Bailey Quotes

I took a weekend to visit my friend Michelle in Coeur d'Alene.  The night of my return, after Syd walked right past me and went straight to my mom, Bailey said, "I want to cuddle with you....ya...cuz I haven't cuddled with you around cuz you were with Michelle...ya"

In the car Sydney was getting a little antsy.  I asked Bailey to reach her a toy.  She tossed Freddie the Firefly (a favorite toy months ago for Syd) over to her and she said, "Here Syd, it's not a real bug!"

Bailey and I went in to Syd's room as she was waking up.  Bailey was so excited to see her, jumping up and down and saying Hi and Good Morning.  She said, "My favorite part of her body is her chubby chubby neck!!  What's your favorite part, Mom?"

Sydney @ 13-14 months

Syd is definitely a walker.  She prefers to walk than to crawl.  She walks around the couch.  Around the island in the kitchen.  Around the kitchen table.  She'll walk to the toy room and play.  Then come back out and check on me.  She understands lots of words.  Splash - Hide (she'll raise her DeeDee up over her head) - Cracker - No - Book - Point - Raspberry (as in blowing bubbles on someones skin) - Kitty - Yes - Head - Teeth - Tongue.

She has a real preference for the books that she wants to read at bedtime.  If you grab a book she doesn't want, she'll lean forward on your lap and look toward the book shelf on the changing table and point to one that she wants.  She wants to turn the pages herself.  Her favorites now are Little Gorilla, Goodnight Gorilla, The Big Red Barn, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?,  Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Where is Baby's Pumpkin?

Sydney loves to eat.  She eats Bailey under the table.  She'll eat anything that we put in front of her.  Avocados, cherry tomatoes, grapes, watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, hummus on bread, pancakes, crackers, cheese sticks, Carving Board turkey and ham, pizza, craisins, salmon, bananas, cherries, cake, ice cream...

Sydney @ 14 months

Sydney has given up her morning nap, with a little help from me, for the last 3 weeks.  It makes for a (usually) better afternoon nap and easier to get errands done in the morning.  If we are home in the morning she does get a bit stir crazy by 10ish, so we usually go out for a walk.  That calms her down.  She loves to play dress up with skirts or anything else that she can put on.  Swim goggles, Bailey's shirts...anything.  She is eating very well--pretty much anything we put in front of her she'll eat.  Right now she loves blueberries...which turn her BM's VERY VERY black!  It scared me at first, but we figured out it was the blueberries!

Bailey and the Banana

So. The Kemps were entertaining with a nice dinner party last night so the Kemp girls came to Nana and Papa's house. Syd sweetly went to bed before 8.  Bailey and I took our time after bath reading books and  making sure she went potty one more time. One of the books about gorillas was about banana peels and where they could be found.  After B finally crashed I put a banana on the bed knowing she would find that entertaining.  At 4 a.m. Bailey tried to wake up Papa, but tapping on his shoulder did not awaken him.  I, however, was awakened to a tapping on my face. Bailey was munching on the banana and said "Nana, I wet the bed"!!  After jammy changes and the rest of the banana was consumed, she hopped in bed with us to finish the night. Not sure how she found that banana in the dark!!! She's a pip.


Nana

Father's Day 2012

We woke up early on this Sunday morning to get our annual Father's Day hike in before Sydney's morning nap.  We've been going to Military Reserve, but today TJ choose a new hike:  Camel's Back Park.  We certainly didn't hike straight up!  We made a couple of switch backs and took some stairs to get us to the top, and it was a great view!  Bailey did great.  Sydney was in the Kelty pack.  After heading down, we let the girls play on the playground and they had a blast.  Neither wanted to leave!

Tonight, we had a pool party at the Kelso's to celebrate Father's Day, Kenzie's birthday and Aiden's birthday.  Three-in-one party.  The forecast is to be in the 90's, however a wind advisory began at 5pm.  Sustained winds of 30mph with gusts up to 45mph!  Needless to say, it never really got that windy.  It was Sydney's first time in a pool (outdoor) and she did great!  She loved the water and even tolerated her hat and sunglasses.  Bailey didn't want to leave...but then she realized she was so very very very very hungry, it was time to go.  We went back to Kelso's house and BBQ'd hamburgers and hotdogs.  The kids/ opened their presents from the family - and they were so excited - then we had Angry Birds cake and ice cream.  Bailey loves cake!  If she could have cake for dinner, she would.

Our Baby is From....

Syd likes boxes.  (See earlier post.)  Today Sydney got out a shoe box from the closet and she proceeded to sit inside of it.  As you can see, she kind of stretched it out a bit to fit inside.  Bailey grabbed the lid and put it over her head and said, "Here's our present from R.C. Wiley!!!"  I hope we don't have to return her 3 times like we did Bailey's dresser!

Summer Program

The St. Al's ELC had their Summer Program for the graduating Pre-Schoolers.  Even though she wasn't graduating, Bailey's class got to sing a song (Any Man of Mine, by Shania Twain) and dance to a song (Suds in the Bucket, by Sara Evans) with the older kids.  She has been singing this song for weeks at home, as they practice everyday at school.  I asked Bailey if she was going to sing tonight.  (In her Christmas Program, she just stood there and looked out at all the people.)  I said, "Bailey, we can't wait to hear you sing tonight!"  She replied, "I'm not going to sing...you can listen to my friends." I said, "But oh!  Bailey!  We want to hear YOU sing!"  Bailey said, "You want to hear my beautiful voice?"  Me: "YES!!!"  Bailey: "That just doesn't make any sense!!!"  She ended up doing a lot of singing and dancing and we have the best video to prove it!  Great job Bailey.  The whole family was proud of you tonight.

Sydney in a Box

 Sydney loves boxes.  We have a box of give-away items in our dining room and we seem to always find her sitting in it.  Just looking around and holding an unopened baby bottle.

Transit of Venus

The historical Transit of Venus occurred today, June 5, 2012, beginning at 4:10pm MST.  It lasted 6 hours.  The next time this will happen will be December 2117.  So, it is very unlikely that anyone alive today will witness this phenomenon again.  We turned on the NASA channel and saw the beginning.  Bailey was showing Sydney where to look.  Love these pictures.  Too bad it was such a cold, rainy day here and we couldn't see it with our own eyes.  The high temperature today was 57!  After yesterday's 93!

Sydney's Shoe Fetish

Sydney loves shoes.  Perhaps it started when she saw Bailey's ruby slippers.  I was getting the girls ready for a bath and Bailey's ruby red slippers were in the bathroom.  Bailey was running around down the hall and taking her clothes off.  Sydney (at ~10 months) saw them and crawled toward them.  Just as she picked one up, Bailey came running into the bathroom and Syd held on to that ruby red slipper and made a bee-line to me for safe-haven.  She was keeping that shoe!  Ever since then, she loves to get a hold of a shoe - Crocs and sparkly shoes are her favorite - and proceeds to put them in her mouth.  The sole too.  Best part.  Mmmmm.  We have to keep our shoe closet by the garage door closed at all times.  When she notices it is open, she now walks very fast to that blue shoe bin of Bailey's.