Baby Halle

Jill had her baby Sunday April 18th. We didn't know if it was a boy or girl until we arrived to see her. I thought it was a girl all along, and then the last two weeks I changed to boy! Always follow your gut instincts. She is absolutely beautiful. I forget how little babies are, probably because I still think Emmett is a baby and he's not. They named her Halle Erickson. She has lots of dark hair and looks a lot like Carly's baby pictures.

I just love her. I've visited her every day since she was born...maybe I've out worn my welcome or maybe I'm baby hungry. Hmm... Emmett is a handful lately. I need more time! He sure loved Halle though. He kept saying "baby" and he'd make the sign for baby. He'd look at her and then start giggling, it was so CUTE! He must have thought she was funny because he laughed at her for a several minutes. Maybe he remembered her from heaven.

Speaking of Emmett I wanted to document all of his progress. So unless you're family/grandma/favorite aunt(Emily, Natalie, Jill...you three all claim to be the favorite) you can skip this part:

Emmett says the following words:
mommy

daddy

ball

bye-bye

please

more

bird

deer

thank you

pooh bear (We call his Winnie The Pooh stuffed animal "Pooh Bear" and he says it but sometimes he mixes up the words and says "Bear Pooh". So cute!!

Jesus

Grandpa

cracker

baby

book

"NO"

shoe

two

three

push

He knows what the following animals say: Dog, Cat, Horse, Chicken, Duck, Cow

He knows how to sign: More, Drink, All Done, Please, Book, Baby

Here are some pictures of our latest adventures

Notice the matching purses!

Brinley & Austin came over to play. Emmett loves them.

Did I mention we love puzzles. Puzzles are my secret talent, I should be entered into competitions to make some extra cash. Is there such a thing, competitive puzzling???