Monday, December 7, 2009

Catch Up

It's only been 5 days since my last blog and I feel like I have a ton to catch you up on. So here goes.

Mallory went to school on Thursday and had a fun day. They told me that she didn't nap well. So when she was cuddling late that afternoon, I just thought she was tired. Nope. She threw up all over me and her. I won't give you any more details than that. It was just gross! She ended up getting sick a couple more times, including once in her crib.

She woke up and was fine on Friday. I was cautious about what I gave her to eat, but she did fine. The only "symptoms" were that she was whiny and easily frustrated (more than normal). Then later on that evening she said "Mommy, kiss it....my ear." She pointed to her right ear and said it hurt. I didn't really think anything of it. I paid attention to what ear she said, and gave it a kiss.

Saturday we went to a children's Christmas party at Steve's work. It was really neat. Mallory got her picture taken with Santa, although she wouldn't sit on his lap.


There were crafts and games for the kids. Mallory's friend Ian was there too. His dad (also Steve) works at the Fed with my Steve. Kind of funny. Here's Mallory in the mask that she made.


She also really enjoyed playing a life-sized game of Candy Land. She was very serious about staying on her square. She was the youngest in her game and she won. She got to pick a toy...it was a little stuffed Christmas dog.


After the party we decided to head to Crown Center to see the Mayor's Christmas tree. Mallory climbed on all the toys around the base of the tree. I got her picture in almost every one of them! Steve climbed in this truck with her.






Then it was home for a nap. We decided to see the Plaza lights Saturday evening, before the weather gets too nasty. Mallory loved the horses again this year. Instead of just neighing to them like she did last year, this year she said "hi, horsey." She'd wave at them and everything. The best comment of the night was when she said the horses had on sunglasses! Nope, kiddo. Those are blinders so they don't get scared of the cars. Sorry for those of you that like to ride the horses, but I think it's cruel to do it in that traffic. I would love to go on a horse drawn carriage ride on a farm where the horses won't see a car at all.



She didn't sleep well Saturday night, so we skipped church. Again, she said her ear hurt. Poor thing. So we had a relaxing day at home. I had some friends over for dinner on Sunday evening. Here's Mallory with Selma.


Again she didn't sleep well last night, so we headed to the doctor's office this morning. Sure enough, she has an ear infection in her right ear. The doctor even said it was "nasty looking." Luckily she's really only bothered by it at night. She's on antibiotics now, so let's hope it clears up quickly.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Funky Mama

This morning Funky Mama had another free concert that we headed to. On the way to the concert Mallory said a few cute things. First we were talking about who was going to be there. I told her that her friends Ian and Molly were going to be there. Then she asked, "Garrett?" I knew that he had a doctor's appointment this morning and wouldn't be there, so I told her that he wouldn't be there. Her response was...."we'll have to see."

As we were driving we passed our favorite breakfast place. And when Mallory spotted it, she said "PANCAKES!" She always gets pancakes when we go there. Maybe we'll have to go this weekend. :)

We got to the concert early to get a good spot and Nana joined us. While we were waiting for it to start, Funky Mama was warming up and testing her sound. Mallory and Ian kept going right up next to her. Too bad this was the best picture I could catch of Mallory with Funky Mama.


Mallory and Ian were dancing all over the place. I think they had a great time!

It took Molly a little while to warm up. But once she did, her and Mallory where holding hands and spinning.

Fun was had by all!

Monday, November 30, 2009

Hey, Steve!

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Here's Mallory entertaining Steve's family in St. Louis. It's a pretty darn good impersonation of me calling for Steve.

Lochs of the Tay

I'm pretty sure none of you will know this song that Mallory's singing. It's in English, but the performer, Jim Malcolm, is Scottish. He's one of Steve's favorites. This song is called "Lochs of the Tay." The words of the chorus are printed below the video.

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For the lochs o the Tay,
Are the jewels in the crown
Of a Scone coronation
And the streams of the shire
Course the county that's dearest tae me.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

STL for Thanksgiving

We just got back in town today from St. Louis where we spent Thanksgiving with Steve's family. The highlight of the trip was meeting our nephew, Garrett, who's just 2 months old. Mallory did really well with him. She kissed his head and tried to be quiet when he was sleeping. That was the hard part for her. Do you see Steve's hands there to keep her from tackling the baby!?!


Here's Steve with Garrett on Thanksgiving day.


Friday we went to the Laumeier Sculpture Park to give Mallory a chance to run around.


We went to the Museum of Transportation on Saturday morning. Mallory had fun climbing in all the trains and pretending to be Papa (my dad is an engineer).




Here we are on the back of a caboose with Grandma.


Saturday we also managed to hit Ted Drewe's. Mallory got to share with both Steve and I and she kept asking for more. She LOVED it! But, really who can blame her!?!

Here's Mallory with Grandpa today before we left.


We had a really nice time. I think I have a couple of funny videos of Mallory entertaining the family to post this week. So keep a lookout.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Yesterday was Steve's birthday. We went out to dinner on Friday evening, while my parents watched Mallory. Then Saturday, his actual birthday, was pretty uneventful. He even made dinner (he cooked out). But Mallory and I did make his favorite chocolate cake. I've made this same chocolate cake nearly every year since we've been together. But I'm pretty sure this was the first year that he blew out a candle. Well, I'm not sure who actually blew it out....him or Mallory.




Here's Mallory singing "Happy Birthday". She will actually sing "Happy Birthday" if I sing along with her. But this video is her version of the song. If you can't tell she loves watching videos of herself. :)


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Friday, November 20, 2009

Singing Girl

I've noticed Mallory starting to sing along to songs on the radio. We have the radio on almost constantly around here.....kind of like some people do with the TV. We listen at mealtimes, car rides, playtime, etc. Mostly we listen to an Oldies station, which is now 60s-80s. We also listen to a station that plays really random music. The slogan is "Playing what we want". She sings the parts of the song that are repeated the most. Here's the songs I've caught her singing along to this week.

"Black or White" by Michael Jackson
"Sunshine go Away Today" by Jonathan Edwards
"Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes

She really enjoys Michael Jackson. I have a CD in my car and she asks for it more than she asks for her music now. Yeah! I really enjoy listening to it over and over again, unlike her kiddo music. Now when we hear Michael Jackson on the radio, she knows that it's him. She'll say "Michael Jackson!"

This week Mallory has started trying to sing what she calls "The clean-up song" here at home. We don't have a a clean-up song, so I asked about it at school yesterday. Sure enough they filled me in on the lyrics. Ms. Julie also informed me that she sings everything at school. Too cute!