Another Milestone Conquered

Friday was Mallory's 8th birthday.  I was pretty busy trying to put together a party for her and make her day special.  I made it through that day mostly unscathed-minus a few minutes in the morning when I may have yelled at the birthday girl. :( We threw a princess party for her with 11 of her friends.  I asked the older kids for help but mostly got Jarom being the center of attention and Jonathan wanting to tag along with everything too.  Mallory was a pretty good sport about it all.  After the party we all jumped in the suburban and went to Wendy's drive thru for dinner.  I know, not the most fantastic place for a birthday dinner but we were in a hurry to get to the movie theatre to see "Wreck It Ralph".  The last time we went to a movie with Trent we saw, "Brave" and the preview for "Wreck It Ralph" was shown before the movie.  We all decided we had to see it.  Trent would have loved it.  It was a pretty cute show.  Ever since then Jonathan has been running around with a baseball cap on and a toy hammer strapped to his waist saying, "I can fix it!"

We are also gearing up for Mallory's baptism.  I got lazy and ordered her dress, shoes, and slip online last Monday.  Surprisingly her dress arrived Wednesday afternoon.  I knew the weather was not going to wait for the shoes to arrive so we quickly did her hair and nails and snapped some pictures outside. I am nervous for the big day.  I am sure it will be hard but I am also hoping that at least Mallory will be able to feel Trent near her.

Last night as I was tucking Mallory into bed she told me how sad she was that Trent was not here to lift her up and carry her.  She was crying about how she and Jonny had not gotten that for two years and would never get it again.  She remembers when Trent would carry her to bed or put her on his shoulders and play.  We were both bawling like babies.  She is worried that when she does see Trent again she will be too big for him to lift up.  I assured her that Daddy was really strong and he would be able to lift us all up because his body will be perfect and he won't be sick anymore.  I can't wait to see that happen.