Hallie-isms

*Hallie has taken to calling Devin "honey" all the time because that is what I call him. Today, for example, she felt she needed something, so she called down the stairs to him, "honey! HONEY!! honey!?" Hmmm...not sure where she has seen that before? (the best part is that Devin responds to it. haha)

*One day, Hallie had sleepy seeds in her eyes (is that what we call them?) so she kept trying to get them out all while saying, "boogers in my eyes. boogers in my eyes."

*She also calls EVERYONE mom these days from the 10 year old babysitter, to Devin, to my cousin, to me. She knows that Devin is not her mom, but perhaps she has figured out that when she uses "mom" attached to a sentence, she gets something faster? I don't know.

*Hallie still talks to herself a lot in her crib, particularly when she wakes up in the morning. The other morning, she was saying "mom, I pretty" over and over again. Glad she has a healthy sense of self-esteem!

*Her newest favorite phrases are "I want it" and "I don't want it". Half the time she doesn't even know what she wants or what she doesn't want, she just likes to say it.

*She is really into narrating things now. Her favorite thing is to put her baby doll to sleep on the vent in our bedroom with a blanket, shut the door, and tell us "shhhhh....baby's sleeping!" She tells me when daddy is sleeping and awake, when I am eating, when she is getting dressed, etc.

*The other day my cousin Sarah had her for a little bit more than an hour. When I got back, Sarah told me that Hallie might not be hungry for dinner. Apparently, she had stated over and over in her whiniest voice, "I hungry!" until Sarah fed her. The result? Two cups of applesauce, a brownie, and some chex cereal. I was so embarrassed. I am sure Sarah thought I don't feed her at all, but the truth is the girl is a manipulator! She knew that Sarah wouldn't know better and would just have to feed her, especially with those big blue eyes staring at her, begging for food. Yeah. Manipulation.

*Her newest request is always "carry you!" which really means "carry me!" So Devin and I gladly agree to let her carry us all the time. She doesn't think its funny.

*One last funny story. Hallie never really was a binky baby. However, in recent months, she has taken a liking to the only binky we have in the house- a binky thermometer. We keep it up high in her closet so she can't get to it. The other day I was driving in the car and looked back just in time to see her pulling the binky thermometer from her purse (yes, she insists upon carrying a purse) and putting it in her mouth. She sucked on it until we got to our destination. How in the world she got it I have no idea. And the fact that she was storing it in her purse, waiting for the most convenient time to pull it out (in the car when I couldn't really reach back to get it from her) made it all the more ridiculous.

Silly silly silly. Looking forward to the terrible two's that are upon us!

P.S. What will baby #2 be? Please vote on the poll on the side to tell us what you think. There are a lot of reasons why I haven't posted anything on the blog about this pregnancy and I planned on waiting until after the ultrasound, but we did a poll before we found out what Hallie was and I want to do the same for this baby. A lot of people know about the pregnancy, but it is something that I also want to try to be sensitive about on the blog. More later. We have our ultrasound next Saturday, the 9th, so there is one week to vote. :0