Little Ponds

We're Having A Baby!

2012-01-24T07:02:00.001-08:00

Hey family and friends! Guess a lot has happened since I last talked to you. I'm gonna be a big, BIG sister! Kiley is so excited too. I hope it's a boy and Kiley wants it to be a girl. Either way, Mommy and Daddy just want a healthy, happy baby!

Mommy had shoulder surgery in October. Aunt Missy came to visit us while Mommy was getting better! We went to the fair! I ate corn on the cob...yummy! Aunt Missy is awesome!
I hope she comes back again soon!

Thanksgiving we went to Grandma and Granddaddy's house in Garner. I ate corn again! tee hee! I'm addicted to corn now....daddy says I'm gonna turn into a corn cob one day!

Christmas was great! We stayed in Clayton but had many visitors! GG and Uncle Thom came from Long Island, NY and Grandpa and Grandma came all the way up from Florida! Uncle and April bought a new house so we got to celebrate Christmas over there! I love Luke's new big boy bed!

We went to Aunt Laura's house to celebrate Christmas with Mimi and Papa. ALL my cousins were there too! We had fun playing and opening gifts! Can't wait for next Christmas!

Second grade is going well. I like my teacher Ms. Burke, although I really miss my 1st grade teacher Ms. Foscue. Kiley loves preschool and her teacher Ms. Brenda. Last Thursday she had her FIRST pajama day at school! She talked about it non-stop! That girl can talk!

Mommy's tummy has been feeling yucky with the baby, and Daddy's been taking us to fun places to give Mommy some rest! Over-all it's a pretty good deal!
Her tummy is getting bigger and Kiley and I like to kiss it!

Love you all,
Mallory, Kiley and Baby

Catching Up

2011-10-10T08:48:00.000-07:00

We did a lot more this summer than what Mommy has put on our blog!
We were just SO busy and never sat still for long enough to let her update it!

So, in a nut shell...

We went to Myrtle Beach, SC!
We saw most my cousins and Mimi and Papa!
We rode a VERY tall Ferris Wheel!

AT THE BEACH

Some of my cousins and Uncle Tim!

ON THE FERRIS WHEEL!
It was all enclosed and air conditioned inside each seating compartment!

Then we went to the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher!
We saw a lot of ocean creatures, including SHARKS!!

AT FORT FISHER

Then we sold our "KILEY" van! :(
But not before documenting the special moment and place where Kiley was born!
Bye Bye van.

THE VAN

It was a great summer! School is back and we're enjoying it!
Love you ALL!
Mallory and Kiley

Mallory's 7th Birthday

2011-09-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

Hey! I'm seven. Just had my birthday party at
The Pottery Camp last Sunday and it was awesome!
I painted a little baby and mommy cat!
My friends Ava, Leah, Emily, Adi, Morgan and Emerson came!
I love my friends and family!
Thank you for a wonderful birthday!
Mallory

First Days of School 2011

2011-09-02T10:19:00.001-07:00

First Day of second grade for me! Ms. Burke is my teacher and I
think she is really nice! Here I am ready to go!

Kiley's first day (well this was orientation) of preschool!
Ms. Brenda is her teacher!
Her friend Emerson came along too!
Kiley is sooooo excited!

Sorry it's sideways! Listen to Kiley's words about preschool!
(It's gonna be AWESOME!)

Happy 2011 School year everyone!
love the girls

It's a Big Big Deal!!

2011-06-07T10:37:00.001-07:00

I swam for the first time last week!!
The day before I used my floaty and barely wanted to get my face wet...then SPLASH!!
I went for GOLD and SWAM!!!
Mommy, Daddy and Kiley were soooo proud of me!
(Mommy actually teared up!)

Here's a video that shows me swimming the very next day!

and I've been swimming ever since!!!
Love ya'll!
Mallory

Happy 3rd Birthday Kiley!

2011-05-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to my 3 year old sister Kiley! She had a princess play date with a bunch of her best buds! They decorated their own princess crowns and cookies!

I was home from school for spring break so I got in the action too! My friend Ava came over to keep me company! We all wore our prettiest princess outfits! So cute!

Even cousin Luke joined in the fun!

The celebrations continued all through the week!

Grandpa Pond came to town to give Kiley a birthday hug! GG came down, along with Uncle Thom and cousin Mark, Jodi and Jason! It was Uncle Thom's birthday too!

AND...

Daddy, Mommy, Me and Kiley went to a Mudcats game! Kiley got a great birthday baggie full of goodies! We even got to see and hug Muddy!

What a grrrrrrrreat time!

Kiley's new favorite thing to do since turning 3 is riding her bike and ringing her very own bike bell from GG!

Ding Ding!

Again....Better Late Then Never!

2011-02-01T11:56:00.000-08:00

Year 2010 has come and gone! What happened?
Here are pictures from Christmas till now 2/2011 :)
Mommy may add some more info. later...
But for now, here's what we've been up to via camera communication!

December 2010

I performed in my first Christmas school production!

Pond Christmas 2010

Special visits from special people during the holidays!! :)

2010 Snow Snow Snow!

The Pretty Pond Ladies and Dude
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PLUS....

Kiley's "finger puppet"

Had my surgery on 1-6-11. This is me and my bandage getting better from surgery
to remove a Thyroglossal Duct Cyst! :)
Thank God for Dr. Ellison at Duke Raleigh Health!

Papa made this bed for me all by himself!! :)

Playing around the house January 2011! Peek-A-Boo, I see U!

Happy New Year everybody!
Mal and Kiley

Disney Thanksgiving

2010-11-29T17:04:00.000-08:00

Halloween, Thanksgiving at Disney and Decorating All In One!

