Yeah, about that resolution...

....it obviously followed the path of my other resolutions and didn't make it past January.  I'm updating today because I'm tired of seeing my post promising to take more pictures and do more blog posts staring at me every time I sign on to check my friends blogs who actually update!!  I'm also tired of Meredith asking me when I'm going to update again (note: Meredith doesn't even have a blog, so who is she to call me out?).  The truth: this is the longest I have ever gone between posts, and I have not taken one single picture on my actual camera since Christmas.  I also have worked out a total of 10 times since my New Year's resolution to work out at least 3 times a week.  Glad I got that all off my chest.

So...we've been up to a lot in the past several months.  Hallie is getting more and more fun by the day...but with that comes a need for more and more energy from her mom and dad!  Blake said the other day, "she is actually acting like a human now."  I kind of get what he is talking about.  I think.  Seeing the world through her eyes and watching her learn new things is definitely at the top of my most favorite things of being a parent.  I've also become acutely aware of what I say.  Apparently I say "Hush Mia" and "Come on Hallie" way too much because I hear it multiple times a day (and maybe my parrot said "damn" the other day, maybe).  Hallie adores all her "friends" and lists them one by one at least 3 times a day.  Right now the names include: Mia (of course), Ty, Nana (Hanna), Deacon, Brooks, Ellis, Cindy (Sydney), Parkah (Parker), Grady (Gremy), Caleb (Cabe), Cam, Aubrey, Addy, Marcy, and Pushes (Ava...but apparently she is the bully at school so that is what Hallie refers to her as).  

Here are a few pictures over the past four months (of course only from my I-phone):

 The nose in the corner timeout was Blake's doing not mine.  But I will say, it did impact her more than just sitting!

 Her hair gets more curly every day

 Finally able to wear big girl pig tails

 First of many dates with Ty (if crushes are possible at 1 1/2, I'm pretty sure Hallie has one)

 At her boyfriend's birthday

Oh just eating ribs out of the trashcan...what can I say, she belongs to Blake

 Gardening...hope she is better than her mom

 School Easter egg hunt 

 Country club Easter egg hunt 

 Hanging out with Grammy and the Tech cheerleaders at the Spring practice

 DanDan and Hallie

We went to Grapevine for Brooks's 3rd birthday to see Thomas the Train.  Brooks, Hallie, and Sydney had so much fun!

Hallie and Parker.  Hallie is obsessed with Parker and asks to see her picture every day.

Hopefully I will get better about updating!!!

Merry Christmas!

New Year's Resolutions:

1) Take more pictures

2) Update my blog more

I know I've been awful about updating!  December was a whirlwind of a month (at least let me blame it on something).  We apparently had so much fun over the holidays, I didn't take time to take pictures!  Unfortunately the night before we headed to Lubbock, Hallie was sent home from school (second time for the week) with high fever.  After picking her up and seeing how sick she was, I went a bit into panic mode and landed in urgent care.  Luckily after a shot and some Motrin, she started to come around.  Those darn earaches still haunt us even with the tubes!

Wouldn't you have panicked too?!

We started the holiday by going to Lubbock to celebrate my mom's 60th birthday.  We all went for lunch and massages while the guys babysat.  Such a perfect day!  We then went to Odessa for Christmas with the Brazelton's....but my camera stayed in Lubbock oops!  So no pictures of that Christmas but we had such a good time.  The highlight was definitely Blake getting his long awaited Big Green Egg.  We have had so much fun experimenting with it.  And I'll be honest, it's nice to have someone else cooking the meals!!

We then headed back to Lubbock for Christmas with my family.  I managed to take some pictures there (some).  Hallie and Ellis finally got to meet.  Unfortunately Nana broke her hip a week before Christmas and is in a skilled nursing facility.  We made several visits to the home over the holidays...I'm still surprised we weren't asked to leave after all the fun Brooks and Hallie had there!

 If only that thing could really clean the floors!!

 That's the hair I get to work with every morning...

 And the star of Christmas morning....Buzz Lightyear.  He ate with Buzz, slept with Buzz, did everything with Buzz, until.....well see below

 The precious little dolls Hallie and Ellis got in their stockings

 Nana and precious little Ellis

 Buzz unfortunately had an accident Christmas night.  After surgery and some new titanium underwear (i.e., duct tape), he was somewhat good as new until the doctor (Amazon.com) could fix him.  

New Year's Eve... Our friends Justin, Meredith, and Camdyn came over for dinner.  Hallie and Cam had so much fun catching up and dragging out every toy we owned.  The aftermath:

The culprits:

They both share a love for shoes

What an amazing year 2012 was thanks to this little thing:

Happy 2013 everyone!