Updates

We have been really busy around here. As I mentioned in my last post, I went up to Idaho twice last weekend. The first time was to meet up with some of my friends from high school, which accomplished #93 on my list. It was so great to meet up with my friends and catch up with them. We talked for about three hours and enjoyed some of our old favorite snacks- salsa conqueso, oreos, doritos, and of course cookie dough. Yum. I know I have said it before and I know I will say it again, I am truly blessed with the amazing friends I have had throughout my life. Love ya ladies!! Here are some cute pictures of the get together.

We lined the kids up to take pictures with them. Since Hallie can't sit up on her own yet, Mary was propping her up. Their cuddling was quite cute. (Oh PS. Mary is 3 months older than Hallie and she and Hallie weigh the same amount!! Oh dear...)


All the kiddos. Jackson (Haylee's son), Hallie, Mary (Emily's daughter), and Jerika (Heidi's daughter).


Hallie met her future husband, Jackson. Can you tell it is love at first sight? (Thanks Hay for the cute pictures!)


Here we all are: Emily, Jill, Heidi, me, and Hay.

Secondly, Hallie is growing up so fast it is crazy! I told Devin yesterday that we better start referring to her as a toddler soon. I am just kidding, but she has seriously changed so much, it's like she isn't my little baby anymore. We are now playing in this thing, which I thought of as a big baby toy.


She prefers to either sit or stand now. It is funny. If she is laying down, she will pull herself up as far as she can to indicate that she wants to sit up. It's like she is doing sit ups. She is one strong girl. I will try to get a picture of it sometime.

Also, she has been sleeping like a champ! Last night she slept 12.5 hours straight! It was crazy. I ran in there this morning fearing the worst, but nope, she was just sleeping away. Just a while ago too, I was sitting paying the bills and she was sitting on my lap. I looked down and she was OUT! Just so you know, that NEVER happens, not once in her life has she ever just fallen asleep. She is more like one of those babies who has to be patting, rocked, rubbed, swung, vibrated, etc. to even fall asleep. We will cross our fingers that she is turning over a new leaf!

Anyway enough of Hallie. The third thing is that Jennifer and Chris are experiencing some very difficult things right now. I wanted to ask you all to pray for them. You can read more about it on my sister's blog, but Chris' doctor called the day that Jennifer got home from the hospital with the new baby to let her know that he thinks it is best to stop Chris' cancer treatments. Chris has been such a trooper and has been through so much in the year and a half since he was re-diagnosed with his brain tumor. He has held on for so long and has been such a great person and example through it all. However, he has come to a point where he has little quality of life left. I just want what is best for him. I hope that you can all remember them in your prayers. I will be going up again this weekend to spend time with them. Thanks for bearing with me for this long post!