2010-11-29T16:53:00.000-08:00

Oh my.....the year has flown by. My goodness, where does the time go? I'm practically driving my own car by now...(DEAR GOD!!!) Anyway, we stacked up on candy, hugged on Mickey and trimmed the tree. Now it's time to show you the pictures! Enjoy!

Halloween 2010

Trip to Disney for Thanksgiving 2010

Check out the video Daddy made of our trip too! It's on a previous post!

Trimming the Christmas Tree 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
(just in case we are too busy celebrating to update this blog!! :) tee hee)

Late Summer Beach Trip

2010-10-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday we took a trip to Wrightsville Beach, NC for the day!
The weather was SO nice! We had fun playing in the sand and dipping
our feet in the COLD water!! Later we took a walk on the pier and peeked in all the buckets to see if anyone had caught any fishies!

See ya next summer beach! We love yooooooooooou!

First Day of School 2010

2010-10-11T12:15:00.001-07:00

I'm officially a 1st grader! No longer lowest on the food chain! Kindergarten was fun...but 1st grade, well that's REAL school!! My teachers are Ms. Foscue and Ms. McDuffy! They are awesome! This is what I wore on my first day! Kiley tried to match me!

Welcome back school!

I'm 6 years old !!

2010-10-11T11:58:00.000-07:00

I'm 6 this year can you believe it? :) I had my party at Chuck E. Cheeses and it was a blast! All my bestest friends were there and it was so much fun! Here are some pictures from my party!

Later that day Daddy, Mommy, Kiley and I went to Fiesta Mexicana for dinner!
(my favorite place to eat) Yum Yum! I love it!

(Kiley does too!)

I also celebrated my 6th birthday at my house with lots of my family!
Gosh I love birthdays!!

(Kiley does too!!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALLORY!!

Summer's Almost GONE!

2010-08-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

We've played in the water!

Kiley's played "doctor" :)

I played around at Great Clips and got a cool hair cut.

Then I played around with my first loose tooth and it it fell out!

We've played at the beach with our friends!

Kiley's played with the dishwasher!

We've played on some pretend horses...

Then rode some REAL ones!!

We've played at the petting zoo with some cows, chickens, and a Llama :)

But best of all we've played with EACH OTHER!! :)
Love to all who love us!
Mallory and Kiley

Mallory's Growth

2010-06-26T12:19:00.001-07:00

Lately I have been doing some amazing....LONG awaited things! I have finally started to put my face....my head....my whole body in the pool and actually try to swim on my own!! AWESOME!
I even went down the big slide at Riverwood just like Kiley did the other day!

Eating wise I'm growing by leaps and bounds! I've eaten an apple, hot dog, cheese, pudding, and even tried a meatball today during lunch! I'm back to eating grilled chicken (but only from Fiesta Mexicana!) and chicken nuggets! Mommy's literally cried at the doctor's office because she's so proud!

Anyway......we just couldn't wait to share this with everyone! Way to go Me! LOL!

Here's a song we like to sing too!

Kiley's TWO Pictures

2010-05-08T12:52:00.001-07:00

From our various celebrations!! :) Happy Birthday Kiley!

Let's Catch UP !

2010-04-20T16:45:00.000-07:00

Since our last post....

I turned into Minnie Mouse

Kiley wore her first ponytail

I got prettier! (if that's possible) :)

Mommy started to watch a little boy named Conner during the day

Kiley's head turned into a flower

I met the Easter Bunny's Brother

Kiley got cuter (now she's way too cute)

Kiley's shoe size quadrupled

Princess Mallory had a tea party with Princess Leah

Kiley stole some money from a street performer

We met our new baby niece, Ellie Brieaddy

Kiley and I hugged while in matching dresses

Kiley's face got mushed

Baby Luke got HUGE

Kiley turned 2 on April 19th ! Happy Birthday girl!

Shew........that was a lot!

Changes

2010-01-23T10:40:00.001-08:00

Another day... another year starts again!
We've made some changes around here!

We're trying to enjoy the outside as much as we can! Found this great new park (Lake Benson Park, Garner NC) to play and take walks in! I've changed from being scared to climb to being the best climber ever!!

Kiley's found out how to draw on her face...and that changes how high up Mommy has to keep my markers and Kiley doesn't like that!

I've changed my hair! I got it cut like Adi and Emily's hair.....short and sassy!! :)

Mommy changed my chore list to include transporting Kiley to wherever she needs via this comfy, stuffed animal, laundry basket.

Kiley has pooped in the potty TWICE!! Once in the small potty and once on the BIG potty! That's gonna change things around here pretty soon!

Once night after bath time, Mommy changed Kiley into her night night clothes....while washing my hair, Kiley managed to slide back into the tub head first with ALL her clothes on! SURPRISED us all!! Kiley, you never stop making us laugh!

Little Ponds Christmas 2009

2010-01-06T19:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2009 has come and gone, but I still have to show you my pictures!

Christmas Morning 2009

It was an awesome Christmas! We had visitors from out of town like, Grandpa and Grandma, GG, Uncle Thom, Aunt Denise, and Cousin Mark. We saw lots of Granddaddy and Grandma and Papa and Mimi too! I love this time of year!

And lots of goofing around, like when we put my new sled on our backs and acted like TURTLES!! :) Even Grandma Diane did it! hee hee!

Uncle played with my new Dora bat! Hey batter, swing batter! Play Ball!

Happy New Year All!

