Tuesday Toot- Therapy is Tough!

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I have been taking Bailey to see an occupational therapist for over two months now. Her eating has improved SO much. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes, though. It’s a time commitment: Twice a week I drive about 20-25 minutes each way to get to her therapist’s office, wait 45 minutes for her appointment, listen to her cry in the other room… It takes time away from “fun” activities that we could be doing and also interrupts our schedule. It costs a stinkin lot of money. Today I even initiated a difficult conversation with our therapist and got some answers to questions I had. But I do it because I love Bailey. I want her to get better and to be able to eat normally, play and focus on “normal” activities, etc.

I think as moms we can be hard on ourselves. Take time to think about something that you have accomplished lately. It’s not bragging; we just need to acknowledge our hard work and it’s good to feel good about it! To read about what other moms have done, visit Mommy Community.

Ella’s Birthday Party

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I have been trying to post this for over a week and I keep losing the post so you are getting pictures without a lot of chit chat. I’ve got to get caught up! Here are the pics from Ella’s birthday party two weekends ago-

At first she didn’t want to change into her swimsuit. It was SO hot…

But then I convinced her to put her suit on and get in the water/sprinklers and she had so much fun! She also ate a lot of Cheetos!

She liked the sandbox too. I spent the car ride home picking the sand out of her bathing suit bottom! No more swimtsuits and sandboxes together. I am glad she wanted to get in though.

Thank you to Ella for inviting us! We had a great time

Why I haven’t posted lately

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So, I haven’t been able to post anything lately since our firewall system is blocking my ability to load pictures as a security risk. If this works, then I should be posting again very soon. (Jonathon typed this, that’s why it’s all techy-ish!)

My Heart

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I love this girl.

I love this lion.

Have you ever seen a cuter paper plate lion? I think this is my favorite art project so far. She made this at her Messy Monsters camp last week at her O.T.’s office. They have a little sensory play summer camp that she is going to. And she’s doing GREAT might I add!

Look how messy she gets now! Can you believe this dress? I only put her in play clothes when she goes and this is why!

Monkey Joe’s with Daddy

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Last weekend we took Bailey to Monkey Joe’s. It was the first time for Jonathon to go there. Bailey was a complete wild woman. She is fearless when it comes to climbing UP anything. She actually climbs to the top of all the structures (including a few that some older 3-4 year olds could not climb up) but then sometimes she gets scared and has to be rescued by the Monkey Joe’s workers. I don’t want to discourage her from being adventurous, but she gets in over her head!

Here she is in the “baby area” which lasted all of about five minutes…

And being silly with Daddy!

Our goal is to do one fun activity as a family each weekend. Jonathon is off work most Fridays now for the summer, so we have more time to go do stuff. And he is starting to learn that it’s actually FUN to take Bailey places. Maybe even more fun that working on his computers…. maybe….

Wordless Wednesday- Mad Sticker Girl

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Grocery store stickers + not wanting her picture taken = Mad Sticker Girl

Grant’s Farm with Grammy

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We went to Grant’s Farm again last Friday. We love that place. Here are some pictures from our visit.

Tram ride

They said this little guy had just been born the day before. It was so cute- he was just trying to get his legs to work and he was so wobbly!

Feeding the goats “the safe way” through the fence

And snack time… isn’t that always the highlight of every event?

Just a few randoms

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Last week at the Transportation Museum with Grampa- who(m?) Bailey still calls “Popock”… I had a little misunderstanding with the weatherman and dressed my child waaaay too warm weather-ish. Bailey enjoyed riding the train so I got a few pictures of us in front of the train… until we got too cold and had to get moving!

Ready for nap the other day, she was singing a cute song and I just love her in t-shirts, she looks so cuddly and sweet!

First day of summer camp through our school district- the parents stay and play, and it was lots of fun. We made a birdfeeder, did water play, free time, play dough, and got to go outside!

Oh and a picture from Gabe’s birthday party back in February- I just found this!

Have a great weekend!

“Key Mouse”

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Bailey went to a birthday party a few weekends ago at Chuck E. Cheese. It’s the first time she has been there since she was about nine months old. She had a blast. I do have to say that she was probably the ONLY child there in a dress, but that’s how we roll.

She was IN LOVE with Chuck E. Cheese (the mouse) and called him Key-Mouse. She wanted to watch him sing on stage the whole time. She also liked this ride with him and it took her picture and printed it out during the ride.

She loved climbing through the tubes like at McDonalds. She looks scared in this picture but I’m not sure why because she was waving and laughing up there. And if you have ever gone to any type of play area with Bailey- she is the fearless one who heads straight to the top and tries to play with the older kids. I have to try to catch glimpses of her once in a while through the tunnel windows.

