Annabelle Clare Has Arrived!

First Trip to the Zoo

As we continue to wait for my little sister mommy likes to keep busy to distract from the fact that she is still pregnant! Grandma has been wanting to take me to the zoo for a long time so while daddy was away at a wedding, we girls took a trip to see the animals.

40 Weeks

Mommy is now 40 weeks pregnant! She says that means Annabelle is going to come real soon! I sure am going to miss climbing over/sitting on/patting/kissing her big bump!

Future Blackmail Pictures

Here I am dressed and ready for the pool! Mommy insisted on going all out with my grass skirt cover up and bucket hat to protect my face. I have a feeling I am not going to be so happy about these pictures when I am a teenager!

Can't Catch Me!

This weekend mommy and I took a quick trip to Dallas to see the family before Annabelle comes. Daddy was in Georgia watching my Godmother graduate with her masters! Mommy was brave to take me on a car ride at this restless age of mine but she had a secret up her sleeve. After I woke up from my nap a new gadget appeared in the car right in front of my face. Mommy pressed a button and all of the sudden a girl named Dora was singing and dancing in front of me! I thought it was the coolest thing ever and proceeded to watch her sing and dance 4 times before we arrived to Dallas. Mommy was so stunned that I didn't cry once during that 5 hour drive!

This post is titled catch me if you can because lately I love to run (not walk, run) around with reckless abandon. Every time mommy tries to take a picture of me I dash away. This is as good as she could capture when we were playing outside in Grana and Granddad's backyard.

Prancing around in my beautiful baby gap dress from Grandma!

Humm, what do we have here...

Don't worry guys, I'll read the instructions

I had so much fun going to Heidi and Vanessa's for Brunch!

This is me running around in Heidi and Vanessa's backyard, I loved the rocks!

Recent things I have done that mommy and daddy get excited about (or not so excited about ;)) for some reason.

- Daddy and I were playing in my play room when he decided to pretend sleep. I saw him laying there loudly 'snoring' so I immediately ran to get him two big pillows for him to rest his head on! Daddy looked up and saw me waddling in with both hands full of big heavy pillows and couldn't help but think to himself that I am the sweetest daughter in the world :)

- Mommy gave me a piece of toilet paper to play with and I proceeded to squat and wipe myself with it. She got all excited but doesn’t everyone know that’s what you are supposed to do with toilet paper, duh?


- Mommy’s belly is getting really big so sometimes it is hard for her to reach things on the floor. Recently when she asks me to get something (‘Hallie can you grab that toy under the table for me?’ or ‘Hallie go get mommy’s shoes’) I go and get it for her and she claps! Who knew parents were so easy to please.


- Yesterday I heard daddy’s car pull up in the driveway. When he started to open the door I made the cutest expression with my mouth shaped like an ‘O’ and hurriedly hid behind my ‘Hallie’ chair! I was playing hide and seek with daddy to greet him after a long day of work!


- Earlier this week mommy needed to wear her black ruffle flats to work but she couldn’t find them anywhere. She looked everywhere she could think while I just sat in the background with a smirk on my face. Finally she remembered the time that I hid her prenatal vitamins in the dirty clothes hamper. Sure enough when she lifted the lid and sifted through the clothes she found two black ruffle flats staring back at her! Oh I am just too sneaky for her!


- The last new thing I did this week was play in a pile of ants. There I was just playing in the dirt like usual when I felt these little black things crawling all over me. I didn’t know they would hurt me, I thought they just wanted to play! I started feeling some weird sensations on my feet so I yelled for daddy to come get me. After spraying me with the water hose we inventoried the damage. 14 big ole ant bites. Mommy and daddy made a huge deal about it but actually I haven’t cried about them or scratched them once! They say I’m their little trooper :)

The Children's Museum

This weekend I got a wonderful treat, a visit to the children's museum with grandma! We were supposed to go to the zoo but the weather started out overcast and rainy. Since mommy had talked up the zoo (about how I was going to see lions and lizards and giraffes and swans and get to run around outside all day) I was none too happy about a change in plans but alas the museum did not disappoint! They had an entire floor devoted to toddlers (that’s me!) with miniature houses and trucks and slides and tunnels. I spent hours running from one activity to the next wearing out grandma and especially pregnant mommy. Although there were tons of toys to grab my attention, I had a sweet spot for the miniature house with the picnic table inside (hint to my architect father that I might want one of my own custom houses in the backyard, just a thought...). Downstairs there were some really neat exhibits and activities but I was too young for most of them. After getting run over by a 'big kid' in the pretend ambulance and crying we decided to call it a day but boy did I have fun!

Action Shot On The Slide "Weeeee"

Thank you for a fun day Grandma!

Happy Easter!

We went to Louisiana for Easter and the Lafleur Annual Crawfish Boil. I played and played and played some more. There was so much to do with aunts and uncles and cousins everywhere I turned. Mommy says she has 'pregnant brain' because she forgot two VERY important things, my porta-crib (no where for me to sleep) and my snuggle (see previous post). Lucky for my parents, I figured out how to fall asleep on a palate on the floor for the first night and Melissa rescued me by bringing a pack-and-play the second night.

Easter Day

Easter Egg Hunt and Crawfish Boil

The Girls

Here we are Sunday morning before church. Mommy's tummy is getting mighty big with my sister Annabelle. But don't tell her she looks so big because she is a little sensitive to that these days.

Baby Ellie's Shower

I am allowing my mommy to take up some precious blog space to post pictures of baby Eleanor's shower from this weekend. I made a cameo appearance but then was whisked away by Granddad to Great Grandma's house.

 

My Favorite Thing

I. Love. To. Swing.

We have been blessed with beautiful weather lately and I cannot seem to get enough of my swing. If I am outside, I want to swing. If you take me out of my swing, I'll just want to get back in. I have an innate sense of where a swing might be and immediately waddle (because thats how I walk) directly toward one. Sometimes I am very animated when I swing. I laugh and smile and smile and laugh. Other times I revert to "chill mode" where I sit in my swing, let the wind blow through my ever growing hair and just stare into the distance. Very rarely do I initiate the end of a swinging session. You might think you can push me longer than I want to swing but just try me ;)

Pottery Barn Chairs

So after months of drooling over these super cute comfy chairs from pottery barn, mommy finally gave in and ordered these for me and Annabelle. They arrived while we were in Baton Rouge so daddy put them together while mommy and I were eating fried fish in Louisiana. When I got home I ran straight to the chairs and hopped right into the one that said 'Hallie', yes, I knew exactly which one was mine! For now though, they are both mine and I love to crawl from one chair to the other.

My First Pigtails!

My hair is growing longer everyday and mommy refuses to cut it. Therefore to avoid long bangs getting in my face she makes sure to perpetually equip me with a bow or flower in my hair. Recently the growth in the back has started to resemble a mullet. Mommy tried to think of a perfect way to ensure that I was not mistaken for a young boy in the 1980s and pigtails were the solution!

Rodeo BBQ Cook-Off

This was my first trip to the Rodeo, a famous Houston tradition. I ate lots of yummy BBQ, danced to the live band, watched the carnival rides and enjoyed the beautiful weather!