shower for halle

My sweet frineds Suzanne, Liz and Merideth hosted a beautiful shower in Halle's honor!

Check out the cookies and cakedots!!! Saradee did an amazing job on them!!! YUMMY!

Invitation...seriously so cute! 

Pretty table! 

Details... 

Carolina has scheduled her c-section with sweet baby Georgia on June 16th and my c-section is scheduled for June 17!  How fun is that? 

Addi showing some sisterly love...

I got so many wonderful gifts from my friends!  How special I feel to have so many amazing friends!  Thank you to everyone!! 

Check out the diaper cake that LuLu made for baby Halle!  It was filled with all kinds of fun stuff!! 

Merideth cound't be with us at the shower, but know she had her hand in the planning.  Thank you so much Suzanne, Liz and Merideth!! The Hofmann girls are so blessed to have you in our lives!

All morning before the shower, Addi kept asking when she got to put on her twirly dress and got to Halle's birthday party!  I explained (no less than 20 times) that it was NOT her birthday party, but just a baby party.  I guess she finally understood.  She has been very curious about Halle's birthday and when her party is going to be.  I told her that when Halle is born she will have a birthday party, so...we're party planning for the hospital!  It that helps Addi get more excited about Halle's arrival, then by all means, we will have a party!  Now I just need Miss Halle to stay put a little while longer and not make a surprise appearance like her sister, so this mama can finish planning her Zero Birthday Party!!

potty prize!!!

Wow...what a break I took!  I didn't even realize it had been so long! 

Well first thing's first!  Addi acheived her goal of 6 poops in the potty so she finally got her potty prize that's been sitting in the bathroom window for weeks now! 

She was really proud and wanted me to take a picture of her poop, and since I refused, she wanted to pose by the potty instead. 

Here's her prize....a Repunzel Barbie doll!  She's had her a little over a week and it looks like poor Repunzel stuck her finger in a socket!  Her hair is just awful, but Addi doens't mind.  She is SO proud of her! 

We're already working on another row on her sticker chart and there's a Belle Barbie doll in the window now.  I'm all about bribing, can't you tell?!?

diggin & sweepin

Outside after dinner Addi decided that she really needed to dig in the dirt.  Whatever floats your boat sister!

Addi did you get your hands dirty???

NOPE!

Check out her awesome park shoes!

After she was done digging, she decided that she needed to sweep up her mess. Shocker, I know!

But then the fun was over, so she got handfuls of dirt and put it on the driveway, just so she could sweep some more.  It's an illness.  I know it is.

We sure have been enjoying the later evenings and the nicer weather!

harper came to town!

Look who came to visit last weekend.  Oh yeah, her mommy and daddy came too.  Addi was so excited for Harper to get here and she really did a great job helping take care of her (which is hopefully a good sign of her accepting baby Halle with open arms!!).  

Clark and Amanda went to a graduation ceremony on Saturday morning so we got some alone time with Harper and loved every minute of it!  Addi loved feeding her the most!

Guess who liked eating the puffs besides Harper?

Addi insisted that I scoot the highchair around to her side of the table so they could be closer!

Happy girl!!

Another happy girl!

I love Harper's concentration in this picture!

And here too!  Such an accomplishment!

Harper, here's your puff!

You got it!!

Scott really wanted to teach her how to walk.  Ha!

Addi thought it would be fun to make a train with Harper and she even let her be the leader.  This NEVER happens...Addi is always the leader, so to see her share the duty made me one proud mama!

Thanks for coming to stay baby Harper!  We can't wait for you to come back!!!!