Hallie had her half birthday on Sunday and so now she is officially 2 1/2 years old. My oh my how time flies! Sometimes I just stop and watch her and think “Can it be true? Can that little girl be my baby?” Anyone who knows her thinks she is 3 (people have thought this since she turned 2 because of how well she speaks). Strangers who don’t hear her talk but only see her size think she is 1. lol

Hallie loves her little brother and gets him to laugh quite often. She is also great at making him cry by taking his toys or shoving them in his face. It’s funny to see her on top of him saying they are wrestling or she is tickling him (with supervision of course!) Her most recent accomplishment was learning how to do a somersault all by herself. Naps have reappeared and I couldn’t be happier. We went several months with no naps so now that they have come back this past week I am a happy camper.

Hallie is funny when it comes to food. She is a huge snacker! She would snack all day if we let her.  Her biggest meal of the day is breakfast. We don’t buy cold cereal so she prefers raw oatmeal with milk and brown sugar. Yes, I  said raw! She refuses to let me cook it: “Don’t cook it mom!”  Her smallest meal of the day is dinner. She is very picky and often doesn’t want to eat what we are having so she goes to bed without it. She loves noodles, bread, sugar etc. Hates meat and potatoes. Favorite food is smoothies!

A new hobby she has picked up is photography. She carries our old camera around and takes a million pictures of everything. (Most of which have her fingers in them.) Diego is still her imaginary friend but seems to not be around quite as much these days. She loves going to Church and asks on a daily basis if we can go. Then on Sunday morning she insists on going as soon as she wakes up. She loves friends and wants to play with one constantly.

Ben and I often end our night telling each other all the funny things Hallie did and said that day. For example: telling people “peace out” or “thanks babe” or “come on lovers”. We love our Hallie! Life would be so empty with out her.