New Tricks

So, we realize this post is a little premature for our quarterly update, however, Hallie is now doing a lot of new fun things so we thought we would share. Besides clapping, giving kisses, and waving hi and bye-bye, Hallie is now becoming quite mobile. She is crawling all over the place (her new favorite is to crawl up the stairs--we are still working on coming down the stairs however) and will stand up every chance she gets. This mobility thing is something we are all having to get used to rather quickly, hopefully before she winds up seriously injured. If you look closely at Hallie in the picture with the Dum-Dum sucker you will notice she has a fat upper lip and a bruise on her forehead--poor babe. The fat lip came in an attempt to pull herself up using a T.V. tray. The bruise happened when she fell into the bath tub while I was cleaning, oops. I am trying to tell myself these are the normal bumps and bruises that come with childhood and not just bad parenting.

Hallie also has a new obsession with the telephone. I can't help but wonder if this is a sign of things to come. :) She loves putting the phone up to her ear regardless of whether or not anyone is on the other end. When she first started doing this she would put the phone to her ear and say "Eh", now she will go on talking for hours on end (okay minutes) if we will let her. She started getting mad when we wouldn't let her have our cell phones, so Jordan found an old cell phone we had around the house which she has now claimed as her own.

The summer has been fun, but passed way too fast. I can't believe it is nearly September and Hallie will soon be 1! Jordan started back to school as of Monday (his last semester--yipee) and work continues for me same as always. I have included a couple of videos below. The first one is of Hallie walking behind her little shopping cart. The second is of her talking on the telephone.