Chloe Renee Hardy

Last night marked two weeks since we lost our baby girl. On Tuesday, November 30th, the night before I was supposed to be induced, I realized that I haven't felt the baby move since the night before. I was hoping that she was just sleeping or that I was busy getting things done before her arrival that I just hadn't noticed it. I was just at the Doctor's on Monday and she was perfectly fine. Something felt terribly wrong, through. So I called the doctor and he had me go to the hospital. When we arrived, they were unable to find her heartbeat and an ultrasound revealed that our baby's heart had in fact stopped beating. I delivered her that night and she had the umbilical cord wrapped tightly around her neck. She was absolutely perfect and beautiful. We miss her more than words can ever describe. We are so grateful for the Gospel and our Father's plan of happiness. We know that we haven't really lost our little girl. She'll be ours forever. I can't wait for the day to see my perfect little angel again. Thank you for all your prayers, phone calls, letters, and gifts. We've been amazed at how blessed we are with the most wonderful family and friends in the world. We feel your love and prayers and it has given us great comfort and strength. We love you all.

Halloween 2010

I really missed Vegas this Halloween. It's always the most beautiful weather there. It rained and it was cold here in Utah. I made Scott take the kids trick-o-treating. They made it down the street and back. The kids were wearing rain coats over their costumes. But they had fun and I guess that's all that matters.

We did carve some pumpkins that night. Benjamin really enjoyed gutting them and getting his hands in all the messy pumpkin goodness.

The boys got to go to a couple parties. I wish I would have taken more pictures. All those kids in their costumes were so darn cute.Benjamin was a spider this year. Same costume I made 2 years ago. It still fit and he was more than willing to wear it. Whew. Only one costume to make this year. I think he looked pretty cute. Although, he already informed me he wants to be something scary next year, not cute. He got a lot of "oh, you look so cute" remarks. He's done with cute :o).

Andrew was Prince Charming. He has a little friend who was Cinderella. They were absolutely stunning together.

There they are. They couldn't stay away from each other and held hands every chance they got.

So there you go. Hope everybody had a fun and spooky Halloween.

Latest news...

My little man, Andrew, is all potty trained! No more diapers! Hip, hip, hurray! Well, at least for a few weeks until baby C is born. I'll take these few weeks, though. Life is good!

Labor Day

We drove down to Gunlock for Labor Day weekend. We spent most of the time canning. I should have taken a picture of all the goodness we canned. It was so much fun… and so much work! But we did get some play time in as well.

Boys rode motorcycles.

Scott's parents brought the boat down, so we took it out on Gunlock Reservoir.

Scott putting on a show on his slalom ski! Way to go, Scott. You never fail to impress.

Some good old slip and slide.

Playing Catch Up

I know it's been a long time, so I'm going to play catch up here with a few random posts of what we've been up to lately.

First of all... Scott and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary this summer. It's been the best 6 years of my life. I love you, babe! We celebrated it by going camping for a few days in Yellowstone...with the boys. Probably not the most romantic vacation ever, but we had such a great time. Can't wait to do it again.

That's my Benjamin. Always performing for the audience.

We saw some pretty amazing geysers, some even erupted.

Climbed some trees...

Had an entire herd of buffalo come through out camp site. That's our tent right there.

We had an amazing time. Our boys are the best campers ever. They hadn't complained about a thing the entire time. No winning, no fighting, just pure fun for 4 days straight. That's what I call a great vacation!

Why I love having 2 kids...

I've been thinking lately how much I love having 2 kids. I just love watching them play together (although, they do fight too), be silly and laugh their little heads off together. I love seeing Andrew try to repeat everything that Benjamin does or says. I love how protective Benjamin is of Andrew and how he tells everybody to be nice to his brother. I love that if Benjamin gets up in the morning before I do, he gets Andrew out of his crib, gets both of them a bowl of cereal, gets the milk out of the fridge, and pours it in their bowls. They eat their breakfast together and then come get me. LOVE those mornings. I love that if one of them is getting into trouble, the other one will most likely come and tell me about it. I love seeing how different they are in so many ways and yet, how similar they are in others. They are always together. It's been so fun! I decided having two kids is just perfect.

With that being said... We are having another one. I'm 20 weeks pregnant with a little GIRL. I think my world is about to be turned upside down... Bring it on, baby girl. We can hardly wait!

Birthday Celebrations, part 2...

On to my troublemaker... Benjamin turned 4 a couple weeks ago. Unlike Andrew, Benjamin has been talking about his birthday for months now. We had it marked on the calendar and he was counting the days until the big day.

His birthday fell on a Wednesday so we just did a couple fun things during the day. I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday, he said "have ice-cream, get presents, go for a bike ride, get a movie from redbox". Bless his heart. Gotta love the simple pleasures of childhood. And so we did as he asked.

On the following Saturday we had a little Monster Bash to celebrate his big day with his little buddies. It was a lot of fun. The weather was perfect! The company was perfect!

My monster centerpiece creation (I can't take full credit for it, I saw a picture on-line and just recreated it)

The kids got to do a Monster Race with these fun little monster stompers.

Even the Dads got to participate in the Monster Race.

Just 'cause I love this man!
Andrew cracking up, watching the Dads race.Monster Pinata
Some of the little monsters themselves.

Happy Birthday, my little monster. We love you!