Trip, Courtney, Micah and Sam Malouf

Labor Day at Smith Lake

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Maggie and Will broke in their new lakehouse on Labor Day weekend.

Trip's birthday celebration was full of family fun. We went boat riding, walking, and had a bonfire with roasted marshmallows.

Zada's family stopped by on their way home to Hernando. We love them even if they always try to teach my kids "Hotty Toddy!"

I am learning as I go with raising boys. Apparently going potty outdoors is a rite of passage.

Micah and Blue catching some afternoon sun

More walking

The Alabama State Fair

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Micah's favorite part was popping balloons with darts to win a prize. He has been sleeping with his frog (he named it "SKOCK") every night since He really thought he was driving this dragon

Feeding the elephant. "His trunk is nasty momma"

August

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before church

playing in the wet gutter in mama's old shirt Nana opens her birthday gift (a photo album from our Callaway gardens trip)

dinner with the work girls at Bottega

Big boy feeding himself

vacation and July 4th

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working hard in the sand

All the Burrises traveled to Pine mountain, GA to see Callaway Gardens and other local attractions in mid-July. We went to this drive through petting zoo that had zebras, giraffes, pigs, deer, bulls, buffalo, and lots more. My dad drove this zebra striped van through the trail and we had feed to give the animals. They walked right up to the van and would stick their heads in the windows. We were freaked out by some of the bigger animals, but had alot of fun.

one of the scary ones staring my dad down for some food

they also had a zoo with other animals

before dinner atop the mountain

Sam's favorite part about our cabin (Micah called it "the cabinet"was climbing the stairs over and over again

Chilling after a day at the beach at Callaway Gardens

Swimming at the pool in Georgia

Fireworks at Robert and Lizzie's

Happy 4th!

Sam just woke up...

More fun in the fountain

we all got freaked out by this one animal, especially me when he stuck his long tongue with slobber on it at me for food, ugh!

Father's day and the Buck family reunion

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Nana and sam taking a walk He was sooo tired for his nap.

These girls were my personal babysitters all weekend!

My Granny was represented by 100% of her family for the first time ever. There were her three children, seven grandchildren, and all of the greats below. She was the oldest member of the family there (94) and Sam was the youngest (16 months)

My cousin Laura Lavender and Sam sam

Exhausted!

thank you Trip for being such a wonderful dad! (note MY wonderful dad in the reflection trying to make the boys smile)

micah turns three!

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We had a fun party at the Mcwane center. the kids made messy art and had cake. Then they were free to tour the museum. Micah LOVED it. below is Granpop helping the kids play dress-up.

The birthday boy was full of himself

baby bro hung in there for a long time playing hard

the dog days...

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they are really into popsicles right now, can't blame them

micah got this cool shaving kit for christmas and we just found it in the cabinet. love surprises we don't even know we have!

we all knowabout micah's obsession with his work goggles. Now he has these super cool swimming goggles. thanks nana!

catching some rays at oak mountain

typical morning, pop tart and scooby doo in the den.
ham n' cheese n' crackers for lunch in the basement

brothers

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Nana and granpop brought Micah a chocolate bug from Germany. He was really resistant at first, then he tasted it...

they love to climb in and out of things and shut and open doors. They will try to scare each other while they are hiding.

the marbles at granpop's house

Sam started walking in May. So far, he is following in Micah's footsteps, late walking/crawling and a whole lotta talking...

they love to hide in our laundry basket while we try to get ready

Micah is very much into watching movies and eating popcorn. The lights HAVE to be off so he can "see better"

Sam crawls up the stairs so fast. He thinks it's a game. He will chase Mardi as fast as he can. He calls every do "wowee" (for Chloe). He can't say his r's very well and I love to hear him say "wook!" He is definitely more daring than Micah. My mom says he reminds her so much of me as a baby.

Trying to catch him walking with his Frankenstein pose, but he caught me.

He says "cheeeeese" anytime we get the camera out

Trip hiked the most difficult train on the south rim of the Grand Canyon with his friends in May.

