Chris reading Hallie a bedtime story...I believe it was "Baby Costumes," trying to decide what she will be for Halloween. Actually, she just gets über excited to see babies! Hallie has recently been "reading" books by herself by pointing at things (like we do when reading together) and whispering "tah tah." Grown-up girl all ready for church!


The flower clip made it through the first hour, which I was very impressed with!
Hallie's close-up.

I just really like Hallie's face here.

Hallie has become quite mobile; crawling, pulling up, and though neither of these pictures show it, she's been standing without holding onto anything! She's growing up way too fast and I'm sure we won't be keeping up with her for long!

Hallie Joy: The Musical!

We love music. Hallie seems to be enthralled by it. She very much likes to hum along when I sing lullabies (if she's not too sleepy) and has been exploring the guitar and piano as well. I'm sure as soon as she figures out how to blow into her daddy's recorder instead of just slobber on it, she will master that instrument too!

She's really quite funny to watch as she will stand there picking at all the strings for quite some time, occasionally humming along with whatever she's playing. I'm sure she'll be writing hits before long...