Mallory is 8 months!

Mallory is getting so big - she has new tricks to show Mommy & Daddy each day.  First it was crawling, now standing up while hanging onto the furniture, chatting it up, making funny noises w/ her mouth - raspberries, Zerberting Mommy & Daddy (getting them back for doing it to her for so long).  It's been such a whirlwind 8 months and we are enjoying every second of it! 

Mallory showing Nannie how she can do raspberries!

Standing on the bridge at the park like a big girl.

Trying on a really cool outfit...

Chatty Cathy

Mallory is very chatty and loves to hear herself talk.  She will be a big gabber - no shrinking violet here!

Wiggleworms - St. Patty's day

We love Mallory's weekly music class at Old Town School of Folk Music in Lincoln Square.  Nannie & Boppo got to join in on the fun on St. Patty's while Mommy & Daddy went downtown to the festivities.  Mallory loves to hear the live guitar & socialize with her fellow Wiggleworms.

Spring (Summer) Comes Early - March 2012

We've had an unseasonably warm winter and practically skipped Spring w/ temps in the 80s in mid-March! Mallory has been able to get to the park almost every day - loves the swing the best but checks out the slide and bouncy chair too!  We also made it to the Lincoln Park Zoo to check out the monkeys.

Mexican Vacay - February 2012

Mallory took Mommy & Daddy and Aunt Renee to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico to escape the Chicago winter for awhile. She was an EXCELLENT traveler - was a better flyer than her Mommy and enjoyed the fun in the sun for 7 days. She used her skills from swim lessons in the pool each day and even went in the ocean!

Mallory's Baptism - 1/29/12

Mallory celebrated her first holy sacrament at St. Benedict's Church in our neighborhood.   Friends and family came out to help celebrate at the church and a cake party afterwards at home including her Godparents - Aunt Renee & Tommy Fazio.  We didn't time her lunchtime bottle very well so she was pretty hungry and fussed through most of the ceremony but had a great day with everyone - especially her new bff Isabella Steliga. 

Woman on the Move

Well, for the past week or so Mallory has decided that rolling around on the floor wasn't good enough and she decide to start crawling.  Now Megan and I have the added fun of putting her down on her play mat only to find her on the other side of the condo.

We are very lucky that Mallory is such a happy baby.  Here she is playing with dad.

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