About Hallie

Hallie eats a sandwich (any sandwich-- turkey and cheese, hamburger, s'more) by taking it apart and eating it piece by piece. She seems to have an aversion to biting into all those layers!

Any time the sun is up, Hallie calls "morning." We can't convince her that morning is only when she gets up. We tried to tell her that morning is just around breakfast time and the rest is "daytime." Then she just started calling everything "morning-daytime."

Hallie had a bad dream about owls at my parent's house a couple months ago and she can't stop talking about it. What's worse-- they were "yellow owls" and one had an "orange hot dog nose." I don't repeat the details back to her but every once and awhile she will just start talking about those "scary yellow owls."


Hallie used to say "to-meyer" for "tomorrow." We got such a kick out of it that we actually miss the mispronunciation.

Hal loves The Lion King recently. She loves to talk about "Simba and Nala and Mufasa and Scarf." That's right-- she says "Scarf" instead of "Scar." Chris started playing the soundtrack and Hallie is in heaven. She sings along with all the songs and then dances and acts out the orchestral part. Seriously, she will scream and then say "Aaaah! Simba! RUN!!!!!" Or say "watch out-- the hyeenas!" I love how she sings "Hakuna Matata." "A-coon-a nah-ta-ta! It's our probrem fwee philiso-pee! A-coon-a nah-ta-ta!"

When we took Hallie to the temple in Vernal, she told me in a very dreamy voice "I'm going to get married in the temple just like you, Mommy!"

We've reached the stage in life where we have to spell everything in front of her. She has ears like a hawk and can remember anything you say as long as she lives.

She is already very thoughtful of her sister's needs and always finds a way to include her in what we do.