Happy Birthday to me!!!!

It's my birthday party! I can't believe I'm two years old already!!! We had my birthday party at the Pumpkin Patch. We had a great time and the whole family came out to have fun with us!

Mommy helped me open up all of my presents. I got some really cool stuff!!!

This may have been my favorite moment of the day! Usually Mommy runs a pretty tight ship when it comes to sugar intake, but today... she said, "go for it Malachi!!!" I'm still coming off of my sugar high!

The next day I tried on one of my gifts. My big brother Obadiah gave me some big boy underwear. I'm not quite sure how they work yet. I'll figure it out.

our favorite toy

We love riding the skateboard. Obadiah can even do a few tricks!!!

Hey LOOK!!!

I got my cast off! Hi guys it me, Malachi! I’m so excited that I finally go to take off my “boot”! Do you know how they take off casts??? WITH A SAW!!! THEY CUT IT OFF!!! I was not too happy about that. Anyway, to celebrate getting the cast off I took a shower. Daddy said I smelled like “funk”. I couldn’t smell it, he’s crazy.

I’ve gotta go. I’m gonna go run around for a while!!! BYE!

day at the lake

Hello everyone. It’s Obadiah and I wanted to give you an update on how we are doing. Our Mommy is over in Louisiana helping people who don’t have homes anymore. Mommy’s the best. She was worried about us because Daddy is responsible for our daily care, but she doesn’t need to worry. We’ve been doing great. Like last night for example; we had brownies for dinner. EXCELLENT!!! See? Nothing to worry about.

Anyway, we’ve had some pretty cool adventures and wanted to share them with you. Today after church Grandpa Albert invited us to go to the lake with him to ride in his canoe!!!

It was such a nice day out at the lake! We saw lots of ducks like these ones.

Malachi still can’t get any water on him because of the cast on his foot, so he stayed with Daddy while Grandpa Albert and me went out on the lake. Here we are taking off from the dock.

Here is Malachi throwing some rocks into the water.

Here we are out in the middle of the lake! It was SO pretty out there! I really like this park. I told my Daddy, "I love this park... it reminds me of the good days."

Here we are, coming in for a landing!

That was so much fun! Thank you Grandpa Albert!!!

Oh man, this sucks

Hi guys, it’s me Malachi. Me and Obadiah were running laps around the house the other night and banged into each other pretty hard. When we landed on the ground, Obadiah somehow landed on top of me. It hurt really bad!!!

Daddy and Mommy weren’t sure if it was broken. They took me to the doctor and he said he didn’t think so. After walking on it a few more days it started hurting really bad, and making me walk funny. Mommy decided to see a different doctor and get an X-Ray.
It’s official… my first broken bone. The one in your foot that connects the ankle to the big toe… That’s the one. So I’ve got a cast on, and that’s kind of cool. I call it my "boot". No one messes with me anymore. I just act like I’m going to kick and they back right down. And I’ve been getting sympathy kisses like crazy. The little girls in the nursery are like putty in my hands. I guess having a broken foot has it’s advantages.

I’m so excited!!!

Daddy and Mommy told me today that we were going to the toy store to buy me my first bike! I can’t believe it! We went to Toy’s R Us and looked around at the bikes. I checked out a bunch of different models and colors and decided on the green one that had a sticker on it that said, “PainKiller”. I’m pretty sure that means that it won’t hurt if I crash, so that’s good!

So we headed back to the house, found my helmet and then Dad and I went for a ride. This bike is SWEET!!! I’m especially pleased with a special feature that the PainKiller has… AN EXTRA SET OF WHEELS!!! No kidding… On either side of the one in back! Isn’t that killer?!?!

Here I am about 10 seconds into my first ride!!! You know what happened about 15 seconds into my first ride??? My FIRST CRASH. You remember what I said about PainKiller means it won’t hurt? Not so much. It kinda hurt. But anyway, Dad and I went on a nice long ride. I caught one really long gradual downhill and I laughed so hard! On my way down the hill I screamed at the top of my lungs, “LIFE IS GOOD!!! (true) That was right before I got my first flat tire (also true). Oh well. That’s enough firsts’ for one day. I’m exhausted, I’ve gotta go take a nap.

I made it to the TOP!!!

Here I am, I'm almost to the top. I've had a hard tome reaching the ropes, but I'm 4 1/2 now and I'm getting pretty big. My cousins Hannah and Summer can make it to the top, so I really wanted to see if I could do it.


YESSS!!!! I MADE IT!!! That's right, I made it. That's a big thumbs up from the top of the tower!!!


Daddy keeps making me laugh and it's hard to hold on at the top! Stop it Dad!!! He climbed up to show me how I could make it back down. I did it all by myself.

a good day for a walk

Hi guys, It's Obadiah! Today it was really cold outside in the morning. But the sun came out after lunch and Dad took us for a walk!

