18 Month Pictures

Here are Mallory's 18 month pictures from Sears. These are untouched and without enhancements but you can still tell how cute she is:)

18 Months Old!

Our sweet Mallory turned 18 months yesterday. I just can't believe she is a year & a half. She is getting so big. She says new words all the time and is so smart. Kevin & I just are amazed by everything she does.
We did have her check-up yesterday. Mallory used to just cry when she got her shots but the past couple of visits have been terrifying for her. She screams from the moment the nurse & doctor walk in the room. But she made it through and the doctor said she is doing great. She weighed 23 lbs. 5 oz. and measured 31 3/4 inches long....how accurate these are, I'm not sure b/c she was fighting us the whole time.
Today I took her to get her 18 month pictures taken at Sears. She hammed it up for the camera and we got some great shots. I'll try to post some later when I get them.
I can't believe 6 months from now I'll have a 2 year old!!

Swimming Pictures!

I didn't have enough room for the swimming pics in my previous post so here are a few from our hotel swimming adventure!

Ducks & Swimming!

While we were in Lubbock we had a chance to take Mallory to feed ducks for the first time (you don't find too many ducks in El Paso). Since she is easily frightened by animals, she made us hold her the entire time but enjoyed throwing bread at them, while also eating some for herself, and watching us feed them.

Later on that day, the 3 of us went for a swim in the hotel pool. Mallory loves the water, once she get used to it first!

P.S...sorry that I'm a week behind on my posts. I'm trying to play catch-up!

Mother's Day

We spent Mother's Day in Lubbock and we had a great day just the 3 of us. We enjoyed our free continental breakfast at the Embassy Suites then we enjoyed a day out and about....including lunch at Jason's Deli, shopping, & take-out from Bigham's BBQ for dinner. My sweet hubby & precious Mallory treated me like a queen. I was showered with sweet cards and some cash to shop, get a pedi/mani or do whatever I would like! I'm so blessed to be a Mommy to my sweet Mallory and wife to my awesome husband:)

Jeff & Barri

As I mentioned earlier we went to Lubbock for a wedding on the weekend of Mother's Day. Our dear friend Jeff got married to his beautiful bride, Barri on May 10th. It was a beautiful wedding. Kevin was asked to be a groomsman and was honored to do so. Jeff is one of our favorite people and we are so happy for him & Barri. Barri is wonderful and we can't wait to get to know her better. We were also able to see Scott along with some other old friends. It was great to catch up and visit!

Congratulations, Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Whitaker!

New Backyard!

We recently got our backyard landscaped and we absolutely love it! We had just rocks (which is very common for El Paso) in the backyard before and now we have grass. Mallory loves to be outside and now with grass, I can let her have more freedom than with the rocks. We also extended out the porch and bought a new grill. We are really enjoying it out there and look forward to a summer of many cook outs!