Halle is such a cute, fun, silly, sweet girl. We love her to bits. She is at the most darling age. I think I say that about every age, but she really is so fun right now. She is very, very busy and I am constantly chasing her around and keeping her from getting into the things, but it is only because she is super curious. Well, maybe 70 percent curious, 30 percent mischief, because she does have a little mischievous side to her :).
She is not shy one bit and waves to people as we're going down aisles in stores and says "Hi!" to everyone. We have a little singing time class for toddlers I take the kids to at Riverton City Hall once and week and she is so not shy at it. She is the littlest one in the class and she bops around like nobody's business and gets right into the older kids faces and just stares at them. This is pretty opposite of Luke because he still gets a little shy at singing time and to strangers at stores and things.
But while Halle is very friendly, she doesn't really like anyone to hold or pick her up other than Mommy (and Daddy or Grandma or Grandpa if they are around). She is still very clingy to me and says my name perfectly loud and clear "mommy, mommy mommy!" Sometimes I hear her say that so many times a day I start to not even hear it anymore, it is constant!
She is a very smart little thing. She talks a ton and says pretty much any word there is. We can't always tell what she is saying right away but I can usually pick it up pretty quick. But there are some words she says as clear as day. She is even starting to put two and even three words together sometimes, it blows me away she is talking so young. If you ask her what her name is sometimes she will say "Hayee" or sometimes she even get the "L"and says "Halle", but her most common response is, "Ya Ya!" We still call her by her nickname Ya Ya and it has seemed to stick, and she obviously considers that her name as much as anything else.
She is a really pretty little girl. She has these beautiful, big eyes and naturally curly golden-brown hair that is really cute, olive skin, and the cutest smile. I know I am her mom so I'm probably biast, but everywhere we go people are commenting how cute she is. The other day we were at Cafe Rio waiting in line for our food and the lady behind me said, "she is such a beautiful baby! I have grandkids of my own but I have to say she is just about the cutest baby I have ever seen!' I thought that was really cute.
Halle can be a bit feisty, which can be a good thing. But she is a little into hitting right now and we're trying to work on that. She does it for attention, mainly to Luke. We try not to laugh because it isn't usually very hard, unless she has something in her hand like a hard toy or something that makes it hurt. But usually they are just little swats and it's more funny than anything and doesn't' even hurt Luke. But we're trying to correct it now so she doesn't think it's okay and start doing it to other kids and things. So we give her time outs when she hits. She doesn't' like time outs so it seems to give her the punishment, but she isn't' one to have one or two timeouts and give up the behavior. In face sometimes she will hold her hand up to Luke like she is going to hit him and say "time ou" (time out). At least it is getting through to her. Hopefully we can get past this one too. She is also into coloring on the walls and cabinets, but I have a story about that I will share in another entry.
She is such a sweet, fun girl and we love her so much!
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