store, ate lunch at our favorite place, and played at the beach. The weather was perfect and we had lots of fun!

Grand-Pam (or at our house she is Be-be, thanks to Ayda) with Hadley!

Me with my sweet girl! Being a mom is the best thing I have ever done. It challenges me everyday to be a better person but there are so many rewarding moments.

Ayda and Kevin played in the water the entire time. She LOVES the beach!!

On Sunday Kevin took us to Bella Collina (nice golf resort in town) for Mother's Day brunch. The food was absolutely wonderful. Mom and I kissed our diets good bye for the meal and enjoyed every bite. Kevin did a great job treating us to a wonderful morning. We came home and crashed for a few hours. Then Kevin and I got to go to a movie and my mom kept the girls (her idea!). It was great being out with him for a few hours...first time since Hadley was born!

And yes, Kevin is already wrapped around another little girl's finger!!

Easter

It was fun celebrating Easter as a family of 4 this year. I loved getting to dress up two little girls in pretty dresses. Ayda loved the Easter egg hunt at church on Saturday and was definitely excited about the candy that she got. We also learned that a child who rarely gets processed sugar becomes out of control when she gets too much. Kevin and I were completely worn out by her by the end of Saturday!

Sunday we headed to church as a family. I missed the sermon because Hadley got hungry. That's ok, it was nice to be there anyway! Then we headed to Cracker Barrel for a yummy brunch. After naps some friends came over and we enjoyed a very yummy dinner that Kevin cooked! I love when he cooks. All in all it was a wonderful day celebrating Christ's resurrection and remembering the gift that is to us!

My sweet girls looked beautiful!

Going through her easter basket

We did a little easter egg hunt in our front yard. Ayda and Easton had lots of fun having another easter egg hunt!