2009 – Smells Like Popsicles

Kisses for Mama

I haven’t shared a fun video of my sweet boy lately; here he is playing with one of his new Christmas presents and it ends by giving his mama some loving. It’s pretty funny how the baby open mouth kisses are so gross unless they are from your own baby, and then they are the best thing in the whole world.

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Side note – my sweet boy has an ear infection in one ear and fluid in the other, so he’s on antibiotics for the first time. I *just* realized that we should be watching for a reaction to …

Mallory

Sharing Sister

I took the kids to the mall yesterday because we had some things to return. Good mom that I am, I talked Mallory out of wanting to play at the mall play place by promising her a pretzel.
After she gave some to Carson, I told her she was a good sharer.
“No, I’m a good sister”.
Yes you are, sweetheart. Yes you are.

Mallory

All Knowing

I called home this morning (Rick is home with the kids).
Mallory answered the phone and said “Hi Mommy!!”
I asked her how she knew it was me on the phone.
She told me “Because I was just knowing it was you.”
LOVE HER.

Mallory, rb

Some things never change

Mallory & Rick were rough-housing in the living room (don’t tell my mom) and they were laughing and playing and making a lot of noise.
All of a sudden Mallory announced that she had to go potty. Rick let her get up and said “that’s the best way to get out of being tickled”.
TOTALLY reminded me of when I was little and that same excuse worked to get me out of being tickled to death by my dad.

Miscellaneous

Christmas Cards

I had a lot of fun (and spent too much time) designing our Christmas cards this year. I am pretty happy with how they turned out, and am already planning next year’s card. Just kidding (sort of). I had a big learning experience this year – DO NOT ORDER PHOTO CARDS FROM VISTA PRINT. They were HORRIBLE and I ended up having to scramble to order from another place. The new place was more expensive per card, but I got overnight shipping for $10. Vista was cheap for the cards, but $40 for 7-day shipping, so it ended up being …

Miscellaneous

So this is Christmas

Carson enjoying his gift from Santa
Mallory JUST noticed her gift hanging on the tree
So excited about her new camera “CARSON! Look at my new polka-dot camera!”
Playing with Carson’s new trucks
Christmas was so much fun this year. Mallory really got into it. We did the whole “Elf on a Shelf” thing – she named ours “Arlo the Elf” and every day Arlo would watch Mallory and then at nighttime he would fly back to Santa to report how Mallory did, but he’d always come back in the morning before Mallory woke up. She …

coops

8 minutes

That’s how much time elapsed between these two pictures. In case you can’t tell – that’s a Hartz dog toy from their Tuff Stuff line.

Excerpt from their website: For the dog who loves to chew but is hard on his toys. Our wacky and vibrant Tuff Stuff® Faces are built with a heavy-duty ballistic nylon shell and ultra-durable tightly twisted rope. Great as a tough chew toy to entertain your dog during solo play or for interactive games of tug and fetch. They even float.

Mallory

Lace ‘em up

This picture is 2.5 weeks old, but better late than never, I suppose!
We, well Rick (I was pregnant last winter) tried to take Mallory ice skating last year and it didn’t work out so well. She only wanted me and I couldn’t step on the ice. So I think she lasted all of 43 seconds last year.
But this year is a whole new year.
We’ve taken her skating the past three Sundays and I think it’s safe to say that she LOVES it. The first two weeks Carson & I had to watch from the stands, but this past …

Mallory

Yesterday

MCB: Dad – are you going potty?
RB: Yes
MCB: Are you standing up or sitting down?

The other night before bed, I noticed Mallory had a big hard booger in her nose, but I figured I’d let it go. I usually tell her to look up so I can see up her nose and then she usually lets me dig them out for her).
Anyway, the next day on the way to the mall, she asked for a kleenex – did some digging – and said "Hey mom – I got the one you were looking for yesterday".
(Mallory …

Carson, Mallory

Smells Like Popsicles

All About Mallory & Carson

Year: 2009

Kisses for Mama

Sharing Sister

All Knowing

Some things never change

Christmas Cards

So this is Christmas

8 minutes

Lace ‘em up

Yesterday

All Mine