Girls Trip To Dallas!

Here are a few pictures of mommy, annabelle and I when we visited grana and granddad and uncle blake! I went to my first coppell cowboy tailgate on friday night. I loved being outside around people (my two favorite things!). The football game was ok but I loved running all around the stadium weaving in and out of the crowds of people while granddad chased me! Annabelle was not a fan of the loud noises that come with a football game. Every time coppell scored, there was a slew of cheers and annabelle tensed up. But eventually she gave in and fell fast asleep in granddad's arms despite the noise.

Granddad and his girls on a Sunday morning before church.

We Love Fall and Football!

... even when the good ole Aggies can't win a game! Aunt Steph came to visit this weekend and we had a bast! We went to the park, had a picnic, went shopping with grandma for new fall clothes, and watched the aggies and tigers play football! I was decked out in my aggie gear and annabelle wore purple to support her godmother's team.

Sisters at 4.5 Months

Mommy loves to recreate pictures she took of me with annabelle at the same age. Here are both of us at 4.5 months in the same outfit and the same bumbo! When annabelle was first born, we thought she looked liked me, now, anyone can tell that we definitely each have our own look :)

Weekend with the Reinberg Girls!

Last weekend 'Aunt' Lindsay and Eleanor came to houston and stayed at our house. Poor daddy was the only male with 5 ladies running around the house all weekend! We had such a great time with Lindsay and Ellie. While mommy and lindsay went to baby wentrcek's shower, daddy offered to take care of all three girls! That is 3 girls under the age of two against one daddy! Luckily he only had to watch us for a short time before the reinforcements (grandma and aunt christy) showed up to help :) I know mommy had such a wonderful time with her best friend in town.

Here we are playing blocks, and there are annabelle and eleanor trying to steal my chair, and then it looks like ellie is trying to whisper a secret to annabelle (I wouldn't know, it must be a 4 month old thing ;).

Check - Ups

I knew something was up when mommy showed up at Cheryl's an hour early on Monday. We headed home as usual, listening to Dora songs along the way, but when we pulled in the driveway daddy got in the car! Hi Daddy, what are you doing home early? He told me we were going to see the Doctor. Bad news. I am not a fan of the Doctor. Well, actually, I am not a fan of the nurse. She is the one that pricks me in the thigh. She is the one that I SCREAMED at last time we went to the Dr. and she still pricked me again even after I screamed at her. I figured there was no use arguing so off we went.


At the appointment we learned that I am in the 25th percentile for height (no news there!) and Annabelle is in the 91st percentile. Man, I better start growing faster before she catches up to me! Anyways, after talking with the doctor and twirling around on the spinning stool, the dreaded nurse showed up.


Annabelle was first. The nurse gave her the first shot... and she didn't cry! The nurse gave her the second shot... and she didn't cry! What? Annabelle, are you crazy? Don't you know those shots hurt? Now its my turn. Now there is no way I am going to let my BABY sister show me up. I have to be brave. Don't cry Hallie, Don't cry Hallie. Shot one. Ouch, ouch that really hurts, but I'm a tough girl. Daddy is letting me squeeze him with all my might and that helps. Shot two. Ok, my face is bright red and I want to scream but I won't, I won't... Shot three. Yay, its over, I did it!



And thats the end of my story about the time that sister and I got shots and didn't cry a peep!

4 Months Old!

Anna(banana)Belle

Work In Progress

Daddy has been working super hard on our 'mini' kitchen renovation! Here are a few in progress pictures. New so far: granite, cooktop, pendant lights, bartop, backsplash, sink. To come: microwave, more backsplash, beadboard paneling. When the project is complete, we'll post before and after pictures!

New Look

Why do we have a new look? Well the site that hosted our free blog template was having bandwidth problems and no longer hosts our blog design :( When picking a new one, we had to pick one with a dark background so that you can see the light colored font that we have used in each and every blog post. So we are trying this one out until we find one we like better :)


In the meantime, enjoy some new pictures!

Grana and Grandma with the girls!

Weekend visit from the Simons, miss you Aunt Steph!

Storytime, we read this book 5 times a day!

August Family Picture

Hallie the Cook

I see mommy cooking all the time. I watch her carefully measure, and pour, shifiting ingredients from container to bowl. It doesn't look all that hard to do but she never lets me help because I get the ingredients all over the counter.

