Oh, And This too.

Hallie's first plumber butt.

Hard at play.

Hard at sleep.

So Hallie was in the best mood today! She played allllll day long and was so much fun! So here are some moments from today. That's all.

   Tara! 

I had fun with you.

and I like your new arm.

decision made.

Hallie loves her new earmuffs for concerts

Mommy/Daughter

Mommy/Daughter

The Lion King

Doesn't this look like I was cropped into the mountains? I swear I was really there...

haha

Red Rocks

sleeping because she can't hear anything

COLORADO. Oh how I miss the air already! It's so incredibly beautiful out there. I could live there if I had to. Anyway, we had so much fun! Hallie was a little trooper. She couldn't get into a sleep schedule (which sorta sucked) but other than that she just rode in her stroller and took everything in! She's so stinkin' cute. And for her first airplane ride-she was AMAZING! Even people around us were like "wow what a great traveler". She slept most of it but when she was awake she just jumped around on our laps and smiled at everyone. So sweet. If my mom lived there permanently, we would be just fine to travel there to see her :) Matt and I didn't have anything to do the first day we were there so we drove around downtown Denver and found the house that the real world was taped at. What tourists, right? We climbed mountains (in the car) and went to red rocks and it was just a great trip. So enjoy the pictures! 

Dear Santa, 

Thank You.

Janet...I love you.

Hallie Rae is six months old!

Thanks for such a fun day kirsty.

We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better. I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really would. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her. I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do it safely. On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as uncool as your Mom. If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of buying one. I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and subtract in your head. I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn what ivory soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole. I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.. And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your friend. I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle. May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays. I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
Written with a pen, sealed with a kiss.  I'm here for you. And if I die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.   -- Paul Harvey

SO. This weekend was very hectic. Lots and lots and lots of driving, so needless to say: Hallie hates her car seat right now. My mom and I drove to Evansville to visit with family there and then headed to Olney to stay with my grandma. Whenever I drive on the old country roads, I always forget how much I missed them.  It was a good "nice to see you again" trip, but we were ready to come home. OH! and my mom and I planted some pretty flowers in front of my house. It was great fun AND I have my finch feeder up. It is attracting loads of birds already. It's so exciting! (i'm easily amused) Matt has been in Nashville for 3 days and he is definitely missed. I'm ready for him to be home--and so is Hallie. All she says alllll day long is "da da da da da da da da da". She misses him, too. Come home soon Matty.