My Little Bookworm

One of Mallory's favorite activities these days is reading books. Her favorite by far is "Who's Hiding In the Ocean?". We probably read it at least 10 times a day. Its a 3 way tie for second between "Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?", "There's a Wocket in My Pocket", and "But Not the Hippopotamus". And some days, she just wants ALL the books so that she can flip through a few pages and move on to the next one. On these days the living room looks like a bookmobile overturned in our house.

The hippo book was a big favorite today. I have no clue how many times we read it today. I've gotten to where I have to change up my speed and tone every time I read it just to not go crazy. If any of you are familiar with this story, does it bother you? Really, why not the hippo or the poor little armadillo?

And some days, books are best used for hats.

I'm Done...

with all Nuby Sippy cups. They have a really "cool" feature that Mallory has figured out. If you turn one over and press it on your high chair tray you can get your drink to flow out and make a puddle to play in while your mommy isn't looking. This is what she did Saturday morning with her milk while I wasn't watching. She had given herself a milk bath. It was special.

"Uh-Oh, she caught me!"

Tonight during dinner she tossed her cup on the floor. This happens a lot so I had just left it this time. When I was cleaning up I found a big puddle of water on the floor. While I went to get a towel to clean it up, Mallory slipped in it. Thankfully, she hopped right up like nothing had happened.

If any of what I have just typed did not make sense try adding a "T" wherever it looks good. The "T" on our computer came off recently. I snapped it back on, but it doesn't always work.

I Don't Want to Fold

I don't really have anything big to blog about but it sounds like more fun than folding laundry. So, here goes...

Matthew and I went to the rodeo on Thursday to see Brad Paisley. It was great, even if on the way there Matthew informed me that he "did not care about any of that rodeo stuff". He was going for the Brad Paisley concert plain and simple. We did find a new (to us) rodeo even that we both loved. It was the Mutton Bustin'. They put kids age 4-6 on the back of sheep, sent them out of a chute, and gave them a shot to hang on. It was hilarious!

It was a great night for people watching. The weather was miserable; temperature in the 40's and rain all day. There were people that need more clothes on, infants that needed to be home in bed, and people that needed to spend a lot less time in the tanning bed.

No trip to the rodeo is complete with out some good eating. Matthew was on a turkey leg mission, so he walked right up to the very first stand selling them and ordered his leg. The lady working there felt bad that the only one she had was so scrawny, she gave it to him for free! Later I indulged in a funnel cake while Matthew sampled the cheesecake on a stick dipped in chocolate. He decided they needed to figure out how to put a layer of chocolate in the middle of the cheesecake. I thought the cheesecake needed to not be frozen. Two of the things we did not eat that I just don't even comprehend were the chicken fried bacon and the deep fried banana sundae.

I had an "I Feel Old Moment" while we were eating and a Darius Rucker song was playing. One of the high school girls sitting next to us said to her group, "Is this the guy from that blowfish group?" Matthew's "I Feel Old Moment" was seeing that her letter jacket said class of 2012.

I was a little torn about going to the rodeo on a Thursday night, because I was missing ER and Grey's. Thankfully, my friend TiVo was hard at work recording my shows for me. I am sooooo loving the last episodes of ER. It has been so good! I'm so happy they are going out on top. I loved this week's episode. It was so great to see our old friends Doug and Carol back on, but I was very sad that they never learned they had sent a kidney to Chicago to save Carter. I just now watched Grey's and my heart is breaking a little for Meredith.

Friday was my last morning of Boot Camp. It was great! I'm so glad I did it. It felt great to get back into a workout routine, plus I found some new muscles and took some time off of my mile. Matthew was great to get up every morning with Mallory while I went. I'll definitely do it again sometime, but am giving him a break first.

Mallory and I are heading to Ft Worth tomorrow to spend a few days with Anita and her peeps. It's been 2 months since we last saw each other. This is a long time for us, so we're all looking forward to the visit. I'm being positive and telling myself that this is going to be the time that Mallory sleeps in the pack 'n play while we're there. Afterall, she should be used to it since she's been sleeping in it at home for the last month while her room has been a painting mess! And, just in case you forgot what our sweet little girl looks like, here she is last night telling us its time to go to dinner.

Well, I think I've killed enough time and will go fold the laundry now before Matthew gets home from work. Hope you enjoyed my random thoughts.

Around The House

Things have been pretty uneventful around here lately, but we've still managed to find a few photo ops every now and then.

Mallory is always very interested in all the parts of Matthew's uniform when he is getting ready for work. They sure do love playing with each other.

This may be my new favorite picture of Mallory.

I've been working on styling Mallory's hair lately so that it won't fly away everywhere. Matthew couldn't resist catching a shot of her before I got the pony tail in.

Matthew found the bumbo seat this week. Mallory has been playing with it and reliving the good old days of her youth.

We bought her this slide back in December. I finally got it out this afternoon for us to play with. I think we'll be spending more and more time outside soon.

This is probably the only time she got on her car facing the right direction. She has a thing for riding backwards...who can figure her out!

And just another funny thing from our girl...I caught her spinning around in circles looking over her shoulder. She looked like a dog chasing her tail.