So last friday when we got home I toddled into my playroom like I always do. I was headed for a nice quick sit in my "hallie" chair when I noticed something different. For some crazy reason, mommy and daddy had placed everything from the kitchen counter on the carpet in my playroom. (we had just gotten new countertops) So I took inventory of the contents. Some baking supplies, mixing tools, flour, sugar, rice, bowls, a toaster... wait a minute! Mommy and daddy put the canisters of sugar and flour on the floor of my playroom?!? Do they KNOW they have a toddler in the house? Apparently not. So I peak my head into the kitchen and there they are chatting away about the new countertops.

This is my chance. No one is looking, I will show them how well I can bake. So I open the flour canister, grab a huge scoop and transfer it to the bowl. Oops! I missed! OK, maybe mommy was right, I can't pour without making a mess. Well lets keep trying... A few minutes later I hear daddy say "where's Hallie, she's being way too quiet". When he peeked around the corner and saw the mess that I made, all he could do was laugh... Check it out.

New Pictures!

Life is pretty hectic these days and my sister and I manage to keep things interesting for our mom and dad. I just got done watching Dora's Big Birthday Adventure and its bedtime so I'm just going to post pictures for now. More Hallie commentary to come later :)

Matching Outfits!

Kisses for Mommy and Daddy

Pretty in Pink and Purple

August Birthday Celebrations

Hallie helping Daddy sand the front door

Happy 2 Months Annabelle!

Hallie-isms

I thought I’d share some snippets of things I do that mommy finds entertaining these days.



* Sister. Every time mommy says its time to go somewhere I immediately make sure Annabelle is going to come too. Mommy can be pretty forgetful sometimes and I want to make sure she doesn’t forget my sister. I do this by very loudly saying “uh uh uh uh” and pointing to Annabelle (to me these are actual words but to grown ups it just sounds like I’m making noises). When grandma was watching me one day she mentioned taking a walk and went to get the stroller. When she returned, I was trying to drag Annabelle out of her rainforest playmat to make sure she was coming with us!



* Trash. I love to throw stuff away in the trashcan. This can often be very helpful for mommy and daddy. They sometimes ask me to throw away scraps of paper or parts of the mail and I am very good at delivering these items to the trash can. But sometimes I can’t tell the difference between trash and valuable items. Mommy noticed she was missing some of her birthday money and a gift card that she had received 3 days ago. She could not find them anywhere so as a last resort she went digging in the yucky trash. Lo and behold at the bottom of the can was the money and gift card she was looking for! She had to have a talk with me about throwing stuff away. Sorry, mommy, it looked like trash to me!



* Dora. I have a confession to make. I am a Doraholic. Yes, I am addicted to ‘Dora the Explorer’. When I want to watch I grab the remote (and by the way I am really good at finding the remote no matter where my parents hide it), point it at the TV and say ‘dordordordor’ in the softest, cutest voice I can muster. Daddy and Mommy decided once or twice a day is the most I can watch but I am currently negotiating for three times a day.



* Blessing. On the bookshelf in my playroom there are some bottles of holy water. One time mommy showed me how to bless myself with the holy water by making the sign of the cross, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now, I love blessing people. I make sure our whole family (even Annabelle) gets blessed everyday!



* Cleanup. Recently I have enjoyed cleaning up my toys as much as I enjoy getting them out. I put all 24 crayons back in the box after coloring and put my tea set back on the shelf after having a tea party. Yesterday, at toddler time at the library, I was the only toddler that insisted on cleaning up all the toys before going home. All the mommys were trying to clean up while all the kids are crying about having to leave and here I am taking each toy, one at a time, and placing them in the buckets. I even tried to carry a really heavy bucket to the cabinet when all the toys were put away!

Mommy and Annabelle

Today I decided to eat my Dora fruit snacks out of my purple cup with a plastic fork

Annabelle's Baptism

Here are just a few shots from Annabelle's baptism on July 10th. The rosary bracelet on Annabelle's wrist is a gift from her Godmother (Aunt Stephanie) from the Vatican! Annabelle is also wearing a bracelet with her name on it that matches the bracelet I got from my Godmother (Aunt Christy), how special! The ceremony was beautiful and afterward the family came to our house for sandwiches and fellowship. Then all the aunts, uncles, grandparents and so on left and it was back to just the four of us after having been with family for over a week!