January 11 = Hair Bow Day

There's not quite enough hair to hold this bow in place yet but it's definitely coming!!

January 9 = Happy Girl Day

I will spare you the picture of Malia's blowout.  Let's just say there was poop on her foot.  After she got a bath, a new diaper and a new outfit- she was as happy as could be!

January 8 = Too Tired Day

Well the sickness continues but Malia is done fighting sleep I think:

January 7 = Teething Day

Liam is feeling a lot better, Malia is definitely less miserable but today has been the roughest day for me.  Zachary had asked me a few times if I had a fever to which I quickly replied no but when I started shivering today, I checked it and sure enough, 101!  And my temperature is usually low so 101 is pretty bad for me.  So I laid down while he made dinner- Malia has not been sleeping at night and barely any during the day so taking into consideration with just her lack of sleep I'd be exhausted on a good day, I'm extremely exhausted also being sick.  So I was very relieved that dinner was taken care of- I didn't eat very much but it was worth waking up for to get to see this:

Liam never used any teething toys which was disappointing because he had no relief for his teething pain so I'm super excited that Malia does and when a teething toy isn't available, she'll find a way!

After dinner, Zachary took the babies to the gym and I got a little cleaning done around the house.  I checked the mail and there was something from Amazon.  Zachary had told me not to look at recently placed orders on Amazon so I figured it might be an early birthday present.  I waited until he got home and eagerly opened it, hoping it would be Joshua Radin's new CD and it was!!

Speaking of presents, Uncle Matty had gotten Liam and Malia Duke outfits for Christmas and because I'm a good sister-in-law, I put Malia in hers during the Duke v. Wake Forest game.  Even though it wasn't televised she still showed her spirit and it made for a great photo op!

January 6 = Snow Day

Now Liam, Malia and I are all sick.  Zachary woke me up to tell me it was snowing and I immediately felt absolutely awful.  I am not a huge fan of snow.  It's pretty to look at for the first 10 minutes before people and cars travel through it, making it a dirty, wet mess. 

 

Malia woke up around the same time that Zachary had to go to class so I went to feed her and could tell she felt about the same way I did.  When I went to get Liam out of bed, he just looked up at me with these sad eyes like, "Nope, not time yet."  So I gave him a cereal bar in his crib and let him take his time getting up.  After checking on him five times, he finally seemed willing to get out of bed so I changed his diaper but kept him in his warm, comfortable PJs and we, all three, sat on the couch.

 

We survived the morning- mainly because both babies felt so terribly, they didn't give me too much trouble and because I knew before Zachary came home, he was stopping by the drug store to get me some much needed medicinal relief- we were completely out of all cold medicines.  He surprised me by also coming home with these:

Liam had a few days on me and Malia so he started feeling better that afternoon and, completely on his own, started rocking Malia in her rock 'n' play while we were making dinner- such a sweet moment!

January 3 = Tricycle Day

Liam's sick.  You can tell by the fact that I was able to get a picture of him sitting with Grammy- he sat with her all morning and was very mellow.

To try to make him feel better, Zachary put together Radio Flyer tricycle that Pops & Grandma got Liam a while ago.  His curiosity was piqued.

 And then he changed his mind...

And then he let Daddy push him around for a little while.

He's not quite ready to ride yet but he did enjoy pushing it around the apartment after these pictures were taken!

December 31 = New Year's Eve

Zachary nor I are big party people so NYE was pretty uneventful.  We were tempted to go to bed before 12 but we are really big on holidays so we didn't really consider it.  I saw something on Pinterest that interested me though- champagne jello shots.  Somehow, I graduated from UNC Chapel Hill without ever having taken a jello shot- so I didn't even know how to make them but instead of the water you use with jello mix, you substitute in whatever form of alcohol you want to use and so for NYE, it's super festive to use champagne.  The Pinterest pin I found though went a step further and suggested sprinkling Pop Rocks on the jello shot before eating it.  Pop Rocks are kind of hard to find!  We let Liam try them and I thought he was going to have a pretty enthusiastic reaction but he didn't... just another piece of candy.  They were yummy and not strong at all- I'm the lightest weight of all lightweights and I didn't feel a thing but it was still fun to try something new!

And here are some random pictures from earlier in the night...