Received this email from Rick today:
From: Rick
To: Samantha
Date: Dec 20, 2007
Subject: job
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Mallory's One Year Pictures
Since I’ve sent out our Christmas cards (which had Mals one-yr picture on it), I can finally share them with the world :-) (click on any picture to make it bigger)
This one made the Christmas card cut
Geez, she looks so sweet here! It’s very deceiving :-)
How old are you Mals? ONE!
This is our annual in the woods Christmas card picture through the years (2005, 2006 & 2007). Rick joked that our branch might not hold us all next year…it was a little creaky when all …
Product Junkie
I think one of the few things that bugs Rick about me is that I have about 20 bottles of lotion, 20 bottles of hair junk, and 20 things of lipstick that I never use all cluttering the bathroom closet and countertop and drawers. Whenever he proposes a “big clean”, cleaning my side of the bathroom is always at the top of his list. I have been slowly going through my inventory, mostly because I don’t replenish my stash like I used to (I buy diapers at Target now instead of body or hair stuff). This is actually pretty funny …
You didn't see what I just did, did you?
Ok, this is a totally true story. Whether you choose to believe what I say I saw is up to you:
I finished up my Christmas shopping this weekend. When we got home, Mallory started to eat lunch while I started to unpack all my bags. I walked past her with the triangular shaped crayons I bought her (I’ve heard they are good for plane rides because they don’t roll off the tray) and dropped them in her stocking, you know, just helping Santa get a head start. Anyway, I turned around and saw Mallory watching me. I said “Hey Mals, …
Brusha-brusha-brusha
I keep forgetting to post about Mallory’s new hygiene obsession. We got her a little toothbrush and toddler toothpaste, and she will now brush her own teeth. After her bath at night, she’ll sit on my lap and immediately look up at the shelf where we keep her brush. I’ll put a dab of toothpaste on her brush and she’ll go to town, occasionally handing me her toothbrush to run under the water or trying to brush my teeth. I don’t know how much she actually brushes as opposed to just chews on the bristles but either way I figure …
Dancing Queen
We had Mallory’s follow-up flu shot today and she also had blood drawn to check for lead, because I didn’t know how old our house and if there was any lead paint. The flu shot was quick and painful, and the blood draw was long and painful. Poor kid was in a mom straightjacket, while the med tech tried to hold her arm still, while the lab lady poked for a vien and drew her blood. It probably didn’t help that the med tech had horrible breath and was talking EXTREME baby talk: “oh, dis will only hurt a widdle …
Visit with Santa
Mallory, Cooper & Santa, December 2007
Mallory was a little afraid of Santa, but once we got Cooper situated and Santa started singing to her, she stopped freaking out long enough for us to get one picture. :-)
Kisses
OK. I blogged about my 4-month backlog of posting video, and here I am, posting new video before I get caught up. Oh well.
This is from last night…it is a mere 52 seconds of over 10 minutes of video of Mallory talking and playing with us. Rick turned the viewfinder screen around on the camera so Mallory was seeing herself on the screen, and she was trying to give herself kisses. But it’s like the kids waving crazily for the cameras at a ballgame – if they wave at the camera, they can’t see themselves on the screen, and if …
Banana Pancake Pasta Pea Grape
That would be Mallory’s name if you called her all of her favorite foods.
I was going to leave this post at just that because I think it would have been funny but I’m sure I would disappoint all of Mallory’s fans who come here to read up on the pumpkin-head. So here are some other recent Mallory observances:
While she loves bananas, pancakes, pasta, peas and grapes, she doesn’t like steak. Really, I think that’s the only food she won’t eat. No wonder she looks 8 mos pregnant!
When it’s time to put her shoes on, she will turn around and try …
Funny Halloween Video
Ok, this is really late in getting posted, but I finally just downloaded a ton of video from the camera…you will be inundated with video the next couple of days :-)
The video below is of Mallory & her friend Alli in the wagon on Halloween. It’s a little dark but you can still hear the girls “talking”. Mallory is the pumpkin and Alli is the panda…it’s the talking pumpkin in the beginning who says “HI!!!”. I must find a way to make that my ringtone on my phone. It melts my heart…