walking

Last week Hallie took some steps, but did it without really realizing it. Today she started walking in between things and did so with more confidence. Today we saw her walk and stop to catch her balance then continue walking again. Everytime she walked a little and got to where she wanted she'd laugh and squeel in celebration. Crawling is still her main mode of transportation. Here is a bit of her walking as she goes after the camera. Aren't her little wobbily legs so cute?!?! Sorry the video is so dark.

videos and this morning

Hallie has a teether that vibrates when you bite down on it. After she tipped over her toy basket and started playing she realized she was sitting on this teether and when she leaned back it would vibrate. Here she is playing with it.

Hallie loves playing with the alarm clock. She opened it for the first time and wasn't quite sure about it and had trouble closing it up again. She seemed almost distraught about it. It doesn't show this in the video but she was happy and dancing before the thing was open and went back to dancing when it was closed again.

Early this morning Berret and I had to do wellness testing so we could get lower insurance rates. We had to wake Hallie up way before she normally wakes up. She did great while we were getting the testing done but was very anxious to go back to sleep when we got home. Look how cute she is all bundled up and trying to look around her hat. Oh and my hair is dark now, it is fun to try something different once in awhile.

november 10 months

Hallie's tricks:
-lots of freestanding
-going in between furniture that needs a step to get to
-walking very confidently with using one hand for support ex. walking along side us holding a finger or walking along walls with one hand touching
-taken about 5 good walking steps on her own but then realzed she wasn't holding on to something and switched to crawling
-says mama and dada, she uses mama more though ;)
-lots of babbling
-loves to dance and jump
-becoming a picky eater
-likes to grab the spoon while being fed with crazy quick reflexes which tends to fling food
-favorite right now seems to be slow cooked roast with veggies or grated cheese
-loves baths but hates getting dressed
-never wants to miss out on anything even if it means losing sleep, like an entire nap
-I think she understanding "NO" more and more and seems to like to test it and make games out of things that shouldn't be
-we see her personality developing more and more each dayShe has liked attacking the calendar but this month she REALLY went after it.It was time to put it away but she wasn't quite done yet.

halloween

When we got into Rexburg we first stopped by Warren and Allison's so the girls could play around in their costumes together. In this picture Hallie is free standing and just starring at all of us. In these first 2 pictures she actually had the duck feet I made for her on.Our friends Liz and Grady invited us to the ward party in our old ward. Here is Berret in a donut eating contest that he won.Liz dressed as Captain Crunch.After the ward party we went and hung out at Brad and Ally's. The guys took Hunter and Hallie trick or treating. Hallie only wore her duck hat trick or treating so she could be in her warmer clothes. For more pics at Brad and Ally's go HERE.

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween, we sure did! Now on to the REALLY fun holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas.

aaaaannnd....GO

When Hallie and Danielle are together we like to do little races with them. They take turns winning and usually really only depends on how badly they want the object we're offering. The races are always fun to watch and the cotumes just add to it.

The video is from yesterday but on Friday we had some Halloween fun too. We took Hallie to some trick or treating.I managed to get done sewing Hallie's costume just in time on Friday. I have more pictures to come from our other festivities Saturday that I'll hopefully post soon.