No new news on the gender

I had my ultrasound at my mom's hospital yesterday, and she couldn't really see anything. So it looks like we'll have to wait until Oct. 7 to find out. :( On the plus side, everything else looks great!

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Does anyone know how to reply those who post comments? Is this possible? Do you have to have their email address?

Also, I posted a poll for everyone to vote on the baby's gender. When I'm in Utah next week, my mom is hooking me up with an ultrasound at her hospital to find out early! Sometimes I forget the perks you get when you have a mother and mother-in-law who are both labor and delivery nurses :)

Preschool, Nana, Indiana, and more

I only did small pics for this post because it would have taken hours for my computer to upload larger versions. And yes, I still haven't got my laptop fixed :(

On Aug, 13th Alice went to the dentist for the first time. She did well even though she was scared during my teeth cleaning, I kept reassuring her that it wasn't hurting me. She even let them clean her teeth a little, and she loved her new Spongebob toothpaste. Not that she really knows who Spongebob is, but the toothpaste was yummy and fit in her hand.

These are Alice's new Cinderella flipflops. She calls them "Cindawella shoe fwops." They light up and are a hit at church in nursery--every kid tries them on. I'm sure you'll see them in many pictures from now on . . . .

We were also lucky to have Nana come visit at the end of August. We got lots of pictures with her camera but had a tough time trying to copy them onto my computer. This computer is so slow! I wish we got a video of Alice greeting her. As soon as Jo walked in the door, Alice yelled "NANA!" and ran into her arms. We enjoyed our time with her very much!

We went to Indiana for Lily's funeral, and while we wish we were visiting under better circumstances, it was great to spend time with Ben and Ruth's family. The older kids were still in school and we took Alice and Sariah to the children's museum.

Here they are 'diggin' for dinosaur bones. If you look at Alice's face closely you'll see how tight her goggles were. oops.

What cute baby dinosaurs! Actually, Alice was scared of the whole dinosaur exhibit. However, as you'll see in the video at the end of this post, she really likes dinosaurs now.

She loves playing with her cousins!

Dustin with one of the new Batman tumblers. I guess the made a total of 8 for the two movies, one of which is displayed at this museum.

Alice and Eliza

Jon and Alice

Dancing queens! Alice absolutely loved playing with all the kids, they were sooo great with her. It made me a little sad that we didn't live closer to family :(

This picture was taken by miss Alice

As was this one!

This pic cracks me up! She was mad that she wasn't in control of the camera, hahaha!

On this day, Dustin decided we needed a deck. Soooo, he rented a bobcat and played outside for all of labor day weekend. More deck pics to follow . . . .

Alice's first day at a local church's Mother's Day Out program. It's only two days a week, but gives her a chance to learn and play while I can have a few hours to run errands or attend doctors appointments. Her best friend, Dane also attends and they love it.

Okay, so it's a tad long, but it's her best dinosaur impressions! Yes, she has no pants on. We usually do while we're at home. She can get to the potty a lot quicker without worrying about getting her pants in the way.

Well folks, that's all for now!

Alice is going to be a big sister!

Soooo, I thought since I officially entered my second trimester today that I should post an announcement. Yesiree, the Hall's are expanding :) The official due date is February 21, 2009. But I have put a ticker (even though part of it is cut off) on the left side of the blog so that we can count down until the big day. We're very excited and keep praying that everything goes well. I won't have my big ultrasound until October, so no sono pics until then :(

We'll Miss you Lily

I just wanted to write a special post for my brother's family. Their daughter Lily, bravely passed away this morning. She was such a little fighter for the year she lived. We will really miss her, and our family will always feel a little empty without her. I do want to thank my brother and his wife for their incredible strength and courage that they have had this past year, and let them know that their example in Jesus Christ's gospel will have a profound effect on us. They are wonderful parents and the proof is in their children. As Ruth noted:


"Last night, as Sariah said good night to Lily, I heard her say, 'I'm sorry you're sick, Lily. Someday Jesus will make you all better, and then you'll run and play with me.' I think that today, free from her mortal body, Lily's spirit is running and playing. We are so proud of our Lily-chins, and so grateful that she came to our family."


For a three year old to have that kind of faith and knowlege is a testament to how awesome her parents are. Thank you Ruth, Ben, Eliza, Jon, and Sariah for your special spirits, your faith, and your love. We love you!

Tuesday, August 12

My laptop pooped out on me! It won't come out of hibernation mode. This has happend before, and while I was able to call HP and they helped me fix it on the phone, they told me if it happened again I would need to send it in for them to replace the motherboard. Problem is, I didn't backup a bunch of pics before it perma-passed out. Soooo, I don't have new pics to post at the moment.

On another note, we've been enjoying the break in heat with a few days of rain.

Alice is 90% potty trained! Yea! She uses the potty all day, and even keeps a pull-up dry sometimes after naps and night. She even woke up last night to go. The biggest thing now is to get her to tell other people watching her that she needs to go.

Well that's the latest and greatest. Hopefully I can get my files off the laptop before I send it in. Cross your fingers!

Videos of Alice

Here's some videos of Alice. One is where she's singing "Popcorn popping on the apricot tree". There is also one of her dancing. We love to watch and dance along with "So you think you can dance" She calls it the dancing show. Finally the last video is of her at gymnastics class. She calls it 'nastics'. Anyhow, if you can't tell she's doing cartwheels. I don't have videos of me or Dustin, because let's face it folks--she's waaay cuter than the rest of the Halls.