ELEVEN

Eleven months...CAN'T believe it's almost been a year! We are very much looking forward to the "party of the year"...haha. 

Here's Malachi in the jersey of my Father's favorite hockey team....(and I've always felt a connection to the Red Wings, ever since they won the Stanley Cup on my birthday when I was little). Can't believe we found this jersey at the dollar store here in Canada!

Do you think he's praying to never have to take these monthly pictures again?

Yes Malachi, the Red Wings ARE #1!

We Had Visitors!

We very much enjoyed having Robin and her boyfriend Todd visit us last weekend. Here are a couple of pics from the weekend, including Todd's dog Shelby.

Malachi and Shelby were quite the buddies, they both did so well together!

Suprise!

We noticed something new with Malachi at a rest stop on our way home from Portland. 

I can't believe he'd been so sneaky...can you spot it?

It took 24 pictures to capture the little guy poking through his gums in the top right

It's a small fella' - Don't be fooled by the cheerio

Fun "Fall" Time in Oregon

Malachi and I had the pleasure of spending last week with some of the Schaal's in Newport Oregon, and visiting my sisters in Corvallis. Good pics from the coast will come once they're posted by my brother and sister in law...I forgot to bring our camera, but I have a couple from my phone I'll share.

THEN Andrew was able to join us in Portland this past weekend because of Canadian Thanksgiving which was celebrated yesterday. He brought the ipad so we have some fun pics from visiting the Roloff Farm. 

We had SO much fun with family and really didn't want to leave!

Malachi dancing with Auntie Jen

Devil's Punch Bowl

We had to walk (fortunately it was a BEAUTIFUL day and didn't mind the walk at all) to the lighthouse because of the gov. shutdown. Malachi wouldn't let go of Tobit sitting in front of him in the stroller...I thought it was pretty cute.

Escaping from the wind.

All 9 Cousins (and parents).

Poor guy face-planted into the pumpkins after this shot.

SURPRISE REVEALING TOMORROW (no we're not expecting and no we're not moving...not that we know of that is, on both accounts. It's something about Malachi!!)

Pics from Missouri

It's been a year since we were settling into our home in Missouri...I ran across some pics that I don't think many family/friends have seen, so I thought I'd share some of them right now.

Visiting Friends in Kansas City...who we VERY much enjoyed seeing so often.

Can't really tell in this pic but it was the beginning of "No-Shave November"

On our way to dinner in a Cave!

It wasn't as scary as it sounded...or as the drive made us feel.

Turkey Trot 5k...9 days before giving birth

Formal Dining out. Everyone was dressed to the nines, even Malachi

Malachi was bored of people holding him and telling him he looked so cute

Graduation

Two women who made us feel very much at home during the 6 months away from family =)

Two months away from One Year

Don't have much to say...just want to post these so I can get back to finishing my Shutterfly book of Malachi's baptism before my free coupon expires...why do I do this to myself, I've had MONTHS to work on it!! =)

On another note, I love Malachi's outfit that Auntie Robin bought a while back, glad it still fits as I don't have pics of him in it.

He LOVES the balls that came with a lion toy he received a couple of weeks ago.