It has been two years since I married the sexiest, strongest, smartest,wittiest, ambitious and good looking man on the planet. Man life is GOOD! Marriage really is what God intended when He said for us to be happy. I LOVE being married!! It is fascinating to me how love GROWS. I’m so grateful I am married for eternity, I can’t imagine life without my MAN. YAY for the past two years.
Now ladies don’t be jealous. I know I am a lucky woman! 🙂
Hallie is just two months away from turning one year old. I know I say crazy a lot, but CRAZY!! I love her soooo much. She is my little best friend who I can’t get enough of (except in the middle of the night LOL)
She is at the funnest age! She is always going a million miles a minute. When people see her energy they call her a “busy bee” and ask if she is always like that. We reply with an astounding YES!
She jabbers constantly and has discovered that her voice can go very loud. 🙂
She still throws tantrums when we take something away from her, but gets over it quickly.
She loves playing with friends and cruising all over. She hasn’t tried walking at all, except when we hold her fingers. She can cruise pretty fast by crawling so she seems to be content with that.
She loves eating real people food. Anything she can hold in her hand and feed herself is perfect. She is like our little puppy, whenever we eat she is always at our feet begging for food. 🙂
She is a little snatch and likes to steal other little kids toys. We will be working on that in the future!
She is getting her two top teeth which has been traumatic for her. Poor little thing!
She loves when we Skype on the computer with her grandparents. She is a little actress and puts on a show for them.
She is constantly laughing and has a fake laugh that is HILARIOUS! We love when she does it.
Lately she has started dragging things with her as she crawls. Silly girl.
She has started playing in her car seat like it is a teeter-totter and when she is in the car she often talks to herself or reads a book out loud.
She puckers her lips and says “OOOO” all the time.
She prefers pots and pans to her baby toys.
She just learned to flush the toilet and does it repeatedly until we pull her away.
She still loves to pull my hair. Ouch!
She is getting more snugly which we love.
She sleeps in her own bed but still gets up several times a night.
She actually has hair it’s just so light you can’t see it.
She waves bye bye.
Our crazy little girl
Ten months old!
She is a climber!
Playing in her car seat.
What happens when Daddy babysits. The Diaper Mullet!!
One of my favorite blogs to check is The Meanest Mom. Jana is hilarious!! She is a stay at home mom with four kids, three of which were born in the same calender year. HELLO! I think that automatically gives her Saintly status. Ben often asks me to read her blog posts to him because he too finds them hilarious.
She is currently having a Father’s Day giveaway from Western Union. $100 bucks no strings attached. Go leave a comment on her blog to enter.
Yep, she’s a beauty and we love her already.
2008 Toyota Yaris
This is the newest car either one of us have ever had. Don’t worry we didn’t get rid of the multi colored Camry. Due to our upcoming move we will need a second car. Currently Ben rides his bike, walks, or I take him to a commuter lot which is about a mile away, from there he slugs to work. Our new house will be quite a bit further away so we decided it was time to break the one car rule in our home. Hallelujah!!!!
P.S. After we got home Hallie snuggled with Ben for like 15 minutes. (She NEVER does that!) Ben sang songs to her and said that it made his month. In fact he said that buying a new car doesn’t even compare to snuggling with his baby girl. So cute!! I love having a family.
This past weekend we went to a little friend’s birthday party. Max turned 4 and had a sweet hawaiian party complete with a surf board cake, lots of games, kids, and fruit. Kudos Debbie on a great party! Thanks for inviting us.
Free cool sunglasses and family photo session. 🙂
Aside from partying I’ve also been trying to run lately. I signed up for my first 5k today. I know it’s not much but hey I’ve got to start somewhere right? It is June 20th and I’m stoked!
Hallie learned a new trick this week. I will let the pictures do the talking.
We have all the cupboards baby-proofed except this one. She’s in heaven!
I started playing in a softball league about a month ago. I’m in heaven! 🙂
Bonus Picture:
Ben and Hallie were being a little too quiet the other day. When I went to see what they were doing this is what I saw-Hallie in my running shirt. Goofy dad!
Weight: 18 lbs 13 oz. (43 percentile) Even though she looks super chubby she’s just under average.
