HaLleE iS oNe!!

My baby is one! I can't believe it! Love you Hallee Bear!

SaLt LaKe HaLf MaRatHon!

(Hallee and I at the finish line)

On April 17th, I ran the Salt Lake City Half Marathon. It was my first race since little Hallee Bear. It was so much fun. It just happened to be the same day as Eric's and my third anniversary! So we got to start the day off bright and early together in the cold morning air.

Eric was so great! He got home late friday night from a business trip. He woke up early and drove me to the starting line. He stayed with me until the race started. We even got to wait in the lengthy line for the porta-potty together. It was quite the popular spot.

We had so much fun together. He was making jokes about everyone around us, while trying to keep me warm, while holding all my stuff, waiting for my turn for the bathroom.

He ran the Salt Lake Marthon the first year they had it. So he has a special place in his heart for the race. He was so supportive and helpful. This is me at the starting line. I didn't want to take my jacket off all the way, because it was so cold. But I had to show my number.

After the race started, he went and picked up Hallee. They found a good mid point spot to cheer me on. Then I saw their smiling faces at the end of the race! It was a good day.

We finished our anniversary by going to the University of Utah's Spring football game. Then we went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner! YUM! I am so lucky to be married to such a wonderful, loving husband! Love you babe!!

DiScOveRy GaTeWaY!

Hallee is getting so big. She is trying to be so independant. She just acts so big. Hallee got to go to Discovery Center with her friend Max. They are driving a little car together in the pic above. Look at both of their faces. They are so intense!!!

Hallee loved playing in the balls. She loved pulling herself up and throwing the balls out onto the floor. She starting sliding down, so she rested her little face.

There is her intense face again. She was just so excited!

Then in the next pic, I asked here to smile. This is her fake smile! It makes me laugh so hard. You can't tell if she is happy or mad!

Look how old she looks here. Just sitting in her little chair, working on their puzzle. I love it!

She loved playing with this toy. Especially since she could stand up and play with it! We played there forever.

We had so much fun. I can't wait for this summer to be able to take her around to the zoo, park, pool and everything else we missed out on last summer. Especially if she gets to go with her friend Max!

EaSteR JoY!

My friend Kacee took these pics of Hallee in her Easter outfit. Notice how happy she is in these first pics...

Then we got the bunny out. She is not quite sure what to think...

Her concerned face...

Trying to find the bunny...

Looking at me for reassurance...

Watching the bunny from a far...

So Hallee didn't like thebunny one bit. You can see she progressivly gets more and more concerned. She actually started bawling when the bunny got too close. It really surprised me, because she loves my mom's little dog. Hallee is just very aware of her surroundings. But I just love these pics. It captures Hallee's little personality so well. She is such a smart little baby. Happy Easter Hallee Bear! Thanks Kacee!

HaLLee's FiRst EaSteR!

Easter was so much fun this year! Every holiday gets better, having our little Hallee bear with us. Hallee saw her basket right away, and just started crawling for it.

Once she got to her basket, she had to stare at it for a minute. She has to figure out what is going on before she can plung into anything.

Here she is looking at the duck, trying to figure out if she likes it.

But once she got started, she LOVED it! She just kept doing her really happy face! It is so funny.

She sees the Elmo book. She is excited!

The first thing she pulled out was a plastic Easter egg. She loved them. She was playing with them all morning. She would try to see how many she could hold at one time. She could never get enough in those little hands.

Reaching down to the bottom for another plastic egg! :) Funny little Hallee!

Her first Easter surprises.

She wouldn't wear the bunny ears, so Mom and Dad had to- trying to convince her how cool they were... didn't fool her!

Hallee loved watching us dye Easter egss. She just played with her plastic eggs. She was very excited and interested about what we were doing.

Watching Conference! What a good little girl.

We did Seseame Street eggs this year for Hallee- because she loves Elmo!

And we had some boring plain eggs for us.

Easter is just so much fun!!

Playing with Dad!

Hallee kept playing with my face, so I grabbed her face to play back. She thought it was the funniest thing. I love her little chubby cheeks!

We had such a wonderful Easter weekend!