Let the Hall-odays Began!!

We are 3 days, 7 hours, 52 minutes, 40 seconds, and counting away from Thanksgiving!!!! I am so excited to see the Hall family and celebrate our Thanksgiving/Christmas together.The Halls have a lot of great traditions that we enjoy every year. We usually arrive at Mimi and Pappy's on the day of Thanksgiving so the minute we walk in the door our mouths start salivating from all the wonderful smells coming from the kitchen. Carol(Mimi) always makes a pre-dinner appetizer plate with sweet pickles, cinnamon cucumbers, olives and other yummy things that we snack on while we visit and finish the cooking.The table is always filled with the traditional Thanksgiving foods and everyone eats more than their fill while having a lively conversation about past Thanksgivings and what stores they want to shop at on Black Friday.The Hall Thanksgiving would not be complete if we didn't watch the Cowboys play. Everyone gathers in the living room and sits around talking and playing while the game is on.Sometime that night we exchange our Christmas gifts and then it is time to make a plan on what stores to go to and what to get. We all get a chance to look through the adds and dream about our purchases.Shopping commences early the next morning and by 8:00 am we are all back in the kitchen for a hardy Hall breakfast.There are so many other fun things that go on during our short 3 and a half day stay but this seems to be the standing tradition on Thanksgiving and the day after. I am so thankful to have married into such a fun loving family who is truly thankful for each other and what they have.

We Have Internet Again!

We finally have Internet again so I can get Blogging once again! So much has happened since I stopped so I want to share a few things that will get me updated:

• My job at Kindercare is working out well, hence the Internet.


• Bethany's 1st Birthday was a huge success


• Bethany is now walking wait... running everywhere! she never stops


• Happy Holidays! The Holiday season officially started at the Hall House the day after Halloween per Brad's declaration.
  
  Here are a few Birthday pics to kick off my restart of blogging

Bethany loved the giraffe we got her and gave it a big hug and kiss

Not so happy about the hat

The cake was ok though

Things We've Been Doing

We went on a picnic for Memorial Day/ 3 Year Anniversary. Bethany enjoyed telling us how much fun she was having.

We all like to take naps. Daddy and Daughter had so much fun they wore each other out.
Bethany had her first spaghetti dinner. She loved it!

I also got a job at Kindercare. Will be working about 30 hours a week. Just finished training so am excited to see how the real job goes. Will let you know!

Bethany and Daddy 

Wedding Memories

Three years ago today Brad and I got married. So many things have happened since then. Brad got his job at Whole Foods the summer we got married. Last year we bought our house and expanded our family by adding Waffles. And then almost exactly one year later Bethany came into our lives.
I am so happy that Brad took the time to become my best friend before we got married. We have had so much fun together these last 6 years. He always considers my thoughts and feelings before his own and has made many sacrifices to be the amazing husband and father that he is today. I love you Brad and can't wait to see what other adventures are ahead of us!

Bethany loves teething cookies!

Catch Up Time!

So many things have been happening and as usual I have done a horrible job keeping up with them. Bethany is growing so fast and right now she has started to do several new things. I have been trying to take more pictures so I can share them with you.

It is finally warming up so our daily walks are a little more enjoyable. Bethany has graduated to her stroller. She loves it.
My little 8 month old is starting to scoot around. She is very good at rolling but the wood floors have been giving her trouble when she tries to move on her tummy. She has improvised and now propels herself backwards across the floor with her arms. It's pretty funny to watch because she can get herself into some unusual situations. One time she backed herself under the end table and couldn't get out. It didn't seem to bother her too much.

Dad and Mom came for a visit this weekend and so we took her outside to check out all the green grass.

Bethany can sit up good. Every once in a while she will still topple backwards. She loved pulling the grass and trying to eat it.

Granddad got the idea to see if she would try to walk. Bethany loved standing but couldn't quite figure out how to put one foot in front of the other.

Here are a few more of Bethany's accomplishments since the last time I wrote:

We had to move Bethany's mattress down because she can push up so well I don't want her to figure out how to pull up one night and fall out.

I have been working on signing to her. I think she is starting to recognise "finished" (when we change her diaper) and "more" (when we are eating). I have picked 9 total that I will eventually try to teach her.

Bethany can say a few sounds that she associates with different things. "DA?" is dog, KKK for cat, Dada for Dad, and if she is very sad mamamama for mom.