another picture from her Safari Adventures

one more safari picture....

Safari Adventure with Nana & Poppa

Nana & Poppa planned a fun "Safari Adventure" for Mallory today. They glued 2 toilet paper rolls together to make binoculars. (Mallory couldn't quite figure out how to use the binoculars. She kept putting them on her forehead and looking out from below them!) They had 17 pictures of different animals, which they hid through out the house. Mallory found all 17 animals each of the 3 times they hid them. Then, for the big challenge, they used a flashlight and played in the dark. Mallory found 15 of the 17 in the dark! Way to go my little 22 month old!

Using the Magnifying Glass.

She hasn't quite figured out the placement of the binoculars yet (they're on her forehead instead of her eyes).

There, she figured it out!

Good job, my little Peanut!

Play Date

We spend a lot of weekends with our friends Jason & Susan, and their boys (Jacob & Sam). We love watching the kids interact and unwinding together.

Jacob & Mallory are sharing a seat at the table while Jacob uses a hair dryer on Mal's hair. They also took a bath together. Mallory's first bath with a friend!

Playing Dress Up

Mallory loves to play dress up. Here she is wearing 4 "necklaces" (3 of them are her Mom's headbands).

And here she's wearing MANY layers: her Pajamas, a dress, her tutu, and tops it off with her pretty pink hat!

pigtails!

Raines / Johnson play date

Jason & Susan brought their boys over to play. Mallory always has a great time playing with Jacob (2) and Sam (7 months).

bath time

Do you think Mallory likes her bath time?? Watch this video all the way to the end...the last 5 seconds are priceless!

favorite pics

A couple of my favorite recent pictures

sweet cheeks!

I just want to KISS those sweet little cheeks!!!

Mimi fixing Mallory's hair

Mimi is fixing Mallory's hair, and Mallory is fixing her baby's hair! Too cute!

Count to TEN!

I was absolutely shocked to hear it, but Mallory can count to TEN! She's 20 months old and can count to ten in BOTH English AND Spanish!

Last week, she started counting...and kept going! She also counted to 7 in Spanish. She can count up to 10 in Spanish now too.

She is a genius!

playing with Christmas toys

Mallory loves her Big Wheel...

and her bear...

and her tent!

Asleep vs Awake

When she's awake, she's WIDE AWAKE and ready to get busy. . .

And when she's tired, she's OUT!!

Fish! Fish!

Uncle Mike & Aunt Tish gave Mallory this moving fish light. She absolutely loves it!

Happy Halloween, my Little Spider!

B O O !

Mallory talking

Mallory is becoming quite a talker...Here is a video of her saying some surprisingly BIG words (like Octopus)! We are SO proud of her!

More UK Tailgate Pictures

Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of Mallory from the tailgate...

UK vs. U of L Tailgate

We headed to Lexington for our annual football game last weekend. Luke & Leigh Anne Castlen came with us. We had a great time -- especially since UK won!!

It's always nice to run into friends we haven't seen in a while. We always love tailgating with the Lexington crew!

Lake Cumberland - baby weekend

Derrick & Heather invited us to Lake Cumberland for "baby weekend." We had 4 couples, and 4 kids under the age of 2! There was never a dull moment...to say the least.

This was a great time for us to get caught up with our friends from college. We'll have to make this an annual event!

One funny thing that happened that weekend -- the grill caught on fire (on top of the houseboat)! It could have potentially been a disaster, but they were able to get the fire out before it spread to the boat. YIKES!

Thanks Derrick & Heather for inviting us! Mallory, Greyson, Elizabeth, and Nicholas all had a great time.

Raines Family Vacation

Raines family vacation. We drove to Ft. Stewart, GA to visit Emilie & Tim. Stayed 1 night with them, went to Savannah for a day, and then to Taebi Island for 2 days. We had a wonderful time!

Lovin' on my baby girl

Mal was getting tired...I managed to get in some good cuddling time. I never miss an opportunity to love on my baby.

Michael Buntin Wedding / Yeand Family Reunion

A couple pictures from my cousin's wedding. It was nice to see ALL SEVEN of Dad's brothers and sisters! I love it when the whole family gets together...

Mom and Dad are such a cute couple! They enjoyed showing their grandbaby off!

Jessica really liked playing with Mallory. Jess did a great job of taking care of her, as you can see.

James and Mark Yeand wore matching suits. Absolutely adorable!

Mike & Layla Martin (and Jessica up front).