Noses and Hands and Butts...Oh My!

Okay, here we go.

Noses - another cold, more runny noses and lots of snot (eewww...).
Hands - Bailey has learned to clap (yeah...and we say yeah with the clapping. It's all very confusing, especially for Bailey). She claps her hands with the most serious expression and sometimes one of confusion. I don't think that she has figured out "why" we clap.
Butts - that butt is still waggling in the air, trying to crawl (sooo close). It is very cute to watch, but now I'm worried that I'll have to keep up with her zooming around the house (hey, isn't that what dog runs are for???).
 
Tammie and I got a much needed "Baby-Free Day" yesterday. We went to the Texas Renaissance Festival with Brad and Katie. (You have no idea what I had to go through to get that picture. I got a "stern talking-to" from the owners of the shop we were in about the "courtesy" of asking to take pictures within their shop. Mind you, I never took pictures of their artwork or jewelry they were selling, nor was this sign even for sale...It was just a sign...a stupid, yet clever sign that I wanted to share with my friends and family...go figure.) Aside from the anaphylactic shock and the "stern talking-to", it was a great day. And in reality, the anaphylactic shock (once we were sure Brad would survive) made for some pretty interesting conversations as well. Brad is allergic to nuts, and without thinking (without ANY of us thinking...we all know he's allergic) Brad bought baklava at the Greek market and we let him eat it. Needless to say, we quickly made our way to the First Aid station soon after. 

Three Benadryls later, Brad was drunk without ever having a drink. He survived (else the story wouldn't be humorous) and proceeded to hold entire conversations in a very sleepy, slurring kind of way. He even stayed awake on the way home (which is more than I can say for either of the ladies...) and we retired to our seperate abodes to get some rest after a great trip (yes...we went and got Bailey from her Grandparents. It was a "Baby-Free Day," not a baby-free weekend. Oh stop complaining...we missed her all day. We bought her presents and talked about having her with us next year, so stop thinking we were bad parents. All of you out there with kids should remember what it is like, and how happy you were when you too had a "Baby-Free Day." 

Sorry for the rant...)

More good news as well. I've finished updating our Picasa Photo Albums. I am still working on pulling the backlog of videos off of the camera, but I have now arranged the photos by the months in which they were taken. I'll try to post the previous months photos on the first weekend of every month (if not every couple of weeks) and I've set myself a schedule of updating this blog every Saturday (or Sunday if I happen to be at the RenFest...or marching competition...or Region Band auditions...or a birthday party...or hungover...). Check back often and please share your comments both here and in the photo album. One day I would like to share these with Bailey so that she can get to know everyone who has watched her grow up.

Take care everyone.

So Close, and Yet So Far

With school in full swing (and my coworker out on maternity leave...yeah), things have been a little busy around here. My apologies for not updating on a regular basis. I am going to try and set up a specific day of the week that I update blogs and photos (but please don't bug me about when...I'll get it when I get it. You'll be the first to know).

Bailey has been growing like a weed and developing a personality that is just too much. We are almost crawling (almost, but not yet. I've made the mistake of "helping" her along...she face planted into the floor...started crying...made me feel bad...). For a baby that hated being on her stomach, Bailey now rolls herself onto her belly and pushes herself up to look over the rails of her crib. She actually sleeps on her stomach most nights, and has developed a habit of sticking her butt up into the air (you would never guess that Eeyore was her favorite toy, would you). We've even had a few times of being up on her hands and knees at the same time, but only briefly.

Solid foods are going well, but are very, VERY messy. We are going to have to start stripping her down naked before we feed her. At least then we can just hose her down (calm down...we're not going to hose down Bailey. We only do that to the dogs...and Max LOVES  it).

Daycare is going well, but I still hate dropping her off in the morning. Bailey does love going to Miss Ruby's, mainly because she now has a best friend. Bailey and Miss Ruby's granddaughter, Alexandra, love to play and talk together. Alex will be 12 months next week, but Bailey is still bigger than her. The two of them are fun to watch together. They talk and smile at one another. The other morning, Alex was in the back room napping with her grandfather. I had picked Bailey up out of her car seat, and it was all I could do to hold onto her. She was wiggling and squirming to look over my shoulder to see if Alex was in her Pack-and-Play. When she wasn't, she looked at Miss Ruby with a "Well, where is she?" look on her face.

The holidays are fast approaching and we hope to see everyone soon. Please keep in touch and I will try to be better about updates.  

Oops...forgot about Halloween!!!