Monkey Business

The Zoo! We have been to the zoo 3 times this summer! I wasn't sure how much Halia would be able to enjoy, but as you can see by the picture below she can always manage to find some dirt to eat. The first time we went to the zoo we went with all of her friends from church. It was so cute to see the babies faces when they saw the animals.
I know Halia is a Monkey in our eyes, but she has some catchin up to do!

I think her and mommy's favorite part was the train ride at the end of the day. The breeze was so nice.

This never happens! She was so exhausted and overwhelmed from all the fun she just couldn't take it anymore!

Ready...Set...Go!

The next time we went to the Zoo was with her Daddy. We couldn't resist the Carousel this time. Halia picked the Gorilla to ride on since its personality is most like hers.

As you can tell she loved it! ;0

These little monkeys were her favorite. She would pound on the glass (sorry zoo) and go "ohh, ohh, ohh." Aren't they so cute!

Halia and her Dad are so silly!

The 3rd time we went to the Zoo her Grandma and Grandpa spoiled her and took us with them. She even got to pick a toy. She picked the creepy lookin Lemur that squeaks. I don't have any pictures of that because my camera broke:( Thanks Grandma and Grandpa, we had fun!

Happy Fathers Day

This year was Sale's official 1st fathers day. Halia made him the cutest card with her footprints on it and bought him his shoes he has been wanting for awhile. Sale is such a great father to Halia. He is so sweet and gentle with her. I think every Dad needs a daughter to soften them up. I definitely don't give in to her like Sale does, and she knows it too. Sale's mom had a special dinner for all the dads. The wives were all supposed to bring a dessert. The dads would then vote on whose dessert was the best. I thought I could at least win the best presentation. What guy doesn't like a cheeseburger and fries right? So I made mini burgers out of cupcakes, brownies, coconut, and frosting. The fries are made out of sugar cookies sprinkled with sugar. I was pretty impressed with myself. Well, after all that hard work we didn't end up voting because some of the wives didn't "know" it was a competition. Sale said I won in his eyes. ;) It was a lot of fun. I just want to tell Sale how great of a Dad he is to our little monkey. She absolutely adores you and loves to hear your voice. I have a wonderful Dad myself and I know how important the bond between a Dad and daughter is. My Dad is a great Dad and Grandpa. I know Halia is going to make some fun memories with her Grandpa. Lucky you Dad, you are the only one she has!

Sooo BIG!.....So Many Changes!

Halia turned 9 months on June 25th. She is so crazy! Her spirit is just too big for her little body. She never ever stops! She doesn't exactly crawl, she does more of a run crawl. She sometimes tries to go so fast he legs do a little crawl hop. She definitely would win a crawling contest. Anyone want to challenge her? She will pretty much eat anything now. And always wants whatever she can't have.



As you can see she is huge. Her stats for her 9 month checkup are

Head- 75%

Length- 97% 29.25in

Weight- 90% 20.14lbs


She is always into somethin these days. Just look at that face. She looks so sneaky!

She got her first few teeth and already knows how to use them! (sorry to everyone and their children she has bitten!) I love the two bottom teeth. I think its so cute with just those two.

Halia is quite a Mozart these days. She is so entertained by any kind of music. Her Grandma and Gram are determined she will be a talented hula dancer and singer.

You all didn't pray hard enough

Halia turned 8 months on May 25th. It seemed like as soon as she turned 8 months her learning curve is so fast. The morning of the 25th it was like she all of the sudden decided she knew how to scoot around and somehow find her way to the other side of the room. We were gettin nervous last month about her starting to crawl, but now we knew she was almost there.
2 cute little front teeth popped up a few weeks before she turned 8 months. She looks so cute with her toothy smile. I'm afraid she's looking more like a little girl! Well, not even 3 weeks later she is CRAWLING! I told you all on my last post you needed to pray for us since she has never stopped moving her legs since before she was born! You all probably think I'm horrible for saying this but, I was hopping she would be a late crawler. Everyone always says to us, "oh my, look at her moving and so busy all the time, just wait until she starts crawling...." Well the time is here! She is everywhere! We are in the midst of baby proofing our house now and its kinda fun to see the changes. So this was more of an update post. Since my life has drastically changed even more now that she is crawling, I haven't had a lot of time to keep up on my blogging. I will post some more pictures soon.

A quick update......

Life has been so busy and crazy so I wanted to post a few pics. of the last month. Halia is napping so I have to be quick!

7 Months Old!

Thanks Jennifer for letting Halia borrow this cute tutu!
Halia loves to eat and play with her toes. She is attempting to crawl now!.....but she is still not sure what to do yet thankfully!

She loves music! While I'm at work she learns to sing, and play the ukulele and piano with her dad and Grandma. She gets so excited when she sees the ukulele come out! Sale used to sing and play while she was in my belly. I think she recognizes it?

Her new trick is that she discovered her tongue. She loves to make faces and make clicking sounds with her new discovery.

We finally got Halia her own seat at the table. She eats so much better now that she feels like she is sitting with us. (As you can see from the picture above) :)
The picture on the above left is Halia at her friend Leilani's prince and princess birthday party. All the kids got to make a crown. Didn't Halia do such a good job on hers? ;) The picture on the left is all the wonderful books we got for $5.oo at the Salt Lake Library book sale! As you know, books are expensive but every kid loves them. So...Halia and I had so much fun gathering all these books up to take home. Thanks Rachel Cagle for the tip on the sale!

