We are continuing with Carson’s introduction to the world of non-boob-food. So far he’s had rice cereal and just this week we started oatmeal. I got some Stage 1 fruits but decided we’ll wait until closer to 6-mos to start those.
He took after his big sister with regard to eating the cereal. I remember it took Mallory all of three days to realize that the cereal is good stuff. Carson loves it so much that he uses his hands to help rake the spoon into his mouth and then he gets sticky cereal all over his hands and face (and …
Year: 2009
Similar…but different
Man, did Mallory have big round cheeks and face back at ~3mos, especially compared to Carson!
And that straight dark hair…who knew what a curly girl she’d turn into!
Chipmunk Cheeks
This week’s theme is “baby pics” and I think I share enough photos of my kids here on this blog so I wanted to share one of my baby/toddler photos.
My favorite thing about this picture is that the can next to me is probably my dad’s Schlitz.
So this is me at about 2-ish I think. I won’t tell you the year ;-)
Time to make the donuts
One of Rick’s memories from growing up is making homemade donuts. So much so that his mom gave us a deep-fryer for a wedding gift, so that we could continue the tradition.
We don’t make donuts very often, seeing as how the mornings we have together as a family can be counted on my two hands. But we finally made donuts a few weekends ago – and Mallory LOVED them.
Back before we had our own kids, I used to bribe Shane to stay the night with the promise of donuts in the morning. Then he told grandpa to make …
For Sale Update
We got our house in tip-top shape for the open house…we’ll see how long it lasts. Mallory got some books out after the open house and wouldn’t put them away so I threw them in the garbage. She fished them out and put them away. Whatever works.
So only two couples came to the open house. I think I knew that we wouldn’t get a ton of traffic but Rick & I needed the open house as a deadline to get the house organized.
Supposedly one couple asked how firm we were on the price, and our realtor said there …
Huh?
Mallory was FABULOUS all afternoon while Rick & I worked on getting stuff done around the house.
I told her she could have ice cream and a pony and whatever else she wanted because she had been such a good girl.
She said she wanted ice cream but that she didn’t need a pony because she already had one…and she showed me her ponytail.
But this is what happened when she ate her ice cream sandwich. I told her she was a mess and she told me:
“I am NOT a mess!”
Oh, OK.
Princess Butterfly and her Grandpa
Mallory tried to get Grandpa to do the Princess Butterfly dance with her – she kept scolding him for not getting on his tippy-TIPPY-toes.
Cleaning Up
I’m supposed to be on vacation up north with my kids and my dog and my dad. But the weather was craptastic so we came home early. So my vacation day got converted to a cleaning day.
This morning I sent Mallory to play with her friend Alli, and Cooper went to play at Grandpa’s. We are having an open house tomorrow (see, I told you our house is on the market for reals), which means we need to get the house cleaned up.
As I’m cleaning, I’m realizing that the process would be easier if I kept up with the every …
I know I may be jinxing myself…
…but my sweet baby boy is the best little baby.
We have our evening routine finally figured out. We get home from school, I nurse him and then he plays or maybe naps. Then he eats cereal with us while we eat dinner (sometimes Mallory feeds him – THAT is hysterical). And then he gets a bath because he’s a mess after dinner. He LOVES to kick and splash in the water and we could leave him in there for an hour if we wanted to because he loves it that much. After bath we load him up with Aquafor for …
Family Stuff
I have neglected to post some family stuff the past week or so – so here goes.
Football started. So Rick is gone a lot. He barely gets home in time to say goodnight to the kids each night. We went to see him at practice one day last week, and Mallory ran up to him and said “Daddy? I want you to come home with my mommy right now”. I had to swear up & down to Rick that I did not put her up that.
There was a family day last weekend with an open scrimmage and then …