Baby Amina Grace

Congrats to one of my college roomies on the birth of her daughter last night...Amina Grace! We are so excited for you Carol and Doug! Can't wait to meet her one day when you visit the East Coast! :)!!!!

Nice Neighbors!

Our neighbors Frank and Hattie gave us some money to go get Mallory a toy a bit ago...and today was the perfect day to bring home a new baby doll for Mallory...it came with a singing car seat and 2 bottles with magic milk and OJ! The kind from my childhood that disappear when you feed the baby...Mallory loves it and it is helping to cheer her up today! :) We are so grateful for such wonderful neighbors!

Mallory the Vet...

Mallory is feeling a bit under the weather today with a low grade fever and a slight rash...we think it is a reaction to her 15 month shot. The doctor had told us she could have a reaction a week late...so we have had a low key day around the house...PaPa came and installed the gate at the top of the stairs while Mike and Mallory played and MiMi and I went shopping for an Easter dress for Mallory....we found 2!!!...can't wait for her to wear them on Easter Egg Hunts and at church...and the shoes we found are adorable! Yay! Hard to believe there are only a few weeks til Easter! :)

Mallory gets sooooo upset when we go to the doctor...even when we take her temp. at home she gets all worked up...so after taking her temp today we tried to play up how cool the thermometer is and let her play with it...she got into playing "vet" with Maggie...we have such patient cats don't we? (Well 2/3 isn't bad!) And we found the cartoon story of Samuel on TBN so that's what is playing in the background on TV...

Down by the Lake...

Checking out the birds...wish we had brought some bread with us!
Playing in the pirate ship...
Nigel and Maggie taking a nap...Can you find Maggie? :)

Met up with MiMi this afternoon at a local park...loving the 70 degree weather! We took a stroll along the water and Mallory loved the ducks and geese...then we finished with some fun on the playground....Can't wait for tomorrow...it's going to be 72! :)

Uganda

We had a pastor come to our church today from Uganda...his stories were so powerful. It's overwhelming to think of all the blessings we have here in America when so many are suffering in the world.

Click on the site and then click on video and then "video for schools" to see the video he showed before he spoke today...

http://heartforafrica.co.uk/

PJs = Free Ice Cream

MiMi was a trooper (PaPa wasn't up for the adventure) and joined us for free ice cream this afternoon in our PJs at a local ice cream place...it was a little cold, but fun to hang out and celebrate the coming of Spring! :)

Sorting in Sammy's Room...

When I went to get her in the morning for Nannying her tush was up in the air as she slept...how cute....(I couldn't get the best angle for the pic because of the bumper)...so hard to wake her up when she looks so comfy! :)
See the mischief in her eyes? She loves "playing" in Sammy's crib after Sam gets up...
And below she is sorting with my help...a new game she loves....