15 months and up to no good...

Today Halle is 15 months old. This morning when we walked in her room we saw this...







She had thoroughly taken each wipe out of her wipes container and thrown them on the floor. Now, usually we move the wipe warmer when we put her in her crib, but tired mom last night must have forgot. It's not COMPLETELY her fault. I think she was proud.

It's never to early...

to teach proper hygiene. I'm so proud!

Easily Entertained

Lots of Bradfords

This weekend, Brian's parents were able to come and visit. It's crazy that we've had so many visitors in such a short amount of time here! We had lots of fun and Halle enjoyed hanging with her Mamaw and Papaw. We spent lots of time playing, took a boat ride on the Kentucky River, did some shopping, and went back to Shaker Village.

It's just me and you kid

Halle and I experienced our first adventure this week! We were able to make a last minute trip to my parents house for the week while Brian was doing some traveling and working. We drove up there with my parents- a long 7 hour drive and we flew back home. I was so nervous to fly with her- even though it was her 3rd flight- but I was alone, and she's much older this time. Thank you to all the prayers, it could not have gone more smooth! She slept from take-off until touchdown, and every other detail was perfect. We were glad to be home to see "daddy," but loved our time with Nana, Papa, and Kelsey of course. Here's my little one and me...








Yes, I know, we look nothing alike- she's all Brian!

Words, words, and more words

I was trying to catch a glimpse of what it's like to listen to Halle talking. She is quite the jabber! It seems like each day she comes up with something new to say. It's so fun to hear her echo me and repeat words that we say.

Kentucky Memories

Another set of visitors came to our new home this weekend! My parents were able to come and spend some time with us. We took them to Shaker Village, a big tourist attraction close by our house. Halle was able to pet her first farm animals! She saw a lot of horses, a donkey, and her favorite, a goat- which she called- "goggy!" It must have looked like a dog to her. His name was Sir Arthur!







And Halle did lots of playing...

Halle's Dictionary

Halle is just coming out with new words each day. I love it, it's so much fun to listen to! My favorite is when the ABC song is on, and I hear her saying, "A, D, A, D!" Love it! Here's a snippet of her language...


Daddy= Daddy
Mommy= Mommy
Teddi= Teddy
Baketbaaal= Basketball
Babe= Baby
Ni ni= Night Night
Yummy, yummy= She's hungry
Pancay= Pancake
Pine K= Pinecone
Ha yeee= Halle
N N= No no
Butt= Button
Goggie= Doggy
Guck= Ducky

What does a cow say? MMMMM
What does a duck say? Kack Kack

I love every minute!

Scenery

Here are a few pics of Highbridge, which is a park right by us that overlooks the Kentucky River. It's very high up- but a great view. When I see landscape like this it reminds me how small we really are. I see God so much in nature and his creation. I'm so thankful to be in a place which is so beautiful and shows me so much of God's love.

Halle is doing great- stitches are out and scar is healing well!







My dad moved my brother down this weekend and it was great to have Papa here. He got to watch Halle swim in her pool and play with her all day!

Poor baby

Here's Halle conked out after a morning of church and out to lunch. She was so cute when I looked back to see her book open and her eyes closed.





And then, unfortunately, here's out little girl with 2 stitches in her head. She had a little run in with a dresser drawer and it got her good! The cut was just too deep and we took her to the ER and waited 3 1/2 hours. She was such a good sport. She walked around in her jammies saying hello to all the people waiting. It was a pretty traumatic experience for all of us. Brian thinks I cried more than she did. It was such a hard moment to see her in so much pain. But we're thankful we were able to get it taken care of and that it wasn't worse. If you want to see the wound without bandage, click on Brian's blog on my links and he posted one.




She looks really sad here, bc she didn't want to eat breakfast, but she's really doing well!

Welcome to our home

Our front door



When you walk in, here's our family room




And the kitchen




That's basically most the downstairs, and the bedrooms are upstairs and non-exciting, so I'll spare you those. It seems like we've been here much longer than 8 days. It just feels so much like home. We're really liking it a lot. Brian is plugging away at orientation classes and homework already. It's going to be busy, busy. I can't wait to see what this year brings!

My little model...

Some moments with the Hal Gal

Halle moments

Happy 4th of July

We had a great 4th of July in our new home- a little rainy, but great! We skipped out on the parade because of rain, but went to the Wilmore Festival for lunch. We got 20 cent hot dogs, free watermelon and dessert- how can you beat that? Halle loved walking around, and of course tasting some of our ice cream! Then at night we had a dinner with Brian's entire doctorate class. It was a great chance to meet everyone and get a little more insight into this year. We were again reminded at how challenging it will be and really how much work Brian really has. So we're gearing up for him to read, read, and read some more!







Here's what Halle has been up to...