Easter came this year a couple of different times. We had a great little event with our neighborhood, and the girls were able to go on age group hunts. Lilly found one of the…
Author: Paul Malone
Paul Malone is an electrical engineer, amateur tennis player, devoted husband, and grateful father of two. He also loathes talking about himself in third person and wrote and maintains this blog, so he can pretty much do whatever he wants. That said, I started this blog when my wife Laura and I were expecting our first child after rifling through some old photographs in a shoe box from my folks and thought to myself "There must be a better way". This blog is my answer to that question and has allowed me to use some of those expensive college classes and have some fun along the way.
Lilly’s 5th birthday
Lilly enjoyed a fabulous fifth birthday with some friends and family! Lilly asked for a ladybug cake, and she had a moonwalk/bounce house for her party. We still have a hard time with how…
Christmas 2011
What can I say? It was just another Christmas, but this time in our new house. Nana and Papa went overboard again, Santa brought Lilly her first bike and Katie got a dollhouse bigger…
School winter performances
Lilly and Katie are out for Christmas break at their school. They and all the other kids put on a performance for all the parents the other night. See the videos below.
Honeymoon Cruise
Laura and I celebrated our honeymoon by going on a cruise to the Bahamas. Neither of us had been on one before and we really enjoyed it. If you have never done it before…
Quick Funny
Katie is the one we have to watch or else she gets herself into things she shouldn’t. This isn’t the first time she got into Laura’s makeup, but it was the first time I…
Lilly’s 4th birthday
We celebrated Lilly’s 4th birthday this weekend at the house with friends and family by renting an inflatable moon room. Other than a few minor crashes everything went really well and all the kids…
The Malone’s got a dog!
We’ve talked about getting a dog for a long time and it seems Laura made up her mind while I was gone on a business trip this last week. When I came home she…
2010 White Christmas
This year Laura decided to have a non traditional Christmas eve dinner consisting of several appetizers and finger foods in lieu of the typical ham and sides. It actually worked out pretty well. Lilly…
Stickers
So I received a text message from Laura moments ago with the subject “What happens when they give her stickers”. This is one of the pitfalls to having adorable kids. Everyone wants to give…
Katie is walking
For the past few weeks Katie has been in the gray area between cruising and walking, and now I would have to say she is officially walking. She’s had the coordination down for a…
Katie’s second first birthday?
Katie may have turned one in Florida and had a birthday party on the beach, but she had another birthday party at the house yesterday. We invited a few of Katie and Lilly’s friends…
Katie is 11 months old
Katie is on the verge of walking. Everywhere she goes she pulls up and stands. She’s even started pushing and walking behind her push-a-long toys. She’s starting to get frustrated crawling everywhere and wants…
Backyard theatre
It’s been an idea of ours for a while now to put a projector in the backyard and watch movies on a big screen much like a drive-in theater minus the overpriced refreshments. As…
Lilly is three
Lilly turned three this past Saturday. Both Mommy and Nana have been telling her for weeks now that her birthday was coming up and she was going to get a castle cake and presents…
Katelyn Noreen Malone born June 1, 2009
Katelyn Noreen Malone was born Monday, June 1, 2009 at 10:28am at Northside hospital in Atlanta, GA. She weighed 7lbs 13oz and measured 19-3/4″ in length. The pregnancy was pretty routine and delivery went…
Lilly’s first snow!
We received some snow today, the first and likely the last of the year. It has been forecast for the past few days and started almost on que while Lilly was taking her nap….
2008 Christmas Challenge
LAST YEAR WE PRESENTED MY FATHER WITH A UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFT SIMPLY REFERRED TO AS CHALLENGES. WE GAVE HIM A FEW ENVELOPES, A RUBIX CUBE, A GPS UNIT, A COMPASS AND SOME SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS TO…
First sleepover at grandparents
Lilly spent her first weekend away from us this past weekend with grandma and grandpa. It seems Lilly had a ball, why wouldn’t she. I have no doubt she was waited on hand and…
First Steps
Lilly took her first steps mid-afternoon on Saturday, April 26th, 2008. Laura was holding her hands as she was walking around the house when she let go, stood still for a few seconds, then…
Cruising to ONE!
This video was part of a series of puzzles grandpa used in his scavenger hunt for the Malone family reunion. It was taken after Lilly’s first birthday party. Can you guess what number he…
Malone ’2008 Cruise & Luau
The Malone ‘2008 Cruise & Luau is scheduled to take place from May 15 -19. It will be on the island of Stockbridge in the beautiful province of Georgene. Your cruise directors are diligently…
Tummy time!
Lilly has been holding her head up for a while now. Laura has been giving her more tummy time lately and decided to record this outing.
Bathtime for Lilly
This was the second time we received this reaction from Lilly to her nightly bath. She seems to be liking them more and more. She’s also learning to be a bit of a ham…
2007 Christmas Challenge
I am writing this several years later, but we created a scavenger hunt for my father for his main Christmas present in 2007. He was recently retired, liked puzzles and had done several small…
Pumpkin Patch
This Sunday Lilly experienced her first pumpkin patch along with me, mommy and grandpa. The past few weeks we’ve been attending more craft fairs and the like so I figure this would be about…
Lilly two days old at hospital
This is the first video footage of Lilly. It was taken while we were still in the hospital only two days after birth. As you can see from the video, Lilly was born at…
Lilly Grace Malone Born April 3, 2007
I suppose the story starts nine months earlier, but I’ll stick to the last few days leading to birth. Last Thursday, March 29th, Laura was told she was still only 2cm dilated, same as…