3 months

I am so behind on my posts! Here is MJ's 3 month pics. She is growing so much each day! Two weeks ago she caught a cold which then caused an ear infection. No fun! When we went to the doctor she weighs 14 pounds. She is getting so good at grabbing things and now getting to that curious stage where everything goes into the mouth. Her hair seems to be getting darker. She is a very happy baby and very social- she smiles at everyone and loves the interaction with people. She is getting very good at holding her head up and getting a little less bobble head like all the time.

Hope all is well with everyone!! All our love~G, J and MJ

2 months

Our baby is 2 months old!! It seems like she has been a part of our family forever- I can not imagine my life any more with out her. But then it seems like it was just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital. We are loving each minute with her and enjoying her so much! We could not get any smiley pics- she was all serious for her 2 month photo shoot! :)

my birthday

One of the church's here in town have a drive through live Nativity scene for Christmas. We went to see it this weekend and it was very beautiful! It is very cold here so I can only imagine how cold the people were out there! We caught it on the last night so it was not very crowded at all we just drove right through with no long lines or anything (- which I am getting a little spoiled when I get irritated with what a long line means here in our small town that is!)


I could not think of a better way to celebrate my birthday! That is the absolute sweetest smile and she has completely fulfilled my every wish! I love her!! She has found her hands and they go straight in her mouth! She is getting better self soothing her self at times with sucking on her hands but still not that into the whole binky thing. And as you can tell she is smiling more and more each day! We are enjoying every minute with her and can not get enough!! She has that cradle cap- we are trying the shampoo, a pr- shampoo treatment and baby oil so we will see if we can get that to go away soon! It looks to me like it would hurt but they say it just bothers parents! :) hope every one has a great week! sending all our love~G, J and MJ

Santa

We took Mallory to see Santa the day after Thanksgiving. She was pretty cute with him she just stared at his big white beard! Too cute!! Mallory continues to keep me on my toes- just when I get comfortable in somewhat of a routine she completely flips it on me. I am trying to let go of my OCD behavior and just listen to her of what she needs and when she needs it. She now smiles real smiles not just at gas and it completely melts our hearts. We tried weighing her by just weighing ourselves with and then without her and unofficially we think she is around 10lbs. She changes each day! Justin has gotten to spend more days during the week at home with us girls due to work being pretty slow which is very nice family time. We got our Christmas tree up this past weekend, Mallory was super cute sniffing it the whole car ride home with the tree in the car. I got the sweetest, most thoughtful gift in the mail this week from MJ and all the Jones girls- they sent me a jar with daily inspirational notes to open one each day! Thank y'all so much I have loved that so much and it has helped me with any low feelings that creep up! I love y'all- thanks again for looking out for me like that! Hope everyone is having a great week! Sending all our love~G, J and MJ

one month already!!

Our baby is already one month old!!! Goodbye new born diapers we are now in size one. Her newborn size clothes are too snug as well and she wearing size 0-3months now. Can not believe how fast time is going by and how fast she is growing, we measured her with ruler at home and she has grown 1 and 1/2 inches! She has been sleeping close to 4 hrs at night these past couple nights. It is amazing how much has changed in just a month. Everyone was totally right that it does get better and easier with each day. We went out to Justin's Aunt and Uncles house for Thanksgiving and enjoyed dinner with them and a lot of the cousin's. Mallory slept through her first Thanksgiving dinner but was up afterwards to enjoy time with the family watching the OSU basketball game. My mom got to come up and be with us for the long Thanksgiving weekend and we enjoyed every minute she was here with us -did not want her to leave! Thank you so much momma, we appreciate your help with everything so very much!!!

Mallory newborn pics

A couple of weeks ago we had someone come over to the house to take Mallory's newborn pictures. I was aiming for a time of day that she would be deep in sleep so we could get those adorable sleeping baby shots where they are all curled up and placed strategically in cute positions but that was just silly wishful thinking! I have learned not to plan anything when it comes to a newborn! :) I want to thank yall so much for all of the encouragment and support these past couple of weeks- it means so much to me! I have officially gone a couple days now without crying and without doubting myself! So I am definately getting better! I am loving every second with Mallory she is such a miracle and has completed our family in ways we did not know were possible! She is the love of our lives and is our entire world! She is getting stronger with her neck control and does pretty good with tummy time in small intervals. She is still backwards for the most part with sleep scheduele but we are getting there with that too! We hope you enjoy her pics and we send all our love!!!~G, J and MJ

Justin's the big 3-0

This weekend we celebrated Justin's 30th birthday on Saturday. His sister Janelle is here in town for a week and a half and her bday was a couple days before his so we celebrated her bday as well. (Mallory did her first road trip going down to Oklahoma City airport to pick up Aunt Janelle and she did pretty good for a whole afternoon/evening in the car.) It was pretty fun for them to be together to celebrate and I think they had a pretty good time together. Festivities are still stretched out even to this Friday for them as well, lucky dogs! This past weekend we had a couple of friends over to watch the OU vs Tech game to celebrate the big three-ohh. I dressed myself and Mallory in OU gear just because it was Justin's bday- we were both quietly rooting for Tech but our cheers went unheard as OU blew them out of the water- poor Tech.

This past weekend we also made a trip to Stillwater so Aunt Janelle could see the kids there since they could not come to Enid because Shana was studying for midterms. Mallory did very good on the trip there and even stayed asleep so I could eat lunch but the afternoon was not so good for her. After she ate she completely threw up which was a first for Justin and me as parents! These past few days have been pretty hard for me adjusting to motherhood. It is so hard when she is up for hours at night and nothing I do can soothe her, absolutely breaks my heart. I am loosing faith in myself of how good a mom I am these past few days. Everyone keeps reassuring me how much better it gets and I know it will it is just hard for me right now. I think Mallory got the short end of the stick in the mom department and needs a better one for sure!

sending all our love~G, J and MJ