mallory smiles

little miss mally gave me a great big smile this afternoon...


and then she couldn't stop smiling!

blessing day

Yesterday Jared blessed our sweet baby Mallory. It was a beautiful blessing. He blessed her with patience and kindness and to keep her family and friends close. He blessed her to help hold our family together and to have a love for the gospel and a desire to go to the temple.

Mallory Kate was blessed in my mom's baby blessing dress and I think she looked beautiful in it. We had lots of family come to support her and celebrate her.

big brother + baby sister

jace loves mallory very much. sometimes a little too much. he hugs and kisses her every chance he gets.


he makes sure that everyone knows to be careful with mallory. when mallory was getting her blood drawn (from her arms - poor baby) at the hospital (for jaundice - the reason why she has a lovely orange face) jace told the nurses: "be careful because that's my baby sister and i would be very sad and miss her if you broke her."


mallory is learning to love her big brother also. the first week she would cry when he would get too close. the second week she would just have a very distressed look on her face. and the third week she acted as if its no big deal. i don't know if she loves the extra attention but she definitely tolerates it now.


jace's favorite thing to do is lay next to her and cuddle her. he is learning to "be soft" and no longer lays on top of her or squeezes her so hard she cries. hopefully this will be the beginning of a great relationship and sibling bond.


and a picture that makes me laugh every time i see it. probably the way she feels sometimes when jace is near.

photos

i have been meaning to write a blog post to go with these pictures but that obviously hasn't happened. maybe this weekend i will find the time and energy to do it. so for now, a couple pictures that i did get around to taking and editing.

my sweet babies (although jace claims he is not my baby anymore)

mallory kate - 11 days old