Mr. Potato Head

A classic toy. Now there's Mr. Potato Head, Mrs. Potato Head, the kids, a Pirate and some other ridiculous potato head.He wouldn't take a picture with me until Kayden did, he got jealous :)
He was faking it, he wanted to sleep in Kayden's bed. Silly boy.

Blue Chair (Thanks Matt)

So I have been cracking down on Malachi and making him fall asleep by himself lately. So he has decided that he will be Mr. Independent and sleep on his blue chair. Thanks Matt for letting us borrow it until you get back :) It's a pretty comfy chair and Malachi seems to like it.






He also loves this book Nana got him, he'll point to the different shapes over and Over and OVER and want me to tell him what they are. He's quickly learning what the shapes are called and said Dimd (Diamond) yesterday.

The Week In Review

So I have been neglecting my blog. But as I listen to my child scream because he does not want to go to bed. (I think he started his terrible two's early)

I feel motivated to look at our week and think of how precious he is.
Kayden had a birthday so Malachi had some cake. (And a bath, notice the hair)Mommy went to D.C. for some business training. It reads" Congratulations President Obama. Change Won't be Easy but.... Together, As One World, Yes We Can."
As you can see people from all over the world signed it and sent in emails that were taped to more on the sides of this. Congrats for being the first black President, I think that's awesome.
I just wish he didn't support killing babies. :(

We disagreed. We started potty training.


Notice he never answered the question.

We rocked out. Check out his video!

We went to the zoo. *Hint, the animals are so much more active than in the summer time. Malachi loved it and was roaring at the lion. I think the giraffe's were his favorite though.

Ok one more, bath time was fun tonight :)

Roaring like the lion.

No Pix

So it's been awhile, and I was going to post Halloween pics...... smart me forgot to put my card back in the camera so I couldn't take any pictures. My brother in law doesn't have them posted to Flikr yet... (hint hint Anthony) As soon as I get some new pics we'll post them.

Other than that Malachi hasn't been feeling to well, and been with Grandma the last couple days.

Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins and as soon as I cut the top off, which was like 2 inches thick Malachi was afraid of the pumpkin. But he had fun when I started cutting the face out!

Bed Time Woe's

So..... Malachi has discovered that his big boy bed is not like his crib. He is no longer confined by the walls and rules. He has discovered FREEDOM.

Freedom to get out of bed,
Freedom to walk down stairs
Freedom to play at night
Freedom to scream at the door
Freedom to..........Fall asleep in his chair....




I hope he felt a sense of accomplishment, determination or at least control, maybe it was shear exhaustion.


I could not save him from the soar throat he probably had the next morning. Let me tell you my child has a healthy set of lungs, but a very proud mommy did save her baby from the neck ache the next morning.
And what an angel he is. You can't tell in the picture but his legs are curled under his body like a little stink bug, so cute! *Oh I will miss these days.

Pepperoni's and Combat Boots

I think this video pretty much shows my son's amazingness by itself.

So he put on a pair of Auntie Amanda's high heels. When asked if they were boy shoes he immediatly replied "No" and took them off. This was Uncle Kaleb's solution:BOY SHOES!!

Love

All you need is love love love.... love is all you need. On the other hand, They say our love won't pay the rent Before it's earned, our money's all been spent... Hmmm

Regardless here are some things that I love:

Road Trips and Naps

Family
This Smile (notice the mall background)
Cuddeling
Cousins and Friends
Good food (particularly sweets)
Good Naps

Museums and ICEE's

We went to the Don Harrington Discovery Center Today with Nana, Papa and Auntie Lydia.

They had a really cool theater with a dome screen on the ceileing. Malachi and I slept through the black holes movie.

We played with blocks, unsuccessfully tried to recreate the St. Louis arch. We learned about the human body, Malachi is 2'10" tall! and looked at fish, lots of stuffed birds and learned about all kinds of weather. Malachi and Nana created a tornado under water, and Malachi watched a recreation of the earth quake with Papa.
Turns out our bodies are really cool, 30 feet of intestines is a lot of stuff crammed into our little tummies. :)
ICEE's a giant fit through Sams Clun and a three hour nap topped off the afternoon.
We're very glad we got to meet Nana and Papa in Amarillo.

