Belated Birthday Fun

Yesterday the Halls came up to have a belated birthday celebration with Brian.  They met us at Old Chicago for pizza, their treat.  It was a cold, somewhat snowy day, so I did not know if they would actually get to come.  There was not much snow, but there was some ice and fog. 

The Halls did make it here and back home with no major problems.

Bethany is fast changing.  Every time we see her she has grown more and is doing and saying more.  She is fast leaving the baby days behind and becoming a little girl. Her hair was in pig tails, and she was cute as a button.  At first when we met at the restaurant, Bethany was not too sure about us.  In theory, we are fine.  She knows who we are in pictures, but interaction with the "real deal" is very different.  By the time we left the restaurant, she was warmed up and ready to hang out.  Bethany did not want to part company when we each went to our cars.

The Halls came over our house for about an hour and let Bethany play and work off some energy before getting back into the car to go home. She had eaten a lot of pizza, cheesy bread, a swig or 2 of Dr. Pepper, and a Dove chocolate given to her by Granddad.  So she was pretty wired.  Her all time favorite thing to do was go up and down the stairs.  Next favorite was Cindy chasing her. Bethany is starting to repeat a lot of words.  We asked her to repeat several of the names of family members.  She could repeat each one, like Holly, Tammy, Maddy, Aaron, etc, but she would whisper them instead of saying the aloud.  Very cute!  By the time it was time to go home, we were good buddies again.  Bethany did not want to go home, or I should say go home without us going with her.  We said our good-byes and will be ready to meet up again in a couple of weeks.  Can't wait.  Next time I will have my camera to get a few good shots to share.  So will leave you with a picture that Cindy sent a while back of Bethany in pigtails.