From L to R: Jas Henry, Drew Mattox, Trip, John gordon Campbell, and Rob James Not pictured: Chess Rybolt

bathtime fun

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While daddy was hiking in the Grand Canyon we were having fun each night in the tub. MIcah loves to drop the colors that disolve in the water. We did a different color each night. Sam is very much into splashing.
This was red night...

blue night...

Granpop and Nana kept them one night for me. Sam loves to read books at bedtime.

spring time

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Sam LOVES to swing. He is learning his animal sounds and will say "thank you" when you give hime something. Still not walking. Seems to be following in Micah's footsteps.

The MSU girls on our annual get together at the beach. It rained all weekend, so we came home whiter than we were when we got there, but still had so much fun.

micah goofing off with me at bedtime. Daddy is hiking in the Grand Canyon this week. He was so cheesy for the camera. I got this big smile, then he would laugh hysterically and throw his head all the way back on "basketball pillow"

these chairs have multiple roles...

Striking a pose. By the way, these are his work goggles that he sleeps in every night and wears most days.

The southtrace pediatrics gang also takes an annual beach trip. ironically, it rained this entire trip too!

Our wonderful, sweet nanny Amy. We love her so much and so do the boys

"watering" the plants

we keep them entertained by letting them stand on my laundry basket in the bathroom and look out the window while I try to get ready for church.

suckers and potty training

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enjoying his reward for going in the potty

one very small victory

the first poo triumph. he was soo excited!

Easter 2010

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Poor Sam needs to start walking to give his knees a break. Thanks Micah for sharing your Spiderman knee pads!

dorks

Buddy and all the boys

crazy pic

Micah's new scooter from the Easter bunny at Zay zay's

The best we could do

on their way to hunt eggs Easter morning

Micah insisted on putting his eggs in the pumpkin instead of the Easter basket I prepared for him. He then insisted on filling the wagon and dumping them on the kitchen floor, then filling, then dumping and so on...

I hid the eggs before Micah woke up and sam followed me around and threw each of them as fast as I could hide them

Oh the Easter bunny came!

Dying eggs. Micah wound up in time out during this process.

Thanks Nana for our Easter egg hunt!

Look at those blue eyes!

Malouf reunion 2010

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The kids took care of eating uncle Jim's birthday cake. from L to R: Erin Ueltschey, Knox Bradford, Micah Malouf, Doty Malouf, and Anderson Ueltschey

Chase with her hands full watching all these kiddos

Maggie,Chase, Ann Marie, and Ethan

Zay Zay and Sam
Big "E"

Chase, Lily and baby Chase

Sam

Knox and Micah playing with the Minnows

Micah and Sam's first fish

The twins

aunt La La helping the kids name their new frog. I think they decided on 'Mister Froggie"

John John caught the frog

Erin fell asleep in uncle George's lap while fishing. Too cute

March randoms

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having fun at nana and granpop's. the tshirt was my sister's when she was sick at 14 months

aunt Nat and the boys

goofing off with granpop

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sam's first haircut

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big brother got one too

park and potty training

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crazy static hair

sam is my child with no fear. micah still wants to hold my hand on the big slides and sam is already going by himself without a second thought! my parents call him the "little Courtney"

Yet another failed attempt at potty training. guess he is still not ready. but lovin his "yo gabba gabba" underwear. too bad he pees in them every time!

Sam's Birthday Pics

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I'm ONE!

He cried just like Micah did...

busy February!

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Sam was Baptised the day after his first birthday at Riverchase United Methodist Church. This is the only shot I had on my camera of the four of us, not our best work. Micah was WILD and running up and down the altar.

Birthday boy enjoying his new chair and his favorite toy

Birthday Cake!

Micah is the new spokesmodel for abused children. Just kidding, he has frequent nosebleeds and this particular morning I couldn't resist capturing this site from when he first woke up.

Go Bulldogs!

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Zada's siblings came to Bham for her birthday on New Years weekend and tried to teach Micah to say hottie toddy (sp?) He has been trained that this is not a good thing. Below is his message to the Hernando folks...

black eyes and more...

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We had Will's birthday lunch on sunday jan. 17th and it was very chaotic. Micah and Ethan somehow ran into each other (none of the six adults actually saw it!) and the next thing we know Micah has his first "shiner"! Here are some pics of him flexing his muscles and growling like a tough guy with his first black eye.

