This week has been super busy and filled with fun outings from Story time to play group!  The fun doesn’t stop this weekend, because it is time for the annual Plano Balloon Festival!!! So pumped for that! Today Hallie and I will be having lunch with her Nana and Bapa, so that will be fun too! 
So for today’s “Oh hey, Friday” post, I thought I’d keep it simple and share some of my favorite pics and a video from the week! 

                                                                                                                            1. Sunday- Hallie passed
 out at Christopher’s 
work BBQ. 
 Clearly it is exhausting 
being this precious!

2. Monday- Minnie Mouse came for a visit this week! I have been WAITING and WAITING for this cute little outfit from Joyce to fit her since she was born! It’s still pretty big, but I couldn’t help myself! Look at that face!

                                                                                                                              3. Wednesday- BFF’s just chilling! I love how Stella likes to give Hallie kisses! 


















4. Thursday- After bath snuggles! Is she not the cutest elephant you have ever seen??

5. Thursday- Took this video in the car waiting for the big girls to get out of school! This baby is really the happiest baby I have EVER met! I am a little worried that when the two’s roll around all hell will break loose, but until then, I am enjoying my easy, happy girl!!!

So this morning we have been taking it pretty slow! Snuggling and jamming out to Disney tunes on Pandora- Hallie’s favorites so far: Be our Guest- Beauty and the Beast (Yay because that’s Mommy’s fave!) anything Lion King and Reflection- Mulan! 


We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Can’t wait to fill you in on ours!!! 
Happy Friday y’all!!
<3 Kelly
Linking up with September Farm 

Yesterday I took Hallie to our local library.  They do a special story time for babies 0-9 months, which is perfect because I really want to instill a love for reading in her! I love to read and hope that this is one quality she gets from me! 
This story time was great! It was full of songs, rhymes and movement.  Unfortunately Hallie was a little fussy, so we did most of it one-handed so I could give her a bottle to keep her happy!
 This is Hallie enjoying her bottle and Old  Mc Donald!


One thing that I really LOVED was that the librarian used Baby Signs the whole time! I fully intend on teaching Hallie baby signs, and I thought that this would be a great transition into them! Apparently each week they do a sign of the week.  This week’s sign was the sign for “Again”

To do the sign “Again”- Use your non dominant hand and lay it palm up. Then take your dominant hand and bend at the knuckles in a 90 degree angle. Tap your fingertips repeatedly into your palm.     


We used this sign a lot because she did each rhyme or song 2x,  Another thing I LOVED because I have always heard that babies learn through repetition! 

After the books and rhymes, the librarian brought out toys for the kids to play with.  Balls, toys and these really cool bottles filled with water, oil and food coloring or beads!  Hallie LOVED these and I am so going to make her one! She also loved when the librarian went around blowing bubbles! They were definitely a BIG hit! 

I am also now a proud owner of a library card! Okay okay…before you start thinking “Holy COW this lady doesn’t have a library card?!”The card I was holding was from my parent’s city, just one city away from ours.  I lived there for a while in college and was still driving back and forth whenever I wanted to go to the library…which I’ll admit, since graduation, hasn’t been much!  But today I got one for our city and Hallie and I were able to get some good books! I got a Hester Browne novel: “The Runaway Princess”.  I hope it’s good. I really enjoy British novels and until the new Sophie Kinsella comes out, I’ve read all of hers! If anyone has any other book suggestions, I would love to hear them! After all, I have a library card now! 


Nails: Glam by Jamberry  I love that they are metallic! What do you think? 


































I went a little overboard with books for Hallie…we got 10! But I just couldn’t help it! I love reading to her, especially at bedtime! I know she probably doesn’t understand just yet, and maybe she can’t even fully see the pictures, but she does smile at the rise and fall of my voice, and I am creating beautiful memories that I will cherish!


Do you enjoy reading to your kiddos? 
What are some of your favorite books?


<3 Kelly

Who would go in chilly rainy weather to get snowcones?  Only us! We wanted to make sure to get a final snowcone in and Joyce had yet to experience the goodness of Bahama Bucks, so Christopher and I bundled up Hallie and headed to meet Joyce and her boyfriend Jay for snowcones last night.  A last hurrah of the Summer if you will!

After we ordered, Joyce and I let the boys wait on our snowcones, and we hopped in the car to stay warm! The boys finally met us in the car and we all squished in to eat our yummy treats and share a few laughs! 

I got my favorite, toasted coconut! PS..I don’t know if you can tell in this picture of Joyce, but they have color changing spoons! So cool! They are blue but turn purple when you put them in the icy snowcone! 

Nails- Flock together by Jamberry Nails

When we got home, we put Hallie in her crib and she slept 9 hours you guys!!!! I kept creeping on her on the monitor to make sure she was breathing! 

