berret. tanya. hallie.: May 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009

memorial day

On Saturday we drove out to Rockland to visit Brooke's grave site. It was a nice drive out there and Hallie did wonderfully in the car. Rockland has a such a beautiful cemetary, it is at the top of the hill and has a gorgeuos view of the small town and the mountains surrounding it. It was a peaceful morning and it was nice to be able to think about Brooke. I am grateful for the gospel in our lives. I know that we have an eternal family and that we will be with our daughter again. Loosing Brooke was difficult but from that experience I have learned and grown tremendously. Berret and I are honored to be the parents of such a perfect girl.

Hallie loved all the wind up on the hill. She loves to stick her tongue out alot when she feels wind.

We were able to have Brooke buried with Berret's Grandma. Grandma Ann prefered pin wheels to flowers and so we brought some new ones. The copper pin wheels Warren made are still there!

Hallie's middle name comes from Berret's great great grandma Amorett Fifield.

Hallie getting some time to stretch out before we started driving again.

On the way back from Rockland we went to the Costco in Pocatello and stocked up on a few things. Hallie did so AMAZING the whole trip. She spent over 4 hours total in the car while we were driving and did great in Costco.

Today we got to go to Warren and Allison's for a BBQ. We had lots of yummy food, played badminton (we all need practice), and enjoyed the babies.

Hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day Weekend, we sure did.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

may 4 months

Hallie is 4 months old and so much fun! At her well baby visit she weighed 13.6 pounds which is in the 50th percentile again and was 23.8 inches long, 32nd percentile. She talks alot and is getting close to letting out a laugh. She rolls more from tummy to back. When she rolls now she brings her legs underneath and and pushes off, before she use to lift up her head high and lean. She still hasn't rolled back to tummy, she doesn't seem too interested in doing that yet. She is doing better with sitting up and will let you bend her hips more to practice. In the boppy she can sit up for quite a while now and in very very short stints she can sit up with out any assistance. She is very observant. At church we have a hard time getting her to nap because she likes looking at everything and all the people, she loves smiling at people. She likes to play with her toys and wiggle. We just love playing with her and seeing her smiles.

She was really happy during the little photo shoot and it was hard to just pick a few pictures. In the video you can see how wiggly and happy she was.

it has been awhile

...so brace yourselves for a long post.

I new it had been some time since my last post. I downloaded everything off of my camera today and realized all the things I haven't posted yet. So lets begin-

A while ago my younger brother Sam came through town and he finally got to meet Hallie. Berret went out shooting with Sam and his friend Joe. They shot up some junk we had around the house and when they got back we all went out to eat. The visit was short but it was fun seeing Sam.

About a week and a half ago our friends Liz and Grady threw a huge BBQ followed by a movie with a projector outside. We weren't able to stay for the movie but the BBQ was lots of fun and most of the ward was there. It was kind of a cold night so Hallie got to wear her bear suit. Look at how she has grown!

One night when Berret got home from work I went out to do some things. When I got home I found him making cookies with Hallie. Hallie really seemed to enjoy helping.

Hallie has been enjoying her jumper more lately even though she doesn't actually jump in it. Swaying, I guess is more fun for now.

This last weekend we got to babysit Danielle. Hallie was napping when Danielle arrived and Danielle after a little bit took a nap too. They both woke up about the same time and they both were in good moods. They had alot of fun looking at each other.