Little miss Hallie Celebrated her first birthday last month! SOO much has happened in just one year! I remember when Hallie was born. I remember seeing her for the first time at a Relief Society dinner. She was so tiny and new and her momma was so proud!
My heart is so full when I look back on all that has transpired in the past year!
So we decided to celebrate all that is Hallie by taking the whole crew (minus dad) to McDonald's! It doesn't sound like much but we rarely eat out so it was a big deal for the kids. It is not my favorite thing to take five small children into any eating establishment, but we had a blast! We even splurged on Happy Meals for the special occasion!
Of course Hallie knew that she was the special princess for the day!
Hallie plucked off the roses on the top of the cake and ate them all one at a time!
Our little miss Hallie is growing so quickly. We missed having Tiff there so I hope these pictures will give her and idea of the good time that we had. I look forward to watching our baby grow and learn! Happy First first birthday Hallie Wallie Mac and Cheese!
Not really but I feel this poor dog's pain! I didn't think anyone would appreciate a picture of me nursing. It's just not very flattering but I am sure that you get the general idea about how I am feeling about the whole nursing thing. Please don't get me wrong, I LOVE nursing and here is the BUT, I have been nursing for seven going on eight years! Do you know what that feels like let alone what it looks like!? Here is my situation: I am nursing two babies. May is twenty one months and Hallie just turned one. Both are at the age to be weened but neither of them are showing signs of slowing down much less quitting. Here is my thought process though, I'm tellin' ya it's an inner battle! How can I ween May and still nurse Hallie. Sorry May you can't nurse, even though it is out there tempting you, you just can't have any! That is just too mean! So I will just quit cold turkey but is that fair to Hallie? Why should she be cut off early just because my nipples are raw and I feel like I have been sucked dry like one of those Capri Sun juice pouches. I keep telling myself that they are little for such a short time and that I will miss having two babies following me around like little puppies, waiting for me to sit so they can attach themselves just to have me get up again. I have to admit that it is so incredibly adorable to see May's lips pucker as she utters (no pun intended) "Nus! Nus!" And Hallie lays down automatically and lifts at my shirt while she makes that "uh uh" sound. I am sure that I will long for this closeness someday. I guess I am just going to have to tough this out and let them ween themselves if my nipples don't fall off first!
