One year ago…

….this was my cute munchkin. 

                                     

 

This week we went to see a new doctor in Marietta for HJ’s fifteen month appointment.  How can that be?!?!

Here are her stats:

Weight:  20 lbs---15%  (She’s never made it above 10% before.  The whole milk must be doing its job!)

Height:  30 1/4 inches—50%

Teeth:  two on top, three on bottom and one more coming in

The doctor recommended dropping bottles right away so that’s what we did.  It made me a a little sad but I’m trying to face each new stage with excitement and not the wishful my-baby-is-getting-so-big sadness.  I know lots of people that wish they could celebrate new milestone with their children that simply never get to.  We are thankful EACH day for a healthy, happy baby. 

Funny things HJ does:

--walks around with her hands behind her back like she’s your maitre’d

--waits for us to finish saying the blessing & then laughs while giving us a huge toothy smile

--has a newfound love for her tongue…loves to stick it out at you!

--smacks her lips & says “ahhhh”

Current obsessions:  holding keys, setting off our car alarms, BOOKS (she must have one in her hands at any given moment…like she pitches a fit if she can’t hold a book while she is eating, having her diaper changed, seriously.)

These aren’t the greatest (I had the camera on the wrong setting) but it’s all I’ve got from this week. 

                                           

                                           

Dress Up

 

Halley has decided recently that she enjoys dressing herself.  Check out this fashionista!

 

 

Daddy is so silly!

She’s a fan of wearing outerwear indoors.  Last week, she refused to leave the house unless she was wearing two jackets at once. 

A grandmother’s closet is a great place to play dress up….especially if her name is Judy Monroe!

Snow Days in Georgia

 

As I’m sure most of you have heard, we’re snowed in!  In Georgia.  We move from Colorado and apparently the snow followed us.  Go figure.  I was supposed to start work on Monday but so far, the office has been closed.  (I’m working for Northside UMC in their Creative Design department.  Just in case you’re confused, no, someone did not hire me to be a designer…but a manager of said creative types.)  SO.  Since we’re on day two of being snowed in, I thought it would be fun to play in the snow with Halley.  She was too young to understand snow in Colorado so this should be a fun experience, right???  Wrong.  See for yourself.

    

 

HJ in her snow day outfit.  (Clearance @ Target.  Pretty cute, huh?)

     

 

  

 

Poor baby!

 

To be fair, there was a thick sheet of ice on top of the snow and it was not light and fluffy powder.  After five minutes it was obviously time to go in.  And that’s where we’ve been and continue to stay! 

Christmas 2010

Now that the holiday season is behind us, I’m hoping life will become “normal”, whatever that means.  We are moved in as much as we will be (although I am missing a critical mixing bowl that was my fave and I’m too cheap to buy another one), Randy is getting into a routine at church, and I may have a job.  More on that later. 

We enjoyed Christmas with both sides of the family, all without enduring the chaos of an airport for once.  We went to  Savannah before Christmas, came back to Marietta for church services, and then saw my family in Atlanta for a post-Christmas gathering.  Christmas morning was just the three of us.  I’m not quite sure Halley knew what was going on but at least she enjoyed ripping some paper this year. 

    

        

       

 

          

 

We even got snow this year!  For the first time in a century, there was a white Christmas.  (I personally think God was trying to ease the pain of our move for Randy!  What a good God. ) Sadly these are the only pictures I have so I don’t have any of the snow or all of our Everette Christmas festivities.  I will say that Halley is getting cuter every day!  She is definitely on the go (all the time!) and continues to be a source of joy to everyone she sees.  I’ll post pics of her latest shenanigans soon.  (And you know by soon, I mean…later.)

2010 was definitely a tough year for our family.  It was full of uncertainty, angst, hard decisions and transitions.  But God proved himself faithful to us over and over!  I’m confident that God has good things for us this year…I just pray it will be a little more stable in 2011!  It’s always a wild ride when you’re following Him. 

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas from our cute munchkin!

 

                                           

Happenings

Hello from Marietta!  We are getting settled and life is great so far.  Randy likes his job, we like the church, and everything else is falling into place.  I don’t have it in me to write much but I figured I owed you some Halley pics.  Some of these are from Colorado and the others are more recent. 

    

  

This one is old but makes me laugh.  Do you think this aunt loves her niece???

        

Birds of a feather…..                                                                      One last trip to the top of the Peak!

             

Makin’ eyes at her daddy                               We’ve resorted to the strap under the chin (&HJ has a new love!)

                  

 

Have I mentioned that Halley is walking like a crazy person?!?  She took her first steps on the first day of our roadtrip (at a truckstop, nonetheless) and unfortunately, our cameras were packed.  I’ll post some video later. 

Thanks for keeping up with us.  For those of you still following from Colorado, we miss you! 

Birthday (Part Two) & One Year Checkup

 

Okay folks, this is going to be the last post for a while.  I really should be packing right now but I want to get this off my to-do list. 

I really have no super cute pictures from HJ on her birthday.  She did devour her cake but didn’t seem to want to smile while doing it.  Some friends came over and Halley was showered with lots of gifts!  Seriously, why didn’t anyone ever tell us that Fisher Price made toys?!?   Halley would have appreciated it.  :) 

Here are a few more from her parties.

 

                           

 

                 

 

 

We also went to the doctor this week for HJ’s annual checkup.  Here are her stats:

Height:  29 3/4 inches (10 inches in a year)  75%

Weight:  17.5 lbs (11.5 lbs in a year)  3%

Still takes 2 good naps a day and sleeps from 8pm to 8:30 am!  Bless her. 

She’s wearing 9-12 month clothes right now simply because they are long pants/sleeves.  If they had to fit her waist, her pants would actually be shorts.  I’m guessing by summer she’ll still be wearing 12 month clothes!  Also, the doctor predicts she’ll be in her infant carrier for at least the next 6 months, if not until she’s 2.  My sweet little munchkin.  Thanks to my family for her height and Randy’s sisters for her weight! 

Halley is starting to stand by herself more and more and I think she’ll be walking by Thanksgiving.  Stay tuned!

We’re on our final countdown here in Colorado.  Next Friday begins the trek across the country so prayers are appreciated! 

Much love from the Everettes in Colorado….