Picture Perfect

Hallie is starting to grunt, so that usually means feeding time, but I wanted to post some pics....

Ava apparently thought Hallie would enjoy this dog on her head.

Hallie's cute little hands.

Hallie's blessing day.

Dan and Ava having fun at Grammy's 50th birthday party

Best buds.


Hallie's blessing day.... she's exactly 2 months old!


Opening her presents. She had lots of help!

Blowing out her "Abby Cadabby" candle

I made her birthday cake and thought I was pretty clever because I said "HABBY BIRTHDAY" instead of "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" because she wanted an "ABBY" cake.

Side view of the cake. It was yummy!

Chef Ava

Today Ava and I decided to make some sugar cookies and cut them into the shapes of "pukums" and "ghoats". The first 3 batches turned out pretty good. I put in the 4th batch and proceed to help Nate get dinner ready. All of a sudden, we smell this awful smell.... but we just thought it was the oven burner heating up. Well, the smell gets worse. Nate opens the oven and a bunch of smoke comes flying out! Nate took the cookies out and they were BLACK. What the? Enter Chef Ava. She decided to help me by turning the oven on to BROIL. And this was the end result....

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... tasty.

Another Crazy Week!

So, on Sunday, we blessed Hallie. We are so lucky to have such wonderful family members who come and support us. Not only did we bless her, but we were asked to speak. It was a crazy Sunday. On Tuesday, the girls had their doctor appointments. Ava weighs 30 lbs and is 35 inches long. She is in the 80th percentile for both height and weight. Little Hallie weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was 21 inches long. She is in the 7th percentile..... that's really good considering the first couple of weeks of her life she wasn't even on the charts yet. Wednesday night I had a craft group for R.S. We made cute fall wreaths. As soon as I finish it, I'll post a pic. Thursday I worked (boo......) Friday I worked (more boooooo......) and Friday night my family went and took family pictures at Murray Park. It was also my mom's 50th birthday so we went to Madeline's to celebrate. It was also kind of a last family dinner before my brother leaves for Afghanistan on Sunday. I've had a really hard time dealing with the fact that he's going. He truly believes in what he's fighting for, and I do too.... he's an amazing brother and I love him so much, it's just hard having that thought in the back of my mind that he might not come back. He's prepared to die for our freedoms and for trying to give others the same freedoms we enjoy..... and it tears me apart thinking that Ava and Hallie may never know their uncle who loves them so much.... so please pray for him. Anywho....

The Weekly Happenings

This past week was a lot of fun for our little family! On Thursday, my handsome hubby Nate celebrated his 26th birthday. On Friday, we went to our high school's homecoming game. It's always fun to see old friends. (Of course, I go to purely socialize and Nate goes to purely watch the game.) But it's always fun. I went to the doc for my postpartum checkup, and everything in my big body has returned to normal. Yay!

Nate's family started their own little version of "The Biggest Loser". Of course I joined because I have a good 25-30 lbs. to lose and this would be great motivation for me! I've exercised almost everyday, and I'm really trying to eat healthier. That's the hard part because I LOVE FOOD! And, I always seem to get midnight munchies, so I've really had to restrain myself from indulging in my chocolate cravings.

I start back to work tomorrow (boo) which I am not really looking forward to. But, it's necessary so I'll go and make the best of it.

Here are just some stinking cute pictures of my girls. Hallie is starting to be awake more during the daytime and is sleeping longer at night.... and when I say longer, she'll sleep for 4 hours at a time.... so we're getting there! I love my little family!

Just Wondering....

....why babies smell so darn good. MMMMMM..... I don't think there is a more comforting smell than that of my little Halliekins.






Also wondering........ how some women don't know that they are pregnant. I saw this show on TLC called (ta da) "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant". That's a mystery to me.