1) Two years ago yesterday, our lives changed forever. The thrill of announcing "it's a girl!" made the labor pains worth it. She continues to delight us. When she and her terrible twos aren't driving us crazy.
2) We officially celebrated her birthday last week in Michigan with a pool party at our cousins' house. More pictures from that fun time to follow. Last night we enjoyed cake and ice cream with neighbors. The cake was butter pecan, not orange, but Mali survived.
3) Tina Fey has nothing on her. As past of her big-girl personality, she has been telling jokes lately. She loves to tease Jonathan by shouting "Ohio!" to his "Go Blue!". When we ask her if she wants apple juice or orange juice in the morning, she responds "Pumpkin Juice!". And after she somehow found an open container of curry powder in the cupboard today and spilled it on the sofa, she proclaimed "spicy couch!".
4) Growing pains can be tough...she did turn over the last of her binkies to baby Abigail on Wednesday. She was excited to do so, but the past few bedtimes and naptimes have been rough. Brinnly appears to be officially de-toxed from them, so there is hope to Mali too.
5) While we were in Michigan we also celebrated Father's Day. Unfortunately, Father's Day cards end up by the wayside due to all of the other hectic-ness around here. But, we are so blessed to have fathers, grandfathers, uncles and others in our lives. This is also an opportunity to highlight our girls' godfathers. We were able to spend time with Brinnly's godfather, Jonathan while we were in Michigan, and we are thrilled to be moving closer to him and his family. Especially as the newest little Meyer will be arriving around New Year's! And Mali's godfather, Derek not only serves as the sole IT resource for this blog and most other geek-things outside of our capabilities, he is one of her favorite singers. She often requests his original "Aunt Karianne" to be played in the car. Unfortunately, most of his other songs are over her head. Maybe that's a good thing for now.
5 comments:
Thanks for the shout out! I'm glad Mali likes that song. Kaeta likes any song where I include her name.
Lately, I've been singing "The Magical Mister Mistoffelees" to her (from Cats), and when she wants to hear it, she says, "Sing Mister and Misses Stoffalees?"
We haven't posted on our blog in 2 weeks due to a problem with blogger... so my IT skills may be overrated! :-)
Such a sweet girl! Happy birthday, Mali!
Have a good one Mali - Max can't wait to see you more often!
Auntie Ton-Dog
Happy (belated) Birthday sweet Mali! You and I share the same date, so it's always easy to remember. All of us here at West Allis are happy that you'll be closer so we can see you more often. You're growing fast--slow down so your parents can enjoy it!
Love, Kristi
sorry for the delay but wish mali a happy birthday from us!! hope she had a great day. and i must say i am impressed on the binky removal process....i'm afraid garen is going to be a tough one with that!
hope to see you soon!! brendan was talking about you and mali the other day when we were reading the safari book :)
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