The Halman Life: Right Now

Our family has been loving our busy life. So many great things have been happening lately and we couldn’t be happier. 2012 started out as a relaxed, we’ll take it easy kind of year, but that has completely changed…and we are going with the flow.

Palmer is 11 months old!!! Right now he is taking swim lessons, and doing so incredibly well. He’s completed just two weeks and already rolls to his back and floats when the teacher guides him under water. It’s amazing to watch! Palmer walks exclusively now and he’s really fast. He loves playing chase with Isla and Leo. Leo nicknamed him “Mr. Cotton” randomly and when he yells it, Palmer chases him. Hilarious! He points at everything and says “Daaa?” like, “what’s that?” And smiles when I answer him. When you hand him something he says, “ta ta,” which we think is thank you. He eats EVERYTHING in sight and has a bigger appetite then Isla and Leo put together. I switched him to cows milk as well and he LOVES it. All is wonderful in the life of 11 month old little Palmer.

Right now we are in the process of building a home in Nocatee. We’ve been looking around just for fun since the beginning of the year but we found a home we are absolutely in love with in a neighborhood that’s perfect for our family, so we made an offer, and it was accepted! Come October 2013, we will no longer be beach bums, we’ll be Ponte Vedra townies. Although I’m really going to miss the beach, I’m more excited then sad. This is going to be our dream home! The kids love the park around the corner from our future home too…

Right now we are enjoying the spring weather and making trips to the beach when we can. Isla and Leo picked up where they left off from last summer but Palmer is trying to get used to the wet, sandy, really big thing we call the beach. He likes the first 30 minutes but then cries the rest of the time. Hopefully he snaps out of it soon because it’s going to be a long summer if he doesn’t.