In a transe watching Snow White. He LOVES this movie and is obsessed with the dwarfs and their names. Those are safety goggles from his tool kit. He insisted on wearing them upstairs.

More toybox fun

new year fun

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We got an ottoman for the toys in the den and the boys prefer climbing in and out of it than playing with the actual toys. Micah willingly gets in then cries and yells that "Sam is closin' it!"

still smiling...

you can't tell, but now screaming

Hi my name is Sam and I love to escape and climb the stairs. Here I am trying to look cute and distract my mama. "Wait right there mama!"

Hmmm, I think I remember this door being easy to open. My dad tried to fix the squeaky doorknob and now it doesn't shut all the way. Yes, I CAN open it!

Mama, I did it all by myself.

Again, trying to look cute and distract mama so I can escape to the stairs.

Please ignore the milk stains on the hardwoods. Micah is obsessed with milk and the only way to get them up is to scrape each drop, ugh. Who has time for that?

Almost there! Mama realized she needed to put the camera down and catch me quick!

So then we moved the playing downstairs, but mama forgot I know how to climb back up to the top!

made it.

Christmas 2009

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playing with his new tools. we just move them from room to room and he "fixes" things.

the only pic I could get of all four of them...

"fixing" the kitchen floor

Sam Sam got a fun toy from Amy too!

Our nanny Amy gave Micah a set of tools for Christmas. It was his favorite gift.

Sam Sam and Grandpop on the carousel. I think we rode it ten times this season!

One of Nat's friends from ABC pretending to interview the boys in the mall. Sam wanted to eat the microphone.

a redneck christmas

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See what true Alabama fans act like? Amy follows the tide and this is what she has become. just another busy day at the office...

a few more randoms...

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granpop is always showing micah his ace bandages and ankle braces. Micah used to be scared of them, now he loves to try them on

sam looking in a fish tank at the aquarium

a family shot

we suprised aunt nat at work (fox 6 news) for her birthday. Micah loved sitting on the set.

Gatlinburg

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riding the tram to Ober Gatlinburg

looking at the bears. it was sooo cold!

Sam's typical face, mouth wide open. He's excited because he stole Micah's doggie, Blue

We went to Gatlinburg in early Dec. and got to see some snow. The boys loved the aquarium and Granpop made micah some "snow icecream"

Thanksgiving 2009

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We had a full house at Dewey and Zada's. The Tyrones spent Thanksgiving with us and all these boys loved it! Below are all the grandchildren that came (from L to R: Caleb, Davis, Micah, Chase, Sam, Ethan, and Ben). Where is the pink??????????

Micah LOVED his cousin Ben. They played until they were exhausted and apparently sang through the night in the bed together. Micah woke everyone up singing "row, row, row your boat".

playing with cousins

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a reality shot

Chase and Ethan got an awesome new swingset. Micah and sam loved playing with them on it. Sam watched the big boys slide.

hey chase!

hey ethan!

fall fun

2009-11-22T14:00:00.000-08:00

these were my pajamas when i was a baby!

mom, can he get off now? I am trying to drive through the house

our new favorite, the carousel at the galleria

not sure why the pics below are so small!! potty training plan b was not a success either. we tried putting micah in underwear (he calls them underweary). He would have walked around dirty all day if we had let him. we are now moving on to a sticker chart! i know he can do this. Sam is now babbling all day long and he will say baba, dada, mama and uh oh. he has four teeth and weighs almost 20 lbs. Micah loves celebrating birthdays and will tell you the month of every member of our family's birthday (including grandparents and aunts/uncles). He also loves to say "micah is so handsome". he must drink water at dinner from his "miss state cup" is the most picky eater ever. We are looking forward to seeing Jason and suzanne and all of the rest of our family for Thanksgiving. more pics to follow...

a few more halloween pics

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tailgating. micah and his cousin Emily Katherine

Granny and some of her great grandkids
My 94 year-old granny is so spunky. she walks every single day and was a big help with my kids!

Coleman was a great babysitter at our friend tailgate.

We had a blast tailgating with friends and family before the state/florida game. Neither of my kids had a nap (for the first time in their lives!) but they hung in there pretty well and had a good time.

potty training, ugh!

