For some reason we have yet to get Mallory out in the snow. Not for lack of snow, but I guess for lack of motivation by mom & dad. But we got some good snow while we were out of town and it continued last night and this morning. Mallory’s changing table is under her window and every time we go to change her diaper, she points out the window and says “NNNOOOOO” – it totally sounded like she was saying snow! So we bundled up the pumpkinhead and out we went. She had a hard time walking in the …
Category: Mallory
Returning to Real Life
I forgot that re-adjusting to real life and real time was going to be hard too. We got home yesterday around 2p, which is 5a tomorrow Guam time…Mallory slept on and off the whole say home from the airport and the grocery store and then fell asleep during dinner at 5.30p. We woke her up for a bath – I didn’t want her to wake up at 3a if we let her go to sleep that early.
Well, she went down last night without a bottle (now that our traveling is over, weaning her from her nighttime bottle is my …
We're back…
We are back to the frozen tundra…and it doesn’t seem as cold as I expected it to be when we returned to Michigan. Mallory was SUPER GREAT on the plane trips today, she slept for 2/3 of the first flight, and about 3/4 of the long 12 hour flight. Rick & I felt like super parents because she was so well-behaved!!
Mallory was SO excited to see Cooper – she was giggling and screeching when he got home from the dogsitter’s, it was so cute. She was exhausted from our long day of travel, even though she slept so much…she even …
Video of the Slide…
Ok, before I sign off – here are two videos for you, a little teaser of all the other video & pictures you’ll get to see once we get home….
The first one is your view going down the slide. The second video you can see Mallory’s face as she & Rick go down the slide. Priceless.
Revenue Opportunity
I think Rick & I may have a little revenue opportunity on our hands.
At least a couple of times a day, Japanese tourists use broken English to ask if it is OK to take a picture of Mallory. We always oblige and laugh about it. We can’t figure out if it is because of her blond curly hair or because she looks like a sumo wrestler.
Yesterday my dad actually gave a lady his card because it was a cute picture of Mals and me and he wanted her to email it to him. Not sure if she understood his request, …
Mike, this post is for you…
You wanted documentation of Mallory being a pill…here she is mid-temper-tantrum, and has tantrumed herself under the chair.
She doesn’t do this very often but something pushes a button sometimes and she turns into a big fat crying mess. I feel bad just letting her roll around and cry but she doesn’t want me to hold her, doesn’t want Rick to hold her, doesn’t want a pacifier, doesn’t want her bear blankie, etc, so I just let her cry and hope she doesn’t hurt herself in the process.
I think this is mostly the result of her being overdue for …
Catching Up
posted at 6p Thursday January 24, Guam time
As I was reviewing pictures, I realized I missed posting some stuff. Plus, I want a daily list of the stuff we’ve done so here goes (I’ll be able to post as long as Rick keeps Mallory occupied and vice versa).
We went to Two Lovers Point earlier this week (http://www.twoloverspoint.com/). We paid our $3 to get a view of Tumon Bay; there was a souvenir shop and all these buildings. The funniest thing is that in the travel book I have from back when my folks were here way back when shows a …
Warm
Post started at 4.30p Wednesday January 23(?) Guam time.
I forgot to post about how warm the ocean is. It’s like bathwater, warmer than the pools.
Mallory wasn’t so sure about the ocean and it’s somewhat big salty waves. She played in it a little bit, “swimming” back and forth between grandpa and Rick, and then was able to stand up and walk where it was shallower.
She and grandpa went down the slide about five times in a row today. They would get to the bottom and Mals would do the sign for more so my dad would pick her up and …
Being a mom…
One of my favorite things about being a mom is when Mallory wants me and only me…when I’m the only one she wants to hold her and cuddle with her. (Of course, when I’m trying to get stuff done, it isn’t my favorite thing. And it’s not so fun when she fights her dad because she only wants me.)
But this must be that is why I still call my own mom whenever I need someone to help me through a problem. I just wish she would just give me a hug and a cuddle instead of telling me “snap out …
Travel Blog #5
Posted Friday, January 18, 10p Guam time
We made it. Mallory was OUTSTANDING on the plane – a few little meltdowns but in general she was great. She even slept the entire second leg of the flight, which was nice, since it was 9p (and 7am Ann Arbor time).
A couple notes about our trip yesterday:
On the big flight, Mallory had finally fallen asleep. My mom said “good- let her sleep as long as possible…”, but I pointed out that it was really noon where we were going to be spending the week, so maybe she should be awake. She said “NO, …