Mullen: Family of Five

Friday, April 18, 2008

Ka-ching!

Marielle has discovered her agency in the last couple weeks and replies "No" to a good 72% of the questions we ask her. I'm not sure yet how much she understands of what we say, so we tested her yesterday when we were outside going for a walk. It was so funny, I wish I had caught this on video but I'll just have to keep replaying it in my mind and hope you catch a small glimmer of the moment from this post.

MK: Marielle, do you want to go inside?
Me: Noh. (think Swedish accent)
MK: Do you want to go to bed?
Me: Noh.
RG: Do you want a million dollars? (mimicking MK's voice intonation)
Me: Yah. (big grin and nodding head)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Megan is Home!

We went to El Paso last weekend to celebrate the homecoming of Ryan's sister Megan. The whole family was there plus some of Megan's friends, so it was a packed house! It was so fun to see Megan and hear all about her mission. Her homecoming talk was excellent too.

You Can Throw A Shower in Just Two Days!

I visit teach a girl in our ward, Paola, who is expecting her second baby. Because her first is a girl and her second will be a boy, having a shower is helpful but not necessarily a given. And that is why after 36 weeks of pregnancy we realized that maybe we should throw her a shower. I should also mention that although 36 weeks sounds like plenty of pre-baby time, Paola is already on bed rest was given medication to stop contractions. Upon consultation with my party planning pal Sherrie, we decided our best bet was to have the shower after the baby was born. But Paola didn't want to wait. So on Monday we went out an Evite, and just two days later that Wednesday we threw the party. Surprisingly the shower was very fun and well attended, all things considered. This picture illustrates my favorite part of the party: Designing and Modeling toilet paper diapers. (As Ryan would say, men will never understand shower games!)