The Bailey Chronicles

Now when I go to get Bailey out of her crib she is standing up ready to greet me. Today I greeted her with the camera after her morning nap. Love the puffy sleepy baby eyes!

As promised, the photographic evidence of Bay's new trick. I do believe it has made her more demanding LOL, but I am a proud Mama!! Yay B!!!

Bailey seems to take her time hitting the physical milestones. From observing her, I don't necessarily think that it's because she's not physically capable of actually getting there, it seems she is just very cautious about her own capabilities. Don't get me wrong, she's a little dare devil when it comes to playing and flying through the air and jumping... she will totally be a little roller coaster kiddo like her Mama, but when it comes to her doing stuff on her own without my help she gets a little hesitant. With that being said, we do our best to encourage her independence and self confidence and our little one is coming around. Today she finally hit the milestone of pulling herself up to her feet on her own!! For the last few days I have noticed her pulling herself up on her knees, but she didn't dare try to step up to her feet until this evening. All it took, was me putting something that she wanted, but I did not necessarily want her having, up on the couch away from little grabby baby hands. The remote, a baby's holy grail of living room objects it seems. She spotted me trying to hide it from her and with in minutes I see her climb up on her tipsy toes to stretch across the couch and snag that remote. Once her treasure was in her hands she actually stood there, with both hands on the remote, and all her weight on her feet! This lasted for just about 10 seconds until she noticed Daddy coming around the corner to sneak a peak at Bailey's newest trick, and then she promptly tumbled down. YAY Bailey!! You did it!!!!Seeing as how this is a new milestone that was just hit tonight, I don't actually have any photographic evidence of it at this time. As she gains confidence in her ability to stand I will be sure to snap some pics and post, but for now enjoy some cute Bailey head shots and try to imagine the greatness of the moment so that you too can share the pride we feel for our little one ;o)

Bailey is so lucky to have a Daddy that loves her so much and is always so happy to spend time with her. He looks forward to seeing her all day long and the moment he walks through the door home from work they are inseparable. If he has a late shift then he wakes up with her in the morning to feed her breakfast and play a little before he leaves for the day. I try to snap pics when I can of the two of them because I know they will mean so much to her later in life.

We celebrated my friend Bree's daughter Colbi's 2nd birthday at the park! I served as a photographer for the day, and little Bailey not only met another Bailey but had an excellent time watching the kiddos run around and finding leaves on the ground (to try and eat of course). I just love her little party outfit, so cute!

Johnny came home the other night with some Texas Rangers Game tickets that he had left over from work so we invited the Carminatis to come out for a fun summer family outing. Not only did we get a chance to hang out at the cool Ballpark in Arlington but we also had a great view of the new Cowboy's stadium, so pretty! Bailey enjoyed most of it until people started doing the wave, and then she freaked a little :( by that point it was a little past her bed time so John and I had to cut out early. But we did have a lot of fun eating hot dogs and cheering at the game! We hope to go again soon!