A Whole Half a Year

Mallory turned 6 months old on Saturday. She checked out great at the doctor. She weighed in at 18 lb 10 oz. That is somewhere past the 100th percentile in case you are wondering. She sure has grown a lot since she entered this world at 6 lb 13 oz! I think that was around the 10th percentile.

Since she's 6 months old, here are 6 pictures from the last week or so.

Just chillin' in my saucer.
I have been setting my alarm to get up and run before work for several weeks and for several weeks I've been ignoring it the next morning. So, I found a new running partner tonight. She must have liked it since this is what she looked like when we got home. I don't think we will be running any marathons together, but she'll be a good partner for shorter runs. Pushing the jogger added a whole new aspect to running. Maybe running with her will make up for track workouts.
Mallory started eating baby food this weekend. I think she liked the sweet peas. You can't tell by the picture, but a lot of it actually went in her mouth. She REALLY likes the spoon. We play our own game of tug-o-war with it at each feeding.
This girl would love to crawl! She can get up on her knees and move them a little, but hasn't figured out moving her hands yet.
When you're this roly-poly, the bumbo tends to hang on to your bum!
Feet and toys, what else could a girl ask for?
(yes, the laundry in the chair is clean. i think i was in the process of folding it, but had to take a few pictures of this sweet girl before finishing.)

My New Favorite Show

I have a new favorite TV show. Matthew and I just watched Wipeout. I seriously don't know when I have laughed so hard. I was a little worried that we might wake Mallory up with our belly laughs.

Here's a little sneak peek for you until next week. You don't want to miss it.

Black Clouds Can Have Silver Linings

Even though we felt like there was a black cloud over our house this weekend, we managed to have some fun in the midst of the bad backs, little girls with fevers, truck break in and other not so exciting events. Here are some of the highlights.

PaPaw having a good Saturday morning with his sweeties.
Dad and Nathan proud of their Marble Works creation.
A tubfull!
Finally a picture of the three of us.
Mallory wearing her Astros outfit. They actually won, so she might have to wear it more often.

I Want a Do Over

This was going to be a really fun weekend. Unfortunately, this has not been a red letter week in my family.
The fun started last Sunday when Matthew worked until about 5 am on a missing children case. (yes, the one in the news around here this week. HORRIBLE).
Wednesday was one of his days off that he stays at home with Mallory. That morning he got a call that they needed him to come in to work. So, he and Mallory quickly loaded up and headed across town for him to go to work while she went to see Nana. That afternoon I got a text from him that his back went out. Thankfully, he was able to make it home with Mallory.
Thursday, he was basically S shaped when he tried to stand and unable to take care of Mallory. So, I took her to work for a little while. My parents were planning on coming into town Thursday afternoon, but they were nice enough to come earlier and take care of Mallory while I went back to work.
I had been looking forward to Thursday night for couple of months. Sunday is our 6th anniversary and we had been planning on my parents watching Mallory while we went out for a date. It would have been our first time out just the two of us since Mallory was born. Instead, Mom and I went to HEB. Fun, but not exactly what I had planned.
Meanwhile, Anita, Clay, Nathan, and Abby were supposed to be coming to our house Thursday too. Unfortunately, some sweet person in Dallas thought that he really needed Clay's computer out of Clay's locked truck. So, Clay was stuck at home working to get caught up after his computer was stolen and Anita and the kids came without him.
Today when I was on my way home from work I got a call from Matthew. I could tell something was wrong because he said I needed to get some vaseline before I came home. Since Abby is usually the sick one when we are together, I asked if she had a fever. Nope, our sweet little Mallory was the sick one this time. When I got here and took her temperature it was 104.3! I did not like watching the thermometer go up and up and up. So, we got to take Mallory to the after hours dr this evening. She really loved her time there, especially having her blood drawn. Everything came up clear and it looks like she just has a virus. I knew she would be sick some day, but I don't like it one bit!
Everyone was coming to our house this weekend so we could go to Laura's wedding tomorrow. Right now, I'm not sure if I'll get to go or not. So, can we have a do over for this week????

Ahhhh!!!!!

To the people bidding on the car seats on ebay when there are hours and hours left, STOP!!!! You are only driving the prices up for all of us!

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. I can go to sleep now.

Splish Splash

I bought a new bath seat for Mallory on ebay last week and we have used it the last few nights. Now that she is sitting up in the water, bath time is a whole new experience. I had been telling Matthew since then that I couldn't wait for him to be home and see her in the tub.

