Halloween

Malloy shares a Tootsie Roll with Cleo.


Our neighbors, Elizabeth and Clayton, with Malloy.

Malloy went in the bounce house and even went down the slide.

Visit from the Grandmas

We had a fun visit with Grandma & Grandpa Whalen and Great-Grandma Gardner. They stopped by for two nights on their way to Arizona. Malloy calls both of my parents "Grandma". We are working on coming up with a new name for Grandpa since Malloy doesn't seem to understand the slight variance between -ma and -pa. Malloy loves to hear the same books over and over. Grandpa was reading her nursery rhymes. Today we were also looking at a photobook of her first year. She did not like the pictures of Kyle and me holding her as a newborn. I tried to tell her that it was Malloy in the pictures, but she was very unhappy at the sight of us holding another baby. She said "No!" and slapped at the book. I can only imagine how she is going to react someday when she has a sibling. Yikes!

Candy

This Halloween is going to be interesting because Malloy knows what candy is and she likes it. Here are some photos of Malloy sharing Starburst with Kyle. This is just what she needed right before bed. Her teeth will be rotten in no time.


Getting a manicure from Daddy.

Diagnosis = Roseola

Malloy's mystery illness has been officially diagnosed as Roseola. You can't really tell in these pictures, but she has a mild rash on her neck, chest and back. Malloy was sent home from school Tuesday with a fever and she continued to have one until Friday afternoon. When we went into the pediatrician on Thursday she suspected it was Roseola and said not to be alarmed if she broke out in a rash once the fever went away.

According to webmd: Roseola often starts with a sudden high fever [103 F to 105 F] that lasts 2 to 3 days, although it can last up to 8 days. The rapid increase in temperature may be the first sign of roseola and often occurs before you realize that your child has a fever. The fever ends suddenly. After the fever ends, a rosy-pink rash may appear over your child's entire body, starting on the torso and spreading to the face, neck, and arms. The rash is not itchy and may last 1 to 2 days.

Whew! It is nice to know exactly what is wrong with your child. Often it is "just a virus" and you don't know how to treat it or when it will go away. At least now that the rash has appeared, I know that in a day or two Malloy should be back to normal.

Sick??

Does this look like a sick child? Malloy has been running a fever on and off since Tuesday. We went to the doctor today and she had her ears and throat checked and her finger pricked. She just has a virus so there is not much we can do about it. Malloy has been just as happy as can be. We stopped by Target and picked up some slippers for Malloy too.

Cameron & Malloy

On Saturday night we went over to The Tucker's house. Malloy got to play with her buddy Cameron. Malloy was wearing her Georgia gear and Cameron had on her "Roll Tide" dress so we had to get a picture.

The girls enjoyed taking a bath together. Cameron offered Malloy a drink of delicious bath water.

joooose

Lately it has become difficult to get a picture of Malloy without her "joooose" cup in her mouth. She LOVES orange juice and often hangs on to the refrigerator door saying "joooose, jooose!". Below she is petting Cleo (or as Malloy calls her, Kibby Cat).

On our way out the door for school. Malloy is drinking her joooose while holding her lunchbox and her "nigh nah".

Happy Fall

Malloy looking cute in her fall dress

Nice Hat

Malloy knows that Kyle drinks Cokes. When she sees a can of Coke, she says "Dada". She found this empty box of Coke next to the trash can and brought it to Kyle. He decided it would make a good hat and Malloy agreed.

This baby is getting too big!!!

Here is Malloy sprawled out on the couch. She didn't take a nap at school so I put her down in her crib when we got home. She woke up a short time later and was obviously still tired so I held her on my lap and she fell back asleep. I layed her on the couch and had to take a picture because she looks so big! Every night Kyle and I go in her room and see her sprawled out like this in her crib. We keep saying that we have to stop feeding this baby because she is getting too big. It is hard to believe how tiny she once was. I wish there was a way to keep her little forever!!

Making Progress

We are making progress with the hair bows. Malloy actually seemed to enjoy wearing one today. I think it was because I made a big deal about it and told her how beautiful she looked with it in. The problem was that she wanted to keep touching the bow and eventually pulling it out. The sign of progress is that she immediately wanted me to put it back in her hair.



As you can see, Malloy is getting quite a head of hair!!



She liked this bow too eventhough it did not match her outfit.

B-Day Party Fun

Malloy went to her friend Quinton's birthday party today. The theme was a backyard hunt for things like caterpillars. Malloy wore the caterpillar antenna for a little while until she realized there was something on her head. She enjoyed going down the slide and riding on all of Quinton's cool toys like the tricycle. When we got home from the party, she enjoyed coloring in her Hungry Caterpillar coloring book.

Melt Down

Recently Malloy has started to become more "emotionally unstable". That is how I refer to her sometimes unexpected displays of unhappiness. They aren't exactly temper tantrums because she isn't kicking and screaming. Instead, she just lies down on the ground or stands in the corner crying. I captured her in action today as we returned home from school. I am not even sure what triggered this response. It was either me putting her down so that I could open the door or not letting her have the keys because I was trying to use them. In either case, she simply had to collapse on the ground and cry.

I picked her up and moved her inside so she could continue the melt down.

A few minutes later she recovered and was playing with her toys again.