Claire’s Baptism

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My friend Sarah had her little baby Claire baptized on Saturday. We were going to go to the actual mass until we found out that her church didn’t have a nursery, and then my parents already had plans so we couldn’t get a free babysitter… and then at 4:55 Bailey was still napping so we decided to just show up for the party. Cause that’s how we roll. We’re classy like that.

I got a few pictures of Bailey before we left the house. I got her to sit still and actually put in good pigtails. She ripped one of them out in the car before we even got to the party, five minutes away from home. But here are the “Before” pics:

The party was really nice. They had it catered and we drank wine. Well when I say we, I don’t mean Jonathan. I cannot find a wine that he likes. He’s more of a foo foo drink kinda guy. I mean that in the manliest way possible, honey Bailey was being kind of a nut the whole time. She wanted to go outside and play in the playhouse and on the cozy coupe. Well, the only people outside were standing next to it smoking, so that was fine for a while but then we decided to come inside. Where she ran around the house like a chicken with its head off and kept trying to climb the stairs. She finally stopped to play with Claire’s carseat for a while. I don’t know why she thinks it’s so fun.

Then we caught her digging in the candy dish and biting the Hersheys Kisses. Sorry, Sarah, if we didn’t manage to get all the ones with bite marks out. But I think we did

And finally, a picture with Bailey and Claire together. Claire is being held by Sarah’s cousin Katie. Its fun to see her cousins because we used to hang out with Nikki a lot in high school. They are both engaged now too.

Happy (late) Birthday, Ella!

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Bailey’s little friend Ella turned one last week. We went to a party for her on Saturday. It was a luau theme and Emily and Christopher did a great job decorating! They also had live music and lots of food.

Daddy and Bailey in the hot sun- It was pretty hot at first-

After an hour or so we found a cooler corner of the yard to hang out in and it was nice and relaxing after that.

Bailey with friends Kaitlynn and Valletta

Emily and Ella

Here is Ella eating her birthday cupcake- at first she wasn’t interested at all and got upset when the icing got on her hands. Once everybody stopped watching, she ate it.

Playing ball

Moving Tubes

And at this party we discovered that Bailey loves being sprayed in the face with squirt bottles!

Thank you Ella for inviting us to your party! We had a great time! Happy birthday, big one year old

Cinco de Mayo party

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I know today is actually Cinco de Mayo, but we partied on Saturday night. A friend of mine had a Tres de Mayo party at her house. We brought kids and food and had some drinks. I was kind of wishing I had left Bailey at my parents’ house, to be honest, because it would have been a lot more relaxing. I spent most of the time chasing Bailey and trying to entertain her. I got to see my friend Liz, who I haven’t seen in a few months I think. And my friend Silvana and her husband were there, without their kids. They have a new baby who I haven’t even met. We haven’t seen them in a while.

We weren’t sure how the weather would be, but we tried to make Bailey look festive and Mexican, lol. What do you think?

Here she is with her Aunt Jen-

She spent a lot of time that evening reading books in their living room. Well, alternating with her spastic running-around-and-eating everything-in-sight spells.

I really think next time, even if kids are welcome we might not bring Bailey when we go out. I want to just be an adult and not chase a toddler. I want to be able to sit and talk and have drinks and not worry about leaving when she starts fussing. I hate that I want to leave her at Grandma’s… but I just want to be Tara for a night and not Mommy. I hate even saying that

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.

Family and Friends

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Uncle Bill and Aunt Shirley (the ones who I wish were Jonathon’s parents) finally met Bailey for the first time yesterday. They only live an hour away, but we’ve had a hard time coordinating our schedules. Here they are with the little muffin.


Yesterday we had a playdate at Mae’s house. Her three year old was dressing Bailey up. Here’s Bailey in her “princess costume.”


Bailey and Avie

Also last week we went to a going away party/baby shower for the Hysers. Here’s Bailey with our friend Jen… unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures of Tony and Rachel

Bailey was such a good girl. I had to do the single parent thing because Jonathon was working late. Friends held her and helped me out, but she spent a lot of time in her carseat while I ate and hung out. I felt kind of guilty, but she didn’t seem to mind.

Some Random New Pictures

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Sunday at my dad’s birthday party- he was letting Bailey smash the icing with her fingers





I thought it was time to post some more recent pictures of Bailey… especially since the cute ones of her smiling aren’t showing up sometimes. These were taken in the last few days. The tan baby is my friend Kim’s little girl, Mackenzie.

Wordless Wednesday- Swimming and birthday party

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First trip to the pool- Aquaport for a church volunteer appreciation event






These pictures were taken at Alison’s 3rd birthday party. She’s the little girl I used to take care of, so it was fun to see her and her family again! I can’t believe how big she’s gotten.

Bailey’s Dedication at Church

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Bailey was dedicated this morning at our church, so I wanted to get a bunch of pictures posted for everyone. She is wearing a gown and bonnet that my mom’s friend made- I loved it but I also thought it was a little over the top But when else can you do this?


Getting a little stressd about the whole bonnet situation…

And here is the dedication itself- there were two other babies being dedicated (different from infant baptism because water isn’t used- this is just a symbol of the commitment on the part of the parents and the church). There were two other babies being dedicated today as well.


We had a lunch at our house today after church, just for family and a few friends. Here are some pictures from Bailey’s first “party.”