Monday, November 30, 2009

Happy Monday from Mallory!

While I do have so much to write, there's just not enough time. But, I know you guys are more interested in pics anyways. All is going wonderfully - the Zabodyn household is doing great!


Sleeping w/ Daddy:




Doesn't this look just like Date?




Her first bath:




Sleeping, again...





Dayton the helper - he's pulled his step stool out of his room so that he can make sure everything is under control!




Mallory's first outing. Yesterday we went to MeMe's house to celebrate Brock's birthday for a bit!




My sweet little cupcake:




Looking at Big Brother Date:




My new favorite picture - Life is good!




Sleeping beauty:




And to think, she wasn't even supposed to bless us w/ her presence until today. We've already made so many memories over the last 6 days and I am treasuring every moment - life goes too fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, November 27, 2009

Home Sweet Home...

We're happy to say we're home and doing wonderfully. Enjoy some more pictures ;)


Here is the man who made this all possible (well, besides Brandon). Here is my wonderful doctor - Dr. Sangalli. He's been great - a really good guy :)




Here is Miss Mallory's coming home outfit. She was all ready to go - although her hat swallowed her sweet little head:




Freedom - yea! Here is nurse Lori - she is absolutely wonderful and we don't know how we would've made it through our hospital stay w/o her. She was the one who helped check me in, she was w/ me through surgery, she was there for my first "walk" and shower and she was there to wheel me out. We were so blessed to have her - can't say enough wonderful things about her!!!




Mallory's first car ride - and notice we changed the snookie to one that fit her better - of course, Longhorns...




We were supposed to have a surprise shower on Thanksgiving at Grandma Zabodyn's but Mallory had other plans. Mrs. Zabodyn came to our house before we got home and set up our table w/ things from the shower. It was a really good surprise.




Here's Dayton and Mallory right when we got home from the hospital:




Big Brother Date hamming it up for the camera:




The cutest lil turkey you've ever seen!




Dayton is loving his new sister. He doesn't like to share her though!




After our first night at home - we survived! :)




Big brother Date has been working very hard on getting Mallory to throw up her horns, and well, see for yourself - she's a fast learner ;)




Date was such an awesome baby that we were for sure we wouldn't have another one like him. Mallory has proven us wrong thus far. She is so awesome - literally all she does is eat, sleep and dirty her diaper. She is great. Everyone says they never see her eyes because she is always resting. Here is proof that she does open her eyes sometimes and while we don't know yet what color they are, they are beautiful!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Happiest Thanksgiving EVER!

Here are some more pics!


Sleeping - she looks JUST like Date did when he was born!




Our sleeping beauty - she's already an awesome baby!




Her first bow. Daddy put it in so it's a little crooked - we'll work on that!




Proud Big Brother:




He's a snuggler - our should we say smotherer!!!




Okay - I was drugged last night when I posted pics from yesterday - I'm much less drowsy looking today!




Here's MeMe's favorite pic:




Brandon ran into Sugar Land today - told me he was "running errands" in El Campo. He came back w/ a gift for everyone. Mallory got a Thanksgiving day outfit. I got a new watch for a baby/anniversary gift, and Date got a cute little stuffed puppy dog. I have the greatest husband ever!




Here is Mallory's outfit for Turkey Day. He went to Carter's by himself and picked this out. I was sad she wouldn't have anything to wear for Thanksgiving so he took care of it ;)




Here is my new bling - it's great! I got a silver bracelet band, too. So cool! Doesn't it look wonderful next to my hospital bracelets and iv bruise?



That's all for tonight. I better go get some sleep before Miss Mallory comes in to feed. We'll be headed home in the morning - come visit us ;)

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Mallory Marie Zabodyn

Mallory Marie Zabodyn has arrived!

November 24th, 2009
10:48 a.m.
7 lbs. 9 oz.
19 1/2 inches long

Here are some pics from today! She is absolutely perfect. We are in love yet again with our new bundle of joy!!!































That's all I've got for now - I am struggling to stay awake but wanted to get these up for you guys. I'll post the detail later, but if you're wondering what happened - yes, I actually went into labor! By the time I got to the hospital and settled in, I was having contractions 3-4 minutes apart and dilated to a five - crazy! 45 minutes later I was being wheeled off to the operating room and we had ourselves a baby girl. It happened so fast - so great to have her here.

More to come soon! Happy Thanksgiving - we are SO blessed!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

A big day...

Today was a long and tiring day for the Zabodyn family, but well worth it. This morning we had a small shower at the bank. Then Date and I made a quick trip to Wal-Mart for a few things, then it was off w/ MeMe to Edna to meet up w/ DeDe and go eat lunch at a nice little sandwich shop. Then, we did a little shopping in Edna at a cute little store, went back by the junkyard so Date could ride on some boy toys, then back home to change, get ready for dancing and go to work. I got home right before eight tonight and was completely exhausted. But, I had to clean the house before Janie comes tomorrow to clean the house, so now that's done and I can relax a little before I fall asleep on the couch :)

Here's some pics:

Do you think this boy is deprived??? A shower for Mallory and a shower for Dayton, too. They were too sweet - he got puzzles, a book and a CAT truck:





Diapers - yea! You can never have too many diapers. Brandon is so blessed to work w/ such wonderful people. It was so great. We got some really great stuff :)




PaPa and Dayton on the bulldozer:







Two pics of Mallory's finished nursery that I took tonight. Nothing fancy but perfect for our little princess - now all we need is her to be here!!!