Walking. She is walking EVERYWHERE. Hence the name of the post. She constantly has red marks on her head because she is falling and hitting her head on walls, doors, toys, freestanding objects, shoes, closet doors, chairs, open drawers, etc. She took her first actual steps about a month ago, and now she is cruising. I had to buy her shoes.. which is the hardest task! For new walkers you need shoes that have soft bottoms... people who have new beginning children or have had them know what I mean. I looked high and low for a pair. I just wanted them to stay on her feet, and be able to walk in them! I was nervous to even buy shoes in the first place because Hallie's whole life, she has ripped them off within seconds. Anyway, after searching the lovely Target rewarded me with soft bottomed pink mary janes. Thanks Target. Seriously. They were only 12 dollars. I was about to buy some Toms that were 30+shipping. And Hallie absolutely LOVES them. Now whenever she sees a pair of shoes (any shoes-mine, jordan's, hers) she sits by them and whines or brings them over to you and whines until you put them on her feet. It's hilarious. But the shoes that are too big for her make her very mad. She starts to walk/can't/falls/shoes fall off/she wants them on/etc... She has even turned walking into a game. I took her to walmart and we were looking to buy some birthday presents and I set her down and she would look at me and start running away, look back to make sure I was coming after her and giggle the whole time. So cute. But totally made the walmart trip 1/2 hour longer than it needed to be.
Hallie is a jabberer. Talks all day long. Looks at you jabbers, and ends the talking with what seems like a question. And she sits and waits for you to talk to her back. She pretty much says dad for everything. Points at everything and says dad, but you know when she is actually saying "Dad" to Jordan. Maybe it's the annunciation when she does it, but it's like to, too and two. For Hallie it's Dad for something over there, Dad for grandpa and Dad for Dad. If that makes sense. She is still saying mom, dog, kitty, the other day she said Mickey. One day I showed her a picture of Jesus and told her to say Jesus. She looked at me and said Jeeesuus. Yup She said it. Just like how its spelled. And the other day she was walking away from Jordan and I and we asked her where she was going and she turned around and said "I don't know" and kept walking. Jordan and I can't help but bust up laughing. Oh and I can't forget she can say Laney. Laney is the oldest of our nieces that live in Idaho, and Laney plays with Hallie all the time. So yes, Hallie will call for Laney when she is sitting with me and Laney is playing outside.
Hallie used to be an amazing eater, and she still eats but now she is starting to get picky and sneaky. If she doesn't want to eat it, she will throw it on the floor. And sadly, if we don't pick up the food right away after eating, she will come back and eat it later. haha disgusting I know. Or if she doesn't throw it on the floor, she knows that I will pick her up out of her high chair if all of her food is gone. If I am not paying attention, she will stuff all the food between the chair liner and the high chair so I can't see it until she is out of the high chair. She is one little sneak. And I will say, "did you stuff all that down there?" Of course, she will just look at me and giggle.
You know those bouncers that you put your babies in when they are tiny? Well Hallie hated them when she was tiny. And a couple weeks ago she discovered the bouncy in her room and now she is attached to it. She climbs in it and sits up and rocks back and forth in it to make it go up and down. She'll also fling herself backwards (which scares me, because it is flimsy and will flip backwards and she will hit the wall-which I know from experience) so the bouncer will fling up and back. You can also tuck a blanket over her while she is watching TV and she will sit there for about 15 minutes and watch, which is forever for Hallie. She is constantly moving.
Whoever bought Jordan and I the the stacker toy from Ikea is amazing, and thank you. I don't know what to call it besides a stacker toy, but we have one with all different colors and sizes and the rings have a hole in the middle and they stack on top of each other? ring a bell? Anyways, Hallie is a pro at it. She will sit and do it for hours. When she first started with it, she would get so frustrated and throw the rings because she couldn't get them on, but now she is awesome at it. And it keeps her entertained pretty much most of the day.
Well that's all I can think of right now with the Hallie update. I can't believe that I have a toddler. She was just born! Where does the time go?? Simply too fast if you ask me. I truly can't get enough of her, until about 8 o'clock until I put her down for bed because I've had enough of her:)
