My Beautiful Baby

These are some older pictures, but I just had to let everyone see her cute little boots that Auntie Marlie bought her.

My little girl is growing like a weed....11 lbs., 2 oz.! I can't believe it!

She closed her eyes, but I thought this smile was so funny!


My mom and I were playing with the camera and Halle while she was here. I think these pictures turned out so beautiful.






Don't you love the pouty face?

This is Halle getting ready to go for a ride in the car.

Halle and Daddy

This is Halle on Sunday in the beautiful outfit Aunt Pat got her for her shower.

If you haven't checked my blog lately, be sure to scroll on down. I added two posts tonight (I have to catch up!). Also, the two posts before that got on out of order somehow. Thanks for checking in!

Visiting with Grandma & Grandpa

My mom and dad came in on Saturday, Jan. 19, to spend a few days. They came especially for Halle's dedication service on Sunday. My dad preached all day Sunday, and we had our special service on Sunday afternoon, so several of our family and pastor friends from neighboring churches would be able to come. What a blessing to have so many of our family and friends gather to celebrate Halle, and to pray for us as we dedicate ourselves to the Lord to try to be the parents He would have us to be. That's the good news.

The bad news is (you can all yell at me later) that I didn't take any pictures at the dedication service! I meant to, but during the service, I was holding Halle most of the time, and after the service, we had all been crying, and I was going to wait a little while. The problem is....after a while, I forgot. This picture of Mom with Halle is the only one I got at church that day. Sorry! We did have someone video this service, so it will be good to have that.

Grandma Tami spent lots of time holding Halle.


So did Grandpa Gary! Can you tell she was sleepy here?
One night, Halle took a late evening nap and would not go to sleep. At about 2:00 a.m. (after I'd tried laying her down three different times), Dad tapped on the nursery door. He said he wasn't sleeping anyways, and sent me to bed. He stayed up with Halle till 3:30! That was real quality time with his granddaughter. Thanks, Dad!

Uncle Asher was a big hit with Halle.

So was Aunt Cierra.

I don't have any pictures of "Uncle John" holding her because he never did. He was afraid she would spit up on him. I'm sure he was right!

We had a wonderful visit, although it was definitely too short (it always is). It was so sweet of them to come, and I enjoyed our time together more than I can say.

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas...our best ever! Our best present, of course, was our beautiful little daughter. We had our church Christmas service on Sunday evening, the 23rd. After the service, Halle and Ellie were both being good at the same time. It was Christmas miracle, I think! So we had lots of fun taking pictures of them together.

Nathan is in love with the babies.

Christmas Eve was spent at our house. Gramee and Grampee Lott came up on Sunday and spent the night, and spent Christmas Eve day with us. That was fun.
This was Halle's stocking from Gramee and Grampee. You think she's going to be spoiled?She's not quite sure what to think of her new rattle....
...or her new snowman.

This is a keepsake ornament that Brian's parents bought for us. It's so precious.


I made this for Brian's mom and dad. (I did one for my parents too.)



This is the lamp Halle got for her bedroom.

Christmas Eve night we went to a service at Slippery Rock Baptist Church. We had a wonderful time. It was good to see so many friends, many who had not yet seen Halle. I'm having a ball just showing her off! We dressed her up in this little outfit, and she looked just like a china doll.
Christmas Day was spent with the Lott family at Rick & Janelle's house. We went up for brunch at about 10:30, and spent the whole day. We had a wonderful time, as we always do. Everyone took turns holding Halle. I tried to get pictures of everyone with her, but I think I missed a few. Sorry!


These are some of the cousins.....Rick and Brian with Isaiah and Halle.

Aunt Kathy & Halle
Mommy & Halle
Aunt Pat & Halle
Rick & Halle

As you can see, Halle had to change outfits about halfway through the day. This is the Christmas sleeper and bib that Miss Jeannie gave her. It's so cute!

This is Isaiah. Isn't he adorable?

Brian getting ready to open his "snowman" package. I thought that was really neat! Makenna opening her tea cup and saucer from Uncle Brian and Aunt Niki.
This is later in the evening when she had tea in her new cup.Maddie opening her Care Bears DVD.

Rick and Janelle and the kids got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas. We all had fun playing with it that day. The best part was watching Brian and Rick boxing. It was really hilarious! I have a short video, but haven't figured out how to upload it yet.

We praise the Lord for giving us a wonderful holiday with our families and friends. God is so good to us! We especially thank Him for our "unexpected gift" - Halle.