Catching Up

Well this must be the week for all of us busy mommies to catch up on our blogs!! We have had a really busy 2 months..I cannot believe that was the last time that I updated Bailey's Blog. Bailey has had a lot of changes in her life in the past few months. Back in April she got tubes in her ears and tear duct probe. The tubes have been amazing, but we have still been having problems with her tear ducts. Last week she had her second surgery for her tear ducts. The doc did another probe, and then inserted tubes into her tear ducts. The tubes will stay in for about 6 months, and then will be surgically removed. The tubes are in placer to give the tear ducts something to grow around with the hopes that when they are removed her ducts will stay open....we wont know until a month or so after the tubes are removed if the procedure worked....so keep your fingers crossed.

On a more positive note Bailey is saying so many words!!! She is starting to string words together, and creating her own sentences some of which make sense and some of which dont. Today..she learned "ready, set, go!" Some of our favorites to hear her say are elephant "ele dent dent" and cow moooo! She is so funny!! She has certainly formed her personality, and I have to admit we have a strong willed child! She wants what she wants and is not afraid to tell you!

Bailey did see her 1st fireworks show on the 4th. Daddy bought a few fireworks that we put off in front of the house....she seemed to like them, and wanted to hold the sparklers......she didnt like when we told her no :)

Bailey got to meet her new friend Sophia this moth..they had a great time playing, riding in the wagon, and eating ice cream. She also got to play with her friend Alex.....they went to the zoo! Alex's mommy made them the cutest matching shirts. The girls had the best time looking at the birds and the pandas. I cannot explain how much fin it is to see two 1.5 year old completely excited by the animals....jumping up and down, talking to the animals...absolutely a pure joy to watch. Bailey also got to go to her friend Grant's 2nd birthday, and then play with him another day. It is amazing to see how they interact with each other. Daddy is a little worried though.....when Grant was ready to go home....Bailey kissed him good bye....uh oh!!

Bailey is also having so much fin at her school..she is still earning new things everyday..she has made some really good friends, and loves her teachers! She has been learning to say their names, and now has several of them down pat!

PS...No, Bailey did not blow the bubble...she took the bubble out of daddy's mouth and put it in hers..we just caught it at the right moment...too cute!!

Well..thats all for now....I'll try to write again soon!

Update on Life

Well, its been a long time since I have written, and Bailey is growing like a weed! Easter was a blast. Bailey went on two Easter Egg Hunts, and loved every minute of them! She knew just what to do..she found the eggs, put them in her basket, and then had a great time opening the eggs to find the treats! In fact..we still have her Easter Basket out so that she can play with the eggs. We are constantly hiding her toys in them so that she can open them to find out what is inside!

Bailey is also big enough to start enjoying the playground. She loves the swing, but loves the slides even more. She has even figured out how to climb/walk up the slide backwards...she has figured things out a little faster than I thought she would. She is so cute at the playground..she loves to climb all over..she is such a big girl!

We are also trying lots more foods...she doesn't like meat so much. She will eat an occasional hot dog, but that is the extent of her meat eating. She loves mac and cheese, grilled cheese,

cheese sandwiches (see a running theme?), and almost every kind of fruit. She is so funny when she eats pears..she can hardly put them into her mouth fast enough. I am so grateful that she would like to have fruits as her sweets rather than cookies or other sweets. Yea Bailey!

She has also started to do some really big girl things. We can give her a piece of trash (paper, box, wrapper to something she is eating) and tell her to throw it away, and she will take it to the trash can and


throw it away. She is great at picking up her toys, and keeping things cleaned..although she is great at making a mess as well! She loves shoes--she knows that if we put shoes on that it most likely means that we are going outside. So...she will go around the house and find all of the shoes she can,and bring them to us to put on...then she will take our finger and lead us to the door so that we can go outside...how can we resist....needless to say we are outside a lot!! She loves to play in the grass..and find the birdies and doggies....which she imitates so well....little tweet tweet, and woof woofs are such

cute sounds to hear. We got her a new pink buggy/car to ride in..she absolutely loves riding in it, and will let me push her the whole way to the end of the street, and doesn't even try to get out!

Bailey has also learned a lot of words...mommy, daddy, granpa, pop pop, nini, ball, doggie, birdie, yes, no, thank you, more, uh-oh, up are some of them. She is also really cute with her animal sounds. She know what a birdie, doggie, and bear say. She also know what bunies do..hop hop....she has such a cute way about her.

Bailey did end up getting tubes in her ears and a tear duct probe as well. We reached the limit on ear infections, and needed to do something about it to make our little pumpkin feel better. She has had one ear infections since the tubes, and the tubes did what they were supposed to..drain the fluid. Ear drops and an antibiotic did the trick..hopefully now that summer is here we will be able to move past the ear infections and we will have a great, sickness free summer!

I have included some great pictures, and a video..and I will post a few more videos in a few days...have to figure out how to upload from the camcorder :)

I'll write again soon!

A day at the Zoo

Well..Bailey had her first experience with the Atlanta Zoo, and what a wonderful experience it was. Bailey had so much fin watching the animals move around, and eat, and jump, etc. She watched in amazement at each different animal. She loved the gorillas..they moved a lot, an d she really liked the birds because they never stopped! We stopped in the petting zoo, and she had no fears about petting the sheep, goats, and even the pigs. We stayed at the zoo all morning, and into the afternoon. Needless to say, as soon as she got into the car, it was lights out for Bailey..she slept the whole way home, and then slept the whole night long!! We will definitely go back to the zoo again!

Bailey's 1st Snow Day, trying to feed herself,and cupcakes...

So..as we all know it SNOWED in Georgia! We had so much fun taking Bailey out into the snow. I was so proud that she kept her hat and gloves on the whole time we were outside. She ran around, tried to touch the snow, ate some, but most of all she just loved being outside. I posted some cute pics and videos of her playing. Bailey's grandmother (Caki) also came over to play--there is a really cute video of Bailey running to her. She also played in Caki's boots when we came in the house to warm up!

We are also trying to teach Bailey how to feed herself with a spoon..I have included a sequence of pictures of Bailey with her applesauce..she ended up turning the bowl upside down!

Bailey is learning so much at school..she has learned the motions to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". I finally caught her in a picture with her hands above her head signifying "out came the sun"....it cracks me up tp see her making the motions...