Field Trip 2009

2009-12-16T11:17:00.000-08:00

I went on my first official school field trip yesterday!! :) My kindergarten class rode on an AMTRAK train from Raleigh to Selma! Then we watched The Polar Express movie in a real movie theater!! :) It was awesome!! Here are pictures...enjoy! :)

My first time on a school bus! :)

See me in the window?

Getting off the bus!

I'm so silly!

Daddy came too!

See the train!

All Aboard!

At the movie theater in Selma!

It's been a little TOO long

2009-12-16T10:54:00.000-08:00

Well, we've had Halloween and Thanksgiving already! Phew...where did the time go? I was in my first school Thanksgiving play this year! I was a Pilgrim girl who said " mercy me" a lot! It was a play about the Pilgrims and the Indians meeting and becoming friends. So cute!

Now, we're getting ready for Christmas here at the Ponderosa!! :) We've done a lot of fun Christmasy type activities lately!! :) We decorated our Christmas tree!

We visited with Santa at Riverwood's Yearly Christmas tree lighting celebration! I even got my fingernails painted and road a horse carriage around the hood! The tree turned on at 8:00 p.m. and boy was it pretty!! :)

We're really looking forward to seeing friends and family over the Christmas Holiday! We've already had a visit from one of Mommy's dear friends Dottie and her two children, Gabe and Maddy! :) We had fun!

While we wait for Christmas day to finally arrive.....we'll just have fun jump-in around and goof-in off like we usually do! :) Love you!

2009-11-04T10:03:00.000-08:00

HALLOWEEN 2009

Halloween was a blast this year! :) I ran to ALL the neighbor's houses and said "trick or treat" like it was nothin! Last year, I was so scared I hardly 'treated' at all! But this year I loved it!

I dressed up as beautiful Cinderella and Kiley was a cute little puppy! Ruff!

We even carved our pumpkin into a cute little dog I named, 'Bozzy Pumpkin."

Kiley wasn't too excited about all the goo inside the pumpkin though.

I'm pretty sure next Halloween is going to be even awesomer baby!! :)!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

2009-10-13T12:17:00.000-07:00

Mommy couldn't wait to post these pictures!! They're just too darn cute!! :) We did our annual pumpkin patch/hay ride/hay maze/feed goats thing last Saturday at Wilson's Family Market! :) Take a look! (remember you can click on the pictures to view them larger!)

Playin round the "Hood" and "Burg"

2009-10-07T11:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Fall-We LOVE you! Finally, some nice weather to play outside with! :) Thanks N.C.! But during all the rain and HOT temperatures, Me and Kiley got along just fine inside! :) Kiley's finally able to REALLY play with me now! That is... until I start to tease her, or pull on her clothes, or hug her too tight, or yell at her! She's just so crazy and into everything!!

Was I like that when I was a baby?????

hug time while playing in the sheets

funny face Kiley

wrestle time

We had our own carnival here in Clayton (our 'hood') a few weeks back! :)

I rode the Ferris wheel again this year with Daddy! (Daddy calls it the "Wheel of Death" or something like that!) Kiley, Mommy, and I rode the carousel then I rode the
motorcycles all by myself! I'm such a daredevil!

Then it was off to the 'Burg' (i.e. Williamsburg, VA) to go to Busch Gardens!! Yay! My favorite part was the Land of the Dragons! It had rides for me and Kiley! Here we are on the lady bug coaster and then the water boats! :) (there was a dragon ride too of course, but mommy's camera died!)

I took my picture with Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby!!

We put Kiley on a leash so she wouldn't get away! :)
Towards the end of the day we were pretty tired!

On the way to and from Busch Gardens we rode in a ferry boat! :)

We fed birds and I took pictures with mommy's camera!
What a great trip! Thank you Mimi and Papa!

Tubes for Kiley

2009-09-23T11:16:00.001-07:00

Hey ya'll! Big news happening around the Pond house! Kiley had surgery on her ears. She had tubes put in the hole parts of her ears. I dunno.....Mommy said this would make her feel better!! :) She had surgery on September 23 at 7:50 a.m. Here she is all dressed up and ready to go!

(the wait was pretty long!)

The surgery was quick though. Mommy said it only took 15 minutes to put the tubes in!! Kiley woke up real grumpy from the sleepy medicine though. She was not herself for awhile!
We hope you feel better now Kiley!

This is Kiley's silly face!!! :)

We love you!!

Our First Days of School

2009-09-05T09:50:00.000-07:00

After orientation and meeting my new teacher I FINALLY started kindergarten this week! :)

Daddy bought me my first Riverwood Girls T-Shirt to wear on Spirit Day! Here's my first look at my classroom!! Nice!

Mommy, Daddy and Kiley all dropped me off for my first day! When we opened the door guess who was standing there to great me? My friends Emily and Avery! They're older and hopefully they'll show me the ways around Riverwood!! :)

Here I am at my new classroom. Ms. Langford and Ms. Kimbrough are my teachers.

One really neat thing about my class is Gray Monk!

She and I were actually in birthing class together back in 2004! (ok...we were in our mommy's bellies!) It's so strange now that we're in kindergarten together! We didn't even live near each other before we were born!! I'm so glad to have a friend already!

Ok, Mommy and Daddy, it's time to get to work! We'll see you later at pick-up!

Mallory, did you like kindergarten?

Yes!! :)

Kiley had her FIRST day of pre-school this week too! :) Here's her 1st day of school outfit!

She came to school just in time for some breakfast!! :) Sausage and biscuits, yum!

Her teachers are Ms. Elleana and Ms. Wendi! Mommy was VERY happy, because Ms. Elleana is a very good friend to us and Kiley really LOVES her!! :) Ms. Wendi is way funny too!

