Bailey Jayne - 2 Weeks Old

When they say that time flies when you're having fun, they definitely mean it. We cannot believe that Bailey is already 2 weeks old! And she is already growing and learning so much (besides that she has us both wrapped around her little finger).

This week Bailey went on her first long road trip to meet her future BFF, Dylan's parents Nicole (Happy Birthday) and Alex so they could get a taste of what's to come. We can't wait until Miss Dylan makes her arrival. Then she got to visit with Ally and Dana who brought over lots of yummy food and she got a lot of good snuggle time with them both. We also had our follow up doctor's visit to see if Bailey was getting back to her birth weight, she was down to 7lbs 2oz at our first check up so we needed to get her close to the 7lbs 14oz at birth. Mom was a little nervous at first to see if we could make it there and when the scale hit 8lbs 1oz, we were in shock and the nurses all came over to congratulate us and give us a high five! Apparently it is quite an accomplishment when you gain 15oz in 6 days...all those cluster feedings definitely worked!

Sunday was our first Mother's Day and we spent the morning having brunch with Grandma before the day got a little crazy. Mom had been feeling really ill the last couple of days and took a turn for the worse that afternoon. With thoughts of the flu, we called our doctor and they had us go straight to the ER for tests and observations. Luckily Miss Bailey got to spend lots of quality time with Grandma and Grandpa Reifschneider while Dad rushed Mom to the ER. After lots of fluids, labs and several hours of monitoring they decided it wasn't the flu, rather it was a really bad infection caused by the catheter Mom had during delivery. Even though they wanted to keep her overnight, Mom couldn't stay away from Bailey for too long so they came home and Mom has been on bed rest ever since. We are hoping the medicine and the rest will start to get Mom back on her feet soon, but it's been a longer recovery than we had hoped. Thank you to all our friends and family for reaching out with lots of well wishes. It sure made for an exciting first Mother's Day!

This week Bailey has started to hold her head up on her own, make funny faces, start to crack a smile, snuggle even closer, had her first full bath, took our first professional photos, her first financial planning meeting, cheer for the Royals and get into numerous shenanigans with Dad (while Mom was stuck in bed). Take a look at our week in pictures:

Sneak peek from our first photo shoot...more to come later

Ultra glamour shot with the bracelet from her great-great grandmother and the broach Mom wore during her wedding

Behind the scenes with our AWESOME photographer, Kim Joyce 

After our first bath...not our favorite yet

Super sleepy princess

Shenanigans with Dad started when he decided to spike up her hair with gel just like his...let's just say Mom wasn't totally on board with this decision.

Matching hairdos

Close up

It didn't seem to bother Bailey at all

Our little sleeping beauty

Sweet like Grandma(s)

Snuggling with Mom

Funny faces 

Silly girl 

Happy 2 Weeks

Thanks for joining us on this journey with Sweet Bailey Jane, it's been quite an adventure so far and each day brings more joy and fun in our lives. We are sad that Daddy had to go back to work already but we really enjoyed all the extra time we had with him over these last few weeks. We'll be posting more pics soon, so stay tuned...

XOXO,

Sara, Brian, Bailey & Tequila

And don't think Tequila's not getting any attention...he's still as spoiled as ever!