Just wanted to wish a very special 2 year old a very special birthday! Hope you have a great day Will – eat lots of cake and ice cream :)
Couldn’t resist sharing this pic of Jenna, Mallory, Will and Me from Christmas time of 2009. Time flies when you’re having fun!!! Hard to believe these babies are now two year old toddlers!!!
So I’m sorry. I honestly couldn’t resist. Came across this on facebook and decided it was worth sharing. I promise I’m not one to talk – UT is not on the top of the rankings list right now. But then I thought, heck – atm is never on top of the rankings list and they poke fun at Texas year after year after year. So all you aggys out there – don’t get your panties all in a wad – it’s just a little fun…
And while I’m at it – I passed Matocha’s service station yesterday and I always admire their funny messages on their marquee. Yesterday’s was one of their finest. Wish I would’ve been fast enough to take a picture, but it read:
The SEC plays four quarters also…
I know – harsh. But, equally entertaining…
Hook’em Horns!
Just some more random pics – mostly from the football game on Friday night. The Ricebirds suffered a very heart wrenching loss. They played their guts out but couldn’t come away with the win. We cheered and cheered. The kiddos had another great night under those bright lights of Ricebird stadium :)
In honor of the opening day of Dove Season, Mallory chose to walk around in this green snookie and carry this gun? Not sure what our little thug was thinking but it was pretty tough talking her out of going to the football game wearing this:
This was the longest we stayed at a game so far this season. Mallory was pretty worn out by the end of the game: 
Even though the Horns had off this weekend, Mallory still sported her UT gear. We had a great family day in Sugar Land – lunch at Benihana’s, some shopping on the square and at the mall, then home to watch some of Brock’s football game and rest. Fun times ;)
An attempt at “Hook ‘em”:
Couldn’t resist sharing this pic – taken at the Boys and Girls Club Vegas Night on Thursday night – Happy Monday :)
Well, it’s SO hard to believe that in two short days, Mallory will already be 22 months – only 2 months shy of turning TWO –Wow! I know I’m a little early, but I haven’t done any monthly updates for the poor child in forever, so I figured I’d do a little one for her now before I forget. It’s so hard to say everything this child is doing and saying right now, but I’ll try to give you a small insight into the life of Mallory – she never seizes to amaze me!
-Stats? I have no idea – I couldn’t even guess how much she weighs – we’ll have to save this for our two year check up. All I do know is this girl is TALL!
-Wears size 2T clothes and is moving into size 8 shoes – I think that’s a pretty big foot!
-Has the craziest hair ever but we love it and we embrace it. Favorite ‘do would have to be piggies but we are fixing to undergo some serious trimming which involves waiting to cut her hair by the light of the moon? I’ll let you know how this goes – when you’re desperate, you’re desperate and we’re gonna get this little chic’s hair to grow out :)
-LOVES Dora and loves anything having to do with Dora – we have Dora clothes, Dora pjs, Dora socks, Dora panties, Dora bows, Dora books, Dora dvds, Dora dolls, Dora puzzles, Dora coloring books, Dora plates, Dora cups, Dora toothbrush – okay, I think you get the picture!
-Loves to color with Dayton – this is their favorite thing to do together.
-Favorite food: Mac ‘n Cheese and Spaghetti O’s – also likes fruit and fruit snacks. Has taken a new liking to apple sauce.
-Favorite drinks: Chocolate milk (shame on Mommy but a little sugar free syrup never hurt no one) and Apple juice
-Sleeps in her toddler bed all night and for naps
-Talks like crazy – the things that come out of her mouth make me crack up on a daily basis. I can’t even list all of her vocabulary – she’ll basically copy anything you say. Her favorite new saying is when someone does something or says something she says “Oh no! What Happened?” So funny!
-Loves to sing – especially her ABC’s and has started to really like Itsy Bitsy Spider
-Loves football – I quote her Daddy when I say “She loves football as much as her Mommy!” Proud Daddy and Mommy :) We gotta love our boys of Fall!
-Isn’t a good shopping buddy because she doesn’t want to sit in a stroller and wants to grab everything and buy it!
-Is starting to get picky when it comes to getting dressed which Mommy is having a hard time coping with! She changed four times one morning last week because she didn’t like anything I put on her. Then, on Tuesday morning, she told me “I no like this ou-fit!” when I got her dressed – oh boy!
-Likes to play with her baby dolls and build with any kind of blocks
-I’m gonna go out on a limb and say she’s not going to be a fan of Halloween because of the costumes and Santa Claus at Christmas. Loves pep rallies but is deathly afraid of Ricky – literally shakes when she sees him. Anytime we look at Halloween displays at the stores, she points and then crosses her arms over her chest appearing to “shiver” and says “Oooohhhh Sca-ry!” Where does she come up with this stuff???
-Is a girl through and through complete with whining, being overly dramatic, temper tantrums, cutting eyes, etc. Girls and boys are COMPLETELY different species – it’s true. And it starts from birth – crazy!
I’m sure there is so much more I could share but it’s just hard to be put on the spot, so this will have to do :) She grows every day and she is loved more than words could describe by Mommy, Daddy and Big Brother Dayton – I love their sibling bond – so special and pure!
Here is my Dora princess!
Here she is yesterday morning before the library – still not liking me to take pictures of her. An occasional “cheese” would be fabulous – Come on Miss Mallory, throw your mom a bone!!!
And, yes –she still has a paci – Dayton had his til he was two so Mallory is getting an equal opportunity. She is going to suck that thing dry over the next two months and I’m sure she won’t know what hit her when it’s gone, but we are going to embrace the next eight weeks with it before all hell breaks loose – ha!
Our weekend was jam packed with lots and lots of football! We started it off on Friday night when we went to watch the Ricebirds play their homecoming game against Wharton. The kids had a great time and we had fun watching El Campo gain another victory!
These kiddos are impossible to get a decent picture of these days – I try and try and try…
I asked them to “look up” as in at the camera –this is what I got:
Every good cheerleader needs a laser gun, right?
Okay, this looks better. We’ve traded in the gun for some Longhorn pom-poms! 
PaPa’s grilling:
Chilling w/ Uncle Danny:
A little grocery shopping during the game:
A little time for coloring too:
And, eventually, all the excitement led to a certain little princess falling asleep in the highchair while eating ice cream ;)
As soon as the UT game was over, there was no time to spare. We headed up to Ricebird stadium to watch some teeny-tiny Ricebirds. Brock had his first in town pee-wee football game of the season. We were so excited to go cheer on our favorite quarterback. They were so much fun to watch and they, too, won!!!
Best water girl around: 
More of Brock’s fan club. We did get rained on a little – but who could complain? We were loving any rain we could come by!
After that game, we enjoyed watching OU play Florida State. We weren’t really pulling for one team over another –just a good fun game to watch!
Sunday morning we woke up and went to church then headed to my parents’ house for lunch. After lunch – a little shopping in Rosenberg but more importantly – more football. We were so happy to see two of our favorite professional teams win yesterday – Go Texans and Go Browns!
Ready for another week :)
