The Makings of a Celebrity

Granny Pat and Leroy met me at H Stadiems today with Mallory to shoot her commercial. It was part of her prize for winning BOB 93.3's baby idol contest. The lady in charge of the commercial told us that they had 750 babies enter the contest! I still can't believe that my little boo won!! She did wonderful while filming. She was in a great mood and Granny Pat thought to bring her favorite thing...the ball, so that made her happy. They are going to give us a DVD so I can't wait to see it. I should have took some pictures but I forgot my camera. I did a training session at the gym after work so Patrick picked Mallory up this afternoon and we had grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for supper. Mallory tore it up along with a banana. Patrick says she loves daddy's cooking...she really just liked the ham and cheese I think. She got into her bowls again tonight and did some 'cooking'. I caught it on video with my camera this time.


I love it! I hope she grows up and loves to cook :) I don't know if it's because I got home late or what but she has had a case of the mommies tonight. Can't seem to get enough of me and wants me to hold her. I don't mind one bit...wish I could hold onto these moments forever. Patrick and I just talked about how sappy I have become and I think it's because the first birthday is approaching. It's so bittersweet and I am way more emotional about it than I ever thought I would be. Motherhood changes you in many more ways that you could imagine.

Turning over a new leaf

So my blog is a failure. It's not anything like I planned it to be which is how life goes. Instead of trying to make it cute, funny and like I live in a fairy tale, I am going to take a different approach. From now on, I want to TRY to use this blog as a scrapbook of our life with Mallory. She is almost a year old and I feel terrible for not doing a better job of documenting her life. It has gone by SO FAST and she changes every single day and that makes it impossible to remember things. If I had kept up with the blogging, I would have those memories.



Mallory's first birthday is right around the corner. I've been in party planning mode and couldn't be more excited about her party. It's in two weeks and here are some things she does now:

She crawls all over the place. Very fast! When she's in a really big hurry, she will drag her left leg and kick off with her right leg. We call it the 'dead leg drag' and it's hilarious. She will take a few steps here and there and we keep thinking she will be walking any day now.


She loves to pick up her food and eat it. she will eat so much better when the food is something she can pick up. When being spoon fed, she won't eat nearly as much. A few of her favorite foods are spaghetti (the real kind, no spaghettios!), chicken, steak, french fries, string beans, butter beans, oranges, goldfish, and mini nilla wafers.

Mallory sleeps with Patrick and me. I've learned that this is so controversial and now just keep it to myself for the most part because everybody has an opinion on it. It is not something that we wanted to start, but she has never been a good sleeper. She will sleep through the night now with the exception of waking up once or twice just to find her paci and then she's right back asleep. Patrick and I have grown to love her sleeping with us and now we wouldn't have it any other way. She is a cuddler and loves to go to sleep with one arm around me and rubbing her daddy's hair. It melts our hearts every. single. night.

We call her 'chatty cathy'. She is quite the little talker! She says so many words and literally amazes me every day with a new one. Just today she said one, two and three and my mouth dropped open in shock. I know every mom says this but I really do believe my child is a genius! The words she says the most are Riley, flower, baby, dog, mommy, da-da, hey, bye, juice, bottle, bird, thank you and ball. She LOVES animals and any book or video that has to do with farm animals are her favorites.

Mallory seemed unusually fussy this afternoon for some reason and we couldn't find anything to please her. Patrick and I ended up just putting her down and letting her do her own thing. She goes to the cabinets and starts pulling out the tupperware (usually she goes for the spices). Next thing we know, she has several bowls around here and is stirring in them like crazy. She went on and on and entertained herself like this for a while. We got in on video because it was cracking Patrick and I up and I want to upload it soon. That's another goal for another day.

Family of Three

Mallory Grace Heath arrived on July 13, 2009 weighing in at 7 pounds and 14 ounces, 21 inches long. I won't lie, labor was AWFUL! It was by far the hardest thing i've ever done in my entire life and much more difficult than I had expected. My water broke at 4:45 am on the 13th, but contractions never started on their own so I had to be given pitocin to make them start. When they started they were strong and I had to get my epidural around 12:30. I was shaking, sweating and feeling like I was going to throw up before I got it. Fifteen minutes later, I felt like a new person and that lasted until about 7:00 and I started to feel the pain again on my left side. My nurses said that happened sometimes when the epidural would be more effective on one side than the other. I wasn't feeling anything on my right side, but EVERYTHING down my left side. I was back to the feelings of being hot and nauseated. Finally around 9:00, I was fully dilated and able to push. After two and a half hours of pushing, Mallory arrived at 11:31 pm. It is true when people say that you forget the pain. I didn't think it was possible at the time of delivery but everyday that goes by it does seem less and less traumatic, ha :)

Two and half weeks later, we are adjusting nicely. Breastfeeding gets a little easier everyday and today I can say it has actually been enjoyable. I guess I am getting used to very little sleep and holding a baby 24/7! She eats about every two to two and a half hours and is now starting to sleep in between feedings at night which is wonderful. For at least the first week, she had her days and nights confused big time and still does from time to time but at least we have more good nights now than bad. She is a very good baby and so far has never cried when we were not able to console her. Patrick and I are so blessed to have a healthy baby and we thank God for her everyday!

P.S. I would post more pics, but my internet SUCKS and it takes a really, really long time to upload them, so sorry!!

POOR BLOG!!

Yes, I am the worst blogger in history. I can't believe it has been almost 2 months since I have posted! I would list out all the excuses I have for not posting in so long, but I am sure you all know them and you all know that I am miserable with absolutely no creative energy right now. I am still alive though and Mallory has yet to make her entrance. I have accomplished getting the nursery mostly organized this weekend and I will TRY to get some pictures up soon. The car seat is in the car, bags are packed and we are hoping for a baby any day now...the sooner, the happier mommy will be! I am off to bed now...maybe it won't be so long till the next time.

Poor Riley

Sunday afternoon I walked outside to find Riley looking like this. Luckily, we have a vet that lives about a mile from us so Patrick took him up to her house and they concluded that he had been bit by a snake. The whole right side of his face was swollen including his eye and everything was drooping down. The vet gave him a shot and some Benadryl and poor Riley was out of it the rest of the day. The swelling has gone down a little each day and he acts like his normal self again now. Patrick and I were trying to figure out what was swollen more...my ankles or Riley's face, ha!

Productive Saturday

For once, I had a really productive Saturday! I started cleaning the house at 8 am like a mad woman to try and get it finished before Trish got here around lunch. Her house is always immaculate and mine has been lacking cleaning attention because we have been so busy lately so I had a short amount of time to get it together. I got almost the entire house done and her and Kyle came about 11. She put my wall decal on and painted the dots around it. She is so creative and talented and she did a perfect job! I am thrilled with the results.

Afterwards, I went grocery shopping, made two strawberry pies and then we went out to dinner with Nikki and Keith at the Olive Garden. The perfect ending to a productive day!!

Rest in Peace Grandma and Grandaddy

I am sure everyone that reads my blog knows that I have lost both of my paternal grandparents in the last 3 months. My Grandma passed away in January and then my Grandaddy passed away last Sunday. They were married for over 70 years and were an incredible part of my life. I do believe that they helped to make me the person I am today because I spent so much time with them growing up and they were such a positive influence on my childhood. While they will be greatly missed, I am extremely blessed that I was able to have them in my life for 28 years and I know that Mallory will have grandparents just as good to her as mine were to me. Without a doubt, my Grandma and Grandaddy are in heaven now, together again - as they should be.