Christmas 2011!

We had a very busy, but great Christmas! There are so many pictures so I only put a few here!

We had Christmas Eve brunch with the Helms. This is in front of Liz's memorial tree



Hallie loved giving kisses to Arlo too!







Christmas Eve we went to Grandma and Grandpas!

She started playing peek a boo! She does get a bump at the end but she was okay!

She's also started dancing and responding to music more!

Christmas morning, went to my mom and dad's. She got her first computer! LOL!

Lesley hand made this for her! SO ADORABLE!

We went to Billy and Joyce's on Christmas Day too!

Nana with the grandkiddos!

Later that night to Dean and Karen's. Hallie seemed to like to climb the presents more than anything!

Hallie playing in her kitchen at our house!

Playing with Rockin Elmo!

New Things She's doing:

-She surprised me when I said something about peek a boo and she put her hands over her eyes and then slowly removed them while I said "where's Hallie?"

-She says "Saiah" when she sees pictures of herself! But she did point him out on the computer in this video!

- She loves to climb and turns around to go feet first in order to get down!

-I think she's starting to say "mommy" and "mama!" Soon, she won't stop saying it!

Having fun!

Hallie had a great time on Saturday, when Nana, Papa, Will, Mandy, Aida, Athrun, and Lee came to hang out with us! Aida made her laugh by blowing on her belly!



She did well sharing her toys!

We had a doctor's appointment last week and she's around 32 1/2 inches long and about 19 lbs 10 oz. She didn't like being on the scale, so I'm not quite sure how accurate that is! But, it's probably close!

She's been saying a few more words, like "kitty" and what we think is "puppy" (sounds like "buppy"). She says "hi" and "hey" alot more; we're working on "bye". We thought she said "thank you" the other day at my parent's house when she was eating, but she hasn't said that again, so who knows if that was it!

She's loving banans and had tangerines tonight!


Here are some photos taken by Aida on Saturday! She did a good job!

Hallie loves being chased now! We can say "I'm gonna get you!" and she starts laughing and "running"! It's so cute!

Thanksgiving!

We first went to Winston-Salem for the Garth family Thanksgiving! This a pic of cousins and moms!



Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's that evening!



She loved Granny's food!

Kisses from Aunt Becca!

We enjoyed that Chris, Lesley, and Isaiah came to visit! Hallie surprised me by saying "Zayah" (short for Isaiah) and pointed towards him when she said it! She also gave him lots of kisses!

We strolled them one day!

We played in the leaves at our house!

Daddy and mini me!

We went up to Blowing Rock for shopping on Saturday. Isaiah was very tired but after his nap, we went to the Park! They loved the slides!

We got to Blowing Rock downtown right after the parade ended and when we parked, saw Santa still on his float! He was nice enough to hold Hallie, but she wasn't too thrilled about it! Maybe next year!

Playing in the Leaves!

Hallie's been doing a lot better in her shoes and liking the grass/leaves! It used to be she would scream when you put her near the grass, but now she's better!










Jennifer sent me this from this week at daycare!





Here's her playing! We're looking forward to Thanksgiving this week!

Walking Progress!

Coming Soon (probably in the next few weeks).....running progress!

Baby Bumblebee!

Her hat says "Bee Happy." Jason brought her to my work!

She hesitated to take candy, but ended up liking the wrappers!

Hallie was great as a bumblebee, but got alittle tired late in the evening!

Grumpy bee!

Halloween family pic!

With Daddy!

Hallie is talking a lot, like in the video! And she climbed in the bottom drawer of our kitchen last night (second video!) She took 5 steps at Will and Mandy's on Saturday (no video, but hopefully will have one soon of her walking!)

Today, we were planning on going to Statley Springs with Dean, Karen, Lee, Grandma, Grandpa, Mitch, Erin, Michael and Brynn......but when we got there at 11:00, they wouldn't be able to seat us until 1:30 or 2:00! So, we ate at Bojangles, and then headed over to Boone to the Mass General Store.....not realizing it was Homecoming weekend at ASU and extremely crowded!

We then went to Blowing Rock to the park and ate some ice cream! Hallie loved the swing!

With Granny!

Here are some cute things she's been doing lately!

*She loves to jibber-jabber! She tells me about her day when I come home!

* She says "yeah" a lot! We really want her to say "yes", but it's so cute!

*She seems to think "daddy" (or more accurately, "dah-DEE") is a word for both me and Jason. She says it when I come home as well!

*She's discovered the fridge and gets a kick out of getting the salad dressing from the shelf!

*She loves to climb! We have the stool from the rocking chair near the bed in her room and she loves to climb on it, and then the bed.

*She loves drawers! She likes to put things in them and close them!

*She loves holding my mascara and concealer! I think she likes that tube shape!

*She loves to open an close doors as well!

Jennifer took this at Daycare saying it was Hallie's driving lesson!

Here's some vidoes!