We got to babysit Mallory’s cousin Liam today and overnight. He is 13 mos old and a total sweetheart. Mallory is soooooo not a fan of sharing, especially me. Whenever I was paying attention to Liam or holding him, she turned into a clingy, whiny mess. Oy. But I learned that if I asked for her help with Liam (changing his diaper, getting him in his jammies, etc), she turned off the whinies and was willing to help. That was pretty sweet.
After dinner tonight we went for a boat ride and Liam was trying to launch himself over the front of the boat. That was pretty fun. It was impossible to just sit and relax and drink my beer and enjoy the evening cruise. But it was a gorgeous evening and the kids were pretty good. They are both asleep now…and my sister just called to warn me that Liam wakes up at 6am. WHA????
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This is why my sister needed us to watch Liam…she & Lauren are up north getting their new puppy, Obi Wan (my Star Wars-freak nephew named him). Can you stand it?
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We have had softball on the TV all weekend (watching the World Series that Michigan should be in. Argh.). Anyhow – Mallory is catching the fever and has been carrying her glove around all day. I only had to show her once how her hand fits in it and now she can go and get it and put it on her hand the right way all by herself. We were playing catch earlier today and I was lightly tossing it right into her glove and then cheering for her because she caught it. After a few minutes of that, instead of actually throwing it to me, she would get close enough to me to just barely have to throw it to get it to land in my glove.
