Bad Mommy!

Background: I was emptying the car, so I was going in and out of the house. One time I came in and I could hear Maleah kind of moaning. I knew she had been playing with Murphy, the cat, so I figured he was doing something she wasn't too impressed with. The next time I came to the kitchen door, I could hear her say, "I need a tishoo" and this is what I saw . . .

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Bad mommy, I know! She had had sneezes like this for a couple of days, and we kept telling her to, "wait, don't touch, Mom and Dad will get a tissue." She is such a sweetheart!

Okay, one more post for today. There is an amazing lady that used to be in my mom's ward who had some seriouse problems with infertility and other woman issues. She and her husband adopted an adorable little baby girl (I think she is 3 now). Well, after so many woman problems, the doctors decided to give her a hysterectomy (sp?). She has been in the hospital since her hysterectomy on September 30, 2008. She ended up with a perferated bowel and serious infections throughout her body because of it. Anyway, it is a miracle that she is alive, but she has a long road of recovery ahead of her. Question is . . . why am I so interested in this? I am not sure, but I think about her all the time and want her to recover fully and preferrably quickly. Random, I know, but if anyone reading this can offer any prayers in her behalf, I would appreciate it. Her name is Heather Beacher (sp?) and her husband has a blog telling her story. heathersrecoveryprogress.blogspot.com if you are interested. :)

What Fun!

So, I haven't blogged in a while, and decided that there must be something going on right now that I should be documenting. As I unloaded the baby bottles from the dishwasher, I thought of it! Weaning Maleah off the bottle . . . Not her idea of fun. I have been thinking about getting rid of her bottles for months, but I couldn't stand her sad, pleading face when I refused to get her a "milkie baba". We are finally making progress. I have noticed with other things as well, that Maleah really thinks through things, and if I give her an option of "this or that" or nothing, she will eventually give in if I tell her to tell me when wants it or is ready. I think she is finally accepting that I am getting rid of her bottles and she needs to be a big girl and drink out of a sippy cup. YAY!
And now for a cute story . . . Maleah and Rex were watching football in the basement on Sunday when I called them up for dinner. Maleah was not excited about coming upstairs, so Rex turned out all the lights, hoping that she would see the lights upstairs and want to go. She came to the stairs - just as he had planned - stepped onto the first step, stood up and turned the light on! This is the only place in the house that she can reach the switch without help. It is now her favorite place to play!
**Updated** I forgot I had video of this!