New York

Well, we ALL made the trip to Long Island, NY and back safely! Mommy was truly amazed at how wonderful we did in the car rides up and down! It only took us 9 hours and some minutes time to get to GG's and then back home on Sunday! (I even got to watch a new Diego movie Daddy bought be for being such a good flower girl....but more on that in a bit)

Jason's FIRST look as his bride-to-be

Hamming it up

Family photo 2008

My cousin Jason got married to a beautiful girl named Francine. I was their flower girl (well there was another flower girl named Hanna, but she was older than me and oh so nice!) I wore a white -twirl around in- dress. I loved it!

Did I mention "hamming it up?"

The whole time I listened really well and did what I was told! I really HAMMED it up for the cameras during picture time! (Mommy sees some attention grabbing behavior in the near future! Maybe she'll sign me up for some commercials!! ha) Seriously, I'm pretty sure I had one of the best times of my life!

During the ceremony


On the dance floor with Hanna

That night at the reception I boogied on the dance floor. I even did some of my own version of break dancing and then tried doing a line dance with ALL the big people!

I changed my clothes to be more comfy! This is me line dancing!

I'm DONE and DOG TIRED!

At about 10:00 p.m. I finally stopped dancing and just laid on the dance floor...that's when Daddy knew I was DONE and ready to go to bed!!

Kiley was a huge hit too! She's was really SMILEY in the mornings and somewhat cranky in the evenings. But overall she did really well!! Mommy pushed her around in a sweet little baby carriage that Mrs. Tufo lent her!! (it was hard to give that back!- oh so cute!)

She even tried a NY bagel at GG's and some cantaloupe melon at the wedding!


Kiley and her cantaloupe

Angel on the hotel bed

She wore a pretty pink dress and bow in her hair!! She looked all girly! :)

Pretty in Pink



SO tired at the reception

Gorgeous Aunt April

Aunt April looked beautiful too!! She wore a stunning black dress that mommy WANTS!! :)

I just realized that I didn't take any pictures at GG's house or with GG!! That's crazy!! GG...can you send me some!? :) I miss you already and can't wait to see you in December~!
Bye guys! Talk to you later!
Mals

I'm really 4 now!!

Hey friends and family!! I'm 4 now. Really..............I can't believe it! I keep saying it to EVERYONE! The first thing my classmates said to me when I got to school today was, "Mallory, are you 4 now?" "I sure AM!" I said.

I had my 4th birthday party this weekend! A lot of my friends and family came to celebrate! My Grandpa and Grandma from Florida, Mimi and Papa, Aunt Laura, Trey, Andre and Luke, Uncle, Grandma and Granddaddy, even my cousins from Maryland, Uncle Tim, Aunt Yovi, Andy and Isabella! I had so many people that I LOVE at my party!! What a blast! Here are some pictures for you!

Mommy threw me a Diego Party with Diego cupcakes (that I didn't eat!)

I never like to eat my birthday cakes and usually don't like it when it's time to sing Happy Birthday...but I had lots of practice this year and I did great! Here's me at my school party!
That's my friend Leah in the picture below! She's the BESTEST ever!!

At Saturday's party the main event (and everyone's FAVORITE) was the Slip-N-Slide! It was VERY hot and muggy outside..but we manged to stay cool! Leah and I even had an umbrella to keep us dry when it got to be too much!!

Kiley got in on the party action too!! She's been trying lots of food like carrots and hushpuppies! Go girl!

For my birthday mommy and daddy gave me a BICYCLE!! Oh my goodness! Uncle and April gave me a Diego helmet to go with it! Can you believe it? At first I didn't want to pedal all by myself...but I'm getting better at it everyday.

Also for my birthday, Daddy made me something special! He saw The Wiggles one day at work and asked them if they'd say Happy Birthday to me! Well...they did that and so much more!! Daddy put it on a DVD for me and I watched it on my birthday! I LOVE it...and I keep watching it over and over and over!! Thanks Daddy!!!

In a little over a week we're leaving to go on a trip to NY/Long Island for cousin Jason's wedding! Here's me trying on my beautiful flower girl dress!! It's all white (mommy had a flash forward of my wedding day when I put it on!! She about burst into tears...Oh mommy!!)

Love you!

Almost 1 week until my birthday!!

Good Day to you..and YOU and youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!! I'm feeling quite silly right now 'cause guess what? My birthday is ALMOST here!! Oh my......I'm going to be a whopping 4 years of age. No longer 3...but 4. Four Four Four!! Could there be any better reason to be a happy little "monkey" as daddy calls me!

This week I even started going to my NEW 4 year old classroom! These are pictures from my last day of school as a 3 year old! I'm eating ice cream...no wait.....it's just a bowl of sprinkles. Go figure!

I have 3 new teachers, Ms. Janet, Ms. Elleana, and Ms. DeeAnn.
Ms. Elleana is our neighbor who lives across the street! Mommy will start picking up Ms. Elleana's kids (Emily 7, & Ethan 8) from school this coming week. They'll be over at my house from 4:00 to 6:00 everyday until their mommy gets home from work! I can't wait! They'll be doing homework and stuff, but I hope we can play a little too!

I've always liked school, but some days I just want to stay home. NOT TODAY. For the first time, I actually was worried about being late to school! I told mommy to hurry up and get me there so I could see all my friends!! AWESOME!! I'm really all grow'd up now.
Seriously. Can I have a car yet?

My Aunt Leslie came to visit me this weekend!! She loved playing the Diego computer games with me!! I really love here! I'm still playing the game...that's why I'm not in the picture!

Kiley is still growing. She's getting lots of tummy time in! Here's a video. It's looks like she's about ready to crawl too...um...maybe not!

Do you see a trend here? :) No worries...I'll have pics and pics of me from my birthday party to show you soon! I'll be back to share some more thoughts with you and pictures next week! Love you- Mallory

Almost 4 Months and 4!

Wow.....we are REALLY getting bigger. I mean, seriously. I'm ALMOST 4 and Kiley is ALMOST 4 months old! CRAZY!! This post will mostly be cute, adorable, sensation, fantastical pictures of Kiley and Me! Maybe even a video of me BREAK DANCING!! ya baby!!

Kiley in mommy's homemade picture studio for 3 month pics

Daddy and the girls ready for church


3 month and 4 year picture outfits

Mallory's newest purple tattoo!


Papa getting some Kiley time in!

Mommy tried to post the video of me break dancing...but it was too dark to see.
So here's our family hip hop session caught on tape!!!

Storms of Fun

We had a very eventful week! Tuesday, Mommy and Kiley got stuck at Target (oh the horror!) during a severe thunderstorm! Mommy told me she'd never ever seen such a fierce storm. There was strong winds, lightning, HAIL, (her eyes seemed a crazy red while she was telling me this....her love of bad weather is extremely disturbing) Anyway...........when they got home the house was 95 degrees because lightning had struck somewhere nearby and caused our A/C to blow heat instead of cool air!! CRAZY! The power was out. The TV wasn't working. Our DVR Modem had been fried as well as our DSL (internet) and phone connections! Turns out our A/C board was fried as well. Not like french fry fried mommy tells me...but some other kind of fried. It made for a very warm and uncomfortable few days.

But I managed to make the best of it!! See?

Then Grandpa came to visit and that made it a WHOLE lot better too! Kiley was all smiles around him!! Me too! He came to give Uncle and April their new car!! A sweet little car called a Mini! I can't wait to drive it when I'm 15!


Well...the A/C is finally fixed. My new DVR came in the mail today. Life couldn't be any better! AND I love my sister! Love you guys too!