Hester Happenings

Christmas time is right around the corner. Granddaddy got Naomi this cute Christmas outfit, but she was about to outgrow it...so what does that mean? Photoshoot! Here are my favorite 3 pictures from the day (the middle one being my favorite): Here are some other cute ones: How cute is this? Except this is why she was really smiling: Leaves, grass, and pine straw must be yummy! My poor child...she will be subjected to many photo shoots soon with all of the holidays coming up!

Our niece, Nola, was dedicated at her church recently. It is so nice that we live close enough to get to participate in family events like this! The festivities started off with a dedication ceremony on the stage.  One of my favorite parts was when the pastor took both girls in his hands and held them with the biggest grin you could imagine! After the service my child was basically kidnapped unless she needed feeding. That's ok because she doesn't get to see Aunt Katie and Uncle Wil in person much (just FaceTime)! Big feast with my family and Hunter's family. After food Naomi woke up a little and we got more smiles! Aunt Katie fed Naomi a pickle and she LOVED it! She even cried when Katie took it away! Katie and Nola I think this picture perfectly sums up how funny and go-with-the-flow Tillie is! We had some fun time with my family...even though you'd never know we were there by the pictures! Ha!

We started off Halloween by going to our church's fall festival. Unfortunately Naomi was a little too small to participate in a lot of the activities, but she loved playing in the hay: For Halloween we (mostly I) dressed Naomi up as an adorable zebra. She helped me pass out candy to trick-or-treaters and gave everyone a huge smile! I love this picture because Naomi kept looking back at Jeff and smiling! I know there was some controversy about her costume...but I still think she's adorably cute! 

So Naomi turned 6 months recently which means time for solid food. I knew that I wanted to make my own food and wanted to start with purees. I know that there are varying opinions about how to start solids and the best way to go. We decided to do purees, but I understand why others choose different paths. Since I knew where I wanted to start, my supermom said she could help. First we went to Trader Joe's to get all the vegetables and fruits. While there we got distracted by all of the pumpkin goodies... The first thing we did was to cook all of the food either by steaming it, boiling it, or cooking it in the oven.  Once the food was cooked we blended it and placed the food into separate bowls. One for sweet potatoes, one for butternut squash, one for carrots, etc. Then came the fun part! We (mostly supermom) started blending different fruits and veggies together. We tried the combinations as we went and they were all quite tas...

Jeff and I have been struggling with a baby problem- that being the car mirrors. Before Naomi was born I went to a baby consignment sale and got this mirror for Jeff's car: The one and only reason I ended up buying this is because it was a whopping $3. It was the cheapest in the bin! Well, let me tell you this is the BEST baby mirror!!  After I got the Munchkin mirror we registered for Eddie Bower mirrors because they looked durable and like they would be good quality. We figured that we could replace the 'consignment mirror' with a new and better one if someone got it for us off our registry. This is the mirror we got: Looks nice, right? Yeah...that about all. It looks nice. Now, because we had never had kids before or even thought about the logistics of having Naomi in the back this looked like a good mirror. Here are the cons of this mirror. 1- It is extremely difficult to adjust the mirror to the perfect angle so that the driver can actually see imp...

We took our annual State Fair trip. We went on a Friday that I was tracked-out and Jeff took the day off. I was super excited to go because it was Naomi's first time at the fair!  From the moment we walked onto the fairgrounds Naomi couldn't stop staring at all of the people! I had to get a picture of her with the HUGE pumpkin. Of course she was more enthralled with the eggplant... Then we went to look at the animals. She had a better view from on top of Jeff's shoulders: My favorite picture of the day: We went into the bunny building because we obviously love bunnies. They had a Lionhead bunny out that we could pet. As soon as I put Naomi down she started to reach for the bunny. The bunny let Naomi pet her for quite a long time! Naomi laughed, smiled, and giggled the whole time. We could have stayed in there for hours and she'd be entertained! I wish we could have gotten it on video!  Next we stopped for the delicious corn and ...