Mallory

Buddha Baby

April 11, 2007

     
We tried a new “first” with Mallory tonight – instead of giving her a bath lying down on a mat in the tub, we inflated the little tub thing that fits inside the regular tub and let her sit up in that. It allowed her to reach for her toys and even though she was sort of leaning against the sides of the blow-up tub, she was doing a decent job keeping her balance. But oh boy, seeing her sit there with a bare tummy – that girl has a belly on her!
She turned five months old last …

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Mallory

lazy saturday

April 7, 2007

i have been waiting for a day like today for a long time. almost a whole day with nothing to do. mallory let me sleep until almost 7 (too bad rick’s alarm went off at 6a) and promptly went down for a nap ~8.30am. i should have gone back to bed too but i am on a scrapbooking mission to get as caught up as possible. it’s practically blizzarding outside right now so i don’t feel guilty sitting here doing nothing :-)
yesterday was good friday so we sent mallory to daycare in her adorable bunny outfit that brendan & kaylie’s …

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life lesson from a 6 year old

April 3, 2007

my nephew is unbelievable. i told him today that i don’t want him to get any bigger because if he gets older, i get older.
his wise response? “well, that’s just how life is.”
are you KIDDING me??!?!?!
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in other news, we have had a few days of teaser spring weather. they have been forecasting rain for days and days and it hasn’t really shown up as they’ve been threatening. today mallory & i stopped by the Michigan softball game for a bit (rick had some showing off to do…) and then we came home to play with cooper. with the lake thawed and …

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happy birthday to me!

April 1, 2007

wow. 37. when i was younger 37 seemed so old. now that i’m here it just sounds old – i don’t feel so old. well sometimes i do when i am a little slow getting up off the floor after playing with mallory. 
my birthday weekend has been good so far: a mid-day pedicure & lunch date with some good friends yesterday (even mallory got her toes painted to match mine!), dinner with my family at my mom’s yesterday evening, a big ultimate margarita at Friday’s with rick & mallory on our way home from my mom’s. this morning mallory enjoyed …

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