HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORDAN

Happy Birthday to my cute brother Jordan! I love him to death. I always loved his birthday because then we could tell everyone that we were the same age. We're only 11 months apart so when we were little, I would love to tell people we were twins. I was always secretly a little sad when my birthday came and we had to wait a whole other year to say it again. A funny memory that we joke about was when we were in high school. We had a class together and one day we were sitting on opposite sides of the room trying to talk to each other. The teacher interrupts his lesson, thinks he's going to crack this great joke and says, "Excuse me Jordan. You can get her number after class. I'm trying to teach a lesson." We both laughed so hard. Jordan's response back was, "Well that's alright, I already have her number. It's the same as mine!" Good times. I could go on with memories but I will spare everyone else.
Here's just a few things I love about him. And I found some sweet pictures Jord! Gotta love em. We look homeless in all of them!

He is an AMAZING baseball player! I love to go to his games and watch him play. I don't know anyone that loves this game more than him.

He has such a sweet heart. Has always had a soft side to him that I just adore.

(Except when he steals my Diet Coke! ha ha. Looks like I was an addict back then. j/k. My mom would justify herself by saying this can was NOT open. We were only playing. Sure mom :))

He has a great sense of humor. Can always make me laugh.

(We were awesome dressers!)

He has always watched out for me and been a great protective brother!

I'm loving the outfits! Thanks mom. Jelly shoes and socks for me. Different laces and socks for Jord. Sweet!

He is so cute to Hallie and all kids.

Love you Jord! Hope you had a good birthday!

Stay tuned for Utah pics...I'm a slacker!

Spur of the Moment...

Well...Hallie and I are in Utah! Surprise! We are quite spontaneous! My mom called me the other day at about 12 and said, could you come today at 4? She had found a super good deal. So we left the mall, ran home and threw stuff in our bags and CAME!!! With everything going on, it was such a great time for us to come. So we are glad to be here. I was getting so homesick. I've only been here a few days and haven't taken many pics, but here's a few for you Aaron so you can see your cute babe! She's lovin it with all the attention. Miss you lots.

Hallie loved the plane. She was entertained the majority of the first ride with her seat belt buckle.

I always have the BEST luck with flying. Our flight got SUPER delayed and we were stuck in Cincinnati for 6 hours. We didn't leave until midnight! Yeah for us. Good thing I have the best little girl ever. Then we finally get into UT and they lost all my luggage. But don't worry! They gave me a free t-shirt and toothbrush. So we were looking pretty for a day and a half. ha ha.

This is at about 11:30 at night. Still happy, wired and loving the little water bottle and crackers they gave her.

Today we had a fun day. My little sis Chelsey just got engaged and we went to a Bridal Fair, lunch and did some dress shopping. It was a long day of fun. The highlights of my day were hearing that my little niece Avery is "allergic to people", having someone at the fair ask when my wedding date was and offer me a bridal planner (with Hallie and my belly in tow), and having a boy (who couldn't have been older than 25) pick up on my mom! Good times.

Do you think Hallie's pooped? She found this big couch while Chelsey was trying on dresses and plopped down. Then she asked me to scratch her back and she kept saying, "more". What a cutie.

Hallie and Grandpa hangin out. I love being able to see my Gramps. He is so darn cute. I took a picture before this and he said, "should I put my hat on and we could take it again?" We went to the good ol' Dillards sale yesterday and he was so cute finding some shirts. He loves to find a good deal. I just love spending time with him. What a cutie. Hallie likes to go downstairs because she knows right where his stool is to get to the counter and reach his big tub of Red Vines.

We miss you Aaron!! Thanks for letting us come play for a bit! I'll try to keep the pictures coming for ya.

Bikes, Bellies and The Claw

Nothing too overly exciting going on around here. Here's some pics to keep the fam happy. And I can't believe I suckered into posting my ugly self and belly, but there you go! You crazy people! Hallie LOVES to be outside and push her bike around and blow bubbles. Everyday the first words out of her mouth are, "bike, bubbles, dada". She cries every time we come inside and anytime we go down our stairs to get in the car, she makes sure to tell the bubbles and the bike, "bye-bye". As soon as Aaron gets home she gets her shoes on and heads to the door with him. Lucky Hallie that her dad is so nice to take her everyday.

23 weeks. (can you tell by my fake smile how thrilled I am to take a pic of my body? Please pardon the roots, I finally got them done after this.)
Who doesn't love pudding?
Notice anything a little odd?
how about now?

So, if you can't tell by the pictures Aaron had a little injury. He thought it'd be fun to fracture his finger in five different spots. Poor guy. He was trying to catch his gym bag off a balcony and his finger got stuck in the strap on the way down. Ouch! I have to giggle at his brace. Just call him the claw!