Saturday, June 4, 2011

365 :: 7

Oh, the weekends. Crazy. Beautiful. Tiring. Fun.

Today, all the Halls went on our usual Saturday morning date to Pepper Place Farmers Market. Well, sort of usual.

Today was National Cancer Survivors Day, and UAB hosted a local celebration at the market. As part of the planning committee, I had to be there at 5:00am. It wouldn't have been so bad except that Eleanor woke up at midnight and then at 2:30am. Her sister heard the screaming at 2:30 and didn't go back to bed until almost 4:00am. My alarm went of at 4:15am. Fun times.

[I'm sure this sounds familiar to many of you out there.]

Anyway, it was a great celebration and the rest of the Halls joined in around 7:30. That's when "the usual" came back - smoked pork and chicken with grits, chocolate croissant, iced coffee, and blueberry muffins. Oh, and messy kids.

The rest of the day, we watched Eleanor climb in and out of baskets and search the house for jewelry and scarves. It's crazy - she crawls around looking for necklaces, scarves and bracelets, and we find her accessorized so much she can barely get around. She's definitely going to be my girly-girl.

Great day. Happy it's bedtime.

Friday, June 3, 2011

365 :: 6

Thought for the day ::

Long days + long week = tired parents. Geez.

365 :: 5

Thoughts for the day ::

I'm amazed at Eleanor's vocabulary. At just 12 months, she can say an incredible number of words: mama, dada, sissy, pop pop, mimi, kate kate, (we are working on grandma and grandpa) bye bye, night night, thank you, more, uh oh and no. That's quite a list.