5 months old

On July 9th, Mallory turned five months old. She now weighs in at just under 16 pounds (almost double her birth weight!)

Grandpa Held gave Mallory a nice balloon so she could celebrate.

Mallory has been working hard this month on getting onto a good nap and sleep schedule.

She is showing much more emotion now and is capable of having lengthy conversations with her parents and others. Still tough to understand what she is saying though.

She has begun to smile and giggle a lot, especially when her mom and dad sing special songs to her.

"Are we done yet? This photo shoot has been exhausting."