This Saturday was a little better than last – not so hot, Mallory took a nap during the game, Rick got home before Mallory’s bath/bed time AND Michigan won their football game – yeah!! I’ll post the football pictures and stuff under a different post. And there will be a long post on the Arlo blog this week too…stay tuned.
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I’m heading to Austin right now (sitting in the Chicago airport, but will be in Austin when this finally gets published). Mallory was cute when I told her I was going on a trip – she kept saying “ME …
Year: 2008
Buhbuh, ME!
The latest funny thing to come out of Mallory’s mouth is when she is doing something (brushing her teeth, playing with her sunglasses, etc), she tries to show Cooper what she’s doing and says “Buhbuh, ME!” as in “Hey Cooper, check out what I am doing!”. Cooper never pays any attention to her but it’s still funny to watch her try to show off for him.
And tonight after her bath, she went running into her room and heard Cooper coming up behind her. She stopped at the doorway of her room and held up both of her hands and yelled …
Flashdance
I think it was the movie Flashdance where the chick wore her clothes off the shoulder?
Here is what happens when Mallory tries to finish getting herself dressed:
And here is Mallory ~1984 via yearbookyourself.com.
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Phew. I am finally relaxing. Yesterday was hectic with trying to get the laptop back up & running. Then once I got the laptop ready and re-installed the blogging software, I was having blog-publishing issues until 11.20p last night. That’s the engineer’s daughter in me – I couldn’t sleep until I figured it out but I finally gave up when it was two hours past my …
Michigan v Utah – recap
The tailgate started at 10a for the 3.30p kickoff. We got home at 9p. Holy long day.
My 7-yr old nephew was going to come with my dad but turns out Shane didn’t want to come, so my 3-yr old niece came instead (which then made Shane decide he DID want to come – oops). I think my mom & I were thinking my dad was a little nuts to invite Lauren. But turns out my dad wasn’t so dumb – I wonder if he knew that Lauren was going to want to sit with Mallory the whole game?
The girls were …
My Pish Gaga
Roughly translated it means “Hey Mom – I just went fishing with Dad over at the lake!”
(there should be a slideshow of pictures here)
10 weeks today (30 more to go)
This is what is going on this week.
Your baby is growing incredibly rapidly right now. She is approximately 1.75 to 2.4 inches (4.4 to 6cm) when measured from crown to rump. She will double her length in the next three weeks. Your growing baby weighs about 0.3 ounces (8g).
The neck is developing and the chin lifts up from the chest. Fingernails are also present. While your baby’s sex was already determined at the time of fertilization, male or female genitalia are now visible. Essential organs are formed and most have begun to function. The blood vessels in the placenta are …
Help A Sister Out
Here are two versions of the same picture. Which one do you think is cooler and why. Please discuss.
Ideally I would like to get one of these shots of her on the beach in Wisconsin enlarged for our wall but don’t know if I should do SOOC (that’s Straight Out Of Camera for you non-photography types) or play with it a little.
PS – I know the one on the right is a little dark.
Fall is coming
Wow – fall is coming FAST. I seem to forget that this happens every year. The days getting shorter, the needing a coat or a sweater in the morning, the fact that we aren’t obsessed with mowing our lawn weekly because it’s going to snow soon anyway so who cares?
I am sitting on the couch with a fabulous semi-warm & semi-cool breeze coming in the front door. There are still boats out on the lake and why wouldn’t they be, it’s still in the 70s. But I guess I still think of football season meaning the end of summer.
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A mom recommendation
I was able to get all of the crayon off Mallory’s kitchen toy.
Gotta love washable crayons and Mr Clean Magic Eraser.
Video of the lake
Here is video of Mallory playing in the lake yesterday.
Disclaimer: It is a long video and there is stupid mom commentary. You’ve been warned.
I DIDN’T PROOF THIS VIDEO BEFORE POSTING AND JUST REALIZED IT STALLS AT 4 MINUTES. THAT MAY BE THE END OF IT OR IT GOT SCREWED UP WHEN I UPLOADED.