Wearing Rick’s sunglasses
She came home from school on Monday with this ringlet hanging in the middle of her forehead. Not sure if one of the teacher’s made it that way or if it just ended up that way but I couldn’t resist snapping a picture!
Month: April 2009
Weekly Update – April 21
So now I’ve gone a whole week without a real post and I don’t get any grief from anyone? Hmmm…should I push it another week?
Ok, I won’t. Here is what we’ve been up to:
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My college roommate came with her two kids to visit me and my kids last Thursday. We usually try to get together at least every six months or so for dinner or whatever but obviously things have gotten hectic for both of us. I think it has been two years since I last saw her! Mallory was shy to begin with and wasn’t so …
Mallory & Carson – April 16
I tried to get some pictures of Mallory & Carson together the other day. Wasn’t the best photo shoot but I did get some cute shots.
What’s in a name?
People have been asking us what our girl name was if Carson hadn’t been a boy. So I’m here to share.
Our #1 girl name was Emma. Other girl options were Delaney (like Jimmy Buffett’s daughter’s name) or Ainsley (Rick didn’t like at all but I loved it!).
Our close runner-up for a boy was Olsen. I liked that it was unusual without being wacky. Rick also liked Miles and Ike. And Arlo (he never gave up on that one, even right up to the end).
Power has shifted
Something terrible happened in our house this weekend. All power that Rick & I had over Mallory & her temper tantrums is GONE.
Up until Sunday, we were able to use a baby gate (or the threat of a baby gate) to keep Mallory in her room during a temper tantrum. I know some people just turn the door handles around on the kid’s door and lock the kid in the room but I personally liked being able to still see & hear her during the tantrums, to make sure she wasn’t hurting herself or destroying her room (correction, I …
Wordless Tuesday
I know, I know. It’s supposed to be Wordless WEDNESDAY but I have plans tomorrow (yes, real plans! My dear college roommate is coming to meet baby Carson!) so I figured I would share these pictures today. There is no theme to these other than I wanted to share with you, my adoring readers.
Mallory getting herself dressed. She pulled those pants up over her tummy like that all by herself. Can you say NERD???
Carson’s first bath – we snapped this picture before he started screaming. Looks like he’s actually enjoying his bath, eh? …
Blue v Red v Black
The Red Wings played the Blackhawks this afternoon. I asked Mallory who she was rooting for – the Red Wings or the Blackhawks.
She told me she liked the “Blackclocks”.
And that Carson & Daddy liked the “Wed Wings”.
And then I asked her which team I liked.
Smart girl said “You like the Balooo-jackets”.
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Pretty fired up that the Blue Jackets are facing the Wings in the first round of the playoffs, only because I’ll be able to watch every game. Not fired up that they have to actually play against the Wings; that’s a tough first …
Hail to the Victors, Mallory-style
Mallory started to sing “Hail to the Victors” spontaneously this afternoon. We’ve listened to the band CD in the car but it’s not like we do that every day or anything (I’m being serious – we hardly listen to it). I don’t know if she got it in her head from the football & softball games yesterday or what, but OMG is it FUNNY.
Random Pictures & Other Randomness
*Had Carson’s follow-up doctor’s appointment on Friday. Jaundice is almost all the way gone, he is back up to his birth weight and we have to go back in 3 weeks to have the bumps on his head checked on. The doctor seemed to think that they had already started to go down in size even from our appointment on Tuesday but I can’t tell.
*Carson & I spent Friday after his appointment shopping & eating with my mom, my sister and Emily’s mother-in-law. My mom got Carson & Mallory some cute outfits and one of the shirts she got …