Happy 4th Birthday Kenzie

We were actually on our way home from camping on her special day, which was a long drive and no fun, so we decided last minute to throw her a Tinkerbell party complete with a BBQ, bounce house, and various carnival type games/booths that weekend. My sister made an awesome tinkerbell cake for her:

Thanks Kristin, it ROCKED!! We had games like a bean bag toss, face painting-thanks Misty, balloon animals-thanks Trisha, and a cupcake walk- thanks again Kristin. Garrett planned a fun fishing game as well as a ball toss that each kid won a fish, and of course a pinata!!! It was lots of fun!

Kenzie hitting the pinata

Kenzie getting a ropin' rope for her birthday. She loves tieing things up as well as roping a steer so now she can have at it without creating huge knots for us to undo!

Fun face paiting with Aunt Misty! Kenzie loved her butterfly

All the kids on the bounce house: Evelynne, Carson, Chloe, Noah and Kenzie!

I cannot believe that my baby is 4! Time has flown by sooo fast!! She weighs in at 42 lbs. and is 42 1/2" tall. This year I have seen so much growth in her! She is soo helpful and will do things that we ask. She loves to sleep in our bed at night and is going through the "I'm scared" and "there are monsters" phase. She knows she can get what she wants from her dad, and mom is the stricter of the parents. She loves to read books and work on letters by tracing them on her whiteboard, and naming her flash cards. She is still into horses, likes to color but ends up wanting us to color or draw for her while she watches, loves being home and wathcing movies, and loves to work on projects with dad. Garrett gives her her own wood and tools to use and she is right there beside him. She definately has attitude and when has the pout down when she is mad or doesnt get her way! Her cousin even has picked up the fake cry and pout from Kenzie. Sorry Kristin!Kenzie has a love-hate relationship with her cousin Evelynne. They ask to see eachother and then end up fighting over toys, pouting, ect. She loves her cousin Carson and they enjoy playing together. She loves her sister and has been being a great mommy to her doll and horses by nursing them and putting them in the baby wrap, feeding them a bottle, wiping up their spit-up and putting them to sleep. She's a natural but also a sponge to all that we do with Paige! She has become addicted to treats, and loves to steal drinks of me diet coke!! I just love her to pieces!!Happy Birthday Kenzie!

One Month Pictures

Here are some cute picts of Paige just before her 1 month mark...

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Paige Ruth Hardy

So sorry this post has taken so long but our sweet little girl has been too much fun!! I went into the hospital at 11am on sat. July 24th for my c-section and got all preped and ready. I of course hate getting the IV started but once it was in I was good to go. We just sat and waited for our time to go into surgery and actually got bumped back due to an emercency c-section. As I was laying there waiting I started to get really nervous and did not want to go into surgery. But luckily, after about 10 minutes of all that, the nurses came in to get me and we walked into the surgery room. I received my spinal and of course 2 seconds later I could not feel my feet and then my butt started to get numb. From the time of the spinal to the time she came out was only about 10 minutes. As I laid there feeling the pressure and pulling I heard them say we had a big baby. Garrett said she looked little and the Dr. argued that she was probably a good 9 pounds. They brought her around for me to see before they weighed her and she looked cheesy and chunky!! Very different from little Kenzie, but soooo cute!! Besides the weight difference, I thought I had given birth to another little Mackenzie. They looked identical. She arrived at 2:16pm and weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz and 21 1/4" long. Garrett went with her to get cleaned up as I was getting stitched up. As I laid there I could see the reflection in the lights of my stomach split open and them stitching me up, yup, gross!! Once I was able to go to my room, my parents brought Kenzie in to see her new sister!! She thought she was cute and got to hold her with daddy's help! All of my siblings came to see me that day which was fun to have everyone come by!! I spent 3 days in the hospital and it all went great!!

Here we go:

Our family of 3 about to become 4! This was on our way out to the hospital!

Our princess is here! Chunky and cheesy!

Daddy consoling Paige while i was getting stiched up. i am jealous he gets to hold her first!

Kenzie holding her sister for the first time!

Our sweet little Paige! They always look so peaceful when they sleep!