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baby frog toddler frog and baby frog

carving fun

my family at the pumpkin patch

We have been sorta putting this off for a while, but it is time to get started. Micah has NO clue when he is peeing, so someone suggested letting him run around naked so he will see it when it happens. So, all halloween weekend we have had a little half naked boy (he got to wear a shirt) running around our house. So far, he as soiled his rug, the rug in the den and the front door mat. Any luck going in the potty, you ask? NO! He did say he was peeing yesterday and when Trip asked if he wanted to go to the potty he said, "no I'm all done." I think he prefers the diaper! This should explain the bottomless pics below. I censored them as best I could.

micah singing

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he loves to perform at the dinner table for some reason...

lates Oct. pics

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it's been a while! we have been busy lately. Micah went to see Elmo live yesterday and loved it. Sam is all over the place and starting to pull up on things. Here we go again...
Lots of pics below b/c my camera has been messed up and I couldn't upload.

this is one of my old tshirts "born to boogie"

pumpkin patch

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we went to the pumpkin patch in Hayden, AL earlier this month. We rode a wagon out to the patch and Micah got to pick out his pumpkin to take home. There were lots of silly photo ops!

picking out the perfect pumpkin. If he didn't like it, he would throw it back on the ground.

more beach pics

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Malouf beach trip

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watching the birds with buddy

the best we could do

We had a blast with the family on our beach trip to Destin.

new pics

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drool, drool, drool and still no teeth!

love that toothless grin
micah thinks every birthday is his. helping daddy blow out the candle.

latest pics

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Wearing Granpop's ankle braces

Crawling!!!!!!!!

football season is here!

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Sam Sam

go Bulldogs!

Hiking at Oak Mountai

Oh yeah...

2009-08-20T09:27:00.000-07:00

I forgot to mention that last week Sam said his first word, MAMA!!! I was beyond elated. HE also says baba alot. Micah's first word was "dada", and he has always been obsessed with Trip, so I have been working on mama with sam since he was about 3 months old. can't believe it worked.

micah's souvenir

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LOVES hats and shoes. I guess little boys can have fun with accesories too. In the middle of this video he spots himself in the window and you can tell he is watching while singing. he's a mess. Please pay no attention to the country singin' female in the background, she sounds awful!

Atlanta

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The birthday girl and boy waiting on the MartaBoth fathers of two... We had dinner at Benihana and told them to sing happy birthday to trip. he loved it, jk.

We went to Atlanta last weekend to celebrate Maggie and Trip's birthdays. It was a great time and we learned alot about the Shriners as they were having their national convention in our hotel. Very interesting! After a nice relaxing day at the pool we caught the Marta to the Braves game.

randoms

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"shaving" with granpop before church

Ethan and Micah playing ball

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Nurse Amy's sewing blog

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One of my coworkers is making some adorable clothes for a really good price. She does pillowcase dresses, monograms, appliques, etc. She made Micah's shirt with his name on it over the "M" in the pic with Dewey and Chase. Check out her blog at www.amyssewingboutique.blogspot.com

granpop and nana's

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Floating the poor pet frog on the boat in the fountain

micah and nana ready for church

the bib says it all...

fun with power tools

Happy Birthday Aunt Maggie!

2009-08-09T11:58:00.000-07:00

WE had a great time at Buddy and Zay Zay's house for maggie's 30th bday celebaration. Can't believe I didn't get a single pic of the birthday girl. The kids have taken over for sure. Micah insisted on blowing out the candles and thought the cake was his too.

All aboard the blanket train! The boys were so entertained by this. They had a blast, expecially Chase.

Sunday morning fun

2009-08-09T11:40:00.000-07:00

We woke up this morning with fresh donuts delivered to our front porch by Buddy!!! They were delicious, thanks Buddy!

All ready for church.

performing for the camera...

2009-08-09T07:35:00.000-07:00

Everything is "big boy" these days. Micah sits at the table in his new "big boy" chair and sleeps in the new big boy bed. he is such a chatterbox and now whenever we get the camera out he automatically starts singing his "abc's". We have a new obsession with videos. obviously.