Kiley told me her favorite thing on her first day was dressing up like a lady bug!! :)

It was rainy that day so on Kiley's second day of school she got to go outside and play! :)

SCHOOL is AWESOME!!

Mallory's 5th Birthday

2009-09-01T11:18:00.001-07:00

I'm 5.
Yup, I'm 5.

Ain't life grand?

Mommy and Daddy gave me my FIRST Barbie!
It's an 'animal doctor' Barbie!! I LOVE it!!!

Later that day, I had a bowling birthday party!

Lots of friend and family came to celebrate with me!

.

my friend Leah

my buddy Tyler and my neighbor Margaret came too!

Ms. Becky, Mr. Rob and Rachel, Lily and Ella were there!

Papa / Andre and Mimi / Luke

Trey

Ethan and Emily

GG and Kiley

Time to blow out the candles!!!

After 5 years of life....I've FINALLY eaten a piece of
my own birthday cake!! :) Hooray!

PRESENTS!! :)

Then we all played video games and rode
the 'roller coaster!' It's my favorite ride!!

Kiley rode her own ride!!

Thank you so much everybody for celebrating
my birthday with me! :)
I love each and every one of you!! :)

Kiley does too!

Love,
Mally Snow White

Summer Is Almost Over!

2009-08-25T09:26:00.001-07:00

This summer we've had lots of fun! We've been silly around the house, had lots of visitors to play with, went to birthday parties, and all the other normal stuff.

Harrison and I at her birthday party

I ate birthday cake! It was purple, how could I resist??

visit from Granddaddy and Grandma Godbold

vist from GG

visit from Grandpa and Grandma Pond

we even had a visitor come all the way
from the Syrian Desert!

Well, it was a great summer here in C-Town! :)
I can't believe I'll be starting kindergarten next week!! :)
Oh my...soon it will be time to hammer down and get serious!! (whatever!)

This Fall:
Kiley will be partaking in a preschool reading
class for 5 hours a day.
She's even found a nice little reading
spot to help her focus.

Both Kiley and I will be doing extensive aerobic training.

Kiley's taking an elective course called,
Mastering Your Vocals on the Microphone.

Of course, I'll be starting KINDERGARTEN next week!!
Did I mention that?
HAPPY 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR EVERYONE!

Kiley you better be careful not to strain your
eyes with all that reading!
Here......we got some glasses for you!!

Welcome Baby Luke! We love you!

2009-08-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

My newest cousin,
Lucas Minton Pond was born
August 4th at 11:47 p.m.

Here we are visiting him in the hospital!!

He's such a cutey! I was SO excited to go see him. Kiley didn't know what to make of the whole thing....but she was definitely interested in the little moving person!!

When Mommy was holding Luke for the first time, her chair fell from under her. It scared the "poop" out of her (not really.)
We caught it on camera!

Welcome Baby Luke! We love you!

Pictures Galore!

2009-07-31T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures from the last month or two!! Pictures from playing at Triangle Town Center! I used to do that when I was little. This was Kiley's first time playing there! She's loved it!

Pictures from playing around the house!

I'm a goofbally heady!! :) (that's what I call myself)

pictures from water play outside! :)

pictures from 4th of July in Clayton! We went to our downtown festival and had FREE watermelon (well, Kiley did) and slid down slides and listened to loud music. It was HOT. I had a 5 minute tennis lesson too!

pictures from our trip to the beach Summer 2009! Mommy and Daddy forgot our camera but luckily Aunt Laura took a few pics of us at the beach!

Daddy and I went fishing all by ourselves!! Go Fish!

Graduation Video Quickie

2009-07-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

Daddy wanted me to add this video too! He's so proud!!
It's me getting my preschool diploma! Sorry the video is dark and hard to see!

Summer Fun 2009

2009-07-07T17:57:00.001-07:00

We love to play on our slip-n-slide!
This is Kiley's first time on it and she loved it!
At first she had all her clothes on....then she got naked! :) Oh Kiley!

Daddy came out too and played with us!

When we're not outside playing, Kiley loves to ride her little pony! Giddy up girl!

Graduation 2009

2009-07-05T12:45:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm all graduated and big now. June 12th, 2009 I got my diploma and bible and graduated from preschool. I'm done with school and moving on.....to MORE school! I start Kindergarten this September! :) Yahoo!!

I wore a white cap and gown at the ceremony with all my other friends! They called my name and I walked proudly up to the stage to get my diploma! After that part, we changed our clothes and wore Tie-Dye t-shirts and sang cute songs about Kindergarten! Mommy and Daddy were so proud! Grandma, Granddaddy, and Uncle Steve came to see me graduate! Daddy's camera battery was dying during the ceremony so the pictures aren't so great! Sorry!

Mallory's Dance Recital and Museum Trip 2009

2009-06-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

I had my tap/ballet/gymnastics dance recital in June! Mommy says I did a great job! Grandma Diane and Granddaddy Steve came to see me! Here are some pictures and a video to watch!

I yelled out "Look how high I am everybody!"

Here's my tappity tap dance!! :)
Enjoy!

I also went on my FIRST class field trip in June! My 4 yr. old preschool class took a trip to the NC Museum of Life and Science! It was awesome! Mimi stayed home with Kiley so mommy and I could have a "date!" I touched a beetle, snake, crocodile, and rabbit while I was there! Mommy made sure to wash my hands after. (especially after the beetle! Ewwwwwww!)

My graduation ceremony and MORE to come in a bit!!