Sunday night, she discovered the water and was making little splashes with her hands. Tonight we added the bath toys that Nathan picked out and gave her for Christmas. She really liked them. I really liked them too, especially the cup with holes in it that I could use to shower her.

Mommy having fun with the bath toys

Mallory having fun with the bath toys.

Its A Small World

We have been talking about selling our treadmill for a while. This morning Matthew put an ad up on Craigslist for it. Shortly after lunch he had already gotten several emails about it. To be fair, he responded to the first one he received and sent her directions to our house. The lady called later and said she knew just where that was since she lives on the other end of our street! Out of the whole greater Houston area, what are the odds of that?!?

If blogger will ever cooperate with me, I'll share some funny pictures of Mallory from the bathtub.

What Year Is It?

On the radio this morning they were talking about how to win New Kids on the Block tickets. 104 will be at SplashTown doing some kind of contest to give away tickets sometime soon. Seriously, I felt like I was back in 5th or 6th grade! Gotta go find me some Hammer Pants...





For those of you not from around here, SplashTown was just a few minutes away from our house growing up and was very popular back then. I'm sure it still is, but I'm pretty sure I haven't been since the 8th grade.

Gimme Five

Mallory turned 5 months old last week. Sometime around then she really "found her voice"! She loves to squeal and shriek. Tonight while I was fixing dinner Matthew asked me if I brought home a stray cat today. Nope, just sweet little Mallory. Some nights she takes after her cousin Abby and will lay in her bed "talking" for a while before going to sleep.

Another thing she is into is sucking on her index finger and sometimes the middle one too. We think its pretty cute. She also likes to make raspberries with her lips. She was getting so loud with it this evening and the spit was flying. It reminded me of what one of my roommates in college always said when people (Matthew) sneezed really loudly, "do you serve beach towels with those ocean waves?"

I also learned this week that she is a very heavy sleeper. On Sunday night Matthew called me on my cell phone after Mallory had gone to bed. I ran into the living room because that was where I heard the ring coming from. I looked and looked, but did not see my phone anywhere. What I did see was the monitor all lit up. Yep, I had left my cell phone on the edge of Mallory's crib. I immediately dashed in her room and grabbed my phone. I think I saw her big eyes looking up at me, but I never heard a peep out of her. Maybe she thought it was just a dream, or she is just used to her mommy doing silly things.

Fun Fun Fun

We have just had two super fun weekends back to back. Last weekend my parents came in town for the holiday weekend and we got to have good times with them and lots of special friends. Unfortunately, I didn't get the camera out much that weekend.

This weekend, Anita, Nathan, and Abby came to visit. We had a blast!

Friday, they got to stay home with Mallory while I was at work. I couldn't wait to get home and get in on all the fun they were having with out me.


Friday afternoon Mallory came over and took pictures of the kids. She got some great ones and has a few on her blog. Man, is it hard to get three kids to all look in the same direction at the same time.

One of the big reasons they came to visit was so that Anita and I could do a run together. We had been wanting to run a race together for a long time. We were registered for a 10k last spring, but I found out I was pregnant a few days before and wasn't able to run it. This was my first race since having Mallory so it was special for two reasons. Here we are after finishing the Astros annual Race for the Pennant 5k. Thanks to Matthew for staying home with all three kids so Anita and I could do this together.
Saturday, the kids had lots of fun playing before having a gourmet lunch of hot dogs. I was proud because this was the first time I had used the grill myself, and nothing caught fire.
Saturday afternoon we went over to our friends the Erwins to go swimming. It took us almost 2 hours to get there. All I'll say about that is there were several stops and a Sonic that is definitely on my black list now. If you local friends want to know which one, its the one in front of a Target.

After we finally got there, it was great fun with great friends. Nathan and Abby loved the swimming of course. Mallory was pretty indifferent to the pool. I think we'll wait a little while before swimming again since it sure is a lot of work getting her in the pool for something she didn't care much about.
I got a few other pictures of Mallory by the pool, but I don't think the grown up holding her would appreciate her swim suit picture for all the world to see. There is also a lovely picture of Mallory and I asleep by the pool that may never see the light of day again.
Thankfully our drive home didn't take near as long, but it was long enough for all of our passengers to fall asleep. Don't you spend your Sunday mornings in the kitchen on your Barbie scooter wearing your Disney princess night gown while carrying your shiny silver purse?

Thanks for making the trip down to see us. We love you and sure had a great time. Now I'm off to clean up all the evidence of our weekend.