The cake… she ate ALL the icing and it was so sweet. Huge sugar high but I’m just glad she’s eating!

And the birthday party had a Minnie Mouse theme. Bailey wanted to pose over and over next to the cardboard Minnie and get her picture taken.

One thing I love about C.E.C. is that EVERY ride is only 25 cents. Which lasts a loooong time for a two year old. I think we got ten tokens and were hard pressed to use them all. I mean the birthday provided us with the tokens… but for future reference it would be very inexpensive to go there and play for a while.

Wordless Wednesday- Not so wordless outings

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A few pictures from our outings last week- first the Magic House (LOOK at Bailey with her hands in the sand! She is doing so much better since she started her O.T.)!! And then at the Botanical Gardens.

Magic House playdate with Addison

Botanical Gardens- it was so hot… it got a lot more humid than I expected and what was supposed to be an overcast day turned into a muggy, sweaty day. I don’t do summer in St. Louis, I melt when it gets above about 85. Just ask anyone who knows me IRL, I quit coming to playdates last year for the month of August, unless they were at the pool. I am thinking this year we might potty train in August since we won’t leave the house!

But we still had fun with our friends- Ella, Kaitlynn, and Brady (whose mom just started selling Avon too!)

Rough Day at the Park

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We went to the park last week with our Moms and Tots group from church. The morning started out great. Bailey actually cooperated and got ready without a hassle- which is rare- can I get an Amen, moms of two year olds? She was rewarded with a powdered sugar donut. Yep, I’m totally NOT above bribery.

We got to go down the hill (I think it was more like I chased Bailey down the hill when she took off running) to see the pond. We had fun walking across the bridge and exploring. It didn’t even faze her that there was a huge pond. It scares me how fearless she is and how she is so impulsive. It was HOT, but she didn’t seem to care.

We saw this duck up close and she thought that was pretty cool.

Then on the way back up the hill, one of those big furry bumblebees got in my flip flop and stung the bottom of my foot- it was still hanging on and I had to flick it off and then oh did it hurt. Plus I had to limp all the way up the hill on my tip toes of that foot while carrying Bailey who was having a fit. But there were a lot of dandelions so I didn’t want her to get stung too! Bad mommy decisions.

When we got up to the top she had some snacks and then went back to play on the playground while I poked at my foot- which felt like it was on fire. I haven’t been stung since I was like 8 years old and I don’t recommend it. But Bailey loves Goldfish crackers and she seemed oblivious to my pain. I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it and scare her but she didn’t notice anyway.

Then right before we left this kid pushed her (not trying to push her off, just pushed her out of the way and turns out he was deaf and couldn’t talk to her anyway) but she went flying off one of those gaps where you can slide down a pole. KWIM? It was about the height of my head so over five feet- I just saw her go flying to the ground and then laying there in a heap screaming. At least she was screaming but I was thinking for sure broken bones! She bit her tongue and it was pretty bloody and she had a little bump/scrape on her chin but I think that’s it!

For a day or two she kept saying “Boy push you!” and “Beelay fall boom park!” POor girl, there was nothing I could have done but it was so awful to watch.

Just Singin’ In the Tub

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You’ll have to turn your head to watch this one too. I have never claimed to be great with technology. Someday I’ll figure out how to rotate the video files.

Wordless Wednesday- Pizza

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My Grandpa’s Birthday/ Bailey’s Tricycle

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We celebrated Grandpa’s (papa’s) birthday a few weeks ago. This day was also significant for two other reasons: Bailey wore “real” ponytails for the first time AND she got her first tricycle!

Okay but we’re supposed to be talking about Grandpa. He turned 88. I am so proud of him and my grandma. They live on their own in a condo nearby and they do pretty well, most of the time. Bailey loves to go over and visit them! Here she is giving her Papa his birthday present.

My mom gave Bailey her new tricycle that evening. She had so much fun riding around the house with it. It is the pink and purple version of this Kettler tricycle and I seriously recommend it. My mom got it used and the price was really reasonable. It is much more sturdy/stable than Radio Flyer or any of the ones we saw at the toy store. The base is wide, the wheels are wide, and it’s heavy. Bailey is getting a helmet before she takes it outside because we want her to learn early that she has to wear a helmet to ride a bike. We have a family member who had a head injury from a bike accident so I take it pretty seriously!

Happy birthday, Grandpa!

Happy Memorial Day!

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Not much going on around here. Just delivered some Avon and visited my grandparents. Jonathon and I are going to grill and I am making some key lime pie for him. Just a nice, low-key family day.

Thank you to all the men and women who have sacrificed for our country! We appreciate what you have done and we always pray for our military. We are so blessed to live in a free country.