Recital

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

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

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

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

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.......