More Baby Dedication Pics

Elisa, Nathan, Elizabeth, and Elise

Daddy and his clone

Meemaw and "Mal Mal"

Elise insisted that we sing Happy Birthday. Notice her finger- she snuck a lick of icing!

Mallory's Baby Dedication

We had Mallory dedicated at church on November 9th. She looked adorable in her little dress (which by the way I got on clearance at JCPenney for $1.97!). She was very good during the service. Elise on the other hand...she kept saying, "He not gonna touch me" when the pastor came by. They did family portraits for everyone and when she saw herself in the slideshow on the big screen she yelled, "Hey that looks like Elise. I need more Elise!". Everyone was laughing, I was so embarrassed!

Chuck E Cheeses

My mom watched Ethan and Aidan one day, so Brian and I took the girls to meet them at Chuck E Cheeses. Elise had a blast playing with her cousins and Meemaw.

First Cereal

I had planned on waiting until 6 months to start Mallory on solids, but she was literally snatching food out of our hands and showing signs that she was ready. She couldn't get it fast enough and grabbed the cup to try drinking it! She LOVES her cereal! Elise likes to help feed her too.

Five Months Old

Mallory is very mobile already! It just doesn't seem possible, but she is crawling already! She is all over the place with her roll/crawl combo. She loves to watch people, especially Elise. She is finally starting to get some hair (Nancy and Andrea- you can cancel the order for the baby weave). She stopped taking a pacifier because she would much rather suck on those two fingers! She is so social- I have to make a point to ignore her for her night feedings. She gets so excited when I go to get her from her crib and then she starts grabbing my face and puffing to get my attention. She is so happy and laid-back. Everywhere we go people say how good natured and content she is.

Boonshoft

Brian took Elise to the Boonshoft museum one Saturday while Mallory and I had breakfast with Cynetta and Benjamin. He loved having some one-on-one time with her and she obviously enjoyed herself as well!

Trick or Treat

The girls were leopards for Halloween. Elise is a Diego fan, so she insisted that they were baby jaguars. She threw a fit about wearing the ears, but I told her that people would only give candy to her if she had the ears on- they stayed on the whole night! Elise was really in to trick-or-treating this year. We planned on just doing a couple of houses, but she had so much fun so Brian took her out for a couple hours. She loved all of the decorations that people had- the scarier the better. Mallory and I stayed at the house to pass out candy. We enjoyed seeing all of the kids dressed up. The little girl in the picture with Elise is our neighbor Eileen.

Little Leopard Elise

Elise eating her "practice" candy

Not happy about wearing the ears

Comforting Mallory, who was also not happy about the costume

Baby Leopard Mallory

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Fun Fest

On Halloween night, we took the girls to Fun Fest at church. Elise loved all of the jumpers and was absolutely star-struck when she met Dora and Diego. She just stared at them and finally got the courage to go up to Dora and said, "Hey there is my baby sister Mallory". Not "OMG Dora- I freakin love you and am obsessed with you and I throw a fit when my Mommy doesn't let me watch you". No, instead she just doted on her little sis. She then proceeded to check out Diego's backside...my heart was racing because I thought for sure she was going to goose him or do something silly. She said, "Hey where you rescue pack?" I was relieved and she was right- he was missing an important part of his costume. Nothing slips by Elise!

Mallory's First Halloween