the big surprise

after mom picked us up at the airport, she tried her best to find out what dad was up to without spilling the beans! of course, he was mowing lawns in fayetteville and so we just decided to head home and wait. it worked out great though! when he got home mom was in the garage holding hadley and when he walked up, she said "i'm babysitting!" he got a funny look on his face, apparently trying to figure out who in the world's baby she was holding, and that's when i ran out of the house and yelled "surprise" and the light bulb moment was apparent! although it was funny...like he had connected the dots but still couldnt figure out how we had gotten us there! a big grandpa-ish smile crossed his face and it only reconfirmed my feelings of how important this trip was for hadley to meet her grandpa kirk and her uncle ryan and uncle tyler.



her grandpa did say that he never imagined he could love being a grandpa as much as he does! i think she's got him hooked!







nobody's response to hadley was better than her uncle tyler's! the first time he got to see her......."she's bite size!" i think she stole uncle ryan's heart, too. they were soo sweet with her and she thinks they are the very best uncles in the whole world!