Braelyn's growing vocabulary.

She has become quite vocal over the last few weeks! Her words include dada (her favorite!), baa-baa (which she asks for now when she's hungry.), mama (rarely!), papa, thank you, uh-oh!, Grampie, no, Boogie!, dog, ball, bye-bye, love you, "where's boogie?", "Do it again!", "you get it!", Mickey, and snack. We hear a new word every few days or so.

It's so exciting to watch her grow and learn. She's become quite the climber and she can destroy the house in no time flat. She's slowly learning what "no" means and we are learning a whole different meaning for the word stubborn! She's is definitely her mother's child.

As for Joe and I...school and work are priorities. I am finishing up with finals and preparing to start my last semester of nursing school. FINALLY! I most definitely miss labor and delivery. I just finished up my pediatrics rotation and it was definitely not my cup of tea. I can't stand to see the amount of abuse and neglect that goes hand in hand with the peds field. I don't think I will be pursuing a career there. It's too hard to figure out what's ailing a child when they are too young to communicate with you. Next semester I have my psych and med-surg rotations. Neither of which I am thrilled about, but I will keep an open mind! Who knows...I also thought I would hate women's health but as of right now, that's my direction.
Joe somehow manages to work full-time and do an excellent job in school as well. I swear, I never see him crack a single book and he somehow manages to pull A's right out of the sky! I'm so jealous. He's such a role model for me when I feel like I'm overwhelmed. I'm sure my nursing school is overwhelming him as well. He's probably forgotten what I look like without a nursing book stuck to my nose.

That's what is happening in the Hall house for now! We are ecstatic about the Christmas season and break from school that is fast approaching. Christmas is our favorite and I feel like Braelyn will be able to participate more this year.

This was Braelyn's Thanksgiving dress this year. She received it as a birthday present and it looked amazing!

WALKING..KIND OF

Braelyn is trying to figure out how to walk now. She has made great progress in recent weeks. She has gone from talking one step and falling, to taking as many as seven steps, totally unaided. It's really exciting to see her get closer and closer to walking! I will try and post a video of her attempts soon!

Braelyn's 1st haircut!

We took Braelyn for her first haircut a few weekends ago! (Much to both grandmas displeasure!) It was so long that it was constantly in her eyes and she won't leave a bow in more than a few seconds. Even if she hears the word "bow" she starts swatting at her head. Our long time friend, Brooke cut it for her. She did a great job and was so patient with Braelyn. We were very pleased! Of course, it was just a trim. We didn't have too much taken off. It's starting to curl in the back (Yayyy!!) which I am so pleased about.