January 11, 2012
2011
Ok, it’s been a little while since I have updated this blog…to say the least. I am going to try to do a condensed version of the year 2011. I can’t believe that I didn’t post at all last year. That just means that we have been a little busy around the Malloch house with the addition of our little boy. The beginning of the year was just spent hibernating and getting bigger! The end of March brought around babywatch 2011. My Mom came up to get ready for what we thought would be an early arrival. He was a week early, and on April 8 we welcomed Hayden Lee Malloch to the world weighing in at 7 lbs 7 oz and 20.75 in long. This time around, the birth process wasn’t as traumatic. I figured I did it the first time without drugs, so bring it on. Thankfully I have short and intense labors, they broke my water at 10:45 pm, and he was born at 12:21 am. I left the hospital on my birthday, the 9th. He is such a good and healthy baby. Logan has been great with him so far. He can get a little excited and rough, but he is gentle 90% of the time.
Over the summer we went to the beach for a long weekend. Then we got ambitious and drove to Michigan to visit family and friends. The drive went surprisingly well, except for stopping for nursing breaks every 2-3 hours. We had a great time at the Ahler’s lake house and hope to go back this summer. Logan also had soccer classes this summer. We thought it would be a good way to get some energy out. He is pretty good, and fast…when he would listen to the coaches. It was also nice to have our parents come to us for a visit and see how fast both Logan and Hayden are growing. Logan started preschool in Sept. He is going 3 days a week from 9-1. It was hard for him to adjust to a classroom schedule and having to listen to the rules. We had some behavior issues for a little while and I even had to come to the principal’s office for a little brainstorming session. He is doing much better, but he has a bad day here and there…don’t we all. I decided to take the boys to MS for Thanksgiving. So I loaded everybody up and drove 6 hours to Atlanta, stayed in a hotel (just me, Logan, and Hayden). Then we got up and drove another 6 hours to Brandon, MS. It was nice to have a Thanksgiving at home with Momma’s cooking, even though Scott couldn’t come with us. Scott got a promotion at work and is now considered a manager and has people who report to him, and a lot of paperwork to do. Scott’s parents came for their Christmas visit the weekend of Scott’s work party. We got to get dressed up and have an evening out by ourselves…which was nice. We spent Christmas here in NC, with just the four of us. It was a crazy and exciting year. We are blessed in so many ways. I have a beautiful family and two amazing little boys that I get to watch grow everyday. Not everyday is a picnic, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I made a book of some of my favorite pictures that document 2011. I thought that would be the fastest and easiest way for everyone to see what we have been up to the past year…Enjoy! (I hope I haven’t left anything important out)
If you don’t have a snapfish account or you can’t view the pictures, let me know and I can send you an email.