Update

2009-08-06T14:16:00.000-07:00

The boys are just getting so big all of a sudden. Micah moved into his "big boy" twin bed this week without a hitch! He loves it and so far hasn't tried to get out. Sam turned six months old today. He is such a happy baby and laughs outloud all the time. We are all getting plenty of sleep these days with both boys sleeping 12 hrs/night. It is great! We are so excited about the first state game. It is on Trip's bday, so if anyone else is gonna be there let me know. We will be child-free for the day/night.

I will post pics of Micah's new room when I get a chance. It is still a work in progress.

brotherly love...

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we put these on every night after bathtime. he will only wear them with no clothes. I had to take his pj's off

saying his "prayers" before lunch. he always interupts our blessing with "AMEN!"

july randoms

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Dr. Malone (the man who signs my paycheck!) turned 50 on July 10th. We made dozens of signs and hung them outside and all over the office. We cut out black crows for weeks behind his back. His computer and office were wrapped in table paper and his pictures hung in every exam room. Below are a few of my favorites...

the obsession with balls continues...

sam is all smiles these days

more summer fun

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swimming in the lake at Sherry's after Amy's shower

Sam catching rays on the lake the next day

my big boy playing in the canoe

George Washington hair

Micah showing Sam his "silly face"

4th of july fun

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Nana taught micah to salute the flag

sam loves to watch micah. he is showing off his new backpack

sam sam

improving on the swimming

Micah turns two!

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His birthday was on father's day. this is him in true two-year-old fashion

His pancake candles for breakfast.

Swimming at Granpop and Nana's

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Drew, Meagan and Monroe come to town

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she's gonna make a great big sister someday!

They came all the way from Oregon and we LOVED getting to visit with them. Micah and Monroe were instant friends...

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sam wearing my uncle bill's old shoes. we found them at my grandmother's house when we cleaned it out.

took this the other morning before I woke Micah up. He sleeps with at least two footballs every night. Note the ball pajamas and baseball hat too. still obsessed...

First annual girls' trip

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our one moment of cleanliness

skankin' it up at the flora bama

dingleberries (yes, it's what you think it is)

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Funny story from the other night. We had just given the boys a bath together and I had Sam, towel, diaper in my arms. Here is how it went down:

Courtney: Trip can you grab sam's pajamas, my hands are full.
Trip: sure, where are they? Does he need long sleeves or a onesie, etc?
Courtney: Long sleeves, I guess.
Trip: Here ya go. Oh I forgot I had a naked baby in the other room! He sure is quiet in there. Let me go check on him.
Micah: running and laughing
Trip: oh my gosh there is a terd on the floor!
Courtney (still with hands full): Ahhh, he stepped in it and it's all over his foot!
Micah: still laughing and unaware and now climbing into his chair
Courtney: Oh no there is still some stuck to his bootie!
Trip: freaking out and looking for a wipe
Courtney: laughing so hard I almost drop the baby
Micah was sitting happily in the chair at this point. We were so stunned that we didn't even know where to start. EWWWWWWWWWWW!

I don't think we are quite ready for potty training!

The Zoo trip

2009-05-31T12:41:00.000-07:00

Maggie, Chase and I took Micah and Knox to the zoo this weekend. They had an awesome time seeing and petting all the animals.

We couldn't get Knox the monkey to sit still for a pic. He is a climber!

Micah copied everything Knox did.

doing puzzles with the twins. Maggie, thanks for letting all those boys I (and Allie!) terrorize your house Friday night. We had so much fun.

Rain, rain go away

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sam is getting so big so fast. he smiles all the time now and laughs outloud. Micah's new favorite phrases are "mama/dada do it" "ashes ashes all fall down" "bye bye school" and "no no chloe/mardi"

Micah is still obsessed with balls. he got this new football last week and will not part with it. He sleeps, eats and rides in the car with it.

these are the ONLY shoes Micah will wear. When we try anything else (Oxfords, sandals, cowboy boots, swim shoes, Anything!) he screams for his "blue shoes".

taking advantage of a few dry hours on Memorial Day weekend.

Crawfish, cousins and crazy hair!

