Disney on Ice

We took Mallory, Kyla and Cooper to see Disney on Ice in early April and boy did we have fun! We sat in the very front row at the one corner of the ice. The show was all Disney Princesses and hosted by Tinkerbell (my favorite!).

And of course the girls looked super cute in their princess dresses!

Mother's Day

My second Mother's Day was very relaxing and enjoyable. We started out with church, then it was on to get pedicures. Of course Miss Mallory was a little young to have someone paint her nails, she came along and sat on my lap and was able to put her feet in the water a bit.

I did paint her toenails a few nights later, which looked absolutely adorable! I will make sure to get a picture of this next time...

Looking forward to many more wonderful days with my M.

Easter

Easter was super fun with M this year. We did three Easter Egg hunts at various churches and also colored Easter Eggs and made a big mess, but oh soooo much fun! I'll let the pictures say it all...

15 Month Appointment

Mallory had her 15 month appointment at the end of April. She is now 22.2 pounds and still 30 inches. Dr. Hirsch said she must have had a generous length measurement at her 12 month appointment since it's unlikely she didn't grow at all (and I can tell she has grown because some of her pants are too short!).


She mad more vaccinations, which of course made me super upset seeing her cry; but overall Dr. Hirsch is very happy with her growth and her progress with motor skills and says she is very advanced verbally, probably because we don't talk "baby talk" to her and religiously read to her.

18 month appointment is in July. I can't believe that; time needs to seriously slow down!

Walking.....finally

On February 15th (just four days shy of being 14 months old), Mallory took her first set of unassisted steps for Daddy (mommy was super jealous!). After that, she barely took any steps for the next few weeks; then it was off to the races. Here's a cute video of her at the mall, just walking around the play area one afternoon.

Great Wolf Lodge

Our second family vacation to Great Wolf Lodge was just as much fun as the first!

We had tons of funs playing in the waterpark; Mal had so much fun playing in with the little geysers; I even got Gummy to go on 2 waterslides (check that off your bucket list); Cooper played some MagicQuest (that was a trip!) and we just had a wonderful time relaxing and spending time together.

Here's one of my favorite videos from the weekend...

12 Month Appointment

Well, it's been almost a month since her 12 month appointment, but here's the update. Miss Mallory is 29.75 inches long (75th percentile) and 21 pounds, 6 ounces (50th percentile). She's growing really well and meeting all her milestones, with the exception of walking by herself. But Dr. Hirsch isn't worried, she's just taking her time. And that is fine by me because I know once she starts walking, she's gonna start running and I'm gonna have to chase her around 24/7.

She's eating about 90% table food, but by her next appointment our goal is to be 100%. The switch from formula to milk went off without a hitch; though she is getting a bit consitpated from the whole milk, so I gotta do a little research about that. And we are also supposed to get away from the bottle. She's fine during the day with her sippy cup, but the bottle before bedtime is going to be a struggle.

I can't believe her next appointment is her 15-month checkup!