Potty Trying

Irma has started training Hallie, Kenzie and Addison. Three girls under three. She's brave. However, her efforts have paid off! Kenz is officially potty trained...YAY Kenzie! Addision is wearing big girls undies and is almost there! Hallie...well, she's going on the potty, but not all the time, and she doesn't tell us when she needs to go. But she's still going on the potty every morning and night at home, and then three-four times at Irma's house too. So we're making progress!

Potty #1 (her bathroom):


Potty #2 (mommy and daddy's bathroom):

Where'd that jellybean GO???

Burgo, Part II...the RIDES.

I still have to upload pictures of the kid games onto my computer, so this is really the second part of the Burgoo. Hallie could care less about food, the music, seeing people...she wanted to go on RIDES. And then would cry when she couldn't go on them over and over and over again. She went on a LOT, but always wanted to go on more. And her favorites were the ones that went the fastest!

The cars...

The rollercoaster....(with Ellie)

More cars...(with My Kenzie)

Hanging with the Grandmas...


Not featured...the dizzy dragons. Very dizzifying.

The Vaseline Incident.

The Culprit:



The evidence:


The result:

Moral of the story...never leave Vaseline on a low shelf, because certain two-year olds might use it for finger paint and/or hair gel.

Monkey See Monkey Do

We had such a fun day at the Springfield Zoo! We went with Aunt Lissa, Grandma Barb and my Kenzie. We looked at all of the animals. The monkeys were the best. They were sticking their tongues out, swinging from ropes and making EXTREMELY loud noises. It was very silly. Then, we went to Old McDonalds and my Kenzie and I had fun in the bathroom.

Me & Mommy


Me & My Kenzie


Aunt Lissa and I looking at the monkey.


The teddy bear showing his tummy.


Love my cousin!


Come here, horsey!


Old McDonalds bathroom.


Look at the video and you can hear how loud the monkeys were!

August 20, 2008

Good times with Garfield the Cat at Irma's house. He apparently is unaware of her reputation as cat-torturer-extraordinair. (and yes, I am aware that is probably the incorrect spelling. I just don't care.)

And good times reading magazines with Daddy while Mommy slaves away in the kitchen. :)

Good Times in the Garage

We spend a LOT of time hanging out in the garage. She lugs the kitty around, sits in her Barbie jeep, eats her messy treats, and best of all....colors and paints! She LOVES playing with her markers and paints.

Summer Fun!

Ah, the Barbie Jeep! She's too scared to really drive it right now, but she loves sitting in it, buckling her babies in, and playing with the radio. She thinks she's hot stuff!

We had a lovely little party on Sunday, July 13th. It was a VERY fun day! We had lunch, happy birthday cake and then opened presents. Good times!

Broccoli for lunch...yum, yum!

The princess on her throne!

More, more!

Happy birthday cake!

Post-party relaxing....

Halloween...Ballerina Bumblebee!

Hallie was a ballerina bumblebee this year for Halloween! Mommy sort of dropped the ball on the costume...oh well! She still looked adorable!


Hallie adores her cousin, Eli. She absolutely idolizes "Eyi".

A fuzzy pic, but the only smile she would give me! Notice the cookie on her face...

Being silly with daddy and some googley eyes!

Love the pigtails! Her hair is so fine, but we manage to work with it!

Papa, Grandma Bev and Auntie Lauren came to visit Halloween Day. We had a great time hanging out. Aunt Lauren got to ride in the semi with Mike. Hallie got to chill out on Papa (notice the Mizzou garb), and then we got a quick pic right before we left to go trick or treating!



Here are the trick or treating pics! I dont' have time to add captions...

October 2007

I am a terrible blogger! Not many pictures to update with. Hallie is a TALKER. The doctor said she has an advanced vocabulary for her age. I have to say I am not surprised...after all, look at her mother. :)
Reading books with daddy.













How cute am I?








Eating string cheese with daddy.









Cashed out in the crib. Notice her leg between the slats.









Giving Papa a smooch.