Walking and Talking

2009-06-04T09:37:00.000-07:00

Some big news we have lately is that Kiley is walking and talking
like crazy now!! Watch and see!

We've been busy enjoying the summer weather at our neighborhood pool!! This year I am much more brave in the water! I'm even going down the slide now!! See?

Now mommy and daddy don't even have to catch me!
Day by day I'm getting more comfortable!

Kiley likes it too!

Mommy brought out my old castle for us to play on when it's rainy outside!!
Kiley's a big climber so she's loving it!

We'll have more soon! Happy Summering!

Working on New Blog!!

2009-06-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted in a while! Mommy says "sorry!" But you can check out some of our latest pictures on www.snapfish.com! :)

http://www2.snapfish.com/photolibrary/

I think you can use this link to get to our page! :) Talk to you soon!

Love,

Mallory and Kiley

All Wet and Dry

2009-05-11T17:38:00.001-07:00

My friend Gavin moved to Florida last weekend. He came over a lot the weeks before they left so we could have lots of play times together! I will miss Gavin SO much. Mommy will miss Gavin's mommy too! We'll keep in touch though! Here we are playing tea party!!

Kiley's Aunt Peg gave her this AWESOME pony for her birthday! We ALL love it! It can hold up to 65 lbs, so even I can ride it! Here's the song it plays!! Kiley will dance to it sometimes!!

Couldn't pass up on putting the latest bath pictures on the blog!

Check out Kiley's new hair-do!
After the bath it was time to get dry....so I got in the dryer! Mom put it on the gentle cycle...Just Kidding!! :) One day I'll look back and wonder how I could have been small enough to fit in there!

Kiley said Papa !

2009-05-11T17:36:00.000-07:00

Kiley said "Papa" the other day! Papa was pretty impressed!! :) She's been trying to say pretty much anything we ask her too! She's learning FAST!! :)

Kiley's ONE !!

2009-04-20T19:00:00.001-07:00

We can't believe that Kiley is one year old now!! Wow! We had a great time celebrating her birthday on Saturday with a few friends and family! Just something small and sweet for our little sweety!! :)

She sure looked pretty in the birthday dress that daddy picked out for her!! Mommy dressed me up all nice too, and the weather couldn't have been any better!

Happy Birthday Kiley Bear!! :)

Check out her cake!! I picked out the "Honda Minivan" to go on top!!

Kiley seemed to like the cake.

She enjoyed present time too! She liked the tissue paper WAY more than the actually presents! Go figure! Nah....she loved all her presents...especially the new walker that GG and Grandma gave her!! :)

It was a great day to celebrate with family!! :)

GG came all the way from N.Y.! WOW! Love you ALL!

Sisters Who Look Alike

2009-04-17T10:02:00.000-07:00

Which sister am I?

We muted the sound to make it harder!!

We've been busy!!!

2009-04-16T07:20:00.001-07:00

Hey Ya'll!! Just hanging out!! Not doing much lately, really. Just hanging out in Kiley's crib

and going bowling with Daddy (not to shabby I might add!)

hanging out with my cousins and having a visit from Aunt Peg, Aunt Betty, Aunt Missy and most recently, GG

eatin' cookies

wearing first pony tails ('cause Kiley's hair is growing like a weed)

watching Kiley feed herself for the first time

watching her try strawberries too (yum)

taking rides on our little car (see how curly Kiley's hair is in the back?)

having a first hair cut by a pro-fess-ion-al,

watching Kiley's nose eat yogurt,

and spaghetti,

celebrating Easter with Grandma and Granddaddy AND Mimi and Papa all in one day, Kiley gets fed by Uncle Rod and Trey for the first time,

having storytime with GG and Uncle Steve...and we'll I think that's it for now. Wait just a minute and I'll have MORE!!

Trip to FLorida

2009-03-29T10:39:00.001-07:00

I went to Florida to see Grandma and Grandpa at the end of March. Daddy drove and it was just Me and Him. Too bad I was sick the whole time with fevers, throw-up and an ear infection! Yikes! Needless to say Daddy didn't get much sleep. I managed to catch a few z's on the way back home in the car! I still had fun visiting and going to the zoo, fishing and just hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma!! :) Sorry you missed your baseball game Daddy!
I LOVED being with you though!

More Snow!

2009-03-29T10:31:00.001-07:00

It snowed again in March!! It didn't snow much...but just enough for Mommy to get out of work and for Adi and Me to build an AWESOME snowman! Mr. Gino helped us (Adi's Daddy)!

Kiley watched with glee. (actually.....she looked pretty peeved that she couldn't help.)
Don't worry.....you can help next year Kiley!!

We also had fun sitting in this box. Um.............. okay.

Wrestling

2009-03-26T11:21:00.000-07:00

At the end of February, I went with Daddy, Uncle Steve and Mr. Phillip to see wrestling! I had a good time, and we stayed up late - Mommy wasn't too excited that we didn't get home until 11 o'clock! They even had M&M's - my favorite!

I got my picture taken with Justin Flash and his big shiny belt, and I told Daddy that he was my favorite! Daddy said he's not ready to hear that, whatever that means. :) (Look, I'm blushing!)

I also liked Fabulous Frankie - he wore pink clothes and makeup - he was funny like a girl!

Uncle was excited to see Jake the Snake Roberts, a wrestler that Daddy, Uncle and Mr. Phillip watched growing up.

He looks like a grandpa now. I liked it when he DDT'd his opponent, then pulled out a big snake (like 14 feet long!) and put it down the guy's pants.

That was funny! Next time, Superfly Snuka is coming - Daddy said he can fly! I can't wait!

