Blogging Hallie and Lea's Life: Hallie's First Easter Basket!

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Hallie's First Easter Basket!

Here are some cute photos of Hallie with her wonderful Easter basket which was made with lots of love by Aunt Laura. She actually made the basket itself! Hallie is so lucky to have such an amazing Aunt.

I had a hard time deciding which photos I liked the most so I included all of them.

8 comments:

Aunt Laura said...: Beautiful pictures!!! I think they should be put into a beautiful photo collage frame. Of course, I am biased.

Happy 1st Easter, Thumbelina!
Love, Aunt Laura; April 10, 2007 at 9:51 AM
23wktwinsmommy said...: LOVE the pictures. Aunt Laura is so talented!
Hallie looks like such a big girl!!! Boy, they sure grow up fast...; April 10, 2007 at 10:53 AM
Jamie and Jill said...: SOOOOOOOOOO cute........of course!; April 10, 2007 at 9:34 PM
Kim said...: Look at that little on sitting up like a big girl! Too. cute.; April 10, 2007 at 11:18 PM
Sarah Furlough said...: Adorable! Can Aunt Laura be my aunt too? HOw lucky Hallie is to have such a creative aunt!; April 11, 2007 at 8:23 AM
Lathan, Lauren, Logan, London said...: How fun! Looks like you all had a great weekend!; April 11, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Cora said...: Wow Hallie looks great sitting up on her own. It also looks like the hair is coming in. I had to laugh when I saw the eggs covered in plastic wrap in her mouth, Amelia does the same thing!

Cora; April 11, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Laura said...: what, we have to choose?
oh my goodness, i wish i could kiss those cheeks....of course i would properly sanitize my lips, lol.
your blog is one i miss so much while i am laptop-less.; April 14, 2007 at 3:04 AM

About Hallie Rose and Lea Paxton

Hallie Rose was born on June 11, 2006 after her mommy went into pre-term labor at 23 weeks with Hallie and her twin sister, Olivia Skye. She spent 121 days at the Intensive Care Nursery at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia (one of the only places that will even dream of taking 23 weekers) where she got expert care from a team of Neonatologists, nurses, Physicians' Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners. Her mommies were constant fixtures in the ICN and have made a whole slew of lifelong friends there. Since her homecoming on October 10, 2006, Hallie has thrived. Amazingly, her lungs are developing well for a baby with BPD (Bronchopulmonary dysplasia) and she managed to avoid laser surgery for ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity). She still has some reflux and delayed gastric emptying, but her food allergies and sensitivities are abating. Unfortunately, they did their damage, so Hallie has a lot of trouble eating but she's made great progress on solid foods during the final months of 2008 and the opening ones of 2009. She is finally making some progress in terms of eating solids and is now pronouncing lots of stuff (even if she doesn't really like eating it) to be 'delicious.'

Hallie also has an expressive speech delay, but this, too, is improving. She's got a huge vocabulary that is above her chronological age and is working on the pragmatic dimention of speech. Her voice is soft, mostly due to shyness and a paralyzed left vocal cord, but she has a way of making her needs known!

Hallie continues to have delays in her fine and gross motor skills and some raging Sensory Processing issues, all things considered, Hallie is doing miraculously well. She walks, she runs, she climbs, she signs, she talks a little, and is the most inquisitive person we know. While she was recently diagnosed with High Functioning Autism, Hallie has nevertheless managed to establish and maintain a lot of connections to the people in her world. Between Floortime/DIR, lots of OT, lots of speech therapy, and playdates with her favorite playmates, Hallie is making tons of progress. In other words, Hallie is our hero and this blog is mostly about her.

But not all about her: on 31 January 2009, Hallie became the big sister to a 39 weeker, Lea Paxton. Lea's middle name is rooted in the Latin for peace (Pax), and thus she honors her older sister, Olivia, whose name also stands for peace. Lea is a robust baby who is developing well and who is loved by all of us, and especially Hallie (who is very good at returning her blankets, burp cloths, toys, and 'blinkies,' but only after trying out the latter).

Hallie has lots of real life friends, but welcomes virtual ones too!

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