Our Beautiful Baby Girl....

Bryan's Aunt took some amazing pics of sweet little Hadley this past weekend. It was such a fun morning and Hadley did so well with the camera flashing in her face for over an hour!! Thanks Shannon for taking such awesome pics of your little niece :)

Aunt Shannon with Hadley!! She's with Leigh Photography if you wanna check her out :)

90 Days Down......

So I am proud to have officially made it 90 days being a Mom!!!  As my friend Heather put it one day, "This ain't for sissies."  Hilarious, yet so true!! There are somedays that I am shocked that Hadley is still surviving and thriving!  I feel so inadequate caring and loving for a newborn baby, but God has blessed me with so much Godly wisdom that surrounds me. Bryan and I love our church family and wonder sometimes how we would survive without them.  This sure is a crazy journey, but definitely a good one!  Here are some pictures from the past month!!

Their relationship already melts my heart.  

Brady and Hadley

This was her fourth of July outfit :)  We went to Aunt Shannon and Uncle Jim's house (Bryan's aunt and uncle) and then headed to my parents.  Haddie was too little this year to enjoy fireworks but Daddy sure did!  He left Haddie and me at my parent's house to go check out the neighborhood fireworks show.  He loved it!!

Tripp and Hadley wearing their "Introducing Me" onsies :)  Ummm, check out the hand holding.  

Hanging out one night at our pastor and his wife's house.

Heather and Tripp.  I love sleeping baby pics!!

I think she's trying to tell me something here about all the pics I take.

If she does not have access to her paci, this girl will find her thumb instantly!!  

Here she is again......

And again!!!

The Richardson, Moore and Perdue crew at P.F Chang's for Mom's Bday!

Lovin' the bell bottoms :)  Thanks Jama!!

Flying in the air with Daddy.  She loves this!!

Gotta love the drool.

Sitting in her bumbo for the first time!!!

Look at that sweet face!!

It's been 4 years!!!!

Four years ago today...I met the love of my life standing outside my apartment waiting to pick me up for our first date!!  I have to admit that my first thought was, "Is this guy serious??"  Bryan and I love to look back and laugh at his first impression :)  I walk down the stairs of my apartment building and see Bryan leaning up against his car with his arms folded and his legs crossed at the ankles.  It is the kind of stance some guy does when he thinks he is way too cool to even dialogue with someone like myself.  And not only did he do this pose (which was funny enough) but the car that he happened to be leaning against was his '98 beat up Mustang!  Even though I'm making light of him, I have to admit that my very second thought was "This guy is super cute!!"  I guess his tactic worked on me after all.  We had the best first date I had ever been on!  We talked the night away and could not stop laughing.  It was such a genuine love from the start.  We have so many fun memories together.  I could write out thousands, but another funny one from our second date that we frequently laugh about was when we decided to watch his favorite movie, The Patriot, because I had never seen it.  He was walking toward me on the couch from across the room and yelled out, "Romeo, Romeo...where for art though....."  and then he totally wipes out. We could not stop laughing at his attempt to be charming and then tripping over something at the same time.  I literally feel so blessed to have such a fun loving, wonderful man in my life.  I am beyond blessed at how fun he is, how much he loves the Lord, how much he loves me and wants to make me the happiest bride on this earth, and what a wonderful father he has become.

This was on our actual first date!  We fed the ducks at Papa John's Park right after dinner.

This was on our 3rd date at Captain Quarters.

My in-law's breed Alpaca's so this is my first sheering day!  Kind of random, I know :)

One of our many, many Friday night date nights at the Country Club.  They lose money on us each time we go because Bryan eats so many king crab legs at the buffet. 

We went to see Soji, this fiddler guy, and we literally laughed the entire time.  Just take one look at the picture of Soji in the background and you will get a glimpse of our night. 

UK vs UL game.  We made up the Cat Claw in honor of Big Blue winning!!

Hiking in Gatlinburg

Bryan cut his cornea while cutting the grass and he had to wear this patch until it healed.  I laughed everytime I looked at him...I prob should have been sad for him but I just couldn't muster up that emotion!!

Wall Climbing

This is Bryan's favorite picture because it truly does capture my excitement the day he proposed!!

At Lauren's Luau

Bryan's Aunt Shannon takes amazing pictures! 

Bryan likes his food like he likes his woman...hot! Yea, I just brought that joke back.  He literally gets the hottest sauce at Firehouse Subs.  They rate them from 1-10 and he has made it to level 9.  It was called 100% Pain. I don't think he recommends it if you ever go there.  

We're Pregnant!!  No wait...it's just me.

My amazing hubby planned a surprise 30th bday for me and totally pulled it off!!  Love you honey!! :)

Hanging with Neena and Pops

Looks like Haddie is going to have my sweet tooth :)  She started really talking once Neena mentioned cookies. 

This almost looks like a posed picture, but I just took this randomly without them even knowing it!  They adore their little grand daughter :)

Pops was making Haddie laugh!  It was so cute to watch :)

Mommy's Little Chatterbox!! :)

Hadley is Already 2 Months Old!

These past 8 weeks have been filled with so much love, joy and excitement.  I always knew I would like being a Mom, but I just never imagined I would love it this much.  I was worried about the lack of sleep, the confinement of being at home, the healing after birth, the strain that it might take on my marriage....(I'm a realist if you can't tell!!).  After coming face to face with the realities of being a Mom, I wouldn't trade it for the world though!! I feel so honored and humbled that God would bless me with such an amazing husband and child.  Not only am I falling in love with being a Mommy, Bryan is literally the best father I could dream up.  His love for Hadley is out of this world.  I love watching them interact and seeing how much he loves holding her, kissing her and telling her stories. He told me one day that when he holds her, all the cares and concerns from the day just melt away.  I love that Hadley is going to grow up with a Daddy that adores her so much!  I am beyond blessed.

My happy lil Bumble bee

This is how I found her waking up from one of her naps!  She LOVES her paci.

Daddy LOVES holding Haddie when he gets home from work :)

Pawpa, Bryan's Dad, is so gentle and sweet with Haddie :)

Oh...how I love this child of mine :)

We went to Paint Spot to make a mug for Father's Day.  Hadley did not like getting her feet in that paint.  This was her first sacrifice for her Daddy!!  Even if it was forced :)

I was helping Bryan with his business website one day and thought I would have Haddie help me out!!  As soon as I put the pen in her hand and the paper in front of her, she  gave me a huge yawn!  I think she demonstrated what I was thinking :)  Boring!!  Poor Daddy works on this everyday!!! 

This is Pops first grand daughter and I can already tell they are going to have a special bond.

Hadley's handsome Daddy on Father's Day

She is one strong baby!

My parent's watched Hadley while Bryan and I had our first date night solo!  We went to Applebee's for dinner and then we played put-put.  We had so much fun laughing and talking about life! 

My dearest friend Heather was due 7 weeks after me with a baby boy so we had so much fun talking and bonding over pregnancy.  Here I am with Hadley in the hospital waiting for little Tripp to be born!!

Is he not just precious?!?  

I love this picture!  Check out the noses :)  She def has her Daddy's.

Where is Haddie?!?!

Gotta love hair bows on sweet little babies ;)  

Hadley's first bottle. She did so well.