big news!

Lots of things have been happening lately...

Recently it has been very nice out side and we have been able to go for lots of walks in the sun. We've even started wearing some summer clothes as you can see Hallie is wearing shorts below.

Hallie will even bear her carseat to go out for walks. She loves to look all around when we go walk. Here she is trying on some of daddy's sunglasses.
On Monday we found out that the position Berret applied for was opened and he was offered the job! It is such a relief knowing he has a job now and we are very grateful for it. He will be working in cost accounting and he was so excited to go to work. He did his internship there last summer and knew that he liked the enviroment and was going to work with some good people. We are also excited to be around our good friends here a little longer. It will be fun for Hallie too, she will be close to her cousin Danielle that is only two months older. I can't wait to see them really play together. We are sad that we aren't moving closer to the rest of our families but hopefully will be able to make more visits home. Berret started work yesterday. I was sneaky and got a picture of him right as he got home from work yesterday:).

The big news just keeps coming...Ally went in today to have her baby!!! We are so excited to meet their little girl. Today I get to watch Hunter. He is such a good boy and has grown up so much. He is actually here right now and has been so gentle and soft around Hallie, he'll make a good big brother. Earlier he kept sitting next to Hallie and saying "cheeeese," so I got out the camera. Now that Hallie is asleep he wanted to see the pictures, and he loves seeing the pictures and videos of him and Hallie.

Sun, job, and a baby coming. Big news indeed.

april 3 months

April 6th Hallie turned 3 months. She is lots of fun and is growing fast. She sleeps great at night and will take one long nap during the day along with a few very short naps. She can roll over tummy to back to her right and left side. She has gotten closer to rolling back to tummy but hasn't quite made it yet. She is talking more and is starting to make different noises too. She is now working on sitting up with the assistance of the boppy and can do very short spurts upright and then she will lean forward. She really enjoys playing and smiles tons.

sitting up just a little bit

then the lean comes in

berret's graduation and more...

We had a very busy week this last week. Hallie is now 3 months old (her calendar pics will come later). Berret finished up the last of his finals and did great on them. Berret's side of the family came to visit for BERRET'S GRADUATION! We got to spend lots of time with the family and take new family pictures with the two newest members (those pics will also be coming later). The Peacocks were also in town and we had lots of fun seeing them. Then we had a wonderful Easter weekend.

The family waiting to see Berret walk

Berret after walking

Berret graduated Magna Cum Laude meaning he was in the top 5 percent of the graduating class

We had lots of fun with our nephews Berret played all sorts of games with them. Gavin is so big now and has lots of energy.

Friday we took family pictures and we were out almost all day long with pictures, dinner at Grandmas and swimming. I love Hallie's facial expression in this picture.

we found out how badly Hallie needs her long nap in the crib
finally taking a short nap on daddy
The family left late Saturday night and made it home safely Sunday morning. We are so glad they came to visit. Thank you for making such a long, long, long drive!

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Easter Sunday!

We had good meetings at church and had a relaxing time at home. Hallie looked beautiful in her Easter dress from the Peacocks. Thank you Peacocks.

happy easter

This last week has been very busy: Berret graduated, family came to visit, and we learned how badly Hallie needs her long nap during the day in her crib. Specifics and more pictures will come very soon, but for now...

*Happy Easter*

bedtime stories

Tonight we were getting Hallie ready for bed and she started talking to Berret alot. She really seems to talk to Berret at night if he is changing her, telling him all about her day I guess. I run to get the camera and of course she isn't talking as much when I have the carmera out. Well this gives an idea of what her talking is like.

hallie. berry.

I prefer this Hallie/Berry combo to Halle Barry the actress anyday ;)

Hallie is almost all better! She has a little cough but even that is nearly gone. She doesn't need the humidifier at night anymore either. She should be completely healthy and happy for next week when she meets more of her family that is coming to visit.

sick, but getting better

Hallie's cold got worse and on Thursday we decided to take her to the doctor. We found out that she was starting to get a double ear infection along with the cold so she is now on antibiotics for that. As for the cold we found out that she has RSV. RSV can be scary if a baby stops eating well and doesn't move around alot or they are having too much difficulty breathing. She is doing really well though, she is still eating great and when she is awake she is quite active and happy. They checked her oxygen level and it was going good. Berret gave her a blessing on Thursday and Friday morning she wasn't coughing nearly as much and she didn't seem as congested. Today she is doing even better. I think she still has a while till she is completely over it but it looks like she is past the worst of it.

