Sorry I missed Oh hey, Friday last week! I thought I would share my 10 favorite pictures from recently to make up for it! (Plus 10 is a multiple of 5 so it’s cool! I can bend the rules for more pictures of cute little Hallie, right? Thought so)

In no specific order:
1.

Tea Party

2.

Giving Kisses to Kermit, hanging out with cousin Brayden

3.

Chilling by the pool

4.

5.

6.

Farmers Market

7.

8.

Those eyes!

9.

Just like cousin Luke

10.

Holding on to Mommy!

We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
<3 Kelly and Hallie

• Weight-  14 1/2 lbish (its only a guess…no weight check this month) 
• Length- 27 1/2 inches.. (also a guess…but she is looking extra tall these days!)
• Size- Size 1 and 2 Diapers! We use 2’s at night. Onesies- 3 month or 3-6 Months Ts! Granted she still has a few 0-3 month ones that fit as well.  Pants- the waist on the 3-6 month are too big, but the length on the 3’s are too small…LIMBO!  PJs 6 month
• Eyes- Still blue! Some days they look a little gray or even greenish, but outside they look really blue! 
• Hair- Getting longer and lighter each month! Right now it’s light brown. 
• Sleeping- Usually 11 hours. About 2 naps a day. Though last few nights were oddly terrible!
• Eating- 18 oz a day and 3 meals. She will eat just about everything too! Loves yogurt, pasta, bread, rice, chicken, veggies, avocado, turkey, berries and puffs! The kid even ate calamari on Easter! 
• Milestones- Giving kisses. Trying to walk and can stand for a few seconds before chickening out! Clapping! Waving! Loves singing and dancing. Still no teeth! 
• Words she can say: Hi, Hey, Mama, Dada, Bye Bye and “tella”- Which means “Stella” because she will shout it at the dog! Or any dog for that matter! she also sometimes says “Pup”, “Ba-ba”, “night night” and Yay!
•  Memorable outings/holidays- Easter, Tia Joyce’s birthday, First Crawfish boil, and playgroup
• Favorite toys/activities- Peek-a-boo! She actually learned to do it herself! She will hide her face in the couch until we say “where’s Hallie?” then she pops her head up! It’s the cutest thing you’ve ever seen! Clapping and waving at everything! Prayer Bunny which we call Luna bunny. Dollies and stuffies!  Also: Puppets, especially Kermit! Things that aren’t toys…hairbrush, bottles, tupperware! She loves books! A girl after my own heart! We read before bed every night!  Also loves the rhymes we do at story time! Particularly (Tick Tock,Horse named Ron and Patty Cake!) Loves to play with Stella.  DANCING! She loves to shake it! Especially with Daddy! She also really enjoys listening to music. WALKING with help! Seriously it makes her sooo happy! Loves dressing up! Beads and shoes! She is SUCH a social butterfly and loves to play with her friends! 
• Nicknames- I call her sweet pea, peanut, peanut butter, sweet girl or Hal…Daddy likes to call her Daniel son when I put headbands on her…but other than that sticks to a generic sweetie or cutie!
• Funny moments- When she is ready to leave somewhere she starts waving..if that doesn’t work she’ll scream “Bye!” also one night when she was ready for bed she crawled over to Christopher and smacked him between the eyes and yelled “night night!”
• Looking forward to- Cherishing the rest of this first year! It has just flown by! 

It amazes me how much she absorbs and learns! She is just growing up too fast! My baby is 10 months old today. I’ll make sure to post an update tomorrow! But for now Happy Tuesday and enjoy those sweet baby kiss pictures!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Our weekend had its ups and downs, with a super cranky baby on Saturday. Seriously! Hallie has never ever had a full day of crankiness ever until this weekend, so I was in completely new territory! I didn’t know how to deal and ended up crying most of the day and binging on Chinese Food in the evening with my best pal Joyce! Joyce was nice enough to sit with Hallie for a few minutes so I could pick up the food and get a few minutes of sanity!

Speaking of Joyce, she had a birthday last week, and on Friday night, her parent’s took some of her closest family and friends to dinner at Dough Pizzeria to celebrate! It was a such a blast and Hallie was in Heaven because pizza is her favorite food ever!

Me and the birthday girl!

Joyce’s Mom and I always plan a ridiculously amazing cake for her! This year a panda!

Complete with Candy sushi that I hand crafted!

Joyce, with boyfriend Jay and his parents! (and a photobombing 1 shoe Hallie)

Closeup of the sushi I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! <3 Kelly

I had a ton of things planned this morning.  Hallie went to bed late,  so I just knew she would sleep in!  I was going to drink my coffee and blog, shower and do the dishes all before Hallie got up for the day. But 5 minutes before my alarm I heard my girl crying. When I went in her room she looked scared and wouldn’t let me put her back to sleep.  So I carried her back to bed with me and my fiercely independent girl snuggles right up to me and falls back to sleep.  She just needed her Momma.
So if you need me, I’ll be enjoying these rare moments!
<3 Kelly

Yesterday was a very rainy day! Hallie and I were lucky because it was also a no work day for us, so we stayed in our sweats/pjs all day long!

We played and Hallie enjoyed looking out the window when the storm got really loud! (Luckily she wasn’t scared like the dog. Stella jumped in bed with me after one giant clap of thunder and didn’t move until I got up for the day)

We also enjoyed a picnic lunch of Turkey and cheese! Hallie thought it was the greatest thing ever to not to eat in her highchair, and I wasn’t worried about the mess because I was due to vacuum anyway!

It was a nice simple day. I wish more days were like that!

Happy Tuesday
<3 Kelly

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend! We sure did!
With Mother’s Day around the corner I thought I would share some gift ideas that may help you out in your shopping or at least will give my husband and family ideas for me!

(Side note Hallie just looked at me like I was the best Mommy in the world because I turned on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for her so I could write this! We don’t watch a whole lot of TV, so she is jumping up and down excitedly and shaking her butt so hard to this Hot Dog song that I am trying not to crack up!)

Anyway, back to my gifting ideas:

1. “All out of” Note Pad– Mine is almost out of pages and this is the best invention ever! It is all categorized so that when you are shopping you don’t have to run around like a chicken with your head cut off through the store! I would be so happy to open this on Mother’s Day! It’s a weekly necessity at our house!

2.  Gilligan and O’Malley Pajamas- Let’s face it! When Hallie and I are home during the day, I don’t get out of sweats or PJs and mine are starting to look a little frumpy! These Gilligan and O’Malley ones are the softest ever! Definitely a fave of mine!

3. Gilligan and O’Malley Bathrobe- See above! lol! I could use a new robe for sure!

4. A soft Scarf Camera Strap– I LOVE my new camera! But the strap it came with is a little scratchy! I would swoon if I got one of these adorable straps!

5. A maid for a day– Seriously this might be the best gift ever! I would love for a maid service to come in and do a deep clean of my home! I can’t even begin to say how amazing it would feel to not have to clean for a day or so!

6. A mani/pedi/facial or massage- Okay for real, how many moms would turn down any of those things!? I could use a little pampering and R&R! Or really even just an hour alone to enjoy a cup of coffee!

Hope these were helpful to those looking for ideas for the Moms in their lives!

<3 Kelly