And yes, I had Bailey’s stroller. She hates it with a passion and so I don’t make her get in it too often. Only if we are walking really far. And usually if we are going through a parking lot. If we ever have another child I guess I don’t need to invest in a double stroller. Really the stroller is just my diaper bag carrier. And when we go shopping it’s my clothes rack!

I love that you ride a tram to get into the park. I would say the ride is about 15 minutes but can be longer on a really busy day or if there are a lot of animals in the road. The rule is that kids sit toward the inside and adults sit on the seats along the edge. So that you don’t lose stuff… or a kid… well today I turned and reached toward Bailey who was sitting on the inside and somehow my shoe (Birkenstock sandal) went FLYING off and landed on the ground. If you know me IRL you know that I tend to have outbursts so of course without even thinking I was all “OMG my shoe! My shoe is over there!” And the tram tour guide started asking me on the microphone about it. He couldn’t get the driver’s attention in time to stop (the tram is like four 10-row cars long) so they had to radio the next tram to pick it up. So then on the microphone he had to ask me what color my shoe was and everything. I’m glad they got it for me because that would be like walking through the zoo without a shoe… ick! Plus not a cheap shoe, either.

Here is Bailey before the tram ride started and before the shoe incident.

She fed a goat with a bottle for the first time today. She asked me about it a couple times. I kept trying to blow it off because I know the goats are a little psycho sometimes if you go in their pen. Like they will start nipping at your clothes, nudging you (not gently, either!) and put their front feet up on your leg to reach the bottles. Bailey was NOT happy with just feeding them through the fence- she wanted to go in there. This picture was taken within the first ten seconds while it was still fun, before she had three goats climbing on her and fighting over a bottle. She kind of freaked out and I was trying to get the lens cap on my camera and stuff it in my pocket because the goat area is so dusty AND I was afraid they would bite at it. Now when I ask her about feeding the goats she says, “No no goats! All done goats!” We will probably try another time through the fence.

And toward the end of our visit, by the camels. You can buy food to feed the camels and Bailey is always sticking her hand in the food dispensers to see if there is anything in there. They’re like those gumball/candy machines where you put in a quarter and turn the dial. She is such a scavenger.

Overall it was a really fun day and I am looking forward to going back! I am so glad we got a parking pass again so that we can go whenever we want. It is a great way to spend a morning because it’s closer than the zoo and smaller/less crowded so the kids can run around more.

Most commonly used (and far more regularly than her actual name) is Muffin, or any variation of that including Muff, Muffie, Muffie Muff, Snuffy Muff, Snuffle, (those both started when she had a cold LOL) Snuffleupagus…

Also Bug, Bailey Bug, Buggie, Bailey Bear, Squiggle, Squiggle Pig, Dolly, Lovey

If I’m not around much in the next few days, I am entering Crazy Wedding Weekend and I am going to be super busy. But I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures.

On Wednesday, we are going to a party for the Fourth but not sure what we are doing yet for watching fireworks. I am in a wedding this Saturday, so the second half of our week will be really busy with the bachelorette party and rehearsal and everything.

I had to get some pictures in her cute jammies from her Great-Grandma! Check out the feet on them!


Grammy watched Bailey while Jonathon and I went to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings

Grammy and Grampa at La Plaza Mexican Restaurant last night

And here’s the happy baby about two minutes before the worst poop disaster in the history of the world!


Trying on the hat that matches her swimsuit in anticipation of a trip to the pool next week

More Baby Einstein mat fun! And Chloe had to be close enough to watch

Otherwise, I will just say that yesterday was horrible and today HAS to be better. Bailey slept from 11 last night until 6:30 this morning, then ate and went back to bed until 11:10. Thank God.

First Jonathon was sick, and then me, and within about a day of me showing Symptoms Bailey was also getting sniffly… so therefore I am convinced she caught it from Jonathon and not me. But that’s neither here nor there. She started out sniffly on Monday night and I called and made her a doctor appt. Her pediatrician is out of town so she was supposed to see someone else in the practice. Well then on Tuesday she seemed fine so I cancelled the appointment. Of course. Only to have her crabby and very congested last night. So I got up this morning and got her an appointment for 11:30 today.