Road Trip

Last night we drove to Amarillo to spend the weekend with Malachi's grandparents and Auntie Lydia. It was a pretty uneventful drive, other than the 20 minutes in the WhataBurger drive through... Is it really that good?? I don't think so.

There was a pretty amazing moon huge and orange! God's creation is so cool!

All in all it was an uneventful trip but a great opportunity to catch up with friends on the phone!

Fiesta

Amanda and I got the kids all ready out the door and to the balloon fiesta without to many issues AND on time. We should have noticed there was something wrong when we didn't run into to much traffic and got into the parking lot for free. As we got to the ticket office they told us no one had to pay anymore...... CANCELLED!!


So......we went to McCall's pumpkin patch. It was windy and rained a couple times but all in all I believe we had lots of fun. Plus we got a HUGE pumpkin for only 5 bucks! *They charge by how wide it is, not how tall!!

Dead Bug Somber Boy

So today Malachi and I took a walk around the neighborhood and ended up at the park down the road. He was playing on the slide when a big black stink bug walks by me. I called him over since he's a boy and boys are supposed to like bugs right? He caught sight of the bug and crouched down and shuffled along slowly gaining on the bug. (This would have been an excellent time to have a phone that has a camera) I could see what was about to happen "Don't".......CRUNCH...."step on the bug..........." Silence and staring smart mom chimes in, "now he's dead" what was I thinking? It's not like he did it on purpose... But! miraculously the bug survives only to face the little foot seconds later. No more misery for Mr. Bug, may he rest in peace, and my little man looked pretty sad confused, his first encounter with death, poor bug.

Big Boy Bed

Today Malachi got one step closer to his big boy bed. We took the front part of his crib off and put the special guard on. Of course I had lots of help, once I finally got the right screwdriver Amanda decided a drill would work much better! I had lots of help I think the pictures speak for themselves!

Kay's got the right idea! Malachi is pretty intense!

What is in there?Auntie had the right idea!!

Starting the assembly process.What a stud!

Look!Enjoying the fruits of our labor.

Fair and New House

We have had an eventful couple of weeks!

At the begining of September we went to the state fair. 5 kids and 7 adults, we had them outnumbered but they had our energy level beat!

Malachi fell asleep towards the end from exhaustion but loved playing at the McDonalds farm. Watching the baby farm animals was probably his favorite.

I'm not sure he knew what tothink about the cows; we saw one cow that was born a week after Malachi and must have weighed a TON!

Last weekend we moved into a house with friends Amanda, Kaleb and their two girls. It's great for the adults cause we have so much more room, and for the kids because they have a yard with jungle gym, their own rooms and they have taken over one of the living areas with their toys!

I think Malachi's favorite part is being close to Kayden, first thing in the morning he runs to her room to see if she is awake. If she could feed him I think he would like her more than me. :)

All in all the move has been good and everyone is adjusting well. Pics of the new house will be coming soon.

Miss My Boy

This weekend seemed to go by super fast.  I miss my Malachi I want it to be Saturday so we can play!   This week I am moving to the Westside of town, which means I will not have to drive across the lovely river 4x a day. By my estimates that will give me an additional 1.5 hours a day with Malachi (not in a car)  Super excited about this.  :)  Plus all the savings in gas money.

Auntie Mel and Tio recently, like yesterday, purchased a dog, and Malachi fell in love with her.  This led me to believe that he needs a puppy, don't all little boys need a dog?  After all aren't they made out of snail and puppy dog tails?

Sunday Funday

Today was a super fun day. 

Malachi and I got to eat breakfast, french toast, YUMMY! with my mom.

We played with lots of toys and packed some away for Auntie Mel's new baby.

At church we sat outside and colored then he played in the water, now that made his day!

Blocks and playing with his blankie was really the highlight of my day. 

Pretty randomly he is attached to a blue blankie his Nana got for him last time we were out in Texas.  He really hates going anywhere without his blankie, and even though he can't see it in the drier he'll stand and wait for it to dry if you let him.  Anyway, he wanted to play peek a boo with the blankie and nothing is better than a childs uncontrollable laughter. 

We went on a walk, read a book and bought a new musical toothbrush.

(No, it didn't make it easier to brush his teeth)

All in all it was a pretty amazing day and I love my little guy.

God certainly did bless me with him.  :)

(Pic's to follow tomorrow)