Merry Christmas Everyone . . .

We are headed to Nevada, Utah and Colorado for our first family vacation. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season

Our Cute Girl . . . .

6 Months Olds

Our little princess is 4 months old . . . .

Malorie has graduated to only wearing her shoes and bar when sleeping. Her feet are perfect and she wears her shoes when she sleeps to keep them that way. She has gotten so big 16 lbs 10 oz - she is such a happy happy girl and we are so in love !!!!!

Blessings & Birthdays

Yesterday was my 21st Birthday and Malorie's blessing day. The most wonderful gift I could ever ask for. A sweet baby girl and a wonderful husband who honors his preisthood.

Trent gave Malorie the most wonderful blessing.

I share my birthday with my grandma and so it was a special day for both of us.

Look at her grow . . .

1 Week

1 Month

2 Months

Our Little Chub-Chub is 2 months old !!!

She loves to smile and is starting to giggle and she is a chatterbox loves to make lot's of sounds.

If . . . .

If I gave you all things, how would you appreciate them ?
If I never corrected you, how would you know that I LOVE YOU and want the VERY BEST for YOU ?
If you had all power then how would you learn to depend on me ?
If your life was perfect then what would you need me for ?
If you knew all, how would you know that I will come to your rescue ?
If you never were broken, then how would you know that I can make you whole ?
If you never had a problem, how would you know that I could solve them ?
If you never had any suffering, then how would you know what Jesus went through and how hard his sacrifice for us all was ?
If you never went through the fire, then how would you become pure ?
If you never felt pain, then how would you know that I am a Healer ?
If you never went through difficulties, how would you know that I am a Deliverer ?
If you never had a trial, How could you call yourself an over comer?
If you never felt sadness, How would you know that I am a Comforter ?
If you never made a mistake, how would you know that I am Forgiving ?

Just like raising our own children, our Heavenly Father loves us enough to allow us the experiences in life that will help us to grow, become stronger and teach us.

Even though we can't seem to find all the answers right now, with enough faith I know that my Heavenly Father will guide us.

The most important thing right now is trying to figure out how to stay home with Malorie - for the moment it does not seem financially possible. But we are open and willing to see what the Lord has in store for us. Whatever sacrifice needs to be made we are willing to make it.

Love the bath . . . Hate getting out of the bath

This little girl LOVES taking a bath. She is in her shoes and bar 23 hours a day. So when daddy comes home at night we take it off for one hour and she gets a nice long bath (which she LOVES) and then she gets a nice lotion massage and daddy exercises her feet really well (isn't it awesome to have a daddy that is going to be a physical therapist - lucky Malorie)

But just had to post this cute picture - even though she is crying she is still sooooo cute !!!

Meet my cousin Lyla . . . . .

Lyla Archer 1 week - Malorie Archer 7 weeks

First Fourth of July

Hello July

My mom is helping out and staying with Marge at a hotel this weekend becuase Marge's AC went out. So to keep my mom company and put a smile on Marge's face Trent and I decided to go visit. Trent went swimming with my brothers and Malorie and I stayed up in the room and visited with mom and Marge.

Malorie has a way of putting a smile on everyones face.

Malorie looks super big sitting on Marge's lap, but the reality is Marge is very fail and tiny. But if the one thing at the end of Marge's life that makes her really happy is babies and we sure know how to wake her up and bring a smile to her face.

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Just because we love taking pictures of our little princess

Betcha Didn't Know . . . .

Mia Hamm Womens Olympic Soccer Player and played on the US team that won the 1996 Olympics was born with clubfoot.

Kristi Yamaguchi was born with clubfoot and underwent serial casting just like Malorie and had shoes and a bar and is now one of the greatest figure skaters in all the world.

And there are many other celebs born with clubfoot that you can see here . . . .

One day Malorie's name with be added to that list, because she is going to grow up to do great things !!!!!

Our date

So yesterday was Trent and I's first time back to the temple since Malorie was born. We decided to make a date out of it! I was so excited becuse things were getting so crazy around here we have not been able to enjoy just US! So we decided that when Trent got off work we would head over to Grandma's aka (mimi - my mom). As sooon as Trent got home my smile beamed from ear to ear! We headed off to my Mom and Dads house (the whole car I was soo excited!) We arived at their house and my heart sunk. I whispered over in Trent's ear and said are you sure you want to leave her. I couldnt imagine being away from my baby girl! For those of you who didn't know I recently quit my job so that I could stay home with Mal. With everything going on with her feet and such we decided there is no one better to take care of her than her mommy. Anyways, we said our goodbyes and headed down to Mesa. It was so nice to have spent time with Trent, he truly is a remarkable man and I am so lucky I get to spend eternity with him. We sat in the temple for awhile just smiling and telling eachother how much we love eachother. It's the best. We are more in love today than we were the day we got married.

Date with Dad and Malorie goes to Mimi's

Trent and I went on a date to Temple and Malorie got to go to Mimi's house (my mom) for the afternoon.

I Am A Very Happy Girl

6 weeks old

Malorie's New Shoes

Believe it or not Malorie only needed 3 sets of casts. She did amazingly well and feet responded perfectly to the treatment. Normally (80% of the time) they always end up doing a tenotomy where they go in an clip the achiles tendon - but Malories had really good dorsiflexion in her foot and so she was able to go straight to her Ponseti Shoes and bar which she will need to wear full time for 3 months and then she will only need to wear them at bedtime and naptime until she is between 5 - 7 years old (this prevents any type of relapse) So by the time she is 4 1/2 months she will not wear the shoes and bar during the day so it will not interfere with any of her normal development. Malorie has been such a good baby through all of this. She is the best baby ever !

Casting June 17, 2010

June 17, 2010

weighed in at 8lbs 12oz

last set of casts - next week we are getting shoes & bar

The Differnce a month makes

So the plan is to have Jamie take a picture of Malorie and this cute pink teddy bear and each of her monthly photo sessions so we can see how she is growing (Malorie, not the teddy bear)

Here she is at 5 days

and here she is at 1 month old. We will get an updated weight today at the doctor, last week she was 7lbs 13oz and I am sure she be over 8lbs today !!

Our little princess is already a month old

All photo's by Jamie Harper

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1st Set of Casts Removed . . .

Perfecting the Feet of a Princess

How fortunate we are to live near Phoenix Childrens Hospital. Where the only orthopedic surgeon

Dr. Lee Segal MD in the state of Arizona who is certified to use the Ponseti method to treat clubfoot. Dr. Segal and his PA actually trained with Dr. Ponseti. How blessed we are.

Here is a video of another doctor that trained with Dr. Ponseti that runs the club foot clinic at

Sinai Hospital of Boston.

We feel blessed that we have found the perfect doctors to treat our perfect little princess.

Meet Malorie . . .

Introducing

Malorie Dawn Archer

May 15, 2010

7lbs 5 oz

21 inches

photos by : jamie harper

www.jamieharper.typepad.com

She's almost ready to make her arrival . . .

The Last Month . . . . .