Edyn Is 3 Months Old

From this precious baby... ...to this precious baby!!! Here is a little video of her just yesterday!! She can talk already!! Listen carefully or you might miss it!!


Edy Bel, as we lovingly call her, has made herself comfortable in our little family. She has grown to almost 12 pounds and is filling out her 3 month clothes. She is now in size 2 diapers and has outgrown some of her headbands. She likes to laugh when you kiss her cheeks, talk and coo, taking long drives in the car, a 2 am nightcap, splashing in the tub and watching Mom make dinner from the bouncer on the kitchen counter.

She has big blue eyes (and we think they are going to stay blue, yippee), sparce, but luxurious brunette hair, and a smile that could melt the coldest heart (yep, Avery's)(just kidding). This past three months has gone fast for us as we watch her change before our very eyes. Her brothers and sister are absolutely smitten with her and are so quick to help, hold, and entertain their baby sister. It is like she has always been a part of us!!

We just love her so much!! Thanks for joining us down here, Sweetie!!

Drew and Kaiya's Birthday Party

Drew Bryan and Kaiya Haws will always have the same birthday. This year, we celebrated the birthday together. Our family and Kaiya's family met at Leo's for pizza, balloons, ice cream, cake, and good crazy fun. We took up a whole back part of the place.

We decided to put a picture of them both on the cake, and Kristen and I had the same one in mind. This picture was taken at the greenbelt their very first summer. It was a beautiful day and they were both happy and smiling. It is one of my favorites. It looked great on the cake. We had white cake with raspberry filling, a family favorite.

We are so blessed to have family and friends to grow up with. Actually, I literally grew up with Kristen and Sheri Leonard(her sister), and Susan Seedall Leonard (sister-in-law). We have been friends since high school and earlier. Good friends are hard to come by. It is just great to have them all around us, and to be able to spend our time with them. Nobody could've guessed we would have our families so close together, but I am just so glad we did. Now we can watch our kids grow up together, too. Avery and Alexa are two days apart. Drew and Kaiya are a few hours apart, and Sheri's newest Garrison and our newest Edyn are only 2 weeks apart.

These two are just like having twins. They even look very similar.

It was a great bash for two fabulous two-year-olds!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAIYA AND DREW!! WE LOVE YOU!!!