My Crazy Child

Mallory is nuts! I know I have said this a thousand times, but I have never met a baby like her! She is sassy, spunky, silly, and FAST! She has to run everywhere. It's not even really a jog, it's a sprint! She likes to do things herself and helps out because that's what big girls do. She loves to read and will ONLY sit in your lap if you have a book in your hand.

I went to pick Mallory up at daycare the other day, and as soon as I walked in, she took off to the ladder on the wall and climbed that thing like a little monkey! I think she would have climbed to the ceiling if it went that high.

Oh yeah, she also does a back bend on this thing too.

Mallory's cousins Bailey and Carly are both gymnasts. At the beginning of October, we went to Carly's 5th birthday party at the gym. Mallory played in the baby area, but didn't really know what was going on. Bailey's 8th birthday was just this past weekend so Mallory really had a ball this time! She loved walking across the balance beam... with mommy and daddy's help of course.

She loved crawling through this tunnel!

I wish we would have gotten a picture of Mallory on the bars! She saw a big girl do a flip on the bar... so of course Mal wants to give it a whirl! We told Mal to grab the bar, which she did, and me and Charles grabbed her feet and flipped her over the bar while she held on like a real gymnast! She loved it and made her daddy flip her about 10 times while we were there. She had the best night sleep that night!!! (:

I know Bailey and Carly are little, but they are already hardcore gymnasts! They have a beam and bar at their house with plenty of mats. We went to their house after both parties and they just had to show us all of their routines. Their mom says that they love it so much they will come home after practice and do gymnastics until they go to bed. It's really incredible all the things they can do already. When they were showing us their routines, Mallory cheered for them and even tried doing some of the stuff they did! She laid on the ground and rolled around thinking she was tumbling! It was too cute!

There is a gymnastics place on the way home from the daycare that enrolls babies at 18 months, and I think Mallory would just love to go! I'm thinking it's going to be a great Christmas present since she will be 18 months at the end of December!