Mallory the minnow

I survived my first out of town trip by myself with Miss Mallory. I thought that she would sleep the whole way to my parent's house if I left right after I fed her. Well, we got about 30 minutes out of Temple and the screaming began! And for those of you who have been around Mallory for any length of time know that when she screams, you can here it 100 miles away! Which is more annoying? A screaming baby while you are driving on I 35 in the rain, or a baby sucking on a pacifier that keeps popping out of her mouth and landing where you can't reach it??? Hmmm. It's a toss up. Let's just say that we bought a paci clip right away at Target (ah, Target. I have missed it so.)! She did much better on the ride home and so did mommy:) Brad missed her a lot and is glad that she is home. When Brad went to get her out of the car, she just looked at him and had a huge gummy smile for him...too sweet!


Mallory had her first swimming lesson with Grandpa yesterday. We got through it without shooey or spit up in the pool! She really liked the water. I took her in first and she didn't cry until I put her on her back. But it was just for a minute, and then she was fine. I think she stayed in for almost 25 minutes-long enough for pruney toes! No smiles from her, but she seemed really relaxed like she was enjoying herself.

I know she looks like a boy in the pictures. I'm a bad mommy and didn't have a bathing suit or a hat for her...terrible I know. She's wearing one of those lil' swimmers. I did put tons of sunscreen on her and we tried to keep her shaded. Grandpa can't wait for her to come swimming again. I made him promise not to dunk her, and he restrained himself this time, but I don't know if he'll be able to next time!