More random pictures...

The girls get to eat at the table with us now... we raised their chairs and took the trays off... this was their first time 'eating at the table'.









Their favorite new past time is coloring...they always go grab their big coloring book and ask to "cuwuh"

Christmas & New Years Pics.

There honestly are not that many pictures lately. I can't believe we have let so many fun days go by without a quick pic. Promise that will change! We do have lots of videos, but those are harder to share on blogger.

New Year Cupcakes.


Happy New Year Breakfast (okay New Year Breakfast, Kelby wasn't ready to say "Happy" yet.)



Our only family picture this year. - Will plan better next year.


Jackson and Harrison checking out all Santa brought.


Kelby Christmas Morning. Our camera memory filled up before Mallory woke up, so her pics are only on video. (and Kelby is not a fan of AM-photo shoots.)


Enjoying Cheese Puffs before bed. SOOOO Thankful they are gluten free!


Christmas at Nana's. Two very tired little girls posing in front of the tree.

Freeze!

Both of the girls are chattering non stop now and 85% of it is understandable. It is so fun to hear your words come out of their mouths. Phrases like "oh gosh", "Heidi, no bark" "Happy girl, happy" and "Here ya go girls". They love to help clean up their toys, throw things in the trash, get their shoes, turn the tv on and off, and try to type on the computer. The age they are at is so fun. Last night I was bathing Heidi and they were dancing around giggling. I caught myself wishing I could freeze time and they would forever be this age! Oh do they have to grow up?

I think that pretty much gets you caught up with our little world. =) I promise to have Jeremy post pics this weekend and resend out the link to smugmug (our online photo gallery).

Giggle Monsters

Our girls are ticklish gigging monsters. They love, in fact crave is a better way of describing their passion for being tickled! As their proud parents we love hearing their laughter. They even tackle each other for a quick tickle fest!

Another sure fire way to start the giggles is a game of "Where go?". The idea that you magically can't find your hand, toes, juice cup, snack trap........ well you get the point. Suddenly it reappears from your sleeve, pants, blanket or hand and you guessed it - loads of giggles! While waiting to get Mallory's blood drawn, a young couple came in that had just found out they were expecting. Mallory was hamming it up with the Dad-to-be. Then another mother came in with her child and proceeded to loudly teach her child the ABC's, as all of us quietly watched. Right as they called our name to go back, Mallory turned to the Dad-to-be, held up her sleeve and said "Where arm go?". He laughed and said "where is your arm?" Mallory giggled back "Here it is!" He cracked up laughing and she blew him a kiss and said bye bye! It was almost as if she was saying "Hey, I may not know my ABC's, but I can do magic!"

Celiac Update

As many of you know our Princess Mallory was diagnosed with Celiac disease in October. There is no cure for celiac but a strict gluten free diet can allow the intestines to once again start absorbing nutrition. The lab test that is done is called a Anti-tTg test. It looks at the antibodies to monitor the bodies compliance with a gluten free diet. In October when Mallory had her scope done to formally diagnose her, blood work then showed her levels to be over 200. Normal levels are between 4-7. At the beginning of January we did another round of blood work and she was back down to 15!!! WOOHOO!! They are predicting that by April her levels will be in the normal range.

We are so thankful that Mallory is doing better. She still hasn't gained a whole lot of weight yet, but we are on the right track! You might recall that she had tubes put in her ears in October too, those seem to be working and she has gone three months with out an ear infection. Another huge PRAISE!

Mallory is the sweetest little fighter. She just bats her gorgeous long eyelashes and smile her way through everything. Praise God for Mallory, we are so Thankful for her!

Catch up!

You know as a little girl when I would whine about the days dragging, my parents would always say the older you get the faster they go by. AMEN to that! Wow how did January go by so quickly??

Here is a quick recap:

December: When we last posted Mallory had just gotten glasses. Both of the girls are doing well with them and have had check ups proving that their vision is much better with their glasses. For Christmas we condensed our travels to Lubbock and Midland this year. We hated not getting to see our fabulous extended family in Amarillo and Meadow, but time just wasnt going to permit. 2009 was the Weaver's turn for Christmas Eve and Day so Lubbock was our first stop. Thankfully we got their before the BIG snow hit! Jeremy played with my sister's kids in the snow and had a blast. I tried to convince the girls it was fun but Kelby is not a fan of any temp that does not allow you to wear sandals and Mallory just kept saying "mess Momma, mess" haha! Good thing we live in Austin! Seriously, Kelby was mortified when i tried to put boots on her feet. Santa brought us more than our fair share of goodies and we felt every so blessed!!

We ended our trip with a stop in the big city of Stanton. Jeremy's nephew got a dirt bike for Christmas. It was so much fun to watch him ride like a pro at the track. The girls love playing with our nieces Morgan and Brenlee. Brody is up and moving like a crazy man, which only adds to the fun for them. Christmas with the Cheatham clan brought even more goodies! Some how once again we managed to get almost everything loaded in the Expedition and head south!

It was great to be home, but know sooner did we get back and Kelby got a sore throat and stomach bug. Kelby is so feisty that you hardly know she is sick. Even with a 103 fever she was running around the house laughing and giggling. We ended 2009 with Kelby sick and started 2010 with Mallory catching the bug. Check history, we have yet to ring in a new year and not have a sick kid! Guess you can't break tradition? Thankfully it was only a 4 day virus.

Finally getting back in a routine after being gone for eight days and sick kids for another eight days was tiring! I'll have Jeremy post pictures later as he is more patient with blogger than I am. (i know many of you are shocked! haha)