Spring Break Illinois 2015

Its spring break and once again we find ourselves still here in Oswego, Illinois.  Its not that bad, I have a long list of things to try and get done around the house here this week and the girls have a list of things they wanted to do as well.  Today I took the girls to "Color Me Mine."  A friend of mine from work gave them a gift card to the pottery painting place.  Maggie had been before, but this was Molly's first time.  Before we left the house she was set on painting a unicorn.  I told her we would have to see what they had, but she could pick what she wanted!  And lucky for her (and me I guess) they had a unicorn.  Maggie finally settled (and I say this because it took a good 10 minutes for her to decide) on a cupcake that is actually a holder too so she can fill it with treasures.  They are very anxious to pick them up!

The weather has been very good to us this week.  Yesterday we managed to reach the 70s.  Today started with thunderstorms so Andy took the big girls to see Cinderella, a perfect rainy day activity.   It didn't take long for the storm to blow over and the afternoon brought sunshine and warm weather again.  This has given all of us the opportunity to be outside, go for walks, head to the park, get the legs moving....etc.

Since we have just been around here we were able to arrange a few play dates.  Today Maggie is headed to her friend Mia's house for a sleepover.  Her first real one.  She was so excited to pack a bag and go...I hope we all manage to get a little sleep tonight!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Malory 3 months

Better late than never...four months is just around the corner so I figured I better get this pic on the blog!!

Malory Photo Shoot

As a gift my friends went together and got us a gift certificate to have a newborn photo session for Malory.  I never did this with the other girls, but we also have three girls and there was nothing we really needed so this was a perfect surprise.  It was definitely not something we would have done on our own.  In early January, when Malory was just about 4 weeks old, Chrissy came with me to the photo session.  It was crazy, I had never seen anything like it.  The lady that took her pictures, Cristiane Laird (www.cristianelaird.com) was amazing.  She had anything you could think of including space heaters, sound machine and soothing music.  She had incredible patience and it shows because the pictures turned out beautiful.  Thank you so much ladies for the fabulous memory!!  I wanted to be able to share them with everyone that contributed to the gift so she put together a slide show for me, but I was also able to get a few prints....
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9rVEekIGhT8OE83eGpEWEY2UkE/view?usp=sharing

Malory's Baptism

We were able to squeeze in Malory's baptism before the Lenten season.  Come spring we are busy with Molly's birthday, Maggie's first communion and the end of the school year so we were glad to get Malory's baptism on the calendar.  It turned out great.  Chris, Andy's brother gladly accepted the role as Godfather yet again for us.  We asked my dear friend Chrissy to be the Godmother, we were so glad that she accepted and was a part of this special day.  Malory did great, and as Molly would put it, she passed all her tests with only a few tears.  We had a nice family celebration after the baptism!  Malory is so lucky to have so many special people in her life that love her so much!

 

 

 

 

Malory's 2 month stats

Last week was my first week back to work.  Yes, I can hardly believe it myself, but I already had to go back to work and send our little 2 month old to daycare.  She is in great hands and with her 2 big sisters so that made us feel better.  She had a good first week.  Seemed to sleep and eat ok at the sitter, but was extra spitty for some reason.  Andy stayed home on Monday to take her to the doctor for her 2 month appointment.  She did great, had to have 3 shots and held her own on those....
Weight: 11pounds 1 ounce - 41st percentile
Length: 24 inches - 96th percentile
She is pretty much like the other girls, really long and thin!

Malory 2 months

Malory is 2 months today!!  She is doing so much now...she is awake more trying to take everything in.  She smiles, laughs, coos, tries to roll and likes to play.  She is sleeping more and starting to get into a bit of a routine which is good I guess since I have to head back to work tomorrow.  I'm pretty sad about this, but I know she will be in great hands.  She is just going to do so much that we might miss which makes all the time we have together that much more special.  Andy is staying home tomorrow to take her to the doctor for her 2 month check up so I will have that information for the next post!