Sunday Dress

Mallory’s Aunt Steph wanted to see her in the little yellow dress that she bought her… so I dressed her up for church today for Aunt Steph.  Then I had to take some pictures of her because she was just way too cute!!

This picture (above) I was trying to think like my Mom… be creative, off center, um I think I need more practice.  Maybe even a lesson or two.  <<hint hint>>

Then she started to slide…

She found a comfortable spot.  Then found her hands.

Then she wanted to chat with me.  (She has started to drool – she better not be getting teeth already!)  Anyone else think she is going to have red hair?  Seriously, Jesse and I are starting to see a lot more red in that hair… even in her eyebrows!

   Done chatting.  Cry time.

  Just give me my pacifier and let me sleep already.

I had a scary moment with Mallory tonight.  We got home and she was sleeping in her car seat, so I left her in there while I went and started laundry.  I then wanted to go outside to check on my tomatoes so I took Mallory out of her car seat and put her into the sling so I could have both hands in case my tomatoes were ripe enough to pick.  She stayed sleeping while I did this.  As soon as I got outside and down the deck steps I looked down at her, and her face was bright red and she was trying to cry/scream but nothing is coming out.  I immediately turned around and went back into the house.  Now, she is crying… I mean screaming like I never heard before.  Almost like she was hurt or something.  I freaked and yelled for Jesse to come.  Then she would do it again – bright red face and trying to cry/scream but nothing is coming out and she stretches out and is kind of stiff.  Then she cries hard like we never heard before.  It felt like forever, but I bet it only lasted 3-5 minutes.

While she is crying we can hear that she is really congested and almost kind of chokes on it.  So we get that lovely booger suction thing and start sucking – which she was so not a fan of.  Then I go change her diaper and feed her and she falls asleep while eating and is sleeping hard, so I put her in the bouncy and let her sleep. 

What happened?  Why did she all of sudden cry like that?  Was she choking on that yuck?  I could tell she was stuffy-icky,  because she was kind of snoring while she was sleeping.  Can babies get colds this little? 

It is so hard to hear her cry like that.  Especially when you have no idea what is wrong.  I did really well in the moment but as soon as it was over I had tears.

She seems to not be stuffy right now – and she is sleeping again without snoring.  So hopefully we got it all and we never have to experience that again.