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Grandma's visit

My mom's camera is on the fritz again, so she had to borrow Grandma's pictures. We had a wonderful visit!!

First I put on every tatoo from Halle and Eric's birthday party - and others I had as well:


Grandma, Mommy, and I built a spooky castle:


We went to the beach playground:




Went trick or treating:



And I got a haircut! A trim actually:




Plus I got a new headband for being such a good girl while I got my haircut:


It was a great weekend!!

Crawling and Soccer

Halle can crawl now :)

And I started soccer!

9 months old

Halle is 9 months old!
Here is a comparison from 2 weeks old to now:

I can't believe it!

Pop's visit

Pop came to visit us! He got to see Halle's clapping skills:


We played soccer and softball:

I set up an obstacle course for us:

We went to the beach:

We played cards together:

Playing catch on the deck:

We read stories:

Having a laugh with Daddy and Halle:

Pop even played dress up with me:

We played with my play-dough ice cream set:

And we even watched Tinkerbell together!

Halle loves to point and would always smile when Pop pointed at her:

We went to a Mexican restaurant and Halle had a blast! She ate EVERYTHING!

No, Halle, I didn't take any of your food :)

Refried beans in Halle's hair - she sure had a great time!

We had a wonderful visit with Pop!

We Got Next

Mommy and Daddy took Halle and me into the city to watch a WNBA basketball game! First we stopped in Central Park (it was Halle's first time there) and played at the new playground - which has lots of water to run and splash through:

Then we took the subway to Madison Square Garden! I loved the subway and stood up and held Mommy's hand so I could enjoy the bumpiness of it. Here's me outside of MSG in with the Empire State building in the background:

The NY Liberty were playing the Phoenix Mercury. So we got to see Diana Taurasi (who played for UCONN). I enjoyed watching the game and dancing during the timeouts:

A nice woman behind us gave us these "spirit sticks" to clap with - I loved making a lot of noise:

Halle enjoyed the game too (and the pieces of hotdog we gave her):

When we got home Daddy and I caught fireflies while Halle helped Mommy with dinner in the kitchen:

What a great day!

videos

hanging outside on the deck:

making up a song:

tickling Halle:

and dancing:

Visit in June

Grandpa Allan and Grandma came to visit in June! We had a lot of fun at the beach and looking at the boats. Here are some pictures:

cell phone picture blog post

A quick summary of my day to day life:
commuting to pre-school


beach!



shopping at Costco

Catch Up

Boy, there is a lot to fill you in on! This post has a ton of pictures! Here are some vacation pictures we just got from Justin and Jen's house in Tampa:






We went to Grandma's house for Easter. Here is a picture of me and Halle in the same Easter dress (I was 2 1/2 months old and Halle was 5 1/2 months):


Uncle Liam, Aunt Amanda, and Max visited us:


Easter Sunday pictures:

Grandma and Grandpa Allan got a new kitten, Dandy Too:

The following weekend, Mommy, Halle and I took a road trip to the University of Delaware. I got to play soccer with Kate and Abby:

I even got to take a picture of my Mommy's college roommates:

Then we drove to Pennsylvania to see Steph and Scott's baby Will - unfortunately, Mommy couldn't find her camera while Will was awake. Take our word for it, Will was a cutie! Here's a picture of Halle waiting for Will to wake up once Mommy finally found her camera buried in the diaper bag:

A couple of weekends later, we got to go to New Jersey to Jackson's baptism. I got to hang out with my friend Kaitlyn (Jackson's big sister):

And last weekend was Mother's Day (I call it OUR day because the flowers and card we got for Mommy are for me too) and it was warm enough to go to the beach in Norwalk:

Yesterday we got wonderful gifts from the Schlegel's - two awesome books and shirts with our names on them:

How can a person as little as Halle generate so much laundry?

Halle can sit up by herself now:

but sometimes she still needs to lean on me:

I love being silly:

Whew - that's it for now!