GRANDMA BARNES' HOUSE

Here are two pictures Jaelyn took... this one of Haven looks like a porcelain doll to me!


And this one is of all the cousin's cute feet... can you tell which ones are Hope, Halle, and Haven's? Here's a clue Hope's are the largest, and Halle's third toe/middle toe is longer than all of her other toes and Haven's are the smallest! OH SOOO CUTE!!

HAVEN JOY BARNES

SHE'S FINALLY HERE HAVEN JOY BARNES WAS BORN ON FATHER'S DAY, SUNDAY JUNE 15, 2008 AT 7:57 A.M., SHE WEIGHED 7 LBS. 15 OZS. AND 20 INS. LONG. IT WAS THE HARDEST YET BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE AND I'M SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN MY LIFE! YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH LOVE YOU COULD HAVE FOR SOMEONE UNTIL YOU HAVE CHILDREN. IT'S AMAZING THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE'S MY THIRD YOU HAVE JUST AS MUCH LOVE, AND IT FEELS THE SAME AS IT FELT TO HAVE YOUR FIRST... LOVE IS ENDLESS!!













THANKS JAELYN FOR COMING TO THE HOSPITAL AND TAKING THESE PICTURES. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!

MEMORIAL DAY WITH THE COUSINS

WHAT THE GIRLS HAVE BEEN UP TO...

Little Halle Bug loves to cross her legs it's the funniest thing to see! She'll just be sitting on the couch, floor, basically anywhere and she sits like a lady... i think it's so cute!






Sister Love... Hope and Halle like to snuggle each other!




Sunday Fun... Jerika wanted to put whip cream on Hope's nose and if she could, Hope could put it on her nose... then later Justin got her back real good!


To make a long story short... We were planning on going to the circus that was in town for the day. Hope watched them set up the day before and the day of, because it's right across the street from our house at the event center. Hope was so excited to go! I had my doctor's appointment that same day and it went a little longer than planned, because of the whole hospital monitoring my Braxton Hicks contractions...so we weren't able to go! After we got home hope sat on her bed and looked out the window where she could see the circus being taken down and cried. She kept saying "Bye circus, i really wanted to go, it would have been so much fun, don't leave elephants i wanted to see you" (something to that extent). I was so sad that she was devastated about it... it really broke my heart!




Bedroom Fun... Hope and Halle dress up and take turns listening to Disney music and dancing! One sits on the bed watches and controls the music with the remote and the other dances... funny funny! I actually have video footage, but i can't get the video to upload... i'll keep trying though!


Dressing Up... Girls, girls, honestly that's what they do all day is change their outfits! Notice Hope's snow boots she has on with her dress and hat a couple of pictures down.






Taking Hope to her friend Kambria's house to play, Halle loves walking sissy over and then it being time to pick her up. She'll ask while Hope's gone if it's time to get sissy?


Another cute moment, Hope was following along to her book on tape while Halle was just sitting behind her brushing and smoothing her hair. Like to put it in a pony tail with a little stuff animal brush! I asked Hope if she knew what Halle was doing because she was so involved in this book she was reading and she said "Yes it is kind of bothering me and hurting me, but it is OK that Halle is doing that."






Park Fun... The girls played on the toys the whole time during Justin's work barbecue. I thought Halle was too small to do some of the stuff Hope was doing, but while checking on them often i learned that Hope had showed her how to climb the rock wall! Hope would even wait at the top until Halle had finished climbing and then move on to the slides. Hope would go down first then catch/wait for Halle at the bottom. Then other times they would go down together/side by side. I guess Hope felt like she needed to take care of Halle since i wasn't there, i was down eating my food at the barbecue. Then when Justin and i would go check on them, Hope loved to show us everything she had done with and taught Halle! What a good sister!






Story Time... We got both of the girls these really cool Fisher Price reading books at Costco, and they carry them around the house all day pretending to read to each other. Halle especially cannot live with out her book... she freaks out when Hope has hers and she can't find her own... she will have a little melt down. Anyways usually i'm the last to get done where ever we are going, so Justin was trying to buy me some time to finish up, so we could be on time to Kirra's birthday party. I went to check on them because it was so quiet and it was so cute i had to stop what i was doing to run and get the camera to capture the moment. Justin just loved that i was now busy taking pictures and not getting ready... i just love him he knows me so well!




Oh and i have to mention, so someday i won't ever forget, Halle when she needs to go potty she says she needs to go peepoo! If you ever asked her in the past did you go pee pee or poo poo in the potty? She would always say poo poo no matter what even if it she just went pee pee and no poo poo. But, now it's always "Mom peepoo" that's her way of letting me know she's got to go! I didn't have any great shots of her on the potty, because you can usually see somebody else's knees on the potty... hehehe :O (Look at those LIPS, aren't they just KISSABLE?)!

IT'S BEEN AWHILE

We just got back from our little trip to SLC, for my sister Kaylin's birthday party and baptism. Hope and Halle were so excited to see my family. Hope asked the whole way there i mean the WHOLE WAY "Are we there yet? Are we getting closer?" Crazy girls!!




After being there for a day, and while we would go on errands while everyone was at work and school Halle would constantly ask "Where's grandpa, grandpa?" She would always have to be reassured that we weren't leaving him, he was just at work and we would see him later. Halle also does that same thing at home for Justin she'll say "Where's daddy, daddy?" I have to tell her daddy's at work, but he'll be home for lunch..... then she says "oh ok!" This is just one of the cute things Halle does! Also, Halle likes to sit in doll strollers and it was sooo funny this time, at my mom's she was playing in the Barbie house, (sometimes all the way in the Barbie house) but as i walked into the room she sat back down in the stroller and started to play she grabbed one of the Barbie pillows and put it behind her head in the stroller. It was so funny, you can actually see the little blue pillow behind her neck in the picture! She has that look on her face that she knows she's being funny!


Hope had never seen a baptism before and you could tell how neat she thought it was. My mom always makes each kid a baptism comforter (blanket) with pictures of what you do to get ready for your baptism and things you continue to do after you are baptized. Hope has my blanket that my mom made me in her room on her trundle where Halle is suppose to sleep.... and just Sunday night when we got back to Cedar and when i was tucking the girls in Hope realized in the picture of the blanket that's what Kaylin did! It was awesome to see her connect things together... she even says when she sees a heart that it is a Holy Ghost heart. She's learned that you feel the Holy Ghost in your heart, so it's cute to hear her connect it all together. The whole time we were in SLC i used my mom's camera to take pictures... other than a couple shots with mine, so these are the best ones i have until i get the others from her.

MOODY BLACK AND WHITE'S OF HALLE AND HOPE

Photoshopped pictures...

THESE ARE PICTURE'S OF HALLE WITH TEXTURE

These are the latest pictures Jaelyn has photoshopped!