Babyzilla

Bailey is um... not too nice here lately. She has been whacking me VERY hard for a while now and we have been telling her no and holding her little hand down when she does it. This is not working. She has a regular playmate (the neighbor) who is 6 weeks older and comes to play at least once a week. Every time she comes I hear stories of just how mean she is being. She is constantly hitting her and pulling her hair. No amount of "no" and redirection is working! I got to see her in action this weekend. We went to a wedding shower and she walked up to another baby and was sizing her up. Just then another sweet girl (cousin Raya) walks up to check out the scene. Bailey looks at her and smacks her then she turns and smacks the other baby too!!! I was mortified- at least 10 people witnessed her attack!
I tried googling solutions and everything says the same thing. Tell her no and hold her arm. Watch her closely around other babies, etc. It says she is just experimenting with other peoples reactions. She likes to see what will happen. She is not being mean she is totally happy and smiling. I guess she is just excited to see other babies since she is mostly with Jared and I. Any advice? Will she outgrow this? She needs a Caution:Will smack for no reason sign on her forehead!

On another note- I turned the big 30 this past weekend! It was a very low key Bday this year. Dinner out with Jared (thanks mom for babysitting) and family BBQ on the day of. I got lots of beautiful maternity clothes this year as I had only summer stuff. Im trying to find a good pair of comfy shoes but my feet are getting so big. They grew a size with Bailey's pregnancy and seem to already be getting bigger this time too! Oh and we find out what baby #2 is tomorrow!!! Im so excited- I dont know how I will get through tomorrow fast enough!

Oh My!

Can you believe it? My baby is 11 months old!!! One month away from the big first birthday!!!

I am in total shock! I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that she is not an itty bitty baby anymore!

We are planning a rainbow themed party with a rainbow cake! 

Bailey is brushing her new teeth! Her top 4 are cutting through right now and causing us much fussiness! I can't wait until they are here and she can relax again until the next bunch!

Back to School

I have been back to school full time for 2 weeks now. It's nice to get out of the house but it is so hard to leave my baby every morning! I used to wake her up and feed/cuddle her before i left but since she is officially SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT (hehe) I don't get those sweet moments in the wee hours of the morning anymore! And when I say wee I mean 545am. I leave the house at that crazy time each morning! I can't stay late so I get there as early as possible to get everything ready for the day/week. I am home by 330ish so that is nice! Kyleigh started 1st grade last week and since she goes to a school in my district I know what her curriculum is and it was fun talking about how we are doing the same things each day. She is so so so smart! Jared makes geniuses cause we all know Bailey is super smart too! (haha) She almost said baby today- we have been working on this one because she has a baby doll she loves to hug and kiss. If she is anything like her mom she will be a big fan of all things baby doll! She is also raising her arms up high when we say "How big is Bailey?" "So big!" (GiGi was working on this with her) You can really see that she is starting to understand things- it is so weird how this happens. She knows when we are asking for stuff (usually remotes and such) and she knows to walk the other way and grin cause she wants to keep it! Her walking is getting better and better each day. She walks every where unless she wants to go at high speeds- then she drops down to crawl. Bailey has recently realized it's ok to be without me sometimes. She stayed with my Mom and Marcus for a few hours and didn't even notice I was gone. Then again with Gail this past Friday and by all accounts was happy and peaceful all day! I even tried the nursery at church again and she did great! I love that I can get some time away and she is still happy! Gotta get to bed to make that 5am alarm clock! oh and the lack of pictures is due to the fact that she will not stay still for the camera or her face is right up in it because she is trying to get the camera! Silly girl!

Oh the Joys!!!

So I got home from working half day today with some lunch for Jared and I. I could hear Bailey squealing and having a good time in her crib (which she often does). So anyhow I decided to eat and let her be for a little longer. After about 20 minutes I went in to get her! As soon as I opened the door the smell hit me! She was standing up smiling and giddy with joy that I was home- I could see she was nakey! Her diaper was just chilling in the crib. I walked in the room and then saw the paint job she gave her crib, sheets, legs, and yes face!!! The poo was everywhere! Her hands were caked! It was one of those moments when you just don't know what to do or where to begin. I yelled for Jared and he helped me clean up the poo from the bed while I bathed her! I think I washed her hands 6 times before the smell left! I washed the bedding and loveys twice in hot water. It was just awful! I know it will make a funny story later but this preggo sure did have hard time stomaching Bailey's massive mess today! She is too young to start this! On a positive note I think Jared will start getting her dressed now! He thinks she loves being in a diaper (really it's just super hard to dress this crazy girl)!