Today we are baking cookies, decorating for Fall and I am making my Auntie Janie’s Black Eyed Pea soup for dinner! Yummy!!! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend, and now I leave you with a laugh…

Hallie seriously has the cutest sneeze!

Enjoy!

<3 Kelly

Linking up today with September Farm for Oh hey, Friday.


Going into the weekend:


1. We are making progress on the crib transition! I put Hallie in her crib last night at 8:45 and didn’t hear a peep from her until 4 am. I was thinking, “Okay, not bad…another 7ish hours like last night” When I went in to get her I realized her eyes were still closed, so I put her paci in and she went right back to sleep for another hour, AND SO DID I! This crib transition is bittersweet! I miss her at night and I peek at her on the monitor an embarrassing amount, but it’s all worth it to see this sweet smile when I come to pick her up from her crib in the morning!
 (this was after getting the sleep sack off…her pjs are just so much cuter!)

2. The weekend means slowing down a bit. Taking a break from the crazy schedules and spending some quality family time together…but it also means 2 whole days without my BIG girls at work! Hallie and I have so much fun with them during the week and they love Hallie to pieces! And of course, I love them so much and am always excited to hear about their fun weekends on Monday!

3.  Today we are saying goodbye to Summer! (I HOPE! TEXAS WEATHER CAN BE TRICKY) A little rain today is supposed to bring on a cold front…our high…72! It’s not even supposed to leave the 80’s all weekend! AMEN! So to put Summer to rest, tonight, Joyce and I are heading out for one…last….snowcone at Bahama Bucks! Mmm! Toasted Coconut!


4.  Packing up Summer also means unpacking Fall! This weekend I fully intend to unpack all of our Fall/Halloween decorations and bake some fall inspired goodies!! I LOVE decorating for Fall and love even more when our house is filled with the sweet and spicy scents of cinnamon and pumpkin! Lots of recipes coming soon people! I love baking/cooking for Fall! Which reminds me, I will also be making our first BIG pot of soup this weekend! Hurray! I will also be purchasing Hallie’s Halloween costume! Can’t wait to share that! I love Halloween entirely too much!


5. The weekend also means catching up on things I didn’t have time (aka didn’t have the hands) to do during the week! Thanks to Christopher being home to help out with Hallie, I will have time to send out Jamberrry samples (which if anyone from the bloggerworld would like one, send me an email and I would be happy to send one your way, they are the BEST! kelhof87@gmail.com) and work on Hallie’s 0-3 month photobook on shutterfly! I can’t believe she is almost 3 months old! Time is flying! Slow down!


So with that, I will leave you with a few new favorite pictures of our little sweet pea…where she still looks teeny and not too grown up!

<3 Kelly

For today I thought I would give a little update on what we are up to currently…


Reading: I am ALMOST done with Sophie Kinsella’s Wedding Night. It has been pretty good! I am OBSESSED with her Shopaholic series and CANNOT wait for her new one to be released.  This one is about 2 sisters.  One going through a divorce, and the other rushing into marriage. It’s all about one sister trying to save the other from an impending divorce.  It has been pretty funny. Not my favorite by her (Undomestic Goddess) but still entertaining! 

Working on: SEVERAL things!
The BIGGIE is transitioning Hallie to her crib.  It has been a challenge because it is so much easier to but the paci back in her mouth when it falls out if she is right next to me…but now I have to walk down the hall.  She finally hit what I hope was a turning point last night though. I only had to wake up once to put the paci back in and she slept for 7 hours, which is good….but not great for her! SOMETIMES SHE WILL GO 10 HOURS! Seriously! 
The other thing is planning Hallie’s Baptism…we had a class for it last night.  

Watching: Not much right now. Waiting for our favorite shows to return (Parenthood, Big Bang Theory, Pretty Little Liars (okay that one is MY favorite…guilty pleasures and all) and Last Man Standing. Right now we are in that Filler show limbo…You know Shark Tank, Guy and Rachel’s Kids Cookoff, Garfunkle and Oats, Rewrapped…
But…I just heard some AMAZING news you guys! Another reason to look forward to October! GILMORE GIRLS is coming to Netflix!!! YES! So I guess you know which show I will be binging on! 

  And SOOO many more!!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday! One more day until the weekend! Yippee!
<3 Kelly 

I have been a Nanny for SEVERAL years now! And I truly believe that as a Nanny I have worked just as hard as a mother and done everything a mother has done before I became one.  I was definitely prepared for what was to come when I found out I was pregnant! The only differences I have found are:


You know you’re a Mom when:


1.) You get the Mom brain…yes folks it’s a real thing…I wore my shirt inside out to the grocery store this week….Mom brain at it’s finest.  


2.) Your bedside goes from:
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