I Can Walk!

Well..she can finally do it!! Bailey can walk! It is just amazing that she has gone from taking 10 steps, to trying to walk everywhere. The walking is still wobbly to say the least, but I have to give Bailey credit..she tries to walk 100% of the time. Sometimes she takes 3-4 steps, other times its 10-15, but she always tries. Although, she usually ends up crawling if she doesn't make it to her destination without falling. I was able to catch some on video, and have attached it. I know she will be walking like a champ in no time!

After months of teething, Bailey has also FINALLY cut her two top teeth! Hopefully this will make chomping on all of her big girl food a little bit easier. She is transitioning to table food nicely. I have learned a lot about the textures that she likes and dislikes. She loves bananas, and I am not talking about cut up bananas into nice small pieces...I am talking the whole banana. I will cut the banana lengthwise, and she loves it!! She can hold it in her hand, and eat it up! She also loves spaghetti, lasagna, and fettuccini alfredo...takes after her Momma with the love for Italian food!! I have attached some pictures of Spaghetti face, and a video of her eating some bananas.

Bailey also started daycare last week, and has really done very well with the transition. There have been a few challenges..morning drop offs are hard, but after she gets situated she does really well. I have attached a few pictures of her first day..you'll notice that she really likes to climb on the foam toy!! Hopefully she will continue to enjoy her day with her new friends!!

Lastly..we went to the doctor today to have Bailey's ears checked, and right now she is free of her ear infection. The big news though is that she has been approved to move into her new carseat, and face the front!! Yeah!!

Catching up from the Holidays...

Well..what a whirlwind of a few weeks for us. We celebrated Bailey's 1st Birthday on December 23rd! I cannot believe how this year has flown...my tiny 5 lb 13 oz baby girl is now 19.6 lbs (25th percentile) and 29 3/4 inches long (75th percentile). She is babbling all the time..she can say Mama, Dada, NanNan, Cup, Up, Dog, and That. She says "that" a lot!! It is really cute to see her pointing at things saying "that"..she has the sweetest little voice..we feel so lucky every day! She is standing really well

on her own, and venturing her first steps..she has been able to take 2 or 3 for the past few weeks, but just hasn't had enough courage to take more until Friday night..she took 10 steps on her own.....walking here we come! She loves to push her walk behind toys all over the house. She also climbs stairs like a champ..we have to make sure we have the gates up at all times now!! On a different note..we always knew that Bailey liked music, but now she has decided that she likes dancing to the music as well....every time anything with a beat comes on she gets a huge smile, and starts dancing..we love it! She gets so proud of herself...we can help laughing!

Our Birthday Girl....we had a small family birthday get together on Bailey's actual birthday. We gave Bailey her first little cake..and she HATED it!! She wanted nothing to do with it. She did, however, really like opening packages, and ripping the paper!! We had her Birthday party on The 28th, and had fun with lots of friends and family! She had a great time, but was completely wiped out when the fun was over!

Christmas.....Bailey had a great 2nd Christmas..she got so many fun and beautiful things. I have no doubt that she will be stimulated for months with all the new toys that she got. Good for Mommy and Daddy!!

December did bring our first real illness. Bailey had a 102+ fever for over a week..we were in and out of the doc 4 times, and even to urgent care. Turns out that it was just a bad virus that eventually manifested into an ear infection..yuck! After 2 rounds of antibiotics I hope that it is finally gone..we go back in on the 13th for a check up. She is also cutting her top teeth so that has just added to it..we can see them now..so hopefully that will be over for her soon!

Our last bit of big new is that Bailey is starting her new school on Monday. I think that this will be a way bigger adjustment for Mommy than it will be for her. I think that she is going to have a lot of fun playing with the other children...I know she will learn a lot. I just pray that my heart can make the adjustment..I will really miss having her with me every day....

More to come later~