Fat Tuesday

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A Special Birthday

My intentions for this post are not to be depressing, I just want to remember this and I'll try not to get all sappy. At the end of the day, I really just had a big smile because I know that she would not trade where she is for anything.

Yesterday was a bittersweet day for our family. We celebrated our precious Granny's birthday as she celebrated her first one with Jesus. Our family has always been close, but spending time with them now means more to me than ever. I know all of our time is limited and I want to make as many memories as I can. Of course I forgot my camera but I stole a couple from Kristy :-)

Our family basically ate a yummy lunch, visited, and was just together- exactly what Granny would have wanted. The table was full of a variety of pictures of her. Some with papa, her kids, grandkids, and great-grandbaby Kynsley Jo. It was good, but hard, to see them all.

Kynsley Jo playing. I cannot wait until the girls are big enough to play together. I have a feeling they will be pretty good buds. 

Kynsley checking out Halsey's buttons! She is so sweet with her- she'll be the best big sister one day ;)

I cannot say how grateful I am for my family- I love how we keep each other strong. My aunt bought a tree in honor of Granny and I'm so mad I forgot to get a picture yesterday. But it will be there tomorrow :) I love that we have something that represents her and I can see TONS of pictures taken by that special tree already.

We came home, got cozy and I took some pictures of Halsey by her Willow Tree angel and Granny's locket. I plan on doing something like that every year with her, she may be gone physically but her spirit lives on and for that, I am thankful.

This song pretty much sums up my feelings right now. I do not know all the answers but it doesn't matter. God is the same God he was yesterday and will be tomorrow. Psalm 46:10 says Be still and know that I am God. God is everything he says he is or he is nothing at all. I cannot believe he is nothing. He is more than enough.

 The joy of the LORD is your strength and stronghold.    Nehemiah 8:10

Meet Halsey

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Two months

Halsey you turned 2 months old yesterday but it was a rough day so it's a day late. Here's what you're up to!

You weigh 10 pounds 9 ounces and are 22.5 inches long. You are right at the 50th percentile for everything!

You HATE riding in the car- I dread long trips with you and we've had 2 so far this week.

You  have started sucking your fists. You tuck your thumb in and try to cram your whole hand in your mouth.

You smile at us and it melts my heart.

You like to look around and hold your head up by yourself. It amazes me how strong you are!

You are going to be a talker! You just stare at our mouths when we talk to you and try so hard to talk back to us- it's adorable.

You are wearing 0-3 month and newborn clothes.

 

You wear size 1 diaper.

You love to look at the chandelier. You will lay and stare at it for a good 30 minutes.

You don't like naps or sleep for that matter. You fight sleep horrible at bedtime but usually sleep pretty good through the night. Last night it was 8 hours!

You like your gumdrop pacifier. It will calm you down most of the time.

 

You still like taking baths and I still love those pictures of you.

You are getting chunkier by the day and I love your little rolls.

Your eyes are still blue and I'm beginning to wonder if they are going to stay that way.

You are a little wiggle worm- the only time you are still is when you are asleep!

We celebrated your first Valentine's day this past month. Daddy brought home a bear as big as you and a balloon and you were fascinated by it all.

I look at you and still can't believe that you are ours- we love you so much baby girl!

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Rub a dub dub!

Miss Halsey loves bathtime and I think they are the cutest pictures. So almost every bath we do a little photo shoot- I'm sure she will love me for these later but these are some favorites!

Look at those chubby thighs- I can't resist to grab the camera!

A little blurry but her face says so much!

Gotta love a clean baby in fresh jammies!



Snowy Days and Dresses

Saturday was a beautiful, sunny, 70 degrees and we went for a few walks!

She liked it once we actally started walking but you sure can't tell from this picture.

Then we woke up to this..quite a difference!

We haven't been out to play today but we plan on it tomorrow. We had a LONG night! Halsey cried (loudly) from 9 until 3 this morning. She took a bottle earlier that evening while mom and dad were watching her while we went to Wal-Mart and got too much air on her little belly. I finally sent Tyler to town at 2:30 to get gas drops because I felt so bad for her and it wasn't getting better. She finally settled down and slept and has been since but I hope we don't go through that again!

A little project mom and I have been working on the past couple of weeks are dresses for Halsey. I think they are adorable but it's outrageous to pay $30 for them off Etsy so we decided to try and make some. I think they turned out pretty cute considering our first time!



I told Tyler to take a picture of the last dress and this is what he did- he though I should be impressed because of the flowers around the dress. He is so clueless when it comes to girly things- but he will quickly learn!