Ben’s sister came home from her mission yesterday. She served in the California, Anaheim mission and was probably one of the best sister missionaries that there ever was! We weren’t able to be there to pick her up at the airport, but we were able to talk to her on Skype last night. Too bad Hallie was ornery.

Alix, we are so glad you are home and we are so grateful for the example you set for us by serving so faithfully.  You are amazing and we can’t wait to see you on Christmas.

I’ve noticed, and you may have too, that the media has been telling the public that in order to SAVE our economy we need to go out and SPEND more.  This is completely false. How can spending money that we don’t have help us.  I learned yesterday that the government bailout is close to 9 Trillion dollars!! That just about doubles our national debt.

Ben graduated with a degree in economics which means he’s so smart!! 🙂 Because of this I am linking to a recent blog post he wrote explaining this myth. You should read it-he makes it simple and easy to understand.

Hallie is now four months old and she is getting more attitude everyday.  She constantly demands attention and she never seems to stop talking. She really does get cuter everyday.

Hallie’s stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 4 oz (64 percentile)

Height: 25 inches (77 percentile) A little unexpected. 🙂

Hallie ate cereal for the first time yesterday. She loved it! She kept leaning over with her mouth open trying to get closer and closer to the bowl. Hilarious!

Hallie’s new favorite place (besides mommy’s arms) is under the Christmas tree. Last night Ben laid her down and sat next to her while she played with her rattle. The day before I had put an ornament down on the bottom branch so she could see it better. Little did I know that my baseball gene would present itself so early in my daughter.  The first time Hallie swung her rattle and hit the ornament Ben and I laughed.  However, the one hit got her excited and she kept swinging.  Her accuracy was amazing! Well, let’s just say that the ball could only handle so much.
As sad as I am about losing the brand new ornament, my happiness that Hallie already keeps her eye on the ball and is showing signs of being an amazing ball player is my Christmas present this year.

Since Hallie has been on Zantac things have gotten better. Although we haven’t gotten rid of the nickname “pill face” just yet.  Here are some recent pictures of our little pill face.

pulling funny faces

checking out the Christmas tree

having some daddy-daughter time

sucking on her favorite treat-apples

tummy time

mommy’s favorite time

Typical Missionaries

This makes me smile and remember my mission. Good times. I loved my mission!!

It’s the middle of the night and once again I’m up with my three month old.  Instead of watching dirty T.V. I thought I’d blog about a simple conclusion I’ve come to. Why Blogs are so successful….especially among women.

#1~ Women love gossip.  That doesn’t necessarily mean we all watch Entertainment Tonight to hear the latest about Brad Pitt. It just means we like to know what our friends are up to.

#2~ Women love to talk about themselves and their families.  Why not share our highlights with everyone else?  Plus, we all want to share cute pictures of our kids (after all nobody’s are cuter).

I personally am a blog junkie! Any one else? 🙂