We went to the park! There's a park at the school pretty close to our house, so I rode my scooter and Malachi rode in the stroller. I'm getting pretty strong! Check out my muscles! I can hang up here for like two or three seconds!!!


The slide is one of our favorite rides at the park!

Here I go! Malachi has to wait his turn!!!


We tried climbing up this thingy. Malachi got about half way up. I got all the way to the top then got stuck. Daddy had to put the camera away really fast and grab me before I fell all the way down. It was lots of fun, but it was really hot so I'm soaking wet. That happens when I get too hot. We just got home from our walk and it's nap time so I've got to go!!!

Bye Bye!

Fun at the farm

Hi guys, it's me, Obadiah! Me and my little brother Malachi went over to our buddy Preston's house to visit him the other day. He lives on a farm. Check it out, he's even got his own tractor!!!


That thing is fast! I tried driving it, but I had a hard time with the shifter and the pedals. I think I'll just watch while Preston drives Malachi around the yard. I think Preston has a hard time with the steering too. He goes until he runs into something and then the wheels just start spinning, then he throws it into reverse and starts all over again.


You can only play "Let's run over Obadiah with the tractor" for so long, so we decided to go visit "Porkchop". Porkchop is Preston's pony. Porkchop isn't very big, I'm just as tall as he is!!


We took some baby carrots with us to give to Porkchop. He eats them right out of your hand. Kinda slobbery though! Malachi was not too happy about sharing the carrots so he tried to shove them all in his mouth at the same time!


Not me though! I shared ALL my carrots with Porkchop.
That's why we're such good buddys!!!

4th of July

Hi there, it's me, Obadiah! For the 4th of July we got to go sailing on this boat!!! That's our new friend Monty. He lives on the boat, can you believe that?!?!


I got to sit up front and watch the water go under us. It made me feel kind of wierd. It made Mommy feel weird too. She had to hang off the side of the boat for a little while. She felt better after that.


That's downtown San Diego. See the really old looking boat with lots of sails?


Here we are... the men... hanging out... doing what we do.


We sailed right past this buoy with real live sea lions on it!!!


We also sailed right by this old skool boat. It looked pretty cool, it must be a lot of work to put all those sails up the pole thingys.


I got to steer for a little bit!! It was really cool, you could feel everything moving around when you spin the wheel. They didn't let me steer after I spun it though. I think they were just jealous of my sea-worthiness. AHOY!!


We put Daddy and uncle Ben to work.


While they were working, Mommy, Malachi, and me were working on our tan!!!


After a long hard day of sailing we watched the fireworks over the bay. It was really sparkly.

Vacation!!!

Hi guys!!! Malachi here. This is me, and my Mommy, and my big brother Obadiah, and my auntie Lindsay at Sea World. We are getting ready to see Shamu!!!


Shamu is frickin' HUGE!!! That thing jumps RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER!!! I could not believe my eyes!


Obadiah got to feed the dolphins! I pet one really quick, but it thought that I had food too. It opened it's mouth real big and I was outta there!!! NO WAY am I sticking around something that big, that opens it's mouth that wide, so close to my tiny little head!!!

AAHHH.... Starfish!!! That's a little more my speed. I can handle starfish, they're cool, and a little slimy, which is a plus.


Obadiah got to pet the starfish too. He got a little grabby if you asked me though!


Obadiah thought he was so cool that he touched the stingrays even though I wouldn't. He didn't think it was so cool when they TOTALLY SPLASHED HIM!!! Oh man, I laughed so hard. He smelled like fishy salt water for the rest of the day.


OOH SCARY!!! We loves us some Sharks! We took these pictures in the tube that goes right through the Shark tank. It kind of freaked me out when this one showed us his teeth!


The one that is closest to us is a leopard Shark. You can also see two black tipped sharks right behind him. I don't know what on earth that stupid fish is thinking?!?! I would be outta there in a heart beat if those Sharks were swimming around me!!!

we love it when friends come to visit!!!

Our best friends Zachariah, and his little sister Micah came to visit us for a few days!!!

We were just trying to look cool for the picture but Daddy told us later that we were probably making gang signs and that we have to be careful or we might get in trouble.

I hope the po-po aren't peepin' out our site yo!!!


Micah is helping Daddy tune his guitar up!!!


We went to the mall and climbed all over this huge statue of a hand! Our favorite activity is being as loud as we possibly can while we try to get away from our mom's at the mall. Mommy said something about getting a leash, I'm not sure what she means since we don't have a dog or anything?!!?


Zachariah and I are SPEED DEMONS on the scooters!!!
LOOK OUT!! We'll run you over!!


AAWWW MAN!!! What a drag!! Right when we were having fun Zachariah took a header off of the scooter. That's gonna leave a mark!!!