Height: 27 3/4 inches (48 percentile)
Head: 74 percentile (I know she’s a smart one!)
This past week has been full of rain and left over dinners. 🙂 Poor Ben!
I have managed to take lots of pictures of Hallie to show you what she’s been up to.
She decided she now likes binkies. We have tried since she was born to get her to take one, hoping that she would cry less or stop using me as a pacifier. She has refused until last week. She found one of her binkies in her toy bucket and sucked on it for like 10 min. She did this multiple times until we decided that we weren’t going to let her start this habit now. It’s TOO late!
I think this picture is hilarious! Another new thing Hallie has picked up is throwing Tantrums. Whenever we take something away from her that she’s not supposed to have or tell her no she starts crying and waves her arms in the air. It lasts about 30 sec and then she’s over it. It’s annoying but funny and I’m sure it’s just the beginning.
Our good friends the Hooper’s gave Hallie this high chair. Thanks Stacey! I tore up some green beans for her and she went to town! It’s amazing how good she is at making messes. I hope she got as much in her mouth as she did on the floor. 🙂 She’s getting so BIG!!
I just HAD to post this picture. While she was eating her green beans I kept calling her name trying to get her to look at the camera and this is what I got. She’s such a cheeser! I love it.
Last night some of the ladies in my ward and I had a Girl’s Night Out. It was so fun!
Thanks girls for making me feel young again!
This past weekend we made a quick trip to Philadelphia. Ben’s brother Brogan was there on a business trip and we thought we’d go see him and all the history sites. We didn’t decide to go until Thursday so we packed light and made the most of our two day trip. (I had to talk in Church on Sunday.)
We stayed in a sweet hotel with a great view of the city and brought Hallie’s bed so she wouldn’t get used to sleeping with me again. There is so much to see in Philly! Ben and I both have a passion for the history of our country. I tutored American Heritage in college for 3 years and Ben’s career goal is to teach the principles of Liberty in a college setting. We loved seeing where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were drafted and signed. There was a special feeling in the room. It was SO GREAT!
Here are lots and lots of pictures!!!
The room where the Constitution Convention was held and Signers Hall
Independence Hall First Woman President.
Hallie checking out the view from our room
The Famous Rocky statue and stairs
Me and Hal Town Hall Center of the city
Philly Cheesesteaks!!!! Hal checking herself out in the Hotel room
Famous LOVE statue.
My first Mother’s Day was wonderful! Last year I was seven months pregnant on Mother’s Day and never could have never imagined the change that was going to take place. Being a Mom is the hardest, most challenging, patience trying, worthwhile, and rewarding thing I have ever done. I love my little Hallie more than I ever thought was possible. My heart has grown by leaps and bounds these past nine months. I have also gained a whole new respect and love for my own mother, who as I am told, had to put up with a very stubborn baby herself (me!) Mom I love you!
This past Sunday I found myself staring at Hallie as she slept and with tears in my eyes I thanked the Lord that he has trusted me with her. She is my little best friend, my first child, my munchkin lover (as I often call her), and my huge blessing.
Here are some pictures from Mother’s Day
With that said Hallie turns 9 months today!! As I watch her play I am blown away by how big and smart she is. She is one determined and strong willed little girl. My friend Cheata took some amazing pictures of Hallie at the beach yesterday. Here is just a small, small sample of what turned out.
More pictures to come. Thanks Cheata they are AMAZING!
It’s been along time since I’ve posted pictures of Hallie (besides her sleeping.) So today you get a bunch of cute, but random pictures. Here’s just a taste of what we’ve been up too.
Taking walks (Yes, oddly enough it was so cold she needed a coat and hat.)
Learning new tricks-like how to open drawers, climb inside, and then throw everything out.
Giving LOTS of kisses!!
Listening to music on mom’s new ipod. (Thanks Ben!!)
Finding a pretzel bag mom and dad forgot to put away, dumping it out, then eating. YUMM
Doing whatever it takes to get books off of the book shelf.
(We put the box in front of the shelf to stop her, but she just learned to crawl on TOP of the box to get what she wants. The little stinker!! You should see the lengths we go to now to stop her or at least slow her down.)
