10 Favorite Things

TEN of my favorite foods:
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Pasta (Lasagna, Spaghetti)
- Chicken (baked, breaded or strips)
- Mashed potatoes and Gravy
- Sweet Candy (Mike and Ike, Skittles, Gummy Bears)
- Enchiladas
- Peanut Butter/ Nutella Wraps
- Chips and Salsa
- Cupcakes

NINE of my all-time favorite movies:
- Steel Magnolias
- Pretty Woman
- Urban Cowboy
- Dirty Dancing
- Office Space
- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- The Hangover
- Forrest Gump
- Sweet Home Alabama

EIGHT celebrities I'd like to marry:
- Paul Walker
- Ben Affleck
- Channing Tatum
- Joe Mauer
- Ryan Phillippe
- Josh Duhamel
- Jesse Metcalf
- Ryan Reynolds

SEVEN things I'm loving right now:
 - Pat  (No explanation needed!)
- Mallory...and all her new tricks she learns daily
- Short days on Tuesday and Wednesdays
- Cooler weather
- Exciting family news
- Vacation in 3 weeks
- Black is the New Orange (Netflix show)

SIX places I'd like to visit someday:
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Australia
- Europe (Germany, Italy, Ireland, England)
- Turks and Caicos
- Bora Bora

FIVE games I played as a child:
- Chutes & Ladders
- Guess Who
- Old Maid
- Monopoly
- Connect Four

FOUR things I'd rather never see again:
- Officer involved shootings
- People living paycheck to paycheck
- Bullying
- Cancer

THREE things I'd like to do this year:
- Take a vacation
- Baby # 2..in 2014
- Win the lottery

TWO facts about me:
- I am very quiet and reserved until you get to know me
- My husband and I have been together for almost 14 years

ONE meaning behind my blog name:
- I love to capture the moments that happen in our life

Mallory (11 Months)



11 Months Old

 

6.17.13

 

This has been one of your better months. You have been so happy and active and keeping us on our toes while you reach new milestones. (pulling up to your knees and crawling!)

 

- We had our first official night away from you since you were born. (6.1) We attended Garrett and Kim's wedding in Topeka. We had a trial run the first night for several hours when we attended the rehearsal dinner. I was very nervous but knew you were in great hands with Grammy and Grandpa. The next night we stayed overnight in Topeka after the wedding and slept in a hotel. We got a great nights sleep for the first time since you were born 

 

 

-Now that you are crawling, you are getting into everything. You officially started crawling Sunday June 9th at 10.5 months old Your favorite thing to do is crawl over to the tv and pull all of the Wii remotes and charger down. You also love to bang on the cable box and dvd player, and pull Wii games and Netflix discs out

 

-Finally baby proofed. Bought outlet plugs, 2 gates for the stairs, foam corners for the coffee table (that you just rip off anyways) and a bath spout cover. It's a good start

 

- You love the Pampers and wipes boxes. You crawl into them, push them around, put toys in them and pull them back out cheap entertainment. (I also like to put you in them and drag you around the family room)

 

-You love books now and can sit and look at the pictures while I read, without constantly trying to eat the book

 

 

 

- On the move. Checking out all the new places. "No" is being used on you a lot now.

 

- You got a "heat rash" as I describe it on your back. I think you get really hot when you sleep and the footy zipper jammies are to warm for you now in June. We have transitioned you to regular t shirts and shorts as part of you 12 month clothes that you have now transitioned into

 

 

We introduced you to the sippy cup this month. Mommy has only given you water so far (I just don't trust milk in them quite yet) You were confused at first, but got the hang of it very quickly

 

 

-Grandpa Brad even let you drink straight from his cup. You did great!

 

 

-You are such a happy baby.. learning to stand on your own with very little help.

 

- We have started using your highchair more and have retired your Bumbo. You even sat in your first restaurant high chair at Bass Pro Shop (6.3) You loved being with the grownups at the table and you even got your first taste of fish at lunch 

 

- Ate toast for the first time and had ice in your mesh feeder bag

 

- You are very fair and received your first sunburn (6.10) I felt so bad for you. It happened at daycare, I think you were sitting in a swing or chair, cause the tops of your legs from where your shorts stopped all the way to the tops of your feet were red.  We now send you with a hat and sunscreen

 

 

-6.16.13 Father's Day: Your first time in a swimming pool. We got you all dressed and headed to the pool. It wasn't busy at all! We hopped in only to find out the water was quite cool.. but we managed. You clung to daddy at first, and took it all in. and then quickly started splashing and squealing

 

You love the pool, it's just like a giant bathtub

 

Looking cute in your Mermaid princess towel

 

 

 

- You cut the 2 center top teeth (6.27) and 2 more are right behind them. So that will give you 6 total 4 on top 2 on bottom 

 

 

- Now that you are on the move, we have set up your Pack and Play as a "baby jail" We have dumped all your toys in there and it gives us a chance to do things while you are in a safe environment

 

 

 

-You love to cuddle with mom :)

 

 

 

 

 

Mallory (10 Months)

10 Months Old

 

 

5.17.13

 

This was a tough month for you and for all of us. (As the above picture sums up!)

