Hardy Family: November 2012

Brief update since my last post two years ago... We've got a new addition to our family. Our sweet baby Lydia, "Dia" as Jaycee calls her is almost one year old. Ben is working in the Army National Guard and we've spent the last grueling 8 months apart from him while he went through Basic training and AIT. We're now living in Monterey California for the next 9 months and simply loving life being reunited as a family. We've got a beautiful view of the ocean to wake up to every morning and have had lots of fun little adventures. Here a few pictures from some of our recent excursions.

Day One - The Beach

The first morning after we arrived we visited the beach. It was windy and FREEZING, so Ben stayed in the car while Lydia slept. But Jaycee's facial expression shows what all of us were feeling. She was in awe of the waves, half frozen and wrapped inside of my sweatshirt. Despite her complaints of how cold she was, she refused to leave. We stood and watched the waves together on the beach for a good while, it was awesome.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is incredible. We went there for Veteran's Day and had a blast. The place is huge and had tons of stuff for the girls to see and feel - they went crazy!