It's been a while...

2009-03-26T10:12:00.001-07:00

Hey...It's been a while! Mommy is working on an update...but for the meantime, here's my
class picture from my school (4 year old class.)

Feast your eyes on this!! :) Ha

Bathtime, Playtime Girls

2009-02-25T06:40:00.000-08:00

We LOVE to take baths with Daddy!!

And we LOVE LOVE to rough house together!! :)

We are the bestest of friends!! :) (most of the time!)

Pinkish Purplish

2009-02-25T06:33:00.000-08:00

Right after the circus, Uncle and April took me to Build A Bear to celebrate all my times pooping in the potty!! (still going strong by the way!)

So I built this bear I named, Pinkish Purplish! Isn't she beautiful!
She sings a Happy Birthday Song too!
I love my Uncle and April SO much!

The Circus and What Not

2009-02-20T08:33:00.001-08:00

Hey...sorry for not posting in a while. Mommy's been busy signing me up for KINDERGARTEN!! Ya Baby!!! :)

I went to the circus a couple of weekends back with my friend Adi and Mommy!! Here we are enjoying the show! One of my favorite parts was the motorcycles in the ball thingy! Cool!

Kiley's been getting naked (as usual.)

And I've been getting ready for St. Patrick's Day!

Love you all!

Sunshine Beauties

2009-02-02T06:58:00.000-08:00

Mommy took a really neat picture of me when I was little. The sunshine was shining on my sweet little face and mommy took a picture of it!

Well, the other day the sun came back to shine for Kiley! Mommy took some pictures to celebrate!! :) Enjoy!

Sunshine Smiles!! :) Love you!

Recital

2009-02-01T13:47:00.001-08:00

I had my first dance-gymnastics recital on January 19th! I performed a tap dance, ballet dance and all sorts of gymnastics skills!! :) I even got a medal at the end of the performance!

Here I am in my pretty dance costume.

We tap-danced to Elvis' "Rock A Hula" and performed a ballet dance to "Good Morning," from the Singin' In The Rain musical.

Here is the ballet dance!

Then it was on to gymnastics. Here is my bar routine! :)

Kiley did some forward head rolls of her own! :) Go Kiley!

My cousins Trey, Andrea, Luke and Uncle Rod came to watch! Plus Daddy, Mimi, Grandma Diane as well as Uncle Steve! I had so much support from my family! It was wonderful!!

My sweet Daddy gave me roses after my performance!
What a romantic! (keep 'em coming Daddy!)

Snow

2009-02-01T13:32:00.001-08:00

It's been a busy and fun few weeks! In January, Clayton got about 8 inches of snow and I had my first dance/gymnastics recital! :) Here are pictures from the snowfall! Kiley even got in on the action...well not really. Her snowsuit made it virtually impossible for her to move.

"Randy lay there like a slug! It was his only defense!"
(A Christmas Story)

Even Boz had fun. Here Emily and I hid doggie treats in the snow and Boz had to find them! He spent a good hour outside sniffing around! Then Emily pulled me on her sled around the neighborhood! :) So fun!

Here we are warming up after all the coldness!
Kiley thought the shades would help us feel warmer!

Accomplishments

2009-01-17T07:10:00.001-08:00

I've been working REALLY hard to stay in my bed all night. Sometimes, I get a reward from the "Toy Store" (i.e. The Dollar Store) One time, I got to play in this AWESOME Dora blow-up castle! (Thank you cousin Karina!)

Hey "Boo Bear!" (that's our nickname for Kiley!)
I had a blast!! I can't wait to sleep more nights in my bed and get more toys!

Kiley's making progress in the crawling and getting into things department! :) Here she is standing all by herself in her crib!! Mommy had to lower the crib mattress after that! CRAZY KILEY!

Kiley's first time pulling up!
Mommy caught Kiley "in the act!"

Congratulations Kiley! See? I can do it too!!

AND.... OH MY GOODNESS!! Guess what I did this week?
I went poopy in the potty!
YES..it's TRUE!!

It's been a long hard road!!

Mallory,
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!
Love, Mommy and Daddy

The Days After Christmas

2009-01-03T12:05:00.000-08:00

Not until after Christmas did we finally have time to make a gingerbread house!! :) GG and Grandma came over to babysit me and Kiley for mommy's birthday. They helped me put the final touches on the gingerbread house. Isn't it gorgeous? I think so!

The final product!

Mommy and Daddy went on a date night with Uncle and April to Kanki! Kiley and I had our usual milk and pepperoni for din din!! Thank you GG and Grandma for playing with us!

Uncle Tim and McLaren, Jez and Greer all came down for mommy's birthday too! We all went to Sweet Tomatoes! I tried Ziti! It wasn't so bad! Uncle Rod, Aunt Laura, Trey, Andre and Luke were there too! The whole family...except Papa, he had to work and we missed him. Then we all went to Trey's house to play and get tickled! Happy Birthday Mommy!

A couple days later Grandma and Grandpa came back into town and paid us a visit!! :) Grandma and I played my new favorite game, "Don't Make Me Laugh Jr."! Here is Grandma wearing a clown nose, (it's part of the game!)

Kiley's new game she likes to play is, "Laugh at Boz when He's running Back from Retrieving a Thrown Toy" game!

Level 1, 2 & 3

She also likes to play with the sunshine!

She's so cute!!

See you next week! Love you!

Christmas 2008

2009-01-03T11:57:00.001-08:00

Christmas morning I woke up to this......
(Whoa!) (that's exactly what I said)

Santa's footprints with North Pole Snow
(it's doesn't melt...it's magic)
He even ate our oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. (or Boz did.)

