Phillies Game

Well, well finally managed to see the Phillies! We saw a great game, which they won and we had a wonderful time, despite the crazy wind. Here are some pictures of us with the great Harry Kalas.

Not much else to say...can't wait for next year! Go Phillies!!!

Hands-On House

Well Mallory and I had plans of getting to Hersheypark one more time this summer, but all the rain the last few day derailed that plan, as Hersheypark was closed for the whole weekend. So I took to my favorite site, Google, and searched for what we could do instead. Hands-On House in Lancaster was on the top of the list.

A family friend had recently posted pictures of her little one there and it looked like a lot of fun, so last Sunday Mallory and I met Matt for lunch and then went to Hands-On House. Mallory had a blast! She played in the coal yard for quite sometime, picked ears of corn, played with a giant "Lite-Brite" (mommy's favorite) went grocery shopping (she kept picking up the pinapple for some reason) played with farm animals, played in the machine workshop, she even let me paint a heart on her cheek (that is about the limit of my artistic abilities), though I do believe her favorite part was the tractor. She kept running back to the tractor any change she got.

They had an outside section as well with a garden, house, boat, sandbox and sliding board. And that was the steeping sliding board I have ever seen. Matt tried to hold her and get her as far down the slide as he could before he let her go, but she stil zoomed down the slide so fast. She wasn't scared at all and would just laugh and laugh after she was down.

I would say the only downside to the day was that Matt brainwashed Mallory and now she is only cheering "Go Eagles!"

Phillies Game - FAIL

Mal had been perfecting her "Go Phillies" cheer and parading around in the Phillies "slips" and even learned the name of her favorite player (as coach by Mommy) "Chase Utley" in preparation for attending the Phillies game on the last Sunday of August. But hurricane Irene had different ideas.

First, the game was moved from Sunday to Saturday so it could be played before the rain started. But, the storm moved faster than expected and as we were driving to the game it started raining. The rain wasn't too bad to we made our way into Citizen's Bank Park and to our seats, which conveniently were underneath the overhang.


But around 1:20 they came over the loudspeaker to announce the game was cancelled. BOO! But it is rescheduled, so we are going to try again on September 15th! The 10day forecast is showing sun for that day, so hopefully that holds out.





Go Phillies!

18 month checkup

Here's some quick stats from Mal's 18 month check up:



Weight: 22 pounds 6 ounces 43rd percentile


Height: 31.25 inches 23rd percentile



And she's right on track verbally, motor skills, etc.



Next up - slowing starting potty training (oh boy!)

Mallory's first sick visit

Just 3 days after M started daycare, she came down with her first respiratory infection. I had picked her up on Wednesday and they told me she had been coughing a lot during the day. She coughed some Wednesday night and on Thursday morning her breathing was bothering me a bit. It wasn't that she was struggling to breathe, but she was just breathing kinda quickly; when it was still quick throughout her nap, I decided it was time to call the doctor. He said he would like to see her, so we trekked to Shady Grove late in the afternoon.



I'm glad I called and took her in because he immediately put her on a nebulizer (so cute, it's a doggie neb) and steriods to help with the inflammation. It was amazing to see how quickly she perked up in the middle of her neb treatment. I had to give her treatments the next few days, but she's been fine since. By the end of the few days, she was actually holding the mask up to her face for me, not bothered by it at all (watching Mickey Mouse helps her sit still too). I have a couple of extra packets of the neb medicine in case she gets like this again. Here's hoping we don't have any more recurrances.

Mal Starts Daycare

On August 1st, my little darling started daycare. Here's a great shot of her in her little Bee outfit on the first day.
The first two weeks of drop-offs were pretty rough. She cried (though I was told that she was fine 5 minutes after I left) and needed Abby Dabby and Big Bird to keep her company at school, but she kept telling me she had fun at school and before I knew it, she was excited to go.


Just this morning, she helped me get her bookbag and said "Mommy, I school. Have fun." She ran right into her room to play with the baby dolls and I barely got a kiss goodbye. She loves the other kids in her class and her teachers too. (She's even comfortable enough to tell them when she's pooping).

Her vocabulary is expanding, speaking short sentences and she speaking clearer. I can definitely see a big change in the month since she started school.


Friday is Grandparent's Day at school and she is excited because all of her grandparents are coming. Hope I get some good pictures.

Sesame Place and Please Touch Museum

The last weekend in July was such a blast! Mal and I traveled with Gummy, Pop Pop, Uncle Ryra, Aunt Tata, Coop and Ky to Philadelphia and went to Sesame Place and the Please Touch Museum. It was quite sometime since I had been so Sesame Place, but I do have wonderful memories of being there when I was young so I was super excited to take Mal (especially since she is really into Sesame Street right now).


We spent the morning letting the munchkins run around Big Bird's Court, the Monster Maze and Ernie's Big Bed. It was so funny to watch them run around playing with each other and having so much fun. Then it was off to lunch with the characters. Mal didn't do so well with the characters this time around (Disney she was fine, but then again she was only 9 months and probably didnt know what was going on as much). Count von Count came towards her and it was all over.
Our afternoon was spent in the waterpark of Sesame Place; Mal and Ky are definitely waterbabies. We got inside just in time to see Elmo's World before the big storm. It was so funny to watch Mal get so excited to see Elmo, Dorothy and Mr. Noodle. Of course there was a stop in the gift shop to pick up an "Abby Dabby" stuffed animal before we headed to the hotel for a snooze.

Saturday we went to the Please Touch Museum. I was absolutely blown away by everything they had there. I cannot even list everything the kids played with (building cars, playing doctor, grocery shopping, fairytale section, space, transportion, alice in wonderland), but I think the water section was definitely Mal's favorite and watching Coop be an astronaut was hysterical.


I would defninitely recommend this museum to anyone with little ones. I wish we could have spent another day there to take more time with each section. Perhaps we will make trip back next summer.