Malaya Sledding

Malaya would count to three at the top of the driveway and Greg would send her on her way. All bundled up... she probably could have stayed out there all day.
p.s. Sorry this is sideways.

So much to be Thankful for

For Thanksgiving this year we headed to Midway, Utah to spend time with Greg's family. I had to be back to work for Black Friday, so we ended up going the Saturday before Thanksgiving for a longer trip. We had a great time and Malaya definitely got a lot of attention.
It was nice to relax and just hang out and we were sad to leave.

We celebrated Cheri's birthday when we got there. She got a train set for all the (future) grand kids to play with. Malaya loved it! She wasn't quite big enough to push the pedal down to make it go, so Greg had to rig it for her... she loved it.
Happy Birthday Grandma Cheri! Malaya was also treated to a kids entertainment play land (kind of like a Chucky Cheese). There were a bunch of fun rides and games to play and it was all indoors. Malaya was a little hesitant to go on the rides, but she defiantly had fun running all around with the other kids. Grandpa helping Malaya All the Girls

me, Jenny, Cheri, Jessica

Thanksgiving morning we bundled up and headed out into the -14 degree weather for a 5K. We must be crazy! It was cold.. but not to bad once you got going... and of course we all finished in record time :)
Here we are sporting our sweet turkey day shirts.
*everyone except Greg (who had a really bad cold), and Ben (who was just to chicken to bear the cold) :)
It snowed a ton while we were there... so Malaya got to do a little sledding in the driveway. We had a great time and we are so thankful we were able to go and spend time with the fam. We are thankful for so many things, including the gospel, our jobs, and our sweet little Malaya who we love soooo much!

PG aka "Puke Girl"

Time: 230am
Date: Nov 2010
Location: Malaya's Bed
Incident: PUKE!

Okay, so for those of you that know me (you shouldn't be reading this blog if you don't) you probably know that I was once known as the infamous Puke Girl (or PG for short) back in my high school days. Yes, it sounds horrible... and that's because it was. I was blessed with an incredibly weak stomach... so let's just say car rides, fair grounds, or the occasional stay up way to late and eat junk food with my girlfriends... wasn't the best on my stomach. Sadly, I have thrown up at just about every friends house, or their parents cars, or at every summer fairgrounds possible. Yuck... Well, over the years my ability to make it to the bathroom has gotten much better and these throw up sessions have been few and far between (except for the THREE months I was puking my guts out while I was pregnant with Malaya, and the yearly flu).

Well... now it's payback time!!!

Actually, I would say my payback began when Malaya was about a month old. She would throw up just as soon as she was done eating... always drenching herself and me. Let's just say- in the first eight months of Malaya's life.... the washer got a beating!

This brings me to the reason for me posting. I just wanted to share with all of you one of my wonderfully eventful night. It started off great. Malaya in bed before 11pm, just starting to fall in that deep deep sleep... when suddenly (at 230 am) I hear Malaya crying out for dada. I go to pick her up and make it to the door way of our bedroom, when I realize that her blanket is wet and it smells like PUKE! Yuck... I called for Greg to turn the lights on and help me out. Turns out that Greg had given Malaya two botles attempting to put her to bed (while I was at work).... and I gave her another one shortly after (without knowing she already had two). Well, lets just say the smell was bad enough that even Greg threw up! Great! Now I had two messes to clean. We ended up putting Malaya in the bath and starting a load of laundy at 3 am... sorry to our downstairs neighbors. I would go into more detail, but at the risk of causing others to puke, I will resist. :)