I need to get these down on “paper” before I forget:

When it’s bathtime, Mallory will get herself to the tub and then try to pull her shirt up and will help me by stepping out of her pants. Then when she’s stripped down to her diaper, she’ll look down at it, as though she is telling me “um, Mom? a little help here, please”. All this while she’s standing next to the tub contemplating throwing her leg over the “boards”, hockey-style, to get into the tub.
I think we had a couple of comprehension breakthroughs yesterday: (1) I asked her where …

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I’ll preface this post with a disclaimer that I am *incredibly* superstitious when it comes to sports. When I was playing hockey, I had to sit next to Lisa in the lockerroom, I had to be the first one on the ice for warm-ups, I had to eat a pepperoni pan pizza from Pizza Hut every game day. With Michigan football, I have to wear the same shirt, necklace, shoes every game. I leave for the game exactly one hour before kickoff. I get a piece of pepperoni pizza at the game. I cross my fingers at the start of …

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I hate to admit it, but my kid might be bad luck for the Wolverines. She went to the Rose Bowl, and UM lost. Went to Appalachain State game, UM lost. And then she went to the Oregon game last weekend – she lasted the whole game and I was proud that we stayed until the end, even though we lost again (after the game, Mike Hart said: “I think the fans who stayed until the end of the game and weren’t booing, those are the real Michigan fans and the fans I care about.”)
So, she may be bad luck, …

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Mallory helped me do a little redecorating yesterday. To be honest, I’m a little suprised I was able to keep those pictures on the window sill for this long.

 

she is looking to see that all of the pictures are down…

and then tries to put them back!

The pumpkin is 10 months old this week. One of my friends is pregnant with twins and asked me what the hardest part is, do I miss the days of it just being Rick, Cooper & me, and when does it finally become real that you’re having a baby.
I told her the hardest part was in the beginning, not having any fricking clue what the problem is when she was crying. Is it because she’s tired/hungry/wet/gassy/colicky? I also have a hard time being the primary caregiver due to Rick’s work schedule; I think getting married later and being an older …

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I am a little late posting these pictures of Mallory’s first date with Kyle from last week. Kyle is 13-mos old and a total charmer. He & Mallory enjoyed appetizers of blueberries & goldfish, and a main dish of chicken pasta. They were so cute at dinner :-)  These pictures are after they did a little post-dinner shopping.
  
  
And here are some pictures from the pre- & postgame tailgate on Saturday:
With daddy on his pre-game golfcart (I must point out that this child loves any steering wheel she can get her hands on!)

Trying to get Miss Mallory asleep…somewhere in …

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Really? People are *really* asking me this question? Are you kidding me? Michigan lost to a division 2 school and people really think I had a good weekend?
I don’t normally care about the outcomes of the game – I enjoy the atmosphere, the band and spending time with my friends tailgating and a win on Saturday afternoons in the fall is icing on the cake. Of course I want Michigan to win every game but this loss hurts more than any other that I can remember. Yes, even more than losing to OSU the day after Bo died last fall. …

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First football game this afternoon!! The car is all packed, jello shots are ready and now I’m just waiting for Mallory to wake up.
I woke up extra early so that I wouldn’t forget anything so since I have a few minutes (I think) before MC wakes up, I’ll share some of Mallory’s latest tricks: She is getting BEYOND independent. If I’m walking with her holding her little hands in my fingers and  I try to change her direction towards where I want her to go, she shrieks in protest and sits down. And she is obsessed with having her sippy cup …

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Rick & I had a rare date night last night and we joined some friends for dinner in Dexter. Cheri & I enjoyed two-too-many Cosmoplitans but we had a really fun time. Cheri’s husband works with Rick and they live out our way – we are all counting the days that their Mallory can babysit our Mallory so it will be easier for us all to go out!
Here are some pictures from what was probably our last afternoon boat cruise of the summer. We had an absolutely beautiful Sunday afternoon so we took full advantage! What a difference two years …

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