The girls were born on November 16th, 2007, 16 weeks early. Mallory Kate – 1 lb 8 oz, Evan Reese – 1 lb 1 oz, and Kelby Grace – 1 lb 5 oz. Upon their delivery, Mallory and Kelby were transferred to St. David’s South and were doing fairly well considering the circumstances. Our little Evan Reese was a fighter, but she had a lot of problems and she was with us for about 5 hours. We love you Evan and we miss you everyday, but we know we’ll see you again one day. Mallory and Kelby both went through a lot in their 105 day stay in the hospital, from heart surgeries, to brain bleeds, to infections. Many prayers were answered and we thank God everyday for everything He has done for them. Today they are perfectly healthy and growing bigger and stronger everyday. We started this blog to keep everybody updated on their progress. You can scroll down to the bottom of the page for a slideshow from the NICU days.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Big Milestone!

Of course the video camera was tucked away in it's case, and the camera was in my purse which is probably in the car when Mallory had one of many "firsts" today. BUT the memory is engraved in our minds for sure. I will try to recreate it for you.

Today Jeremy stood Mallory down and let go. She stood there for a second, dropped to go crawl off, but before she got all the way to the floor. You could see little wheels turning. And slowly she stood right back up,completely unassisted. She grinned from ear to ear as we screamed "Yeah Mallory!!" Held her hands above her head and laughed. The whole thing lasted about 2 minutes. She was so cute and so excited as were we.
My mom (Nana) always says "Don't you wish when you put them to bed they would say 'Momma tomorrow have the camera ready, I think I may________.' " So true Nana! Our baby girls are getting so big.

4 comments:

Leigh Ann said...

Yay Mallory! Can't wait to see the little walker at the next play date!

RG Mama said...

So exciting! I bet she was so proud of herself. I love that "I'm so proud" smile babies get!

TheKennedys said...

Yeah Mallory!!! Can't wait to see it on video!!! Once they start it is crazy how fast they become runners! :o)

Unknown said...

Yeah Mallory!!! Can't wait to see you guys and have them all share their thoughts with each other. Maybe they will teach each other what to do!?