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!

A Fairy Good Halloween!

Just pictures for now, we had a great Halloween!

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.