The videos have been taken since she has been sick, you can see how active she still is. The first is in her new jumper. She a bit small for it, that is why there are blankets packed around her. She really enjoys being in it and looking around. She hasn't figured out how to jump much in it but that will come. The second video is of her playing with her baby gym. I know now why they call them baby gyms, she gets so excited she wiggles tons. Well I hope you enjoy the videos.

rolling

Hallie's cold has gotten worse so I'm really hoping that now she can start getting better. She is still quite happy though she just needs alot of attention and likes to be held alot more even when she is sleeping.

Last night Hallie rolled over for the first time, tummy to back. She did it four times but the video below is the best I could get of catching it.

growing

Hallie is certainly growing fast and it is so fun to watch her. She is starting to fit into some of her 3-6 months stuff sorta. Then there is some of her 0-3 clothes that are still kind of big, childrens clothing is sized really wierd and isn't very consistent. Weather it is the bigger 0-3 or the smaller 3-6 clothing she is starting to move on to a new wardrobe.

Hallie has had a cold the last couple of days with a runny noise and a little cough. Hopefully she is done getting worse and can start getting better. She is still very happy though, the cold hardly seems to phase her. She is so tough I'm sure she'll be over it in no time.

And now for everyone's Hallie fix...

check out her chunky legs Hallie likes it when there is music playing as you'll hear in the background of this video. In the video you can see her catch a glimpse of her hand and slowly get it to her mouth.

a smile to brighten anyones day

and Hallie sucking her fingers, I guess the thumb is over rated

march 2 months

This post is a bit late but Hallie is 2 months old. She had her 2 month well baby visit last Friday. She weighs 10.9 pounds and is in the 53 percentile for weight. She is 22.3 inches long which is the 47 percentile for height. She is a very happy and healthy little girl.
Hallie likes to look at toys now. Berret and I have had fun bringing out some of the toys and seeing her react to them. You can see how intrigued she is by the floppy dog that aunt Donna made below. The two toys she has liked the most so far have been that floppy dog and a pink poodle. She started to get fussy while we were taking her picture and the floppy dog did the trick of calming her down.
Hallie now can lift her head very high and hold it up there for quite some time and just look around at everything. She is also starting to make more of a variety of noises. Hallie is smiling more and more too. Berret and I are probably smiling more now too because Hallie for about the last 2 weeks or so has been sleeping through the night :). She is a really good baby.

the weekend

Before I talk all about the weekend Berret is 25! Happy Birthday Berret!!!
Now this weekend started out with a surprise party for Berret. I had been planning it for a while and everything turned out great. Decorating I had Liz, Collette, and Erica to help, I wouldn't have been able to do it all since the movie went to watch was only an hour and a half. Liz and I moved around tons of furniture to assure fitting all the people. The guys made sure Berret got back at the proper time for the surprise. When Berret came home he was completely surprised. He even said happy birthday to Collette because he was so shocked. At the party we had more people over than we have ever had. There were 19 adults, 1 toddler, and 3 babies. It was lots of fun.Collette drove up from Utah for the party and to meet Hallie :) What a great friend.
The next day Collette and Erica were able to come over and have lunch with us. I think Hallie enjoyed getting to know Collette (auntie coco).

and we were all entertained by Erica playing the Wii. We love it when Peacocks come over.

Then Hallie got to spend time with her cousin Danielle. While Warren, Allison, and Danielle were over we did a video call with papa Wes and nana Jill and even got to see Logan and Gavin.maybe you could call this their playtime?

We ended the weekend with the Talberts coming over to play and hang out. Wow, what a great weekend.

hallie in her dress

Hallie looked beautiful in her blessing dress. I made her dress out of my wedding dress. Yes I cut up my wedding dress, it is not like I'll be wearing it again. I started the dress in a class fall semester and because I'm a procrastinator I wasn't finished till the Saturday before her blessing. I finished it though and she was so cute in it.
yep, those are buttons and they were a pain to do for various reasons...

now take a quick look at a smirk from Hallie in the video and listen to her dress rustle around from all of her wiggling

blessing day