First Haircut

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Bailey had her first real haircut tonight (other than me attempting to trim it). We went to Snip Its. Their regular kids haircut is $18, but we had a coupon for half price. Also, they will do bangs for only $8.99 so I have a feeling we will go there in the future when her bangs need to be cut. For that price, its not even worth messing with it myself!

The place is really cute. It is super busy/overdecorated but it definitely kept Bailey’s attention during her haircut. The girl who did her hair was really fast. She created bangs for her- like actually sectioned them off so that they are defined and separate from the rest of her hair now. I had her cut them kind of short- well they ended up a little shorter than I wanted them by the time they dried- but I wanted a significant difference between where they started and stopped so I could pull her non-bang hair up easily and not have to separate it out with a comb. If that makes sense. She also trimmed about a half inch all the way around. Bailey got a toy to hold during the haircut, and then afterwards she got a ponytail and got to choose a special ribbon.

She got to put a “ticket” in a prize machine. It is a big machine that dispenses little things like rings and plastic toys. So the kids always get a reward for getting their hair cut. She also got a first haircut certificate and a little lock of her hair in a tiny ziploc attached to it. We bought some new shampoo that they said will be easier to rinse out of her hair than the Johnsons stuff. Maybe less shampoo battles now??

This was the before picture that I took, before we got out of the car. You can see how long and scraggly her bangs were.

Look at her feet. They never stop moving, ever. I’m glad I finally captured them in motion.

She was really good during her haircut. She sat still and the woman even commented on how great she did for a first haircut. I am attributing it to all the hours she has spent having her hair styled by Mommy!

Ta-da!

I forgot to mention they gave her a balloon, too. She spent the entire car ride yelling “Bad, bad, bad” at the balloon. I have no idea why.

We also celebrated with an ice cream cone afterwards.

Ice Cream Cone Cuteness

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Bailey ate her first ice cream cone last weekend at Lion’s Choice. If you never go there, it’s worth it just for the ice cream. They have kids size cones (dipped) for 29 cents, and the non-dipped ones are like 15 cents or something. (Note: She has had ice cream before, just not in a cone!)

We got Bailey a regular one because I thought she would be a little bit weirded out by the chocolate on the outside. Sometimes she is funny about biting into things with different textures. Anyway she saw that Jonathan and I both had dipped cones so we had to trade. I tried to teach her how to stick out her tongue and lick but it didn’t work so well. I wish I had remembered that I had the camera as soon as she started eating it, but here she is about halfway through. I couldn’t decide on just a few pictures to post, obviously.

Also, Bailey seemed to like the cone better than the ice cream itself (which Daddy helped her eat) so I would like to try to make her those little cupcakes in an ice cream cone. I have looked on my regular recipes website but I would rather use a recipe that someone actually recommends because I have heard its hard to get them to turn out right. Anyone made these before?

Little Pigtails

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Bailey wore pigtails for the first time on Sunday! When I was getting her ready for church I thought her hair might be long enough to try it. I should have planned it out more and had her buckled in her highchair or something, but Jonathon helped me hold her still on the changing table and I put in some piggies really fast. They are a little crooked because I didn’t have a comb, just a big round metal brush. (Like I said, it was a last minute idea). She was running around while I tried to take pictures but at least you can kind of see them.

Floor Pooper

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Just like it sounds. Today, I told Bailey we were going to go in her room and change her diaper. She walked in her room with me and she took off her diaper. I turned around to the changing table, to get a cloth diaper ready so I didn’t have to hold her squirming body down on the changing table any longer than necessary… and of course right as I turned back to pick her up, she was squatting on the floor, pooping. She left a little doody right in the middle of the floor. Then she stood up and walked over to her toy box to play. Nice.

Believe it or not, this is the first time B has EVER pooped or peed on the floor. She goes diaper-less quite a bit and it finally happened. Quite intentionally, too. I’m not sure what to think. But it was definitely gross.

First Ponytail

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I was so excited to put a ponytail in Bailey’s hair for the first time today! Okay, so I tried like a month ago and it looked so ridiculous that I took it out right away. But her hair on the top of her head has been growing so fast, and so I did this before church and it stayed in all morning! Her “bangs” and top hair are getting long enough that it looks shaggy if I don’t at least pull it back with a clip- so I am excited to have another “style” for her besides the “pull over to one side and stick in a clip” look!

This was before church and she wanted nothing to do with sitting still for a picture (of course) so that’s why most of them are of her back or Jonathon trying to hang on to her.