 

-You got your 1st "real" bump on your head. We were Skype-ing with grandma and you reached down to grab one of your stacking cups and took a head first dive onto your cup. You cried really hard and your head bruised immediately. We put some ice on it to help with the swelling, but you were still left with quite the goose egg

 

- You caught a virus (probably at daycare) You were fussy, warm, not eating or sleeping like normal and just a sad baby.  We thought you might be cutting a few new teeth, but when they never came through we decided enough is enough and took you to the pediatrician.  After a $50 office visit thinking you may also have an ear infection (because you were tugging at your ear) they told us it was a virus going around, and it could be 3 Weeks until it is out of your system! FUN!!

 

- You decided to go on a 4 day nursing strike. I have been very excited knowing that the end to nursing is near.  I have been your main supply of food for 10 months now, and I am ready to be done. But when you pulled the plug on me..it made me REALLY sad :(  I think I may be to blame when one night you got a little anxious and "chomped down" a little hard and hurt mommy.  The next morning you wanted nothing to do with me, so I pumped and bottle fed you. This went on for 4 days! And in the middle of the night, it is such an inconvenience to get out of bed, get a bottle ready and feed you (all while you are screaming)  when all I needed before was to go whip out a boob and feed you. You finally came to your senses and one morning you decided to latch on again, and it was the best thing ever! 

 

- May 12th We celebrated my First Mother's Day! I want to tell you that it was SO special and we had a fabulous day, but in reality it wasn't great (and I demanded a do over)  You were still fussy from being sick, I had a migraine from the lack of sleep since you have been getting up in the middle of the night again, and Pat had to work. I remember finally getting you down for a nap and just crying. This isn't what I had planned...but this is life and it isn't always pretty.  Daddy and Baby Mallory did get me an 1.5hr long massage though, so that was wonderful.. and I can't wait to use it to relax in the future. 

 

- And the last of our rough month... Memorial Day Weekend 3 day weekend.. Woo Hoo! NOT!!!

Pat came home from work with a stomach bug on Thursday 5.23 He thought he may have had food poisoning after going out to lunch with coworkers. Well then I get it Friday 5.24 and we are both down for the count. We sent Mallory to daycare, to get her out of the house so she doesn't catch it (but in reality, she is probably the one who gave it to us) And we laid around feeling sick and taking alternate trips to the bathroom all day. Ughhh. Then early Saturday morning 5.25 Mallory wakes from a dead sleep and starts screaming. She doesn't stop, so I go in to check on her. I go to pick her up and realize that she has thrown up all over herself. (Her first time ever) I strip her down only to realize she has also pooped herself. I take her into the bathroom screaming bloody murder and try to figure out how to get her clean without getting "doody" all over my bathroom. At this point Pat knows something is wrong and comes in to find out why she is still screaming.. and then helps me get her clean. I changed her sheets and soaked her clothes, and we all went back to bed for the night Oy-Vey! What a weekend.

 

Now onto the good stuff....

 

- You wore shorts for the first time and looked so cute. The day I took this picture it was 83 degrees and the picture below was taken the next day and it flurried out. Only in KS!

 

_You love to play with your activity walker. All kinds of fun shapes and noises

 

- You can't pull yourself up on it yet, but if I stand you up you do a great job of holding on. Now you just need to figure out how to get it to go

 

- I got you your first pair of shoes.  You really weren't sure what to think of these things we put on your feet, and kept trying to take them off or put them in your mouth, but you look so cute. You also love to snap the laces

 

- We finally lowered the crib. You haven't successfully been able to pull yourself all the way up yet, but better to be safe then sorry.

 

- You said "Mama" very clearly for the first time this month

 

- You are "steam rolling" to get to toys. You roll and roll until you get to the good stuff

 

- Still wearing 9 Month clothes for length but almost need 12 month to get over your big head