Such a BiG girl!

You have outgrown your bath sling! Now you can sit up in your tub like a big girl. You are growing so much and changing everyday. Tonight was the first time you took a bath without your sling. It was bittersweet for me and Daddy. You are growing up WAY too fast!

Then:

Now:

8 weeks old

8 weeks old!!

PlAy TiMe!

You are becoming more and more alert everyday. You will follow a toy with your eyes and smile and make sweet baby sounds. We love playing with you and introducing you to all your new toys. A student from last year gave you the toy in the pictures below. I thought it'd be neat to take a picture of you with the toy and send it in our thank you note (yes, I'm that late with some of my thank you notes - you've kept me very busy!!) The pictures turned out so cute, I had to blog about them. The toy lit up and played music. You loved looking at the wings and listening to it's music. I think it's going to be one of your favorite toys!

Happy Birthday, Papa Chris!

Merry 1st Christmas and Snow

Merry Christmas, Mallory!! Today we celebrated your first Christmas. Santa came to visit, and we all got a treat that is very rare - it snowed!!! You had your first snow on your first Christmas. I can not remember it ever snowing on Christmas before. It was beautiful. I loved being cuddled up in the chair, holding you while you slept (which is what you did most of the day - maybe you'll be more into it next year,) and watching it snow. We spent our day with family, opened presents, and enjoyed the snow, but our best present this year has been you. I still have to "pinch" myself sometimes to know that you're really ours. We thank God for blessing us with such a sweet, beautiful baby girl! We are so lucky to be your mommy and daddy!


It's beginning to snow:

It ReAlLy snowed!!:

You and Daddy this morning. I had to wake you up to see if Santa came:
Santa came!

You loved your new toy. You will kick and move your arms which makes it play music.

7 weeks old!

6 weeks old!!