Happy Half-Birthday, Sweet Baby Girl!

Mallory is SIX MONTHS OLD today!! People aren’t kidding when they say time flies when you have a baby.

In honor of her half-birthday, Mallory has two teeth that decided to make an appearance! Her right bottom front was the first to break through and the left one came through the next day. For some reason, this little milestone is more “real” than any other milestone so far ~ she really is growing up. Pretty soon she’ll be crawling, walking, going to kindergarten, graduating from high school and college and then I’ll finally be able to embarrass her with all these funny naked baby pictures we have for her wedding slideshow. :-) 

But seriously, I am not trying to rush through these days. We have so much fun watching her and playing with her. If she does something funny and Rick & I laugh at her, she flashes us the HUGEST smile, it just melts your heart. I miss her tons when I’m at work but know that she is having fun with her friends at school. She is totally in love with the dog (and he with her, especially when there is some stray food to be found on her hands or face or shirt), and she is learning to “pet” Cooper when he dares to stay close long enough.

Mallory and I visited one of my co-workers today – he and his wife had a baby boy just over a week ago. Mallory was an absolute doll – sitting up and talking, giggling, smiling and playing. Kevin & Xan got a kick out of seeing how “big” Mallory is compared to their one-week old Emmanuel and can’t believe that come fall – their little boy will be sitting up and talking, giggling, smiling and playing. Another reminder that time does fly.

We are looking forward to a super-fun summer with our sweet baby girl. Here’s to the second half of Mallory’s first year!