Archives for September 2015

T-shirt and leggings- Vanilla Bean Baby/ Ebony Moccasins- Freshly Picked

 The seller, Natalie was so sweet and easy to work with, and her product came immaculately shipped in these cute little Vanilla Bean bags!

                                   
The leggings are equally as soft, and come with the little “Vanilla Bean Baby” logo on the back!
All in all I give this shop 2 thumbs up and highly recommend that you check out all of the cute Fall and Halloween items in her shop! Take it from Hallie, this shop rocks!

 We just LOVE Vanilla Bean Baby, and will definitely be making more purchases in the future!
<3 Kelly

• Age- 15 months 
• Weight- Just barely on the charts this time at 16 lb 11 oz
• Length- 31 inches! Officially outgrown the infant carrier! 2 inches in 3 months…this kid is going to be TALL!
• Size- I really don’t know anymore…we wear a lot of mixed matched sizes…some 3 month or 6 month, some 9 month and occasionally 12 month if we sew the sides of the waist to make it smaller but we need pants to be long! She has long long legs and an itty bitty waist.  We are in size 2 diapers during the day and 3s at night.  
• Eyes- blue-green
• Hair- Light brown and we had our first haircut! 
• Sleeping- 2 naps a day and 11 hours at night. 
• Eating- Getting a bit pickier, but I can still get her to eat most things. LOVES her whole milk!
• Teeth- 4- 2 on top and 2 on bottom with some very swollen gums!
• Milestones-  Jumping, and exploding vocabulary! 
• Memorable outings- Trip to Galveston, Back at playgroup after a LONG summer,balloon festival and visiting great grandparents.
  

• Favorite toys/activities-  Stuffed animals (Especially my puppy, giraffe and bunny), Books (especially animal books like Dear Zoo), Pat-a-cake, cars and musical toys, dress up (we spent about 2 weeks straight wearing a necklace from Memi! She also recently started wearing sunglasses) 

• Words/sounds-Over 50 words and phrases…she added “No” yesterday, luckily its usually in response to a question and not an objection.  
• Nicknames- I call her sweet pea, peanut, sweet girl, Hal or lately bean!
• Funny moments- She loves making animal sounds! Recently we have added “monster” to our list of sounds and she will run around the house growling! It’s pretty funny! She also likes to give you a “Bonk” on the head…a lot of time she uses it as a gesture of endearment instead of a kiss or a hug, she’ll bump you with her forehead.  But then she is very fair so she has to go around “bonking” everyone in the forehead. We also had a moment a few weeks ago when she was mad at her shape sorter because the square wouldn’t fit in the star hole! She also refused my help, so she just sat there screaming! We have discovered our bellybutton and she gets upset when I put onesies on because she can’t play with it.
• Looking forward to- Halloween! There is a pretty amazing costume in the works! 

Can you believe my baby girl is 15 months old already? Because I can’t…not even a little bit!
This morning we were thrilled to have a little 15 month photo shoot with Purple Moments Photography! Hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do!

I HAD to get a couple in Hallie’s favorite PJs, with her favorite Puppy, favorite blanket and favorite book! I am so glad I did too!

 Puppy PJS

 Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!
<3 Kelly

Good morning everyone and Happy almost Fall! Seriously guys, Fall is 2 days away! Not that anyone here in Texas would believe me considering the weather, but alas, it’s here…almost! Anyway, not living in a place where we get a really good Fall with the leaves changing colors, and bulky sweaters or festive scarfs, I have to overcompensate with decorations and everything pumpkin! That’s why I was SO excited when Courtney from Sweet Turtle Soup asked me to join in co-hosting her Linkup “Countdown to Halloween” this year!

Last year I was thrilled to linkup but this year I am even more thrilled to be hosting! So to join in, it’s super simple!

Don’t forget to check out the other ladies hosting this fun linkup!

This girl is growing up so fast! I just can’t get over how quickly it all goes! I am trying to do my best at keeping up with her and recording all of the cute and funny moments and all of the adorable words that come out of her mouth! A couple months ago I shared some of my favorite Hallieisms, so on to take two!

• Hallie is incredibly curious…about EVERYTHING! She will point to anything or anyone and say “Who’s that?” or “What’s that?!” Even if she already knows!
  
• When she gives you something, she’ll exclaim “Here you go!” Same goes if you have something she wants though! She is also starting to use “Pease, Tank you, and welcome”, but they are all interchangeable at this point!
• When she sees someone she likes she will tell them “Hi there!” -Especially Miss Elaine, our favorite checker at the grocery store! She’s an older white haired lady that Hallie just adores! But she will say it before we get all the way up in the line, so I am not sure Miss Elaine actually knows Hallie can talk.
• Sometimes when I tell her my coffee is “Hot Hot” she will repeat me.  Or if she sees a coffee cup lying around she will yell “Hot Hot!”
• This one kind of breaks my heart….every once in a while, my darling girl will call me “Kelly” instead of Mommy…I always repeat “Mommy’s name is Mommy!” after she does that! 
• Sometimes with blocks or with pictures in books, Hallie will “count” she will point to each one and say things that kind of sound like numbers. Not in order of course, but I have heard her say 3 and 7.  She will also shout out random letters while we are watching Wheel of Fortune…her favorite show next to Mickey Mouse.
• She LOVES to read, and she will frequently bring me books and say “Read it!”
  
• She has totally learned that a nose is for smelling.  She will smell flowers now if she sees them.  My favorite though is sometimes I will sniff her feet and tell her “Oh they are so stinky!” just pretending of course. But we were watching a baby of one of the families I babysit for on occasion, and she grabbed his foot and smelled it, then made a face like it was stinky! It was priceless!
• She loves to boss Stella around and tell her “Stella, Sit!”
• I created a Moccster! Literally, Hallie’s Freshly Picked are the ONLY shoes that she will let touch her feet! A couple weekends ago we were heading to an outdoor event, and I tried so hard to get her to wear breathable shoes or sandals to no avail! Complete kicking and screaming scenario! So finally I grabbed a pair of moccs and said “Want to wear these?” She nodded her head yes and let me put them on for her….oh boy! 
• Hallie also enjoys yoga and ballet in her spare time! She is very good at downward dog and attitudes and tondues…proud momma!
  
• Hallie can tell you Duck says “Quack”, Elephant makes a trumpeting sound (which is her favorite!) but Cat almost always says “Hey cat!” We also recently added Monster to our repertoire, a monster says “aaaah”…so the other day a cat said “aaah cat!” (FACEPALM) 
  

  Monster Face…still trying to get it on video!

Watching: Fall shows are coming back! Ellen has been fantastic! I am so excited about this year’s Dancing with the Stars! LOVE Paula Deen and that little Bindi Irwin sure can shake it! She’s sure to be one to watch! I am also SO ready for Big Bang Theory and is anyone else watching Project Runway?!

Working on: I need to start working on lesson plans for Hallie, but I have been slacking for sure! I am also needing to start decorating for Fall! Mostly though I have been working on getting some Halloween stuff up in the Etsy shop! Stay tuned! Fun things are coming! 

Looking Forward to:  The Balloon Festival is this weekend! Last year Hallie was such a peanut, this year she is sure to love it! 

 Hallie last year at the Balloon Fest

Loving: For Mommy: I am the only one who shops at overstock? I saw these Riding Boots and I am obsessed.  I kind of need them yesterday! 

For Hallie: Always Freshly Picked Moccs…we need half of the Fall line plus these darling Cake Walk moccs!