Shower

 

Wow!  Just had baby Benjamin's shower!  Mimi and Aunt Laura put together a wonderful party, filled with baby bottles of jelly beans and glass bowls of M&Ms!!  Mommy would like to add that there was WAY more to eat than M&Ms, but that's all I really cared about, so...................;)

  

The decorations where so cute!  All blue and baby!  There was delicious cake to eat and we played funny games!  My favorite one was when we drew a picture of a baby on a plate ON TOP of our heads!  Mommy picked the most realistic picture to win the prize!  I was a close second!  

Kiley and I helped Mommy open presents!  Benjamin got so many cute things, including "Vans" shoe baby socks and "golf" baby socks from Grandma and Grandpa Pond!  He also got some adorable onesies that have a ROCK STAR theme with drums on them!  That's my kind of attire!!  Mommy got her diaper bag from GG and diaper caddy from Grandma and Granddaddy!  Aunt Laura gave Benjamin a really cute baseball step stool too!  I'll have to take a picture of it!  Mommy says to thank you ALL for all the other muchly needed and cute baby gifts as well!  Benjamin is loved!

And Thank you to my Aunt Rebekah and nieces Greer, McLaren, Charity, and Ellie for coming all the way from Kernersville, NC!  It wouldn't have been the same without you!

    

THANK YOU Aunt Laura and Mimi again for putting so much heart and love into Benjamin's shower!  It's so OBViOuS just how incredible you both are!! hee hee

Love you guys....from Mommy.

Love you too!

Mallory and Kiley

Preparing for Baby Brother!

Guess who's almost here!  Baby Benjamin!  Kiley and I are so excited!  We kiss mommy's tummy and pray that he is healthy ALL the time!
  I really hope he appreciates this.....;)

We've gotten his room painted and have some baby stuff all ready.  Still need to hang pictures. Daddy has lots on the 3rd floor about baseball we're gonna use to

 make it base-bally, so we're almost there!  

 

 

Benjamin's shower is on June 5 at Aunt Laura's house!  Kiley and I are gonna go and help Mommy open presents!  Mimi is helping Aunt Laura with the shower too!  

This baby boy is already loved so much!

WE GOT A SWING SET!  Awesome!  Mommy finally found a FREE swing set A-frame online the other day.  So Daddy went and disassembled it (took 3 hours!!) then brought it home!  

Papa and Daddy worked 3 MORE hours to get it back up and running!  

Mimi and Papa bought us each a swing and then we got some rings and bar to flip on!! 

 Later we'll get a baby swing for Benjamin!  He's gonna love it!

Well.....that's all right now!  He'll be here in less than 8 weeks!!  (we think)

P.S.  Kiley loves ice cream....and I'm an ice cream head!

Love to all who love us!

 Mallory and Kiley

 

Kiley Turned 4 !

 

My sister is four now.  I guess that means she's just a little smarter now and can do a bit more things on her own....BUT, I still have to tell her HOW to do things all the time. 

 I AM her big sister, of course!

We had her party on Sunday-April 22, 2012.  We were going to have it at a park in Garner, NC but it rained all day and it was yucky!  So we had it at our house!  Crazy, but fun!  I got to play with some of my cousins and Kiley got to have everyone's attention on her!  She loves that!

 

Kiley's Rapunzel Cake

 

Cousin Luke, Andre, Chris and Uncle Pond

 

 

Putting her $20 bill 'safely' away in her shirt!

   

 Aunt Laura and Kiley

 

Baby Whitman and Baby Kiera came too!

 We had a lot of fun!  Next birthday party will be Daddy's!  He's turning OLD!  Talk to you soon!

Love, Mallory

Camping Time

We did it! We finally went camping! Daddy bought Mommy a tent for her birthday in December and we finally used it! Ha! Mommy went camping ALL the time when she was little and loved it and now I do too! So does Kiley!
Man that girl LOVES anything out of the ordinary!




We got all packed up and headed to Falls Lake to camp for one night! It took awhile to find the perfect spot (close to a bathroom for Mommy) and one that we could walk to the fishing pier from. Well....we found the bathroom site and had to drive to the pier, but it all worked out!





Check in was at 4 p.m. We got there a little early and had our hammock, tent, and fire pit all ready for cooking dinner by 5:30!! Hot dogs, and corn on the cob for din din,
then toasty hot s'mores for dessert! yummy!



Kiley loved the hammock!




Sleeping in the tent was fun...but it got really cold. We all woke up when the birdies started chirping and the rooster crowed! We started another fire to warm us up and Daddy put fishing tackle on our fishing poles! We fished on the pier until Kiley pooped out! Didn't catch anything but Daddy says that's why they call it 'fishing' and not 'catching!
Grandpa Pond would have been proud of my casting skills! hee hee!

Can't wait to do it again! Maybe in a couple of weeks!
Mommy says she has the 'camping bug' now!
I HATE bugs!

IT'S A BOY !!

We're Having A Baby!

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