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sumo wrestler?

trip decided he could cut micah's hair. his explanation "i have been watching people cut my hair for 30 years and it can't be that hard"

Needless to say we will be visiting miss Lisa sometime this weekend. Thanks for trying dada!

he watched the crawfish intently, but would have no part in touching them

randoms

2009-05-27T14:22:00.000-07:00

trying to get a group easter shot... Nana and the boys on mother's day

playing with the hose at granpop's

Easter

first roll over from stomach to back

Saturday in the Park

2009-04-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

We have what Trip and I call "family day" once a week. Sometimes getting both kids packed up and ready to go is alot of trouble, but we usually have a great time. Last weekend we went to the park and had a snack/picnic. Sam slept most of the time during the outing...

Micah and Trip waded in the very cold creek

This dog was so big. The picture doesn't do him justice. I couldn't believe how big his paws were.

Micah playing soccer with this little boy

Little man finally woke up and was all smiles.

Easter 2009

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He got three baskets this year. One from us and one from each set of grandparents. Easter was a whirlwind of egg hunting, going to church and eating good food. We are so blessed to have our families so close to us during the holidays. It is so special for the kids. Nana had a really cute Easter table set. You can see the basketball on the highchair. Micah must have a ball in hand at all times during the day. He got football, baseball, basketball and soccerball eggs in his basket. We have to keep some in the tub, some downstairs for playtime, and some in the bed. He hoards three or four in his hands each night at bedtime and sleeps with them. We never knew this ball obsession would last so long!

My dad is already initiating Sam into his "all boys" fraternity. He grew up with two sisters and then had two daughters. Finally, he has some male family members. They spend most of their time squishing bugs, catching lizards, and going for walks through the neighborhood. I hear he has caught a turtle for Micah to have. So far the turtle is living off of dog food.

Best buds...

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All day long I hear, "outside?" He would sleep there if we let him.

First smile caught on camera...

Sorta fake smile caught on camera...

Sam at two months taking a bath

Micah at three months

march

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playing with zay-zay in the yard

little bulldog

photo session on mama's whoobie

all the cousins!

Snow in Bham march 1, 2009

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We woke up to snow pouring from the sky on Sunday! I was so beautiful and came down strong for about two hours. Micah loved playing in it and throwing snowballs.

MS will always be home at heart...

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Our friends Drew and Megan Mattox sent Micah this shirt when we had Sam. They live in Portland, OR and they have a historical district with Mississippi Ave. in it. Thanks Drew and Megan for the cute shirt!

He loves to be just like Daddy. Even matching shoes.

More blueberry muffins

more randoms...

2009-02-25T11:21:00.000-08:00

Micah came home from Granpop's (my dad) yesterday with a new injury. They are having way too much fun without us! He LOVES my dad. More regressing. This really is just a joke. He doesn't take a paci anymore and will gladly hand it over when we ask. It is just funny when he wants to play with Sam's things.

HELLO!

Sam at two weeks old. He is wide open when he is awake.

Playing doctor/nurse. He goes around giving people/dogs shots. I am training him young!

More fun at the Malouf house

2009-02-13T18:48:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

Giving Sam his pacifier.

Micah is really testing the waters these days. He climbs on the coffee table, tries to drink Sam's bottles and suck his pacis. Sometimes you have to choose your battles, right? I think he won this one.

Note the paci. Micah hasn't taken one since he was 9 months old.

Typical Micah with a ball in one hand and milk in the other.

More Sam pics

2009-02-09T18:44:00.000-08:00

Giving Sam kisses

Baby Sam

2009-02-07T13:31:00.000-08:00

Samuel Ellis Malouf was born yesterday (Friday) February 6 at 1:29 PM. He was 6lbs 5oz and 19 and 1/2 in. We got to the hospital Thursday night around 8pm b/c I was having contractions and the Dr. told me to just come in. WE were so glad to already be at the hospital and because I was scheduled for an induction the next morning anyway, they would keep me whether I was in active labor or not. Turns out I wasn't. So, the next morning they induced me around 7:15. By 8:45 I was in some major pain with the contractions so they gave me the epidural. Finally at 1:00 we were ready to push. I took one practice push and the nurse said, whoa let me call Dr. Brown. She barely had time to put her gloves on and had me push with the next contraction. I pushed for literally 5 seconds and she said "okay, you can relax". Seconds later Sam was crying in my arms! We are soooo thankful for his health and all of your thoughts and prayers.
Sam...