Halia and her cousins Charlee and Addy having a pajama party while their parents went to visit a friend for a few hours. They had so much fun going to see the cows and horses in our backyard. Then they made blueberry muffins and watched Horton Hears a Who. Halia loves to play with her cousins. (In case you couldn't notice. Ha ha!)

This picture is of Halia taking a nap. She was sitting on my bed watching me get ready for church when she got soooo tired she just literally fell over to rest her sweet little head. I couldn't resist taking a picture. (of course I laid her down after so she could be more comfy)

I love this picture of us. I guess I'm always the one with the camera so I don't really have many pics of us together. We were across the street looking at the herd of buffalo when her daddy snapped this pic. of us. Its took dark to see but, the buffalo are just on the other side of the fence.

One morning I woke up and looked out my kitchen window to see this not even 15 feet away from my window! The barn has been abandoned for the last 8 months so it was quite a shock to see and smell, the herd of cows there. Halia likes to watch them so I guess its ok.
May 16th, 2009 5k on the birthday! Last Saturday was the Ogden Marathon. I got to run the 5k with the cute girls from my work. They sponsored us to run so that made it even better. I really haven't ran too far since I had my baby but I surprisingly finished! My sis in-law Jen ran the 5k for her first time and it was her B-day. I'm pretty sure she surprised herself how fun it was. (I also must mention it was my cute lil, sis. Lindsay's birthday and my cousin Ryan as well) My bro. Andy ran the full Marathon! After Jen and I ran the 5k we went home to get the kiddies and waited at the finish line to cheer him on. It was so inspiring and motivating to see all those people of all different ages and sizes cross that line. Maybe someday I will be able to do it at least once? Later that night my boss invited over the ones who ran that day for an amazing steak dinner. It was so much fun! Now I can barely walk..... next time I better train first and at least run a couple miles a few months before right?! Good job Andy and Jen!

Whats New...

6 Month Pictures

Our little ballerina princess

She looks just like her aunt Tara in the picture above.

This is her "I'm so mad" face!

6 months old

Halia turned 6 months old on March 25. I can hardly believe how time has seriously flown. She is already half a year old! This months mark was the hardest for me I think. From now on she is becoming more and more a little girl instead of a baby. Its such bitter sweet feelings. She got really sick so we ended postponing her well child check up until she was 6 1/2 months old. Her stats for this month are:

Weight: 18.5lbs 90th%

Height: 28in 97th%

Head: 75th%

As you can see she is growing up way to fast!

I took this picture on the day she turned 6months. She always makes this silly face. I think she looks especially Chinese with her hat on. She gets that from her Gram.

It seems as if as soon as she turned 6 months she discovered so many new things. She started to sit on her own when she was around 5 months. She loves to sing, as some of you might have noticed if you go to the same church as us. She loves to eat anything, and I mean anything! Her favorite thing to do with mom is to go for stroller rides around North Ogden. Halia has started to become more and more of a demanding diva. She needs attention all day. This may be because when her Grandparents watch her she gets nothing but attention. She is either being read to, sang to, entertained by the ukulele, or receiving hula lessons by Gram. If any of you have attempted to pick her up to hold her, you might have noticed how fast she kicks her legs as if she could run out of your arms. This girl has way too much energy for such a little body. I fear the days of her crawling are coming way too early. Pray for me!

Happy Easter!

Easter was so fun with Halia. She of course has no idea what is going on but its fun for us. My mom and I started sewing dresses for Halia when she was still in my belly. Well, I finally finished mine and decided it was perfect for an Easter dress! I made her a matching bow and she looked adorable. I was so proud of my self!

We gave Halia an Easter basket of course. We just got a bunch of random dollar things at the store. It was fun. She loved her bunny ears and baby chick pj's. To dress up her $1 Easter basket, I put her tutu that she wore when she was a newborn around it. It turned out pretty cute!
We had so much fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house for Easter dinner. Halia loves playing with her cousins. Charlee and Addy had a lot of fun finding all of Halia's share of Easter eggs.

Las Vegas March 2009- Sale's Dad's 1 year memorial

We went on our first road trip with Halia to be with Sale's family for his 1yr. memorial service. Sale's Mom, little bro., Sale, Me and Halia, left forVegas in the middle of the night so Halia would sleep the whole way. She did great! It was pretty rough on Sale and I trying to stay awake so, we took turns reading Stephanie Myers Eclipse out loud to each other. Sale has already read the whole series but, I'm a little behind. It definitely helped me stay awake! Thanks honey! The grave stone turned out nice. This was the first time we got to see it.One of Sale's sisters made all of us red lava lavas to wear. They had the picture of Mike Fonoti on them. It was neat to see everyone all dressed the same. Halia even had one! :)Sale and his bro. Jr. A.K.A. StakAll the boysAfter the service we all went to eat at the China buffet. My sister in laws Stella and Olive were fighting over who got to hold Halia while we ate
Afterwards the party of course continued at Jr. house with a lot of music, dancing, and eating of course.
Halia and her uncle Jr. This was the first time she got to meet him.

It was so great to see all the fam together. We had a great time. Unfortunately Halia was not acting like herself, and us being new parents were worried. She wasn't eating very well and she was acting very fussy. We ended up leaving that same night. We basically were there for only a day. We thought it would be best to get her home and let her sleep through the drive again. We were bummed because we had made plans to meet up with a few different friends that had moved to Vegas and we ended up not seeing any of them. We soon realized how being a parent will change any plans you have in an instant when it comes to taking care of your baby. We still had a good time even though it seemed as if we drove for 2 days straight. Halia started to feel better the next day and everyone was back to normal again.