Short but busy week.

Working on our head control

Check out how strong I am getting.

Watching football.

Hailey wearing 2 of my flip flops.

She is going to suck her fist or thumb before it is all said and done.

More tummy time!

Eating at the luncheon

Pop Pop reading to Hailey at the luncheon

Grandma and my Dad

Working on her fists again

We had a very short week this week after labor day but it was jam packed with stuff. We had the visit from Hermaine (the tropical storm). So after Mallory had been sleeping through the night we were awakened to the loud thunder at 2 AM. Both Mark and I thought for sure we would be up with here because it was so loud we were sure we were almost struck by lightning. But to our relief, she slept right through it all the way till morning. On Wednesday Hailey's mothers day out was canceled due to the flooding and my mother had a hair appointment so I offered to babysit. I love that little girl and her funny little sayings and things she does. But I must say, after 4 hours of watching a very active 2 year old and tending to my own little one, I was exhausted. We had a great time though. On Friday Me, Mallory, my mother, Tiff, Hailey, and Tiff mother in law Pam all went to lunch and then the Parade of homes. We looked like the circus had come to town. 2 strollers, 2 diaper bags, 1 two year old, 1 two month old, and all we were missing was a partridge in a pear tree. The funny thing was, we had to get on and off a bus 4 times total. There were 8 houses and we were there for about 4.5 hours. And yes, at times there were people staring at us. However, both babies were soooo good. But it was a very long day. Plus, I walked away from the parade with no new ideas whatsoever. That is the whole reason I go, for decorating tips. Very disappointed. Saturday we went up to Austin. My dad was being honored at a luncheon for the Theron Pickle award. It is a lifetime achievement award for TISCA (Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) which is for High School Swimming & Diving in Texas. It is primarily only awarded to swim coaches so it was a very big honor for him to be recognized. Mallory was asleep when we arrived so we left her in the car seat. The moment they started speaking on the microphone she was startled awake and started to fuss. Before I could get her out of the car seat to calm her down, they said "Please take a moment of silence and prayer for 9-11". She burst into screams. But that was the only time she cried through the whole luncheon. She was very good for her Pop Pop's big day. After the luncheon we went to my cousin's house to visit for a bit. My Grandma came in town to see the luncheon so we all got together afterward . Needless to say we spent today relaxing and making sure we had good naps. Note: Yes...we love the boppy. It is our napping, relaxing, playing, tummy time, and feeding tool. It gives me and Mark sanity because she likes it!

Labor Day Fun.

Hanging out with her Paddy

This is the bassinet that she napped in. She loved it.

All of the adults of the group.

Look at all the kids!!!

Sydney and Taylor loved playing with Mallory.

Smiles for her Mia

Outside napping with Paddy.

Rex (AKA Pa)

Miss Paula holding Mallory

Meeting Rex for the first time.

Lyndsey and Grayson - yes we swapped babies

Settling into a nap on the boppy on the couch.

Out at the lake

This weekend we made a trip to Longview for Labor Day Weekend. It was our first trip with Mallory and was a long drive to and from but a wonderful weekend. We started our journey on Friday afternoon. Mallory is on such a great little schedule we didn't want to mess it up too badly with all the sleeping in the car (she passes out about 5 minutes into a moving vehicle) so we stopped about every 2.5 to 3 hours which meant that we stopped 2 times in between. We would feed her and then hang out wherever we were for about 15 minutes afterwards so that she would get good and awake. It seemed to work. Let me preface this by saying that she started sleeping through the night 2 days before we left so we thought for sure all the sleeping in the car would mess that up. But since last Wednesday morning she has not gotten up before 5 AM! My sweet 9 week old is sleeping through the night. What a big girl. So we arrived to Longview and were greeted by Ric and Cheryl (AKA Paddy & Mia) On Saturday we hung out at the house. There was lots of playing with Mallory by her Mia & Paddy, her Aunt DeeDee (Mere, this comes from Mark he couldn't say Meredith and called her DeeDee all the way up to high school) Uncle Matt (Mere's fiance), and Sydney and Taylor. Nobody could get enough of her running in place and sweet smiles. Some friends Kevin, Lyndsey and their kiddos (Maddi, Allie, Grayson) came over to visit. It is always good to see them. Then Mallory got to meet her great grandfather Rex (AKA Pa) He thought she was precious and perfect. Later that evening we went out to the Lake to visit with more friends. When we got back Cheryl and Meredith helped with bath time and Aunt DeeDee (Mere) got to feed her the last bottle of the night and got to snuggle with her.
On Sunday there was a lot more playing with Mallory. Then on Sunday evening several friends and their kiddos came over to see Mallory and visit. These are friends of Mark from growing up and their family. It was amazing to see all the kiddos now that are part of this little "group". It was so wonderful to see everyone and hang out with their little ones who are all adorable. All in all there was lots of love for Mallory and everyone else for the whole weekend.

Things going on with Mallory over this past week....
*She is sleeping through the night. She goes down between 9 & 9:30 and sleeps until 5 or 6 AM.
*She is smiling all the time. It doesn't take much to coax a smile these days
*She likes "running" in place. She moves her little arms and legs and gets so excited.
*She eats, is awake and playing for about an hour and half and then takes a nap, then repeats the whole thing over and over until bath time and bedtime.
*She is holding her head up very well.
* She had her 2 months shots (she only cried for about 5 min and was not fussy and did not run any fever all day, she did very good!) and is 10.8 lbs and in the 38th percentile for weight and is 22 1/4 inches long and in the 41st percentile.