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Mom's night out

April 20, 2007

A good friend called last night and asked if I wanted to meet her and another friend out for drinks tonight at the pub in town. With Rick finally on the mend, and me in desperate need of some time out of the house, I quickly and enthusiatically said YES.
I had a fun time, just catching up with my friends. They are both single so aside from showing off the picture of Mallory in her new jersey, and sharing the story of my week from hell with my sick hubby and sick puppy, I tried to just sit back and enjoy the …

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136 days…

April 18, 2007

Only 136 days until football season. But little Miss Mallory is ready to go:

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The Test

April 18, 2007

Oh boy am I being tested. I wonder if dogs can get the flu?
First Rick has been sick for over a week (his fever is finally gone but he still has a HORRIBLE cough), but now the dog is ill. Rick came home from work yesterday to a very sick puppy. So he spent a couple hours cleaning and steam-cleaning the carpets and we were sure to get Cooper out a bunch of times where he continued to have diarrhea. Then at 3.15a I heard Mallory crying so I snuck downstairs in the dark and *squish*. AARRRGGGGHHHHH. For as smart …

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Mallory's new cousin!!

April 16, 2007

My sister had her baby this morning at 6:14a…a boy named Liam. 7lbs, 11ozs and 20 inches long. He doesn’t look anything like her other two did at birth and he has a TON of dark hair.
Congrats Emily & Michael!!!

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Randomness

April 16, 2007

We’ve had a rough week in our house. Rick has been really sick with the flu, missing 3 days of work including a work party at the Chophouse with free drinks & food (Rick has never been one to turn down free food & drink!). He has been running a fever since Thursday so I’ve been playing nurse to him, while being a single parent to Mallory. So far Mallory & I have been able to avoid catching whatever nasty bug Rick has and I am anxiously awaiting Rick’s recovery so I can get some help with Mallory! She is getting …

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Some random pictures

April 12, 2007

Gigi (my mom) sent Mallory a postcard from Florida. I let her “read” it and she was turning it over and around to check it all out.

Both Rick & I celebrate birthdays in April and this year my dad did a joint gift – we got this kick-a$$ baby carrier thing for Mal-Star so we can continue to walk in the woods. I’ll tell you – this was way easier and more comfortable than the baby bjorn! Mallory seemed to really like it too – she was craning her neck to look around Rick.

The Easter Bunny brought Mallory some sunglasses in her …

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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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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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