She saw a nurse practitioner in the same office. She said that she has a cold, but thankfully her ears and lungs are clear. She gave us some Pediacare cold med and also told me stuff to do like saline mist/aspirator in her nose before nursing to help her breathe while eating. And sleeping upright as much as possible, and a humidifier in her room. She also said it could take up to two weeks for her to get better at this age! WHAT!?!

Of course my first thought is anger toward Jonathon for bringing sickness into our house. Not that he did it intentionally, but I swear the guy gets sick five times for every one time I do. Normally I don’t even catch what he has. Then I’m frustrated with myself for getting it. ANd I feel bad that Bailey feels bad. She is such a little trooper. She tries to smile and then she’ll cough or her throat will rattle and she will make the cutest little sad face and start whining. Then she’s back to herself again until she remembers she doesn’t feel well.

Does she hate the saline drops and aspirator? Yes she does! I am thinking about discontinuing them as they seem more aggravating than helpful at this point. If she is having trouble eating then I can try them again. For now, she is only nursing on one side but it seems to be enough to keep her happy.

This is Bailey when she was less than 24 hours old:

Notice how the sleeper is just huge on her. It is hanging several inches off her feet, and her legs kept getting caught in the body section of it. The photographer had to pull it tighter around her for her first pictures so she didn’t look lost inside it!

Now here is Bailey at 10 weeks, in the same sleeper. Not much wiggle room left! My girl is growing like crazy, and she seems so happy and healthy.

After I took this last picture I spent a while trying to get a picture of her smiling… and finally had some success…

Here are a few picture of Bailey and me getting ready

Did I mention that Jen and Aaron just got back from vacation in the Dominican? We are trying to plan a group vacation for sometime in the near future (okay like maybe next year) so we spent a chunk of our time talking about stuff like cruises, Sandals Resorts, and Crewed Yacht Charters.

Of course we also touched on all of our regular topics such as work and sex as well. Couldn’t be a girls night without that!

Anyway, this is the outfit that inspired this post. A gown given to us at a baby shower, size 0-3 months. I just now tried putting her in it again because it was way too big before. Still has plenty of room. Anyone else think baby sizes are funky?

She was up late last night so she slept this morning in the church nursery- yes, this is the second time I have put her in there. But I am the nursery coordinator for the first service hour, and that’s when I put her in there, so I was able to poke my head in about every five minutes and look at her. I think if I wasn’t back there where I could see her, and if I hadn’t worked in there for so long and known how it runs, I wouldn’t have put her in there yet. Plus, our church is huge so the rooms are very age-specific. She is only in with other babies who aren’t crawling yet, so they don’t touch the same toys or anything like that yet.

Bailey was very well behaved all day, which was a gift to both of us! Not that she isn’t usually a good girl, but she was just especially mellow today. After we got home, Jonathon and I were able to take a long late-afternoon nap together while Bailey slept. Then I even made dinner tonight!

Here is Bailey right before we dropped her off in the nursery…

My grandpa, Jonathon, and my dad- the proud daddies

Our little family on our first Father’s Day together- we went to my parents house to celebrate. I was supposed to host it at my house originally but I haven’t had much time to clean lately and it’s just gotten embarassing. This weekend I managed to clean both bathrooms and put away some of the random junk that seems to be laying around everywhere since Bailey has been here… I will really have to do some cleaning tomorrow though because we host our small group here on Tuesday!

Bailey with my grandma while we open gifts… I got Jonathon a mini SD card for his new phone (which is also an MP3 player and his early Father’s Day gift) so now he can start putting music and videos on his phone. Just what everyone needs, right? Someone actually joked about me getting him a life insurance policy for a gift- LOL- but he already has one anyway… ours is through State Farm but I know there are cheaper options out there like Globe life insurance…