Micah

EVERYONE so far has agreed that Sam looks just like Micah did at birth. The only difference is Sam has darker and more hair and his eyes are much darker.

One last update...

2009-02-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

Well it looks like Sam will be holding out until this Friday, Feb. 6th. We have set an induction for 6:30 am. Dr. Brown says we should have a baby by lunchtime! Please pray for a healthy baby and safe delivery. We are packed and ready to go. Below is his room, just waiting on his arrival! It was a very last-minute nursery. The chair will be red, but the new cushions haven't come in yet. Hopefully I will have pics and good news with the next blog!

Horrible lighting.

A few of my favorite things!

2009-02-04T12:32:00.000-08:00

Micah is absolutely obsessed with balls. He sleeps with his "bootball" every night. He can say tennis ball, little ball and big ball too. It all started on his first birthday and he has been crazy over them ever since. The other night I had him on the changing table. He pointed to my belly and said "ball", "Big ball!" Hilarious. He copies everything Trip does which is how he has learned to swing a bat, golf club, throw balls, etc. Below are some recent pics at the park doing what he does best.

We took him to the zoo last weekend. I think it was probably our last outing with Micah as an "only child". Aww, sorta sad. He loves animals and petting the zoo pets was his favorite. He also loved watching all the "birs"

Every night he asks for his "baa". He goes in his room and gets his towel then plays in the 'bubbles" until we make him get out. We let all the water run out and he lays down and says "nigh nigh" in the tub.

Narcissist?

2009-02-04T12:29:00.000-08:00

Hi, I am Micah and I LOVE to watch yours truly on the video camera.

36 weeks (well almost!)

2009-01-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

Pregnancy #2 is rapidly coming to a close, wow. I will be 36 weeks on Saturday. We finally got the crib and furniture in the nursery. I waslooking back at my journal from Micah's pregnancy and the nursery was done at 34 weeks. This time I didn't even have a crib at 34 weeks! We now at least have the necessities like diapers, wipes and sheets on the bed. We have two nurseries set up right next to each other upstairs. It is so surreal to see their rooms. Dr. Brown set an induction date of Monday Feb. 9, but we may be moving it to Feb. 5. I'll post more after next week's visit.

2009-01-01T18:13:00.001-08:00

It has been a while since I updated. I am now 34 weeks and still feeling pretty good. Just a little less sleep at night. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Christmas and New year full of rest and family time. My how things have changed. Micah was sick the entire week before Christmas with RSV and an ear infection. His fever spiked to 105.5 one day! He was so lethargic and pitiful. Even though I work with sick kids every day it was very hard to be objective when it was Micah. Anyway, he is fine now and back to his old self. I just hope all those Christmas kisses he gave the twins didn't get them sick too!
I am still working 4 days a week and looking forward to some time off when baby Sam arrives. We still don't have a middle name. Trip thinks he doesn't need one. Not sure why we are having such trouble! Micah is nonstop all day unless he is asleep. I think I'm gonna have my hands full with him and a newborn!

A few extra Christmas pics

2009-01-01T18:07:00.001-08:00

Chase and Ethan were so cute in their snowman pajamas. Micah would NOT participate in this photo session.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-01T17:59:00.000-08:00

His first gift was this electric car from Buddy and Zay Zay

This is the best we could do!
Micah's favorite thing to do with the twins is give them kisses. They don't seem to mind!

His singing rocking horse.

Who knew his favorite gift would be a singing Christmas card? He also loves his new chair. Every day when we get home he points to it and runs to jump in.

Grandpop's Last Day of Work

2009-01-01T17:56:00.002-08:00

After 37 years at the Power Company, my dad is retiring. Micah and I decided to pay him a visit on his last day 12/31/08

A preview of what he will probably be doing at home now!

2009-01-01T17:56:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T17:40:00.000-08:00

On New Year's Day we took Micah on his second hiking trip at Oak Mountain. The waterfall was cold but very pretty. Micah just tried to go swimming with the dogs the whole time.