Um so I am kind of a sucker for styling little girls hair. And also apparently taking way too many pictures afterwards

Oberweis

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Bailey had Oberweis ice cream for the first time tonight. We took her to celebrate her birthday with just Mommy and Daddy. She had birthday cake ice cream and really liked it. For about 1/4 of a kids size bowl, then she refused to open her mouth again. I tried it and it was really, really sweet so I think it just got to be too much for her… which is good because she doesn’t normally eat much dairy OR sweet stuff and I was worried about her little tummy. The girls at Oberweis loved her and gave her the ice cream for free, and also a free balloon. She ran around the store with her balloon for a while after she finished eating.

I realize I posted about a million pictures. But these are my last pictures of my child before she is a year old. Yes, I am getting sappy. Tomorrow I will post her big 12 month/one year post.

First Trip to the Zoo

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We (my parents and I) took Bailey to the zoo for the first time yesterday. She loved it! Here she is in the car stopping by to pick up her grandparents.

I really thought she wouldn’t notice many of the animals, so I was counting on hanging out mostly in the Children’s Zoo area. Well, it was closed- warning to anyone who is planning on going to the St. Louis zoo anytime soon. They had listed on the website that the train wasn’t opening until March 20th but they neglected to mention the closed Children’s Zoo. So you might want to call ahead. Anyway, I was really bummed because that would have been where Bailey could have seen the animals really close, and touched lots of things.

Instead we went to the Insect House first, since it’s now either free, or free during the first hour the zoo is open. There are really gross bugs and spiders in there- including giant things with pinchers and hair. It made me keep getting the chills and feeling like something was on my neck. Bailey liked looking in the holes in the fake rock wall there. Here she is with her grandma, sitting on the wall.
There is also a butterfly area as you exit the Insect House. Bailey noticed a few butterflies and seemed to like watching them, if they were close enough.

Her favorite part of the whole visit was the penguin and puffin exhibit. It is really neat, I wish I had taken more pictures while we were in there. They just built it a few years ago and there you can get within inches of the penguins! We stayed in there as long as we could stand it- it’s really cold and stinky, though.

She also had her first ride on the carousel. At first she wasn’t really sure what to think. We were the last ones to get on, or I would have let her look around longer before the ride started. We sat on a leopard/cheetah (Um, so I never learned my Big Cats, lol) and she just looked around everywhere and waved at people. She also patted the leopard/cheetah’s back a lot. By the time the ride ended she was wiggling and trying to get off, but she wasn’t upset. I think she just lost interest.

My mom’s favorite thing to see is the giraffes, so we went up to what I call the “dusty animal” section.


There was also this guy walking back and forth in front of the wall, and all you could see was his fuzzy head bobbing up and down. I think that was my favorite animal to watch!

Our visit ended with a picnic lunch. Where Bailey ate her first lunch meat sandwich (courtesy of my mother). Sometimes she does really well with table food and other times, not so much. But I know that ham and cheese sandwiches with extra mayo are a favorite! Yuck

She also loved the iced oatmeal cookie… I wonder if all grandparents spoil kids like this…

Andrew’s Birthday Party

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This past weekend, Bailey went to her first birthday party ever. (Well, other than for someone in our family). It was her friend Andrew’s first birthday. The party was supposed to be last weekend but he had the flu, so it got postponed. It was fun to be able to celebrate with him and hang out with his mom and some other friends for a while. They did a Cars theme for his party. There were two cakes, one for him and one for everyone else! They were so cute- I wish I had taken pictures of them! This makes me think more about planning Bailey’s first birthday. She might be having a butterfly party (surprise, huh).

When we arrived at the party, Sarah had a bunch of toys out for the kids to play with. Bailey really liked the busy box. I think that’s what it’s called. The thing where there are five pop-ups… you have to press a button/turn a dial/etc to get them to open… We might have to get her one of those for her birthday.


Andrew trying his birthday cake- at first he wasn’t really into it but then he ended up eating a lot of it. I just don’t have any pictures after the first few minutes because I was chasing Bailey around.



Busy playing amongst her friends and a giant pile of toys



This is what happens when you try to take the pictures of a bunch of little kids/babies. There is Bailey crawling away at the bottom right. Mackenzie seems to be the only one paying attention. AJ is holding a plate over his face, and Andrew is looking the other way. LOL

Bailey decided to go back and investigate the toy we gave Andrew.

