Fun Times

We just wrapped up a super fun weekend of lots of fun with Anita, Nathan, Abby and even a little with Clay. As is usual for our visits, we jammed in a lot of visiting, playing, laughing, eating, shopping, and more.

The girls had lots of fun playing on the air mattress even if Abby need a little help remembering that Mal isn't quite big enough to wrestle with yet.
Could they look any happier?
Nathan had a little more girl time during the weekend than he cared for since Matthew was working. He was glad that Maf hooked up the x-box to give him a little escape from the girlies.
Mal learned to yo-yo.
Abby laughed and was silly a lot...
...but she still had her sassy side!
Nathan had fun...
...running and...
...diving on the bed.
He even got still for a picture with his mom...
...and sister.

Mal got her first turn on the x-box.
Nathan and I had fun making a fort on Sunday afternoon while everyone was napping. It was fun for me getting to spend a little one on one time with him. We even crawled inside for a game of dominoes that I'm certain Nathan made up as we went along.
He normally does not like to have his picture made, but he told me that since this was to show off his awesome fort it would be OK.
We even made cupcakes Sunday night after dinner.

A Whole Lotta Pictures

I've been doing a bit of phone switching lately. I'm back to using an old one until my new one comes in the mail. I found a ton of pictures from the last year or so on it and decided I better save them to the computer before they were lost forever. It was fun to go through them because they are a bunch of random shots from Mal and a few others. Here are some of my favorites in a very scrambled order.

As usual, Mallory was scarfing down her dinner this night. And yes, I did get all that red sauce out of her shirt.

"Parsh, take my picture"
I'm pretty sure I had to take this picture to capture what a mess she had made at this meal.
Such a sweet face with those chubby cheeks and two teeth.
"Mommy, you should get a saucer. They're fun"
Pretty sure she was laughing at her cousins in this shot.
There were a lot of tub pictures on my phone. The ones taken at my parents house stood out because the water is so crystal clear there.
Our apartment was so small we never needed baby gates. We just blocked Mallory in with boxes or whatever was handy, but this box wasn't gonna stop her anymore.
Pick up toy, shake, drop on floor, and repeat until basket is empty.
My two favorite faces trying to cheer me up while we were at the doctor's office for my broken hand.
I was desperate this afternoon trying to pack. Mallory would not take a nap. The DVD players were packed. So yes, I planted her in her bumbo in front of the computer playing Baby Einstein.
If you look closely you can see some spots on the side of Mallory's head. If you look closer you will see that they match the mardi gras beads Nathan insisted Dee wear on her birthday. Mal woke up from her nap on Dee looking like she had a serious disease, but it was just the beads.
"Look Mommy, I stood up all on my own!"
Abby is not very big on personal space. This was last year during Easter weekend. If she could have, she would have climbed in the carrier with Mal-uh-lee.
Could there be anymore prints or shades of pink in this picture?
Nathan on his 6th birthday.
Sweet girl snoozing with a full tummy.
Just chilling on the boppy in Mommy's lap.
This was the first picture I took with my new phone. I remember leaning over the rail from my hospital bed to get a picture of my brand new baby girl.

Memorial Day

We went over to Nana's (Matthew's mom) today for lunch before Matthew had to go to work. Mallory had a great time being the center of attention, swinging, and eating ice cream with Daddy! When Matthew fixed himself a bowl and sat down to eat it Mal followed him right over and climbed up in his lap to get her share. How can you resist sharing your ice cream with this sweetie?

My Little Artist

Mallory and I adventured into finger painting yesterday. I set her up in her high chair to get started, but quickly realized that since she was in her chair she needed a snack first. So, after a couple animal crackers we were back on track.

So serious and curious of what was going on.

Check it out Mommy

Mmmm....tastes good too!

Mother's Day 09

I am somehow having blogger's guilt so bad right now that I am blogging instead of watching LOST. I think there is part of me that doesn't want to start tonight's LOST because once I watch, that will be it until next year. So, here are some of the highlights of my Mother's Day.

Mallory decided to give me a special present the night before and morning of Mother's Day by running a fever. It didn't seem to bother her much, but I didn't want any other moms to get that treat so she sat in church with us. Except sat isn't really the right word since she did very little sitting. We were going to go on and take her to class with us, but I had had enough of wrangling her so we skipped out on church and went straight to lunch. This turned out to be a great move because we were able to walk right in to Pappasitos and get a table. We had a great lunch and Mallory even got her first balloon. She had fun with it tied on her high chair, but would not stand for it being tied to her wrist.

Matthew took the day off so we got to have a leisurely lunch and then head home for some pictures, naps and general Sunday afternoon laziness. This itself was a present to me, but Matthew still got me a gift certificate for a massage plus new running shorts and socks. Yes, it is perfectly fine to give your wife work-out related items for Mother's Day as long as you know she's into that kind of thing.

Overall it was a great day. I love being Mallory's mommy and wouldn't trade it for anything.

When we went in the back yard to take pictures after church, she headed straight to her slide.

This is such a deceptive picture! I can't even remember the last time Mallory fell asleep in my lap.