What happened to baby Mahalia? She's a big girl now. Here's a photo of her putting a blankie on her Ugly Doll. She also enjoys giving bottles to her stuffed animals.

I've already started saying things like, "You'll never leave home, right?" Shane and I seem to enjoy her more every day and marvel at this little creature we created.

We had an excellent Thanksgiving with Tani, David, Sasha (who Mahalia calls Saucy) and Sophie, aka Fifi. Mahalia's hair is long enough for pigtails and we're contemplating a haircut to control the mullet situation.



We had a blueberry pancake feast and Mahalia who was totally enthralled with her big cousins insisted on sitting at the table too.


Beauties.

Mahalia and I clawed our way thru a rough week without Daddy. It gets dark in these parts at like 3:00 in the afternoon now. DST did a real whack job on this household.

Shane made a movie of himself singing some of Mahalia's favorite songs. She can't seem to get enough of it and watches it daily.