I love being an Aunt!

I got to fly to Houston this weekend to visit my sister and her 4 week old baby, Mallory. She is a doll!!! This was the first time I had gotten to see her since she was about an hour old. She's definitely changed alot since then. I got to hold her and love her to pieces. We had a great time not really doing a whole lot. Saturday we took Mallory to the mall for her first mall trip. I'm not sure she really enjoyed it at all. There were a few times she was not happy with us. We of course took her to Target later in the evening, which went much better. Today I got to be there with her for her first Sunday at church. She looked super cute and slept the whole time! It was a great weekend. I can't wait to go back. Next time I'm taking her cousins with me. I think Nathan and Abby are really wanting to see her again. They both loved seeing her pictures from my weekend.

About to enter the mall for the 1st time! SALE is a very important word to learn Mallory.

Of course we picked out her BIGGEST bow to wear for shopping.

What's better than lounging on the couch and snuggling with a precious new baby!?!

Stevie Wonder or Brittany Spears!?!

Hopefully this is not a precursor of things to come in Abby's life, but I guess some mornings you just need to sing, dance, & play your maracas in your panties!

Fun Times!

We had a super fun weekend at our house. Saturday we relaxed around the house and then went to Saturday night church. After church Clay surprised us by taking us to Incredible Pizza! It was so crowded, though we couldn't even get in. So we came home and decided to go again in the morning.

Sunday morning we went to Bible class and then headed back to Incredible Pizza. Nathan and Abby had a great time. They played games, bowled, rode some rides, Nathan rode bumper cars twice, & of course we ate pizza. It was a great place to go especially at 11:00 on a Sunday morning when no one else was there! Then Sunday night the kids spent the night at Grandma's! Clay and I went to see National Treasure at the Movie Tavern. Very fun! This was our first venture to the Movie Tavern and I think we'll go again sometime.

Today I went to pick the kids up at Grandma's and I found Nathan riding his bike with no training wheels!!! Grandma had got him a bike for her house and he just picked it up and started riding!!! So of course when we got home we had to get his Batman bike out to go for a spin here. Only to find that we need air in the tires and maybe the seat raised up. This is an exciting day!

December 2005

January 2008

What's New at Our House

We went back to school this week and have gotten right back into the swing of things. The kids were definitely ready to go back on Tuesday. With me it was okay to go back. The dread of going back was far worse than actually being there. Once I got there it was good. I think it's kind of like pulling a band-aid off. You just have to do it and then you realize it's really okay. It was great to see my 8 little friends in my class and all the girls that I work with. We are truly blessed to have all 3 of us be at such a great place.

Nathan's class celebrated the 50th day of school this week with a 50's themed celebration. They had hamburgers and root beer floats at lunch, a sock hop in creative movement, fun times with hula hoops, and counted to 50 all kinds of different ways. They had so much fun! The kids all had huge smiles on their faces the whole day.

Born to Hand Jive, Baby! Do kids ever get tired of the whole bunny ears thing? Reading!!! Nathan is becoming a great reader! He really enjoys reading to us every night and singing all the fun poems/songs that they are learning in school. He likes school and doesn't even mind doing his homework. This last week we took his Pizza Hut Book-It coupon and got hime a pizza as a reward for all of his reading. We are so proud of him!

Potty Training!!! The week of Christmas was a big turning point for Abby and the potty. She is doing a great job and suddenly has just decided it's time to use the potty. We have even been venturing out of the house in panties the last few days. She wears her Pull-Up to school and has stayed dry all day. Most of the kids in her class are at the same stage. So they go to the potty ALL day in there. Clay & I are so excited that the end of diapers is in sight for us. Yeah!!!

And of course Mallory Joy or Mallalee as Abby calls her. We have only seen her a short short time on the day she was born, but we love her so much already. The kids always want to look at Marcia's blog to see the pics of Mallory and Parsh and Maf. Abby lets out a big, "Mallalee!" cheer when she sees the pics and anytime we see baby stuff when we are out and about she cheers out for "Mallalee!"

Had to Share

Marcia emailed me all of her pics from Christmas last night. There were alot of fun ones, but this one was my favorite. We sure love Uncle Maf! He is such a good sport.