A little bit of this, a litlte bit of that...

Brian and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary on Monday. These are my flowers from him- he's pretty amazing- a dozen roses and 3 carnations for him, me, and Halle.



We're working on sitting up- Halle can do it for about 2 seconds and then she seems to topple one way or another. But here are a few tries...





I think we're a ways away from crawling, but she definitely likes it on her tummy more. Check out those blue eyes! Just like her daddy!

New Tricks

This is Halle playing- and her new thing is shaking her head from side to side- when I do it, she looks at me and then she does it- you can see it a few times!

Christmas girl

This is Halle's Christmas picture- seriously how cute! I had to scan it, so it looks funny- but you get the idea!

Halle's first snow!

Our snow bunny- I don't think she knew what to do- when the wind blew she closed her eyes- too cold!








My favorite things about snow:

The stillness it brings
The way it lights up the sky
Making snow angels
Making a snowman
The way it lays on the tree branches

6 months

Happy Birthday Nana! My mom came this weekend to celebrate her birthday with her granddaughter who is now 6 months old!





New Things: Halle has been learning a lot lately- holding her bottle, sitting up- she can only do it for a few seconds, crawling- not quite there yet, and a tooth is on it's way! She even spent some time with my parents dog- she loved pulling her fur!

Hilarious

The Bradford's at Christmas time

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Thanksgivng/Bradford Christmas

We had a great week in Louisiana this past week with Brian's parents and sister. Halle loved every moment and was a good girl on the plane!

The Bradford 3



Some family pics







Halle was also dedicated by Brian's dad on Sunday

Giggles

Here's our cutie playing in her bed. Her giggles make me smile all the time!

Almost 6 months...

I popped in on Halle in the nursery and someone was holding her while she was asleep. I almost didn't recognize her- she looked huge!!! She is getting so big!! And some people say her looks are changing. I still see her daddy written all over her, but here is a pic of me and Halle- see what you think!

ME


HALLE


And some more cute moments!!

Notre Dame

Brian and I went to the Notre Dame/Air Force game yesterday. I grew up a huge fan of the Irish- and yes unfortunately this year they are having a rough time. But the experience of being on the campus and at the game is so amazing! I have always wanted to take Brian, and yesterday we were able to go with some friends from Michigan. We had a great time!! Thanks to my brother for coming to spend the day with Halle. It was our first time leaving her all day- but she was in good hands!!!

Here we are in front of "Touchdown Jesus"


The gold dome


The parade





The game




This pretty much described how we all felt


And a few of the cutie

Halloween

For some reason, this Halloween has made me reminisce a lot about my childhood. I'm guessing it's because I have a child now and I'm thinking about how I want to celebrate it with her. Some of my favorite Halloween memories are...

1. Trick-or-treating in absolute freezing weather- rain, snow, or sleet- my dad was taking us.

2. Trick-or-treating with a pillowcase for myself and my brother bc he was sick- yes I got him candy even though he didn't put in the hard work!

3. Mom always made something warm for dinner, like chili or soup that we could get when we came back in.

4. Sorting- we gave all the peanut candy to dad.

5. Pumpkins- we always carved pumpkins with dad- I've been trying to get Brian do it all month and still no pumpkins.

6. Being a dice in 5th grade- my favorite costume ever I think, made of a huge box I wore. Super easy- but stood out in our school parade.

I know people differ on opinions on such a holiday, but for me Halloween was always just fun. We knew that the meaning behind it was wrong and I think that was good for us. We could never dress as anything scary- not that we wanted to- but we knew that was a rule. Mom didn't even like to decorate the house because she never liked the holiday. There are so many alternatives to Halloween that churches do and I think they are a great idea and choice for many families. But for me, I say, why not? Go have fun, get some candy and have fun being dressed up. Here's our little Halle as a pumpkin as we took her trick-or-treating! She didn't manage to give me a good smile all night- she was very tired, but she still looked cute as a button!