Valentines and Viruses

Standing up playing

Starting to push the play table

Daddy gave her a Valentine and she loved the bag

She loves her horse she likes to rub her head with his

Kisses for the horse

Look what I found

See it move

And do it again.

This past weekend Mallory spent the weekend running fever for 4 days in a row. She was so happy all weekend though. She rarely fussed and even laughed. If you didn't know she was running fever you would have never thought there was a thing wrong with her. With the help of Tylenol and Ibuprofen it would drop down to 99 ish and then every evening would spike up to about 103 degrees. After 3 days of fever we took her to the doctor. Her ears were clear, no congestion, and no clue about the fever. We had to do testing for a Urinary Tract infection. 3 days later all tests came back clear so the Pedi said she thinks it was just a virus and we got lucky because she had no symptoms other than fever.

Last weekend Mia and Paddy also came to visit Mallory. Ric and Mark went fishing and the girls went shopping. Then we had a wonderful Valentine dinner with them. Steak and Lobster and then berries with cream. It was a great way to spend Valentines. Actual Valentines day was Monday and Mallory got to spend it with her Nana (because she was still running fever) Then it was to bed early for her and Mark and I had leftovers. Not very romantic but we really had celebrated the night before with Ric & Cheryl.

Mallory continues to learn and grow. At 7.5 months she weighed 16 pounds. She is pulling up on anything and everything now. She found the door stoppers this week and this is her new fascination. She likes to pull it and hear the noise. My dad said that was one of my favorite things to do. Actually I think his words were "like mother like daughter" She is such a happy silly baby.

Snow in San Antonio

Snow on the patio

The driveway

Standing on the stairs

Playing with the puzzle

Trying to get my books

Standing and hugging the froggy chair

It was a cold week here in South Texas. We stayed all bundled up all week and then Friday we actually had snow. We had a thin layer of ice under the snow so ALL of the major highways and roads were closed until noon. Mark and I both had to go in just for a little bit. But the morning we stayed in our warm snugly clothes and watched the kids in the neighborhood try and make snow balls and snow angels. Mallory didn't seem to notice that it was snow she just watched the kids play. She is mesmerized by other children. They capture and hold her attention.

Saturday night my parents, Tiff, JC, Mark & I went to the Rodeo. We walked around the fairgrounds and ate junk food. Then we went in to watch the rodeo. The cowboys really are talented and it is so interesting to watch. Our family friend Leah watched Mallory for the night. I think it went well. At least there were no major melt downs so I call that success.

The new things around our house this week are that Mallory is pulling up on low level items. She loves our lowest stair and crawls over to it, pulls up to her knees, and then her feet. She has even figured out how to lift one hand up at a time and get back to her sitting position. She also pulls up to her feet on her musical play board and her stuffed froggy chair. She also started babbling this week. It is very different from her chatter before. It is soft and very cute. It is like she is "talking" to her toys. Her new favorite toys are her foam puzzles. She likes them because they feel good when she chews on them and her little teeth. She found her teeth with her tongue also. The tip of her tongue was red from where she was messing with her teeth all day one day. We thought it was funny.