March 2012 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILEY!!!

On March 4, 2012, we celebrated Bailey's first birthday. We can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. We are grateful for Bailey and can't picture our family without her. She is a little bundle of joy and is more and more like Ryan each day. More of that sappy stuff at the end. Let's check our Bailey's first birthday.

Good morning birthday girl!

I had a painting project to work on so we enjoyed breakfast outside. Bailey had her first pear and I think she enjoyed it.

Bailey is very curious and enjoys exploring. She likes to look out windows and see what's going on outside.

Bailey's birthday was on a Sunday, so we went to church and just hung out at home afterwards.

Bailey has watched Andrew and Ryan tickle each other (and tickle her too) and finally figured out that she can do it back to them.

 After dinner we had some of our friends come over to celebrate with us. 

We put her in her high chair and she was very confused when we started singing to her.

Then she saw the cupcake and the candle.

Ohhhh, what's that?

Make a wish.

Neither Andrew or Bailey got super excited about their first cupcake. She ate a little and then was "all done".

Happy Birthday Bailey

Andrew gave Bailey his special zebra, Sausy. It's rare that he shares him, so Bailey was pretty excited. That was his gift to her I guess.

Mama and the birthday girl.

My journal entry for Bailey:

                2/4 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILEY! You are now one year old! I can’t believe how quickly this year went by. You are such an important part of our family. I can’t imagine life without you. You are a sweet darling baby girl who is growing up all too fast! You are mostly happy (except for when Andrew tackles you or pulls you down, but he’s getting better). You have been able to walk for a month now and can walk pretty well. You occasionally fall down when the ground is slanted a bit, but you don’t get frustrated and just get right back up. You LOVE your brother. You follow him around all day and just want to play with him. He’s a little stubborn and has a hard time sharing, but he’s getting better at that too. You love when he plays with you though and he makes you laugh more than either me or your dad make you laugh. (which, honestly is great, but I get a little jealous).  You also love your daddy so much. When he comes home from work you follow him into our room or wherever he goes. You point to anything and everything. If you want something, you point to it and stare so intently at it. You must think that if by staring at it, you will somehow get it. (which you usually do because we get it for you). You love phones. You put almost anything up to your face and tilt your head as if you’re “talking” on the phone. The funny thing is that you usually have the thing past your head and you are leaning on your arm so you’re really talking on your arm. Super cute. You can say, “mama” “dada” Andrew “Adew” ball “bah” shoe “shew” food “foooo” banana “nana”. When we wiggle our toes we say wiggle wiggle and you start to wiggle your toes too. You try to say “wiggle wiggle” but comes out weeeooo weeooo or something like that. Sometimes you will grab your toes (or our toes) and make them wiggle and say “wiggle wiggle”. You point to things and day “sha” maybe you’re saying that? I’m not really sure.

                You share pretty well with Andrew and other kids. You put up with a lot being a second child. Andrew can be pretty rough on you sometimes and you are usually a good sport about it. When you’re older and more mature than him, you can get back at him for it J You are patient and just usually happy. You like to wave at people and started to blow kisses really well! You even make the “mwah” sound and blow the kiss. It’s so cute! You are at a really fun age right now. I love how excited you get about things. You go “nigh night” on a pillow when we say it. If there is a pillow on the floor and we say “Bailey, go nigh night” you’ll walk over to the pillow and plop down and suck your thumb. When it really is bed time we will tell you it’s time for nigh night and you’ll walk down the hall to your room and to your crib. You are such a good girl. You also fall asleep pretty well. You have 4 teeth on top and 4 teeth on bottom. You also just had the chicken pox and unfortunately got to a couple scars so when you read this, know that I put Band-Aids over them so you wouldn’t scratch them and make them scar. You still did. Silly girl.

                We call you “Bailey Boo” “Princess” “Bay” and it’s really cute when Andrew calls you “princess”. “No, Princess, that’s my toy” or something like that.

                You are usually a pretty good eater although you do let us know when you’re done by throwing your food on the floor. You can sign “more” and “milk”. You like to eat most foods, but don’t love vegetables (like your daddy). Sometimes if I ask you if you need a new diaper you will walk over to our diaper changing area and pull out a diaper for me and sit down. I can’t tell you how happy that makes me. You still squirm a lot when I’m trying to change your diaper though. If we tell you to get something “go get the ball!” you usually go happily and get it and play with it. You try to write on paper with crayons or markers. You point the remote to the TV and push the buttons (and successfully change channels sometimes).

 I can’t even tell you how many times we say “look how cute she is” during the day. You just walk cute, you have a cute smile and a cute look on your face all the time. You just started wearing pig tails and it is ADROABLE! You are just the stinking cutest kid ever! We are so luck to be your parents. We are grateful for you every day. (even when you wake up at night, which is more often than we’d like right now). You are worth every minute of it. We love you so much Bailey boo.

Happy Birthday Bailey Rose Kalea Kearns!