Just a quick post to capture the moment. Mallory has the tendency, like her daddy, to zone out when she get’s into something, usually on TV. For her it’s normally Mickey Mouse, Handy Manny, or one of her DVD’s. I didn’t realize, but apparently when I can’t get her attention as a result, I will [...]

I think when I last posted, my grandmother was sick, but we were hoping she would make a recovery. She suffered from COPD, and was on oxygen at home. She came down with pneumonia, and ended up in the hospital. At first it looked really bad, but then she started doing better, and then things [...]

The snow came in a little earlier than expected. Most businesses closed up early as did Mallory and Calen’s school. So we picked them up and brought them home and enjoyed the view. My grandmother went into the hospital with strep pnuemonia, which hasn’t been good. News from Hickory has been better since yesterday morning, [...]

So I’ve started praying with Mallory at night before she goes to bed. Usually our bedtime ritual is bath, pj’s, a book and then she crawls in bed and I sing “You Are My Sunshine” to her a couple times. Sometimes she sings with me, some times she just listens. The other night though I [...]

I have to admit that I was heading into today with a pretty pessimistic attitude. Mallory’s teachers have been having a lot of good luck with her using the potty at school. Some days she’ll go without having to change her pull-up at all. The only problem is that the same level of excitment about [...]

Mallory has moved up into a new class both at daycare and at church. She’s getting to be such a big girl, and she says some of the funniest things. I guess more accurately, they are funny because she is putting thoughts together on her own. She’s been telling me on the way to school [...]

Well, we’ve made it to the 8th week. It’s funny what you forget. Like, I can’t remember how old Mallory was before I got enough sleep to feel human again. My mom seems to think Mallory was easy, but I remember having to put her in the “sleeper hold” on occasion. At any rate, Calen [...]

I have so much to talk about, and if my youngest child wasn’t screaming his head off right now, I might actually be inclined to blog about it. Calen has decided to fuss from about 10:00 pm until 12:30 or 1:00 (it’s 10:05 now). Why that time? Why not early evening like all other babies? [...]