Our attempt at a group photo...

He couldn't walk the last time we took him! He loved being able to roam around. Note the milk in hand. His new security blanket. All day long he says "milk" and "bite" and "Melmo"

He was ticked when we loaded him up to go home even though his hands were almost frozen and he was out of milk!

A few randoms

2008-11-30T10:22:00.000-08:00

Dewey has taught him how to load these guns and he loves playing with them.

wild man

2008-11-30T10:05:00.000-08:00

Micah is now 17 months old and keeping us laughing all the time. I have been stopped up throughout this pregnancy and sneezing alot. He walks around the house going "achoo" . He is really into imitation right now. He loves to dance and can say his animal sounds like "mow" for cat, "uh uh" for dog, "baaa" sheep and "bop bop" for the bunny rabbit (supposed to be hop hop). I didn't take any pics at thanksgiving, but these are some of the most recent. He loves to get in his rocking chair and sway back and forth saying "tick tock tick tock"

Roasting marshmallows at my parents' house. He didn't like them at all!

Practicing piano at Granny's

2008-11-04T18:26:00.000-08:00

MSU vs Kentucky, woo hoo!

2008-11-04T18:18:00.001-08:00

Micah and Monroe Mattox playing together at the tailgate The sun was hot, so we sported the no-shirt overall look for a while. Note the new jumbotron in the background. Probably the highlight of this game!

Claudia was enjoying a picnic with her friend until Micah came along and ate all her food!

Two proud papas...

South Trace Pediatrics Halloween

2008-11-04T18:15:00.001-08:00

The nurses...

Peter Pan and Raggedy Ann are both preggers

Halloween

2008-11-04T18:06:00.000-08:00

Trick or treat! Showing off his candy to Chase and Ethan

Computer blues

2008-10-23T07:50:00.000-07:00

Our laptop has been in the computer hospital this week, so I am unable to post pics. Therefore, you are stuck reading my rambling while I am at work. I will be 24 weeks tomorrow and still feeling great. I guess this is what a normal pregnancy feels like! Lovin' it. We have unofficially decided on the name Samuel for baby 2. We will call him "sam". Still struggling with a middle name, so please give me some suggestions! So far we like "parker" and trip likes "ellis" (still reaching for that family name).

Just another Saturday...

2008-10-11T18:33:00.001-07:00

We have been very busy lately with work, Micah, and pregnancy 2. Hence the slacking on the blog. Micah has been sick almost EVERY WEEK for a month! With my bedtime ranging from 6:30-8:00, not much computer time leftover. Anyway, everything is going well here. I am 22 weeks pregnant and growing rapidly. Micah has finally taken repeated independent steps (as of today), yeah! Here are a few pics from our walking/eating session earlier...

He looks disgusted with something! Actually, I think he was choking on this mouth-full of blueberry muffin.Chipmunk cheeks :)

It's a Boy!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

We found out Wednesday that we are having another baby boy. Trip and I can't wait for Micah and baby #2 to get to know each other. No names yet. I have told Trip he is in charge of naming this one and he has a deadline of Thanksgiving. We'll see! Most importantly, everything looked great on the ultrasound. He is measuring right at 18 weeks and five days which is exactly how far along I am. We thank God for our healthy baby and my healthy pregnancy. He has blessed us in so many ways...

The next day...

2008-09-14T18:48:00.000-07:00

playing with pecans at granny's house practice, practice, practice...

All snuggled up and ready for the ride back to Alabama. Mommy is not looking forward to hearing all the "War Eagles" from her Auburn friends.
This was a first. Asleep as soon as he finished dinner. He loves these shoes. He stands up and picks his feet up over and over saying "shu, shu"

More Game pics...

2008-09-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

meeting Tate Ferguson
looking sleepy and still in shock from all the noise. There were lots of cowbells in our section! Cheering with his Grandpop

Micah's First State Game

2008-09-14T18:38:00.001-07:00

Matthew helping him ring his first cowbell
Tailgating with family. From Lto R: My aunt Gloria, cousin Clay, 2nd cousin Kendall, sister Natalie, Micah and 2nd cousin Emily Katherine
Future students...