Getting to Know Me

My mom forwarded this to me. Instead of answering them via email, I decided I would blog it and whoever feels like participating can.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 6:45
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? either Sex and the City or Expelled (how's that for a contrast)
4. What is your favorite TV show? Gray's Anatomy
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? cereal lately
6. What is your middle name? Ellen
7. What food do you dislike? mushrooms
8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? none
9. What kind of car do you drive? highlander
10. Favorite sandwich? does a hamburger count?
11. What characteristic do you despise? fakeness
12. Favorite item of clothing? jeans
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? somewhere warm and sunny
14. Favorite brand of clothing? not sure if its my favorite, but New York & Co was the last thing I bought
15. Where would you retire? ???
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? 30
17. Favorite sport to watch? college football these days (except last night)
18. Farthest place you are sending this? to the ends of the blogworld
19. Person you expect to send it back first? ???
20. When is your birthday? September 25
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? night
22. What is your shoe size? 8 1/2 narrow
23. Pets? just Mallory's puppy
24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? God is good
25. What did you want to be when you were little? a nurse
26. How are you today? great
27. What is your favorite candy? skittles
28. What is your favorite flower? I don't have one
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Tuesday, Matthew's next day off
30. What is your favorite pastime? running
31. What are you listening to? the air conditioner
32. What was the last thing you ate? Blue Bell Birthday Cake ice cream
33. Do you wish on stars? nope
34. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? red
35. How is the weather right now? not as cold as I wish
36. The first person you spoke to on the phone today? Matthew
37. Favorite soft drink? Dr. Pepper
38. Favorite restaurant? Pappasitos (it was the first thing that came to mind)
39. Real hair color? Brown (and its back as of Friday)
40. What was your favorite toy as a child? i don't remember
41. Summer or winter? summer
42. Hugs or kisses? hugs
43. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate (is that really a question)
44. Coffee or tea? iced tea
45. Do you want your friends to email you back? sure, but you can blog your answers if you want
46. When was the last time you cried? can't remember
47. What is under your bed? empty bags
48. What did you do last night? had a good night sleep again thanks to Mallory
49. What are you afraid of? apartment fires
50. Salty or sweet? sweet
51. How many keys on your key ring? a few
52. How many years at your current job? 10 months or 6 years
53. Favorite day of the week? Thursday
54. How many towns have you lived in? 5
55. Do you make friends easily? not as easy as I wish
56. How many people will you send this to? all my millions of blog readers
57. How many will respond? I hope at least 1

Where Did She Go?

I'm having some real "Where did my little baby go" moments lately. Mallory is just looking so much more like a big girl these days. She is doing better and better standing on her own. She walks great while holding on to someone or something. When she's feeling brave she even walks with just one hand for balance. Tonight, I discovered a new tooth peeking through. That's number 5 if you are counting. We got her second flu shot today, and my brave girl didn't even cry!

Here are a few shots from our week.

I love how she looks like she is posing with her puppy.

Here she is with Matthew today. I think the jeans and shoes really made her look grown up to me.

We got to celebrate Aunt Laurie's birthday tonight at Texas Land and Cattle. Mallory didn't get any steak, but she did get some yummy squash that Laurie fed her.

She got to practice her walking with Laurie too.

This is where I found her a few days ago while I was checking in on Facebook.

What has her laughing so hard? Just playing with her daddy! She is a big Daddy's Girl these days. I think it started at the beginning of the week when I was not feeling well and she knew he was more fun.

That's just a peek into our fun times this week and all the fun times I get to spend with my little girl and her daddy!

10 Things I Love About You, Mallory!

1. You are learning to eat without making such a mess. You even make the cutest little crunching sound now.

2. You have such sweet little feet.

3. I get to watch you and your daddy play and laugh together.

4. You make us laugh every day with your love for getting into tight places.

5. You love to cuddle with your puppy and chew on his tail.

6. You rarely make this face anymore, unless we don't give you your bottle when you want it.

7. You are so fun to watch playing and entertaining yourself with your toys.

8. You wave bye bye with a big smile.

9. You greet us when you wake up standing and facing the door with a smile on your face.

10. You are our sweet baby girl that God made.

Happy 10-month birthday, Mallory!