Walking My Brother

So the other morning I found Mallory walking her brother! Michael was having so much fun he could hardly stand it! She would pull him across the floor and he would laugh like crazy! It was too cute! And Michael also decided yesterday that if he's not in a hurry he will crawl on his hands and knees, but if he needs to get somewhere, he drops right back down on his stomach.
In other news, we rescued a dog Tuesday. She's a 3 month old lab/shepard mix and her name is Gracie. Or Racie or Tracie if you're Mallory. She is just the cutest thing and she loves wrestling around with Norman and snuggling on Mallory's lap. Yesterday morning Michael was playing the kitchen floor and Gracie kept laying down next to him to snuggle and then he would scoot away. So she would get up next to him again and he'd scoot away. Poor dog!

What a Lip!

So there was a request for me to show a picture of Mallory-Jolie-OctaMom. So here goes. I hope that no one comes after me for it! Somehow she has completely healed and is a cute as she ever was!!

Rain, Rain Go Away!!!

So it's hard to believe that it's been over a month since I've added something new! I'm trying to think of what I've been so busy with, but I just don't know. We recently went for a walk through the neighborhood during one of the sunny days and we were just crossing the street to enter the culdasac and Mallory kissed the pavement. We were in a hurry because it was starting to rain and her little feet can't move as fast as she would like. So I picked her up and I couldn't tell where the blood was coming from! I managed to carry her and push a stroller up the driveway! So, long story short, she broke her lip open and scraped her nose up. First of all, I can laugh about it now because she's ok, but her lip put both Angelina Jolie and the OctaMom to shame! I was worried that the swelling would explode!!! But she did enjoy getting to eat noodles and only noodles for several meals.
So, once we got Mallory healed, the basement floods!! You know that whole joke about men and 6 inches? How their six inches and our six inches are something different? Ok, well, Brian comes up out of the basement at about 9 last night to tell me we have 6 inches of water down there. However, I only found 2, maybe 3. Even his best friend Dave knew that there wouldn't be near the 6 inches Brian said he would find. He did come to our rescue and brought us his sump pump which he had just replaced until we could get out to get a new one!
So that leaves Michael. He just got another haircut. He loves to eat dog food. He's still army crawling. Every once in a while when he's transitioning from laying to sitting he'll take a few strides on his hands and knees and then it hits him how much faster it is to just do things his way. He has started to pull himself to things. He's slowly learning that sweat pant legs aren't so sturdy. And he knows that anytime Mallory lays on the floor, go for her hair!