This is how our camping trip went...

...ALL NIGHT LONG!!!

We came home 12 hours after we left.

One more Month...

...and Hallie will be one year old!

Can you believe she is 11 months old today?! I sure can't! In honor of the grand event Mom & Dad are celebrating by going to the George Strait concert, and Hallie is celebrating by playing at Grandma & Grandpa's. :)

Here is what Hallie has been up too.

Hallie...

-is pulling up on everything
-getting into everything
-jabbers a lot, and can say a few words
-has 4 teeth, and the others still coming
-isn't too interested in walking, which is fine by me :)
-loves to sing, and music in general
-has the cutest little giggle, both her fake and real one
-kicks her feet up anywhere she is sitting
-is very curious about everything
-loves sweets, and tested out her birthday cake
-is figuring out how to dance, so cute!
-doesn't like having her hair done, and tries to pull her pigtails out
-likes to throw things, and has quite the arm
-is very expressive in her emotions
-is very silly and makes us laugh everyday
-is growing up way to fast!

Just Keep Swimming...

...just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming! Hallie and I just finished up a parents & tots swimming class with some of our friends. We know that Hallie loves the water, but she is becoming quite the little fish. She learned how to get in the pool, kick her legs, hold onto the wall, pass between two people, blow bubbles, go under the water and hold her breath, float on her back (which she does not particularly care for), and today we even went down the water slide.

Us on the first day

In the water
Sadie Miner, Jonathan Morgan, & Hallie Patterson

It was a fun couple of weeks for sure! Thanks for playing Sadie & Jonathan! (and Kara & Mary Anne too!)

Sweet Tooth

The last few days we have discovered this little monkey's love for sweets! Today I pulled a gummy bear out of her mouth. After which she promptly showed me where she found them, in the bottom of one of my bags that has been sitting on the floor. :) When I told Eric, he said that she had done the same thing a day or two before, but he didn't know where she found them. But she led me to her stash and we took care of them. :) Who knows how long they had been in there though, it's kinda gross to think about!

Then tonight, while she was playing at my parents, she found a Jelly Belly on the office floor and decided that was quite tasty. When Grandpa took it out of her mouth, she was not at all happy about it! I guess she cried and cried and cried!

But, it may have all started Saturday when we did a test run of her birthday cake. We thought we'd try it, and make sure she did okay with it. Because we'd hate for her to be sick and miserable on her birthday! Surprise, surprise! She LOVED it! More importantly though, it didn't make her sick. :) We were lucky enough to find an allergy-free, and gluten-free chocolate cake mix! It definitely tastes different, but not bad by any means. What a funny little girl! She definitely keeps us all laughing, and on our toes!

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)