13 Months Old

Hallie is now 13 months old. The months continue to fly by. She has really started to turn into more of a toddler/older baby this last month.

*She started walking a week ago. It's like a switch just went off in her head and said I'm gonna walk now. It wasn't just a couple steps it was half way across the room. She still crawls part of the time, but each day she walks more and more. Now her scuffed up legs and feet will start healing since she won't be dragging them around as much like she did with crawling.

*She loves water! We went to Seven Peaks last week and she had a blast. She only had a handful of near drowning experiences. :/ She definitely thinks that she is bigger than she is. She thought she could go in the deeper parts of the water and keep up with the bigger kids. Not the case. She looked really cute in her little ballerina swim suit that Grandma Roberts gave to her for her birthday. Love the chubby ballerina idea.

Playing in the stream in our back yard. This is one that we're really gonna have to watch.

*She is a silly baby. She is always making us laugh with the things she does. She started doing this and Mikkele thought she needed to join her. Funny girls.

*She went on her first 4 wheeler ride with Jeremy and the other kids. She was a little unsure. She's not a fan of loud noises. During Art City Days we got to ride in a hot air balloon, she did not love that. The noise of the burner was way too much for her. We got a picture of that, but forgot to pick it back up from the hot air balloon people. :(

*She is talking more and more. She says mama, dad, no, dodo (dog), Dell (Kell), K sound for kitty, makes a sound for dog and horse, and a small thank you. She jibber jabbers all day long and it's always at the top of her lungs. She is a loud little baby.

*She is perfecting her signs.

*She is still into everything!
*Her hair is getting longer on the top and in the back. Now if only the sides would grow. She has 2 different hair-do options. A pebbles type do on the top of her head, or a clip pulling her hair to the sides. I can't wait until we can do more with it. (Not that she'll hold still to do anything too involved.)

*She goes to sleep between 7:30-8:00pm and gets up when Grant wakes up around 7am. Most of the time I can give her a bottle and she will go back to sleep for another couple hours. She takes a nap about 2 hours after she gets up for the day. And she takes another nap in the afternoon around 2:00pm.

*She is a good eater. She will eat just about anything we put on her tray. How else do you think she gets her budda belly? Some of her favorites are green beans, strawberries, bananas, vienna sausages, PB&J sandwiches, carrots, and yogurt.

She is such a fun ball of energy! We love having this little girl in our home!