I know, I know. I can’t believe it has been so long since I blogged (much longer for Johnathan…in case you’re counting).
So much has happened in the last 6 weeks. Mallory has learned how to stand up all on her own. They have told us at daycare that she has taken a couple of steps for them…for us?…not so much. That’s okay though. Once she starts walking, it’s all over but the crying.
She has gotten two teeth on the top. They are so far apart you could drive a mack truck between them (but I hear that’s a good thing…we’ll see). She still refuses to say “mama”. Yes, I said “refuses”. When she does say it, I get all excited and then she looks me right in the eyes, smiles and says “dada”. Jerk. A sign of things to come, I guess. Other signs point to the fact that she’ll be a tomboy. She is running over all of the boys in her class. She tackles them, steamrolls them, and I actually saw her grab one by his waistband as he tried to crawl away from her. Her teachers say they have to watch her closely because she has no fear. (Great.)
Other than that, I can’t really think of anything that stands out. We had her first birthday party. It was fun with a lot of kiddies “running” around. She dug into her cake, and after some prodding from a “friend” she put it all in her hair.
We go to the doctor this week so we’ll see how she is progressing. I think she has just gone through a major growth spurt lengthwise (she may grow into that head yet). I’ll let you know how it goes.
Now, on to Kylie. After some work on her grades, she got to go to prom. She picked out a beautiful dress (I’ll refrain from ranting about the dresses “they” design for teenage girls to wear and how inappropriate they are…trust me, that IS me restrained). She went with “this kid named, Andrew”. Somehow, he has ended up being her boyfriend now. I was in Seattle so only Johnathan got to meet him. However, Johnathan has said that if he had thought it would turn into something more than just prom, he would have given his “I have a gun” speech (every boy needs to hear one of those in his lifetime). Anyway, she looked like a pretty princess.
Junior year is now behind us. One more to go (yeah, like it ends when they graduate from high school). This summer she plans to work…a lot apparently. She has worked every day for the last week or week and a half. She’s trying really hard to pay off her car. It’s good to see her take so much initiative.
Now, for the question of the day. “Did she load any pictures?” Well, of course. I added Kylie’s prom pictures to her folder. I added some to Mallory’s 10 month folder. And I created Mallory’s 11 month, 1st birthday and 12 month folders (wait until you see the rocking horse video…cracks me up every time). At least I hope they all load. As usual, they are queued up…and I’m going to bed. Good night!!