A Couple Firsts

Bailey is officially walking! She still loves to crawl especially if she wants to get somewhere quick but she walks a lot too! I can't wait for her knees and feet to not get so dirty! (no matter how often we mop the dirt is still there) She started all the walking last week! So my 9 month prediction was right! She will be 10 months this Saturday... only 2 months away from her 1st B-day *tear*

Bailey is also waving hello and bye now! It is so cute! Even when we get out of the car to just go into WalGreens she raises her hand to say hello. Not sure who she is saying hi to or if she just thinks anytime we go somewhere new she is supposed to raise her arm and move her fingers. When we walk out to the garage to throw away dirty diapers she waves to the garage too!  She is almost clapping as well. She does a whole lot of mimicking. Last night Grandma Sara and Pops were telling her "bye bye" and she said "bye bye" in a sweet little voice. She was just copying the sounds they were making so I am not sure if that counts as a first word or not...

She loves Itsy bitsy Spider and This little Piggy Went to Market. If she is mad I try those 2 things and she usually cheers right on up. And oh can she get mad. She def has a temper and she did NOT get that from me! (ahem- Jared) When she is doing something "naughty" and I tell her "No m'am" or "Stop" in a stern voice she just smiles like I am telling her a joke and goes right back to what she was doing. She doesn't get my mad face yet!

Baby number 2 is growing great! My belly is already getting big! I look like I am 5 months already! And no we are not having twins! ;)

Day on the lake

Jared's parents just bought a new (to them) pontoon boat for the family to enjoy out on the lake. We got to go out on it this past Saturday. I was contemplating whether or not I really wanted to take Bailey. She HAS to have her naps or she is a bit on the cranky side and being on the lake I knew she would def miss her morning nap. We decided to go ahead and try it out to see how she would do (I warned everyone she might become a cranky pants). She did fabulous!!! We got to the lake around 11ish and got right in with the boat. We shoved Bailey into her new life jacket and took off! We had 9 people all together! We took a nice ride out into the lake and then dropped the anchor in the shallows for everyone to enjoy swimming. Kyleigh was brave and swam with everyone. She had been concerned about alligators earlier in the day. haha! I even put Bailey in the water and she enjoyed swimming for about 10 minutes and was ready to get back on the boat. She had a great time just crawling around and cruising around the whole boat. We had lots of snacks to keep her happy! We made awesome sandwiches and enjoyed lunch together. Then little Bailey let us know she was finished. We took another ride on the lake and she fell asleep on my chest. I love when she sleeps on me! They dropped anchor one more time in the deep part and Jared convinced Kyleigh to jump in the "deep end". She was so excited once she did it! We cruised on back to the marina and unloaded! It was a fabulous day on the lake! I'm very excited the Dean's decided to get a new boat- we are def looking forward to many more trips to come!  Unfortunately we forgot the camera so I didn't get any pictures- next time!

Big News!

Jared and I found out a couple weeks ago that we are expecting our next child! It is a tad early but we are so excited that Bailey will have a sibling so close in age! They will have a blast growing up together! We will have a tough, busy, hectic, and wonderful few years of 2 babies in diapers etc... But I couldn't be happier!

 New baby means all those pesky Dr appts. I wanted to switch to a new Dr. with my next pregnancy but it looks like I will just stick with my old one! I was all set to move to a new Dr right here in Shertz until I called today and they informed me that "oh nope I'm unable to schedule an appt for you because we have dropped your insurance!" This same practice dropped my insurance 5 yrs ago and that is when I switched to my current Dr. I called just to see if they took my insurance again and was excited that they did! And now they don't- as of yesterday! Make up your minds people! I'm ok with my current Dr. it's just that he never remembered a thing about me. He was always asking what I did for a living...I wanted to tell him to just make a note on my file so he could pretend to know me! Which reminds me I LOVE Bailey's pediatrician! He remembers EVERY single reason he has ever seen us. I'm sure he just takes notes but it feels great and I feel like he really cares about her. He needs to call my OBGYN and let him know how to make his patient happy! ;) All this leads to her 9 month appt! Her appt was on a Wednesday and she was healthy and fabulous! She is weighing in at 18 lbs and is a whopping 29.5 inches tall! In the wee hours of Thursday morning both Bailey and I had caught a stomach bug! It was awful! Then by Friday it seemed she had pink eye too! We went back to the Dr and he couldn't believe how sad and pathetic poor Bailey looked! She was all whiny and her eye balls were all red and gunky! He prescribed drops and voila her eyes were better the next day! As of now we are all better! Well now Kyleigh is suffering from allergies but that is a pretty normal occurrence for her.

We have had Kyleigh all month and this summer is just flying by! We have been swimming, playing outside, hanging with family, and she has been doing gymnastics! (Thanks Grandma Gail aka- GiGi) Apparently she had been asking to do gymnastics since she was little and now she is finally getting to do it! This week she has been doing VBS and loving it! We are hoping to make a trip down to the beach the last weekend in July! Im sure I'm leaving a bunch of stuff out but this post has WAY too much info as it is!

Baby Dean