Earings!!!

My girls are pierced!

Last Saturday the two sisters got their ears pierced together with their sweet little friend Scarlett (Lolo). It was an experience much more traumatic for the mommies than the girls! In fact Caralin didn't even whimper! What a trooper! Caralin has actually had them pierced before (when she was a baby) but she kept pulling them out and when I thought she had swallowed one I decided to take them out. Now she is so excited to have earings and is always checking them out in the mirror. Madalin on the other hand cried, and cried. I felt horrible, so I rushed her to the stroller for some tylenol to ease her pain. She has done well with them so far, but she doesn't like it when I have to clean and twist them. They sure are cute!

Oh the price of beauty!

Funny Girls

Wow... been a while since my last post. I have been busy trying to set up my new shop online and create a website, blog, newsletter...you name it so when I have time to use the computer that is usually what I'm doing. Please pray for me and the success of my new business. I hope I am taking a step in the right direction.

I have several things to post so should be a few more coming this week. I wanted to share with you how much my little girls are growing. Caralin just celebrated her 3rd birthday! I can't believe my baby girl is 3! It went by fast. I will dedicated my next post to her birthday with more pics. She is such a big girl and loves her sister who thinks she is the BEST thing ever! Madalin always has a big smile ready for her big sis. I'll leave you with a pic of these two cute, silly girls.

Visit with the Tsuciyas

Well, we recently had our friends Mark and Julie and their cutie cute kids in town visiting. We had so much fun hanging out with them. We really miss them but it's so nice that they were able to come out to San Diego and visit. It was especially sweet to watch Caralin and Maile playing together. They were best friends instantly. They slept in Caralin's big girl bed together. They would wake up in the morning and get up and play in Caralin's room for a couple hours while we slept. They were so cute and played so well together. Caralin was sad when they had to go home (so were we). Can't wait to see them again.

More to come...

It's been a busy week for the Hastings. We are planning Caralin's birthday party for the end of the month and trying to keep up with all the changes Madalin is throwing our way! We also have the Tsuchiya's coming to visit today! They will be staying with us a couple of days and Kevin and I are so excited to see them. So is Caralin. She keeps asking when her friends are going to be here. So that's it for now. Just a quick update. I'll post some pics of our visit with the Tsuchiya's in my next post. For now here is a little pic of the baby. Enjoy.

Baby Bed Head

Ok... since I (and we all) know how gorgeous my sweet little Madalin is I just had to post this picture of her funky, and funny bed head. What a bad hair day!

BTW: She was so mad at me for snapping this pic... can't you tell!

Happy 3 months Madalin!

Wow the last three months have flown by in the blink of an eye. I can't believe that my little baby girl is already 3 months old, although when I look into her beautiful blue eyes and see how much she is changing, learning and growing I think she's gotta be bigger than that! Here are a few little Madalin facts:

She would rather sit up or stand than chill in her bouncy or swing (uh, oh like her busy mama and sis already). We have just recently put her in the jumper and she loves it. She is a chatter box, especially when she really gets going, it is really cute when she "talks" with her big sister. She has a ton of hair and it looks really cute with a flower in it. She also has the prettiest pouty lips and an amazing smile. Her smile quickly puts life into perspective, and can instantly alter your mood. I've noticed she has several different smiles: a sweet closed mouth grin; a big cheeks, squinty eyes smirk and, my favorite, a wide open mouth in the shape of an oval, like she going to swallow up your face, her cheeks show the twinge in her lips at the corners of her mouth and her eyes get really big. That is the smile I get most often from my happy, content little baby and I LOVE IT! She is still sleeping all night (knock on wood, don't wanna jinks it) from about 9pm to 7am and she takes two good naps during the day. Just like her sister and daddy it takes her awhile to wake up after nap. She snuggles and wiggles and burries her face and sleepy eyes into my shoulder. What a sweet, sweet girl. I love her and can't wait to watch her grow more. Happy Three Months Madalin!

Beach Babes

So Spring feels like it has arrived a little early. We have been fortunate to be able to enjoy the lovely outdoors this week with several days at the beach and a day at the lake to feed the ducks. I knew Caralin loves the beach and now it seems her sister really enjoys it too. I always bring a cozy seat for Madalin to sit in and she loves to watch the waves and the kids play. It is turning out to be our FAVORITE thing to do. Here are some pictures from our first days at the beach in 2010.