Those are Mallory’s new 6-month stats. So in 6 months she has doubled her birth weight and grown 5.5 inches. The doctor seemed very happy with her growth and development and told us to keep up what we’re doing. Our little girl got high marks for social development – she was waving her hand at the doctor and the doctor kept laughing saying “it really looks like she is waving ‘HI’!!”. She was very smiley up until her shots and promptly fell asleep in the car on the way home.
We learned a new term yesterday at daycare: “lava poop”. I guess …
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 …
What a mess
Mallory likes her Gerber Biter Biscuits. On my sister’s recommendation, we have learned that it buys us a few minutes in her high chair while we get our dinners ready. However, as you can see, it makes a big ole mess. You can also see that she doesn’t care that she’s a big ole mess. We had to do a pre-soak before bath time and even then I don’t think I got all of the cookie off her face (click on the picture for a bigger version).
Her half-birthday is on Sunday and her next doctor’s appointment is Tuesday. We …
Little Hand on the 7
We’ve been trying to teach Mallory to stay in bed on the weekends until the little hand is on the 7. I know that at only 5+ months, she might be a little young to learn this, but she is obviously advanced because her grandpa is an engineer: she didn’t start making noise until 7:01am this morning! (This may not be sleeping in for some people but since I normally get up at 4:45a, I was in heaven.) We brought Mallory to bed with us and fed her and she talked to Cooper ~ I think she was taunting him, saying …
Pretty Baby
Here is a picture from this past weekend…we were able to hang out in the yard and enjoy the sunshine. Mallory received her first sunscreen application and while she spent most of her time inside her 50 SPF tent, I let her come out to catch some rays with me for a few minutes :-)
My Grandpa is an Engineer
It’s sort of a joke with my friends that I’m good with directions and figuring stuff out because my dad is an engineer. So last fall I made a onesie for the baby that said “My Grandpa is an Engineer” and Mallory debuted it when she was less than a week old.
But last week she really showed us that she is an engineer’s granddaughter. She was sitting up in her bouncy seat (one of her new favorite things because that way she can play with the toys better) and became very interested in the noise and zeroed in on the speaker. …
Water Baby
What a fun Saturday. Rick & I spent the day running errands with Mallory.
First stop was Shane’s soccer game, which meant we got to see my sister and Lauren and new baby Liam. Lauren is obsessed with Mallory, trying to undo the carseat buckles so Mallory can come out and play, handing and taking away Mallory’s blankie, pacifier, book, toy, etc. They are going to grow up to be great friends, I’m sure of it :-)
Our next stop was to my mom’s to deposit stuff in our off-site storage (aka my mom’s basement). Mallory was all smiles and giggles for Gigi, it was so …
Mom's night out
A good friend called last night and asked if I wanted to meet her and another friend out for drinks tonight at the pub in town. With Rick finally on the mend, and me in desperate need of some time out of the house, I quickly and enthusiatically said YES.
I had a fun time, just catching up with my friends. They are both single so aside from showing off the picture of Mallory in her new jersey, and sharing the story of my week from hell with my sick hubby and sick puppy, I tried to just sit back and enjoy the …
136 days…
Only 136 days until football season. But little Miss Mallory is ready to go:
The Test
Oh boy am I being tested. I wonder if dogs can get the flu?
First Rick has been sick for over a week (his fever is finally gone but he still has a HORRIBLE cough), but now the dog is ill. Rick came home from work yesterday to a very sick puppy. So he spent a couple hours cleaning and steam-cleaning the carpets and we were sure to get Cooper out a bunch of times where he continued to have diarrhea. Then at 3.15a I heard Mallory crying so I snuck downstairs in the dark and *squish*. AARRRGGGGHHHHH. For as smart …