First Words

Hallie has become quite the little chatterbox. (but like my mom said, that's a good thing because you always know where she is) But we think it'd be safe to say that "duck" is her first official word. It's the first word she can recognize what it is, and then tell me what it is called. It's really cute. It's kinda more like "duh," but sometimes she does get the "-ck" on there. She also says "whoa," a lot, and "no," and occasionally "hello." Now, I know a part of this is because I know what she is saying, and someone on the street probably wouldn't pick up what she is trying to say. But hey, it still counts right? :) She is getting way to grown up!

Baby M&M

7.12.2009

Chad and Angela brought Hallie this onesie from M&M World in Las Vegas, and I just loved to put her in it! Isn't she the cutest? Thanks Chad and La La.

Happy 4th of July

This year for the 4th, we were kind of lazy. We didn't plan too much, and just relaxed most the day. We did go to Colonial Days, which is a part of Provo's big Freedom Days Festival. They recreate the colonial American times, it is really neat. Hallie even got to sit on President Lincoln's lap. She most definitely did NOT enjoy it though, she screamed and screamed! It must have been the beard. We actually have a picture of it, but it is on our other camera, but when I get the pictures off we will most definitely be posting it.

After that, we just hung out at the park with Chad and Angela. The boys played horseshoes, and broke 2 more of our horseshoes. How that is possible is beyond me. Then we went back up to my parents for dinner, volleyball, playing outside, relaxing, fireworks, and playing with glow sticks! Luckily my parent have great neighbors who let us come sit in their back yard to watch the big firework show from the Stadium of Fire, from the edge of the hill. What more do you need out of the 4th of July? Hallie stayed up the WHOLE time, and was SO good. She was such a trooper, and had a lot of fun.

Also, yesterday at church, we sang the National Anthem, and everyone stood to sing it. It started with a couple people and just spread. I don't know why that stood out to me so much, but it was really neat to see the patriotism, and remember those who have fought for our freedoms. It was just really neat, the feeling of the room totally changed.

Playing at the park

Whitney Audrey Making fun creations out of glow sticks. These girls are creative! I was very impressed. Watching the neighbors fireworks. Most of the crew

Hallie and her glow sticks

She thought they were pretty great

Our family 4th of July picture

Angela & Chad...thanks for playing with us! We love you guys!

I also realized that this was Hallie's last, FIRST, holiday...or major holiday at least. I told Eric that and he reminded me that there is still Utah's state holiday, Pioneer Day. But it is her last national holiday. In fact, she will turn one six weeks from today! How crazy is that?!

Anyway, we hope you all had a great 4th of July.

(more pictures to come)

Our Big Girl

Last Tuesday, after much research and deliberation, we went and bought Hallie a new car seat. We knew she was getting pretty close to outgrowing her infant seat. We weighed her at BYU, and she was 22.3 pounds, and her infant seat is rated up to 22 pounds. (Not that, that was the determining factor) But, we decided this is what we wanted, saw that it was on sale, and we had an extra 15% off coupon, but it expired the next day. Luckily we had been putting money aside until we knew what we wanted, so we were able to take advantage of this deal. So we went and bought it, we have really liked it, and we love a lot of the features on it.
She is just getting way too big! I can't believe it! Hallie loves being able to see out the window, and it is much softer than her other car seat. It is pretty much a baby recliner. :) But that does mean that it gets hotter, she is pretty much always sweaty when we get her out of it, so we need to work on that. Other than that it has been great!

Just 'cause

6.21.09

Quack, Quack

This is us feeding the ducks at the BYU Botany pond. Hallie thought it was pretty fun, but didn't quite grasp the concept of throwing the bread. :) There were A TON of baby ducks swimming around too, so that was fun.

Utah Lake

6.24.09

One of our favorite things to do as a family is go out on the boat. Eric and I didn't get to go last year at all, so we were excited to be able to go.

Putting everyone's feet in the water to cool off

Eric on the tube

Hallie and I in the water

Lizzie

Lizzie and Kelsie

Emi

Rob skiing

Headed home

It was a very enjoyable trip to the lake! Thanks Dad for taking us! And thank you Hall family for letting us enjoy part of your vacation with you. :)