Then it was off to stockings and presents galore!! I even got to help Kiley open hers. Pretty soon it was just so routine I hardly even noticed what I got. I'd just open it...say "I've always wanted one of these," throw it down and run to get another present.

Kiley wanted to be opened too!

And the day had just begun...

Next, it was off to Grandma and Granddaddy's house for Christmas #2 and lunch! GG was there! Yay!

4 generations + mommy

Brother Love

Christmas Cowgirl

Next and finally, it was back to home to visit with Grandma and Grandpa Pond! Shew!!

more glorious presents

is Kiley crawling???

why yes....mommy I am.

Oh....the party has just begun.......

Christmas Eve 2008

2008-12-31T15:42:00.001-08:00

It's Christmas Eve!
(Well..it's really January 2nd, but oh well!)
(eh, hem....)

It's Christmas Eve and all through the house.....little people are baking goodies for Santa and the spouse!!

Kiley's getting white powdered donuts and Mommy's decorating a cake...

After walks and wrestles the family settles in......for an early Christmas wake!

But not before we celebrate with Mimi, Papa and my cousins!! We ate dinner at the "fab" Golden Corral (the only place we could find open.) Then we came back to my house to open stockings and presents!! :) I got a beautiful princess dress and crown that I HAD to try on right away!! :)

Alright....go to sleep everyone...I think I hear bells!!!!
Seriously......I do.

Mallory's School Christmas Program

2008-12-31T14:00:00.000-08:00

My school TOTALLY rocks!! :)
This is my last year in preschool. I'm in the 4 yr. old class and I'll be graduating in August '09!! Then Mommy says I'm going to kindergarten?? :) Oh My!! (Mommy is weeping in the background!)We do so many cool things like learn our letters & numbers, crafts and watch moooooooovies!!

Me and my school friends watching "The Polar Express" on Movie Day!

I had my annual Christmas Program at Clayton First Baptist Child Development Center!

Me and my red shirt

The cute 3 to 12 month olds in Santa outfits!

Here we are singing "It's Christmas Time." I'm playing the jingly bells!

Video of the 3's and 4's playing bells to Silent Night

We're almost ready for Christmas now!!

More Bath Pictures Together!!

2008-12-31T13:50:00.000-08:00

Having fun at Bathtime!!
Now, I want to have a bath every time Kiley does!! :)

Kiley's Dedication and Visit from GG

2008-12-31T12:30:00.001-08:00

More Sister Love!

Kiley in her bath towel!

Taking a bath together!! Kiley loves to kick and splash me!

Kiley's first attempt to crawl!

Vroom Vroom

In December, our GG from Long Island, NY came to visit us!! :) We love her so so much!!

Kiley and GG

Me and Daddy

Kiley in her dedication dress (the same one I wore when I was dedicated!)

On December 21, 2008... Kiley Grace Pond had her dedication service at Vintage21 church in Raleigh. We are so blessed to have her and she's truly a gift from God!! :) Thank you Jesus!! :)

GG with our family on dedication day!

Kiley opening her presents!!

Sister Love

2008-12-09T17:08:00.001-08:00

Hey Guys!! I love my sister! I can't get enough of her! Seriously! I HAVE to give her a hug and a kiss before every nap. I ALWAYS race Mommy upstairs to see her when she wakes up in her crib! (then I crawl in and jump in the crib and make her laugh!) I've really been pouring on the hugs and kisses lately...and why not?
It is the Holiday Season, is it not?

We had a Tree Lighting ceremony at Riverwood last weekend! I saw Santa and gave him my Christmas List. I road a horsey carriage, got some free cookies and even danced and sang to Christmas carols. It was a VERY cold night! We all got pink cheeks and noses from being outside! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! I love Christmas time!

That night I even made my own ice pops. I saw it done on Blue's Clues one time so I thought I'd try it! I put suran wrap on an ice tray and stuck crayons in it for the sticks. (very smart!) Later, Mommy and Daddy filled the ice trays with juice and we used toothpicks to make real ones!

Come over and you can have one!! :)
P.S. I think Mommy forgot to tell you that Kiley got two teeth last week!!
The two front teeth on the bottom! Cool!

Thanksgiving "Turkeys"

2008-11-30T07:08:00.000-08:00

Ok.....this HAS to be the first thing on this page! Here's Kiley eating...grabbing....CRYING over a turkey leg! This has to be some sort of record for the earliest turkey leg eaten by a human! Ha!

On Thanksgiving Day, Mommy tried to dress us up in matching colors for the first time ! Here's our lovely picture. We had a hard time posing!! That's Kiley riding a horse that was Daddy's when he was little!! I rode it too! (Note that Kiley is 7 months old and Mallory was over a year old in these horse pictures!!)

The Wednesday before Turkey Day, I had a Family Feast Lunch at my school!! My class sang songs and wore shirts we painted that said, "We Give Thanks to God!"
Kiley ate mash potatoes for the first time! See?

Friday after Thanksgiving we went to Amelia Church Rd. Park. Adi came along to play with me! And wouldn't you know...my friend Leah was there too! We played at the park and then walked down to a little pond to throw rocks in the water! There were cool trees near the water that made for excellent photos!

Sunday we decorated our Christmas tree!! It was a FAMILY event!!
Even Kiley put some ornaments on! She's starting to stand too!

