Bleeker

This is the newest member of the family, our new fish Bleeker! He is white with mostly orange spots and a few black spots. He is very active and loves his sweet tank with a pirate ship in it.

Bringing Bleeker home

Needless to say, Malea was thrilled, especially since Bleeker's tank was going to be in her room!

Feeding Bleeker - Malea loves to watch

Malea loves Bleeker!

We {Heart} Halloween

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! It is so much fun to dress up, decorate, carve pumpkins, and watch scary movies. It also marks the beginning of one of my favorite seasons....fall! This year was so much fun, especially since Malea can walk this year and was able to go trick-or-treating.

Here is Malea sporting her Halloween PJ's this year

Yummy Halloween cookies (they tasted better than they looked....I'm not much of a baker!)

Carving pumpkins

Malea was such a helper!

Before.....

After!

On Halloween, we started out the day by going to Grandma Vicki's for the Annual Halloween party! It was so much fun, and included something new this year....a spook alley!

Grandma Vicki holding baby Sienna!

The entrance to the spook alley (or "haunted hallway")

Malea with her cousins

The "Walk-Arrrs!"

The yummy food at the Halloween party

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating!

Our house on Halloween night

"Trick-or-treat!"

She was pooped after a very eventful day of Halloween festivities and visiting family. Overall it was a great Halloween!

Family Pictures

The Walker's
September 27th, 2009

Malea - 19 months old

Nunes/Martindale Family

My brother Ben & his wife April with their kids
Taylor, Sienna, Corben, & Gavin

My handsome brothers, Sam (above) & DJ (below)

Jeremy & Whitney Nunes with their sons Bridger & Boston

Shannon & Shane Penrod with their kids Hunter & Ethan

Mom & Rick

All the grandkids!

Siblings with spouses

Siblings

Toddlers are MESSY!!!!

Here is a compilation of pictures I have taken of Malea making a variety of different messes. I've decided that my new motto as a mother is "you have to laugh or else you'll cry!" I'm coming to terms with the fact that my house will never be clean again!

Leaving a pile a crisp, folded newspaper and junk mail unattended is just asking for trouble!

A favorite of Malea's - pulling out all of the storage containers and measuring cups - probably the mess I see most frequently!

"Maybe if I put every toy I own over the gate, she will let me through!"

Of course you can't go without mentioning the many, MANY high chair messes that happen on a daily basis (here are just a few of my favorites!)

You know when you can't see your child and she gets quiet that something is up.....I gave her a piece of bread and when it got quiet I came in to find the piece of bread crumbled all of the chair and carpet.....the poor bread didn't stand a chance!

Usually the way I find out that she can reach something up high is when she actually gets it....


Malea loves to help mommy with laundry!

I LOVE her face in this picture! She was so proud of herself!

Oh, the joys of parenthood!! I wouldn't trade it for the world!