That's Hot

For this post I thought I would pull a picture out of my archives that would bring those who see it a myriad of emotions. It might start as shock with a side of nausea but just wait - as you take it in and gaze at the reflective sheen of our oversized shoulder puffs, that nausea will become - wait for it - ah yes, pure joy.

Well maybe joy is a stretch.

But it is entertaining right? I love that somewhere in the world there are 2 self-respecting women that actually wore these and felt beautiful. And those same two women realized that the world of Goodwill would be benefitted by their sacrifice and fast forward 20 years my sister and I could look like this!

Now our mom truly deserves our gratitude - she decided to have a costume murder mystery party for her birthday a couple of years ago which gave Ginger and I the perfect venue to strut our Aquanet lovin, face paint wearin, shoulder pad packin' style. I'm not really sure if my mom knew her invitation would be responded to with such (cough) beauty - but I'm sure she had never felt so proud.

Go ahead and take one more look at this picture and savor the fact that 20 years from now our daughters and sons will be writing similar stories while wearing the outfits we drool over today. Yay for the ever evolving world of fashion. Yay for enough confidence to laugh at ourselves. But never yay for 80's fashions. I just can't do it.

(Oh and the kid is doing great - he woke up this morning 'baa-ing' like a sheep).

The Prodigal Blogger

"Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet."

Let's say my blog is a soup. At this point it is onion-less, meat-less, vegetable-less....heck I barely have the broth at a boil. So here I am, the prodigal blogger a bit terrified to make any promises - but inspired by other blogs to do a better job documenting my son's life. Oh sure, Aaron and I have lives too - but let's be honest it's a lot more fun to focus on the kid:)

I love how my friend Gina Dreher is so good at making lists about whatever Sutton is up to these days. I wish I had done that for Malachi earlier on! She and my sister both have advised me that I don't always need to have pictures to update my blog, that I should just write whatever is goin on with us. But let's be honest, how many of us love reading blogs without the visual aids? By the time you have your own family and are chasing a toddler around our preferences have reverted to "Wait, a book with no pictures? What's the point??" So I'm going to warn you that in an effort to be more consistent with my entries there may not always be pictures (gasp).

Here is my first official list of all things done by Malachi:

2 yrs 2 months old

• You are obsessed with music. You LOVE watching your daddy sing on the Asbury Christmas Special and never get tired of it....ever......
• You can count to 10 in spanish. Thank you Dora.
• You eat at least one Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich a day. Please don't ever decide you don't like them because your mom would be lost.
• You watch Dora the Explorer, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Special Agent Oso.
• You are taking your time with potty training, but we've been using pull-ups lately and you're doing awesome:)
• Chocolate milk is your favorite.
• You're really into the "thunder" setting on your sound machine.
• You are amazing at basketball - really! You can shoot a full size basketball into your hoop (on the highest setting) from about 5 ft away over and over. And over and over. And over.
• Your dad taught you how to 'jab and go' when playing basketball against a defender. Even though your jab doesn't really jab - you love it:)
• Dad taught you the 3 things needed for a fire: a heat source, fuel source and oxygen. Then you taught your mom.
• You weigh somewhere around 33 lbs and are actually taller for your age! How in the world did that happen?
• You think snow is awesome. Grandma Bubba taught you how to make and throw snowballs and you think it's the coolest thing ever. Until you try it without your mittens on.
• Everytime you hear sirens you ask mommy if you can pray for them and then you pray like this: "Dear Jesus thank you for my breakfast - I mean please help whoever's in trouble. Amen."

So obviously not posting in a year makes my initial list really long. I'll cut it off for now and save some for later:) I hope you all are having a blessed 2011:)