Listen to Hallie

Riding in the car today I was mad at Hallie for throwing a giant fit in Target so I unplugged her dvd player. She was forced to listen to music. Heaven forbid. I told her she had to be quiet, but obviously that is terribly hard for her to accomplish these days. Taylor Swift's new song came on. I realized about a minute in that Hallie was sort of singing along. I was trying to figure out how she even knew the song until I realized that she was just singing the words

"Baby Guy Baby Guy Baby Guy"

over and over and over to the melody of the song.

I was dying laughing.

Best moment ever.

A special Hallie date at

THE INDIANA STATE FAIR

In the past month, two complete strangers have told me how well behaved my daughter is.

Me? Were you talking to me?

We went out to dinner and an older couple was sitting in the booth beside us. When they left the man passed by us and said, "Your daughter is very well behaved." WHAT? I mean sometimes she can be quite a handful, but for a complete stranger to make it a point to say something to us? Amazing. I was so proud and I didn't even do anything. THEN a couple of days ago we were shopping for a lunch box for Hal's first preschool! She had to give it to the check out lady and she always gets so upset to let go of whatever it is for 2 seconds while the lady scans the item. Following regular procedure, she cries until the woman hands her back the tinkerbell lunch box. She immediately stops crying and says, "OH Thank you Mama!" I paid for my things and was preparing to leave and the woman behind me says, "It's so nice to hear manners these days."

YES! I am doing something right!

Little Larry.

Linus Van Pelt.

Should have named him Linus.

I knew when I saw the pictures from Guy's birth that I had one of Hallie in the exact same position,

but I didn't realize how much alike they would look.

I love them, my sweet babies.

& thanks, Kirsty, for capturing them.