Some old snow pics of Bailey

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Just realized that we took these pictures last time it snowed and I never posted them. Jonathon brought a snowball inside for B to play with. She thought it was okay to touch but then he got the bright idea to put it on her leg and she flipped out.

Also I posted some pictures of our yard from today on my other blog. And along the same lines (um not really) if you need a Phase 1 report done, you should check out DGC Associates.

Church Nursery

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Okay, so normally I am very happy with our church nursery. Well, not that I’m NOT happy today, but there’s a story here. I work in the nursery every other Sunday morning, as I have for four years now. I also do paid childcare at church on Tuesday mornings and on Wednesday evenings. So I’m there a lot. I know how things work, or how they are supposed to work. Once in a while, things don’t go according to plan, but it’s usually not a big deal.

Today Bailey was in her little classroom and did surprisingly well when I dropped her off. She has been having her separation anxiety issues at home when I am not near her, but she seems to do better when we are somewhere else. She is much more independent away from home, most likely because there are new things to explore. Which is funny, because my friend Amy’s little girl is the opposite. We were discussing that the other day. But anyway, I dropped her off and she seemed okay. I was working in another classroom during the first service but poked my head in at the end and she was still okay. I wondered if she would last through Sunday School because it would be her naptime, and last week she was fussy then. I kind of expected to be paged.

So I am sitting listening to announcements and my pager starts vibrating. These things really get your attention, but like I said I wasn’t surprised. I picked up my purse (so I could show ID) and walked to the nursery. As I passed the front desk I asked if she was having a hard time. They said no, that she had gotten hurt! What? My baby got hurt in her classroom?

When I got to the door of her classroom, she was sobbing and one of the ladies was carrying her around and trying to distract her with a book. She had a big cut spot on her forehead and it was already starting to bruise. Of course she wouldn’t let them put ice on it. Her nose was snotting all over her face and mixing in with the tears. My poor girl. What happened was that she fell somehow (Jan, my guess is that she was trying to pull up or cruise along the cabinets but I guess I never asked)… anyway she bumped her forehead on the ONE thing in the room that could have possibly hurt her. I have never questioned whether the classrooms were safe, but there is a small hinge on the edge of the cabinet and of course her head collided with like that half inch spot in the entire classroom that could have hurt her.

I ended up taking her to the nursing room and sitting with her a while, letting her eat and calm down. We went back to the desk and talked to Kelli, and I decided to keep her with me for a little while. She was over it, but I wasn’t. This was her first actual injury, I mean one that left a visible mark at least. And of course she has pictures scheduled for tomorrow morning. Time to break out the concealer. After walking around with her for a bit and then trying to sit with her in church, I gave up and took her back to the nursery after all for like the last fifteen minutes.

My mom picked her up afterwards and asked why she got hurt, if the teachers weren’t watching or if there were too many kids in there. I told her no, that it could have happened at home. Those things happen so fast. Even when you think the area is totally safe, the kids will find the one spot that can hurt them. It’s just bad luck and part of being a kid to have those bumps and bruises… but it did really make me sad. I almost cried, and I know Bailey forgot about it hours ago but here I am blogging about it. I’m really not mad at all or upset with the nursery. She’s a busy girl and pulling up and getting into everything, so I’m surprised it didn’t happen before now. But this also means she is getting bigger and becoming more of a kid and less of a baby.

Anyway, if you made it this far I am impressed. Sometimes it just helps for me to get my thoughts written out. You should see how many posts I have that never made it out of the draft stage.

This picture was taken in Bailey’s old nursery classroom just before Christmas.

First hairclip and sharing a popsicle with Daddy

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Today I was getting Bailey ready and decided to experiment with her hair clippies. Until now she has only worn the headband bows, except for her Christmas picture when I managed to get a bow clipped in her hair. She didn’t want to hold still for me to put this in, so I did it while she was in the highchair having lunch and she never noticed once it was in. I can’t believe how much more hair she’s gotten recently!

Aren’t I cute??

Bailey has been so crabby I can hardly stand it. We are pretty sure it’s her teeth. Sometimes Tylenol or Motrin helps and other times, it doesn’t. Plus I don’t want to just drug her up all the time, but I want to try to keep her comfortable too. We had been using Orajel and then a pediatrician I know said it doesn’t do much anyway, so we haven’t been using it much lately. Bailey loves to chew on cold teething rings so today Jonathon let her try his popsicle. She loved it! He will let her suck on it and bite tiny pieces off. They finished a whole popsicle together and she cried when it was gone, so they had a second one.


She sure does like to take her shoes off!