Hallie Turned 1...awhile ago!

My little Hallie turned 1 on November 10th. I am so amazed at how fast the year went. She is such an amazing little girl! We went shopping to pick out a toy she wanted and then went our for Chinese.. which is Maddie and Hallie's favorite food!! On Saturday we had her party. Grandpa and Grandma Hatch couldn't make it to the party but they came down early and spoiled miss Hallie. She opened her presents and then we went to Texas Roadhouse for lunch! so fun! Her party was themed around being "1" Sweet Celebration. I thought it turned out pretty good. I spent a couple days before baking and making all sorts of goodies. We had a candy buffet, Carmel apples, sugar cookies, rice krispie treats, and cupcakes. Before that we had chips and dips, fruit kabobs, chicken noodle soup, and rolls. We had lots of family and friends come and celebrate our sweet little girl! It was tons of fun!

2 little witches

sorry this is way late.. but that shouldn't suprise anyone that reads this blog. In october we took the girls to a pumpkin patch in syracuse. it was so much fun. we hadn't planned on there being much besides pumpkins but when we got there.. we were suprised. they had lots of animals and tons of fun things to do.. like bon fires, hot cocco, slides, mazes, and much more. kind of like hee haws in PG. Maddie loved helping pick out which ones we were going to get. It was such a fun night! We also carved the pumkins one night for fhe. maddie wasn't so sure so she painted one and picked out a design for me to do. Maddie and Hallie were little witches for Halloween. They looked adorable! It was so fun. Maddie had practiced for quite a few days in advanced on what to say.On Saturday morning Maddie woke up super early and was so excited becasue it was dark which meant we could go trick or treating.. she didn't realize she had to wait all ay! She was totally into it. She had a fun carnival at her preschool and then on Saturday. Ryan's parents, brother, and his friend Mango came down to celebrate. We had yummy food and lots of treats. Our neighborhood was all decked out with decorations and the streets were packed with all sorts of ghosts, witches and lots of super heros. It was a perfect halloween! osrry the pictures are way out of order..

Family pictures

Last week we drove down to American Fork to have my good friend Cassey take our pictures. We got there a little late but had time to get a few shots. I think they turned out good. It was fun and the weather was just perfect. Maddie also cooperated which was huge because she usually is a stinker and wont look at the camera. Here are a few.

way over due!

Wow I can't believe it is October. Where do I start... In May Ryan recieved good news that he had passed all of his tests and everything was ready for him to move up in the company.. so that meant interviews! We traveled all over Washington and Oregon for interviews.I got to go on one trip with him. We had a super fun time... We left the girls at home with his mom and we drove alot! We were hoping to be able to stay in state but weren't thinking it was going to happen because there were so mnay more available postions else where. With the competion fierce none of those interviews were successful. But Ry kept his game face on and kept at it. In June Maddie turned 3! We were in Washington state at my grandparents house the week before so my grandma had to have a party for her. It was amzing. it was all Pink! she had so much fun! We had such a great family vacation there! Once we got back to Utah Maddie got to have 2 more birthday parties! It was so much fun! Hallie completed her therapy for her neck and head in June. She is as good as new.. you can't even tell she had any problems! July came and with that a job!! A position opened up for an Assistant Manager at the South Ogden store. Ry was nervous for his interview but felt way good about it.. It was a higher position than we were anticpating and in state! Double goodness. And to our delight Ryan recieved the new postion.. We were so excited. Our families were even more thrilled that we were staying in state! So we packed up our place in Alpine and stayed at my parents house for all of Aug. and part of Sept. until we closed on our new home in Hooper. With Ry's job in South Ogden we wanted to be out of the city but close for a commute. We found the perfect house for us and the commute is way awesome for ry! I love it.. it is totally a really small town but close to everything.. We have just been trying to get settled and get the girls back on a schedule. Maddie started preschool and is loving it. I love having that little break to get stuff done with only one child. It is nice! She is also taking tumbling and learning lots of new tricks. It has been a crazy whirlwind of events but life is good and it is amazing how things work out and how blessings come! There wasn't much about Hallie in this huge long boring post.. but she is doing so good. she is so happy and content and so mobile! She turns 1 the first part of Nov. So amazing!

bad poster!!!

so i have decided that i am bad at updating my blog. oh well.... Easter has come and gone and it was a great one filled with a ton of easter egg hunts between school, gym class, friends, and family maddie hit the jack pot. she LOVED to decorate the eggs which was so fun. I had the girls pictures taken and of corse they werent up for cooperating... oh well cassey did a great job and got some really cute pictures. We have been keeping busy with fun stuff... maddie is loving the weather and we are pretty much outside all day. Hallie is getting so big. she is almost 6 months old and such a chunk. i switched her over to formula and she has done so well and it has made life easier for all of us. she is rolling over all the time now and starting to scoot on her back a little. it takes her a while to get not very far but she loves it. She has enjoyed the few veggies i have tried but shes not so fond of cereal... she sleeps great and is such a happy camper. Maddie is so good at entertaining her. i love it. they will both get laughing so hard it totally cracks me up. I have been staying pretty busy with my new hobby of making bows and flowers. I have really enjoyed it. I am doing some farmers markets and craft shows this summer so it should be lots of fun.
















for some reason its not allowing me to post the pictures i had taken of the girls. i will work on it!

bow and flower blog

Hey everyone I updated my bow blog. check it out! www.stephssassycreations.blogspot.com

4 months....already?

well on the 10th was hallie's 4 month mark. she is doing so good. we took her in for her appointment and i couldn't wait until they wieghed her. she is sooo chubby. we also tried cereal this week. she did pretty good with it. she kept trying to eat her hands with cereal al over them. i forgot how messy they are! i love it! here are hallie's stats:
length: 24.5 inches 61%
weight: 14lbs. 10 oz. 73%
head: 40.5cm 37%
Maddie wighed 14lbs at 9 months not 4 months. its funny to compare the two. hallie is such a mellow spirit! maddie is still loving being the big sister! she is for sure in love with our few sunny days we have had. she loves playing outside and would stay out there all day if i didnt make her come in! she is really into princess stuff and playing pretendand puzzles. for about the last 3 weeks she keeps informing us there is a purple lion in her closet. he has big feet, he doesn't talk, and he scares her. i think she has seen monsters inc. a few too many times! other than that we are good just waiting for real spring weather and all the fun stuff to come with that!

flowers and hair bows

So having two little girls has introduced a hobby to me that I love. hairbows and flowers. I have been making them forever it seems like and decided I should start selling them. They are so cute and so fun! here are a couple pics of some that I have done. Let me know what ya think and if you are ever interested let me know. I can do about any colors and any sizs!