Who does she look like?

We get this a lot. When Mallory was little-little I thought she was ALL Rick – the round face, dark eyes. Then I think she went through a phase where she looked like me – since her cheeks were getting Sammie-sized. And we get some random “she looks just like your dad (ie – my dad, Mallory’s grandpa)!” comments, which are interesting…must be the lack of hair and big tummy? Just kidding grandpa…

But seriously – looking back at our baby pictures, I think I see more of me in her now than Rick. She still has Rick’s eyes but the rest of her face looks like me.

However – the big question remains – where did she get her blond curly hair? With the warmer weather we had this weekend, Mallory’s hair went crazy with the humidity. This morning she looked like she had a halo of blond hair.

She refuses to let me put bows or barrettes in it, even when I try to trick her by putting in a dummy barrette to let her pull out; it never fails that she finds the real one. But then she hands me the barrette and points to her hair for me to put it back, just so she can pull it out again. Blah. That game gets old real quick.

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The pumpkinhead is 17 months old today.

She has a new thing – she likes to lay on her tummy in the bathtub and practice her kicking. She also likes to make her baby practice swimming – kicking the baby’s legs for her and holding her head under water to blow bubbles.

We went to the softball game today; after the game when we were waiting for Rick, all the softball players were saying hi to Mallory and she was giving them all “knuckles”. Biggie was so proud that she taught that trick to Mallory. LOL.