Not Yet!!

Maddy came home from school today and handed me an envelope....keeping a very straight face and not saying a word. I thought it was empty, so I just held it up in the light and saw a small tiny square inside it. Recognition slowly set in...it was her front tooth! We've all been making a joke about her keeping it in her mouth until after her pageant. I've been teasing her alot to not lose it for another 3 weeks, but it was hanging on by threads. I didn't think she would make it, but I was hoping! She's going to be the toothless wonder at her pageant, and she's still going to knock them dead.

Malak's Birthday

On to the cake......he wasn't sure at first what to do, but once he tasted that sweet frosting, there was no stopping this kid! He went to town eating ALL of his little cake and throwing as much as he could all over the floor and grandma's walls. He devoured the entire cake! But he paid for it later. He spent the whole night throwing up! I guess his little body couldn't handle all the sugar. I felt so bad for him! Other than getting sick, I think he had a great birthday! I can't believe he's 1 already. It's going by way too fast for me!

We went up to Grandma's house to celebrate Malak's 1st Birthday. We thought it would be easier to take our tribe up there than expect everybody to come for his birthday so we spent the weekend with Kieth and Hariella. We were opening presents and Malak was bored....he wasn't sure what to do, but his siblings kept opening everything for him. He loved his presents once they were out of the paper, but wasn't sure what to do with them when they were wrapped. We had a lot of family members there and it was fun to spend time with everyone.

Malak's Walking!

I know I am really late with this because he's actually been walking since he was 11 months, but better late than never! He has been our soonest walker...and the hardest to contain. His favorite thing to do is play on the stairs! He used to just sit there on that bottom step and clap and play and then get up to try and walk, but now we're lucky if he's not up the whole flight of steps before we can catch him!! He is so fast, but hasn't learned to come down. He just sits on the landing and sceams at me to come get him.....! We're working on getting him to turn around and come down safely, but he thinks he's big and tries to step down with his feet. We've had a few falls. James makes fun of him walking. He says he looks like the alien from "Men in Black", you know the exterminator that gets possessed by the alien and looks totally drunk every time he walks? That's my son!! He's getting better on his feet, but he sure is cute!