hair cut

Hallie has had her hair trimmed a bunch of times by our friend Liz in Idaho.  Since moving here though she hasn’t  had a cut at all.  Hallie had long pretty hair but it was getting hard to keep it looking nice.  She hated having me put it up.  If it was left down it was always messy tangled and in her face.  We were told about a hair cutting place for kids and took Hallie and she loved it.  She got to sit in a pink jeep while getting her hair cut and watch Cinderella.  Afterwards she got play in a little house in their play area.  The hardest part about the whole experience was getting her to leave.

     

Lincoln did great waiting.  He is such a wonderful baby.

name and a blessing

Sunday November 20th Lincoln was given his first Priesthood blessing.  Berret gave him the blessing with Wes, Warren, and our Bishop in the circle.

I made his little white outfit. Using some of the clothes he already had, I made a pattern and guessed on how to make a shawl collar. I tested my pattern with some old fabric and worked out the problems. Then I worked on the real thing (last minute of course) and it came together with out any problems. I love how it turned out and he was cuddly in it.

 

I just love my little man’s smile!

 

thumb

   

click click click click…..family photo

After church yesterday before we rushed into our comfy clothes we took some quick family pictures.   We use a setting on our camera that will take 15 pictures in row.  After doing that setting a couple times we hope a few come out decent.  Now we at least have some pictures of us all together.

    

november 2 months

Time is flying and Lincoln is growing so fast it seems.  He can roll tummy to back.  He holds his head up pretty good now till he gets tired.  We can get lots of smiles out of him now and he is on the verge of having a little giggle.  He loves to make all sort of cueing sounds.  He is sleeping through the night!  He is proficient at getting his thumb which is why he sleeps so well at night now.  He will still take a pacifier once in awhile but prefers his thumb.  For some reason our kids really like their fingers.

 

Check out his other progress pictures HERE.

kittens

We have new kittens and Hallie just loves them.  They will be outdoor cats but while they are still small they get to come in once in awhile.  Hallie really likes to hold them and is learning to be gentle.  Their names are Max and Mater/Runt.  These pictures are of the first time Hallie saw them.  She was sick all day and starting to get better.  These kittens sure cheered her up.

  

trick or treat

We had a fun Halloween with Hallie as a butterfly and Lincoln a spider.  Friday we drove downtown to trick or treat at Berret’s work. On Halloween we went to a trunk or treat that we pretty much missed.  It started at 6 and we waited till Berret got home and were there at 6:30, only 2 cars were left.  We then went to my aunts house and trick or treated at a few houses in her neighborhood.  Since we were late to the trunk or treat Hallie missed her cousins.  We told Hallie would’ve been very disappointed if she didn’t get to see them so we stopped by and played there before going home.

Hallie loved the pumpkins at Donna’s house.

    

Hallie really started to get into trick or treating and got enough candy that she complained of her bag being heavy.  Look at her though, she is so focused on getting more candy.

  

Then it was time to play with cousins!

  

This picture below is funny to me because Berret and Lincoln have the same expression on their faces.

  

Hallie was so proud of the butterfly on her bum.  She loves when there is stuff on her tights, remember her elf outfit?  Look at little Lincoln in his car seat.  It was kind of confusing knowing where to put the extra legs  but I got pretty good at it after having to do it so many times.

 

Jill made the dress for Hallie’s costume and Jill had the wings from a sale at fabric depot a long time ago.  Her tights are Old Navy and her antennas are pipe cleaners in her pigtails.  I made Lincolns costume by just making a black fleece sleeper, adding extra legs, and making a little hat with eyes and fangs.