What an amazing Holiday weekend!
Love you--All of Us

Princess Oranges

2008-11-26T06:38:00.000-08:00

Good Morning on the day before Thanksgiving! :) We're getting ready to go to Grandma and Granddaddy's house to celebrate tomorrow. Maybe my friend Amanda will be there...I really love playing with her! Kiley's ready to try little bites of EVERYTHING!! We'll take pictures. I of course will probably eat bacon, ketchup, maybe peanut butter crackers and some sort of chip. (wonderful.)

I went to my first princess birthday party last Saturday. My friend Charlotte turned 3! I'm wearing the Cinderella dress. I've decided that I want to have a princess party for my 5th birthday and I will wear the Cinderella dress to that too. I'm very fond of it.

Meanwhile, Kiley has been indulging in orange goodness!
Here she is eating/gnawing on some! She's getting her bottom teeth (mommy can feel them!) so the cold orange feels good! At the end of the video she burps...it's funny!

We'll talk to you guys after Thanksgiving!
Have a Happy Turkey Day!
We are Thankful for YOU!
Love, Mallory and Kiley

A Day of Firsts, Seconds and Thirds!

2008-11-21T18:38:00.000-08:00

We woke up to the SECOND snowfall of 2008!
Daddy and Kiley got their picture taken!
I was a grumpy butt and didn't want to be in it!
(Daddy had just woken me up early to see the snow so I was sweepy!)

Today for the FIRST time, Kiley got up on her knees from her tummy! Looks like she might be crawling soon! Oh My!

And Mommy finally caught Kiley blowing raspberries on camera after trying to catch her for the THIRD time !

But FIRST and foremost...Mommy told us her and daddy will love us forever... No Matter What!

Little Update for the Little Ponds

2008-11-14T10:37:00.000-08:00

Hey...we've been busy. Dance class, feeding therapy (I'm actually eating peanut butter on crackers now!), preschool, mommy working at preschool, hockey, church, etc.
We're all out of breath ...literally! We've been a bit sickies too!
Mommy had two ear infections and a sinus infection this week!!
Yuck Yuck!

Kiley's been finding her tongue! She's sort of cute about it! ;) She's even been sucking/chewing on apples through this net thingy! This is something I would never do, so mommy is hopeful Kiley might be less sensitive to cold/wet foods than I was/am! :)

She's sitting on her own and pretty much not falling over now!

I at least wanted mommy to get our latest pictures up.
The cuteness never ceases to amaze us all! ;)
Love you!

Halloween Cuties

2008-11-03T06:21:00.000-08:00

Just a quick blog to show you pics from Halloween!! We're so cute!!

I was Diego and Kiley was a baby lamb!

We went all around the block asking for treats! I got lots of candy!
Kiley got tired pretty quick and I got cold.
So we didn't stay out too long!

On Wednesday, we went to a carnival at my preschool (Clayton First Baptist church sponsored it). It was cold outside, so here we are all dressed for fun!!

I played games and jumped in a jumping house!! I won some cookies and brownies from a cake walk and actually ATE them!! Yah.....crazy!!
Mommy played pin the nose on the pumpkin and won me a prize!!
Someone thought mommy came dressed up as "Sarah Palin" for the carnival, when really she was just her normal self. Go figure eh? :)

Kiley tried cotton candy. Not sure what she thought about it!

Of course the rest of the week we had fun too!!
Dance parties galore!! Rock it!

Kiley got naked a few times (typical).

We love the life we live!! :)

Another Yearbook Look!!

2008-10-22T06:48:00.001-07:00

Thought this was cute!! :) and....mommy and I were trying to find something to do while Kiley was taking a nap!! :) love you guys!!

October 19th, 2008

2008-10-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

Kiley is 6 months old TODAY!! Crazy isn't it? :) I mean... SERIOUSLY!!
She the bestest little sister ever!
Pretty cute too!!

Grandpa had a chance to feed her when he came to visit! She's eating all sorts of things now. Bananas, applesauce, yogurt, oatmeal...(way more stuff than I even eat!) haha! 'Cause I'm a "monkey goofball." I love when daddy calls me that! (seriously!)

See? I'm really am silly! Actually, my friend Adi and I were playing a game walking around the house with my pants over our eyes! Totally fun, you should try it!

Yesterday, we all went to a pumpkin patch farm in Wilson Mills and picked two pumpkins out for Halloween.

We rode on a hay wagon (more like a single wide filled with hay), and went bumpity-bump all the way out to the pumpkin fields. We also fed some baby goats and duckies. They seemed to like green beans a lot. (huh?) It was really cold and windy outside, but we all had fun! The best part for me was the hay MAZE!! Way cool!

It's really starting to feel like fall around here!

2 Weeks of Pictures

2008-10-09T06:10:00.001-07:00

We have two weeks of pictures to show you!! Some of Kiley and some of me!
Here I am eating a white powdered donut! Definitely picture worthy!

I started my first dance class at Little Gym and I'm lovin it!! :) I take 15 mins. of tap, 15 mins. of ballet, then 30 mins. of gymnastics! I love wearing my leotard and dancing around the house in it!! I even got to wear it at school a little bit when Daddy took me to a class Tuesday night after school!! I ran around the playground showing it to all my friends!! (I'm so cute!)

Mommy's behind a glass window so the sound is a little muted!!

Kiley's growing fast! She really likes to look at herself in the mirror! She even sat in the FRONT seat of the stroller the other day when daddy took us for a walk! What a big girl! I'm the best big sister ever...(mommy tells me that!) I really LOVE my baby sissy!

Here's another game...maybe this one it harderrrrrr!! Which one is Kiley?

Do you know?

Well here's one more picture of Kiley in her exersaucer.
She loves that thing.
Hey wait......what am I doing in there?
Captain goofball!! :)