Hallie Helps Gramps Get Ready for Christmas

Family Thanksgiving Picture

Our Little "Belle" is 6 Months!

My happy happy sister is 6 months old! She is quasi sleeping through the night (She loves to cry around 3am a few nights of the week but mommy and daddy let her cry herself back to sleep, thanks guys), and quasi sitting up (she can do this if you situate her juuust right, otherwise she topples over!). She pops out her paci at the sight of a bottle or cereal and follows people and sound all the way around the room.

Happy!

Mommy and Daddy left us overnight this weekend to go to a wedding. Thats ok becuase we got to play with grandma and gramps and great aunt catherine! The weekend before we got to stay with grana, granddad and uncle blake, so lets just say we've been a little spoiled!

What is new with us? Well, I am still working on this whole talking thing. I am super smart and understand every word that is spoken to me (like when daddy said "hallie go push this laundry basket up against the leather couch so we can fold the clothes" I did precicely this without blinking an eye) but I'm not really sold on the whole talking thing myself. I love to play pretend. I love to use real food (raisins, cheerieos, cheese-its) to make concoctions in my kitchen. I pour ketchup on them, I stir them up, I put them in the oven, then press the fake buttons on the microwave... so much fun! My parents love that I play so well independently now, especially since annabelle is starting to need more one on one attention.

Annabelle, like myself, loves to eat! As mommy prepares her bowl of rice cereal and vegetable puree, Annabelle sits there with her mouth WIDE open just waiting for that first yummy bite. She loves her excersauser and her rainforest but her favorite thing to do is watch me play. She will follow me around the whole room with her eyes. She can't wait to be up and running around with me!

We are loving the fall weather and going to the park almost daily!

Daddy is working super hard on the kitchen every free moment he gets. Can't wait to post before and after pictures!

The Matching Continues...

If my mommy has anything to say about it I'm sure this won't be the last time annabelle and I are dressed in matching outfits and made to sit together to pose for pictures. Here is our latest outfit from Aunt Christy.



The Sick Treatment

This weekend I had my first experience with throwing up. Not my idea of a good weekend. I will have to admit though, that throwing up does have its perks. Namely: 1. I get to take baths in the wee hourse of the night! 2. I get to sleep in bed with mommy while daddy (who was also throwing up) got kicked out to the guest room! 3. I get to watch Dora. Lots and lots of Dora! 4. I get to keep my paci with me all day long. 5. I get to eat whatever sounds good to me, even if that means teddy grahams for dinner! Now that I think about it... maybe I should get sick more often!