Latest pics of Lauren and Cohen

The Murray Parade on the 4th.

So we woke the kids early and got to the parade by 8:30 am. Too bad the Murray parade is nothing more than a few random politicians and some random businesses looking for cheap exposure. Low candy, lame floats and the fact that we were sitting on a 80 degree angle made for a miserable experience. It was fun however to see all the family and friends. Afterwards we went to Jim's, fought through some crowds of old people, and ate some delicious food.

Here are some pics of the day.

Violence at our House

No these pictures are not of a real war, although they look very intense. This is the annual 4th of July Hardle TANK WARS. Regrettably there was a casualty this year besides the tanks burning down. Brad Hardle received a mortal missile round to his eye and needed to be "rushed" to the emergency room. He was treated for a freak tank fight accident and fortunately he did survive. After a few hours and some eye drops and a few very anxious moments we found out he would be alright. Thanks to the miracle of modern medicine and the prowess of the medical field he was able to save his eye.

If you can't tell this is facetious. But Brad did get shot by my tank in the eye and my mom made him go to the emergency and in fact his cornea was scratched. Obviously this made me the clear winner of the tanks wars. So consider this a warning the next time you think about having a tank war...

Coming Home...

We came from the hospital yesterday. Cohen likes his new house. He did pretty good last night. He woke up 3 times to eat. He is a little piggy and sleeps all day. I have been trying to play with him but he just wants to sleep! Lauren is being a huge helper. She is proud of her little brother. She is adjusting really well and loves being a big sister.

Mike and Linz at Hospital

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Hospital Delivery Pics.

Baby Cohen Trent Hardle

Baby Cohen was born Tuesday at 4:03 Pm via C-Section. He weighed 8.55 lbs and was 20.75 inches. Lindsay has C-sections due to "failure to progress". (Not dilating.) He swallowed a ton of amniotic fluid when he was getting pulled out and had to have about 60 ml of fluid drained from his tummy. He wasn't getting as oxygenated at first so we had to watch him. After about an hour he was getting bigger breaths and we didn't need to do anything else.

He has a bunch of hair and most people say he looks like me. (Mike) Brenda thinks he looks like Linz. Anyway he is happy and healthy. He has been sleeping a lot today because he had his manhood snipped this morning.

We have to be here in the hospital until Saturday morning. I have been taking Lauren home every night and playing daddy care. This morning Lauren and I ate sliced deli turkey and chips ahoy for breakfast. I personally thought it was good but Linz can't wait to get home for some reason. We are up at ST Marks hospital.

Lauren and Cinderella