Happy Monday! Hope you all enjoyed the Easter Weekend with your family. I can't believe it but our baby girl is 11 months old today! We are so blessed to watch this sweet baby grow but wish time would slow down a little!
Bailey Jayne - 11 months old
Bailey weighs 20 lbs. 1 oz. and is 27-3/4" long. We don't have a doctor's appointment until next month when we go in for our 1 year check up! It doesn't seem real but it is so true when they say that the first year flies by.
Bailey in her favorite chair
Bailey has really nailed the whole walking thing and she is getting faster and sneakier each day. She loves to laugh - at herself, her brother or at Mommy, Daddy and Grandma. She has also mastered climbing up on everything from the couches and her slide to things she is not supposed to climb like the fireplace. Actually keeping Bailey from sneaking around her toys and trying to climb on the fireplace is a full time job. We've already had several tumbles from our daredevil stunts so she is definitely going to be a rough and tumble girl (like both her parents). Bailey loves being outside and exploring this crazy world. She loves digging in the dirt and in the sand, picking at the grass and flowers and following her brother around. She loves to sing and dance along with her cat piano and is already into karoake with Dad! Naps are few and far between because our active little girl is always on the go. We have 10+ teeth now, including some molars, and Bailey loves to brush her teeth every night. She loves to say Mama, has said Dada a few times and is working on a few more words. We don't get to do a lot of deep couch sitting anymore but we have fun chasing our little monkey everywhere!
This past Easter Weekend was jam packed with fun events! We started out Friday night going to the Olathe Community Center for our first Easter Egg Hunt. We had been practicing at home so Bailey was ready to go by Friday night. Saturday morning we got up and went to Deanna Rose Farmstead to volunteer and got to play with and feed baby goats. There were two calves that had been nursed back to health that Bailey loved playing with and letting them lick her fingers. Mom and Dad also went to the movies while Grandma and Grandpa babysat Saturday afternoon and then they came back over Sunday morning with Uncle Mat for Easter Brunch. We had to move our morning Easter Egg Hunt indoors because we had snow falling down most of the morning.
We love beach balls
Getting ready for the hunt with Daddy
Picking up our first egg
All that practicing paid off
Scoping out more eggs
I think I've seen this egg before
Putting the eggs into our cool backpack
Baby goats checking out Bailey
Bailey letting the baby goats smell her hand
Dad with his favorite baby goat
Baby goat kisses
Checking out the calves
Nestle and Oreo
Letting baby Oreo lick our fingers
Petting the baby goats
She caught me snapping pics
Bailey the goat whisperer
Oreo really liked Bailey's fingers
Having way too much fun
Dad feeding one of the baby goats
Mom got to feed one also...at least this baby takes a bottle :)
Finding Easter eggs inside
Hunting more eggs with her new Easter basket (thanks Grandma!)
Our snuggle bunny
Just like most holidays, we like to celebrate and since we had some beautiful light on St. Patrick's Day morning we thought it would be fun to snap a few shots. Bailey's patience for photo sessions is limited because she is such a busy girl, so we got to try a few walking shots using Mom's action setting on her camera.
Our little lucky charm
Trying to mess up Mom's set up
Having way too much fun
Such a sweet girl
We'd rather walk than sit
Hi Mom
Although our Jayhawks won't be advancing any farther in the tournament, we still have nothing but love for them. Bailey loves cheering on the team, wearing her Jayhawk's Cheerleader Uniform, reading her Jayhawk's book and playing with her Jayhawk's Cheerleader doll and her new Big Jay puppet. We are ingraining the tradition early :) We want to thank them for such a fun season and can't wait until next year!
It's serious work cheering on the Jayhawks
Getting ready for game time is a family affair
Dancing to the Sweet 16
So happy to make the Elite Eight
Bailey has gotten more steady on her feet and she is walking all over the house now. She is starting to look a little less Frankenstein now and she has started to pick up speed. She also loves using her new mobility to get into (or try to) everything.
Bailey is such a great eater...she may not like to eat a lot of solid foods, but she likes to try a lot of new things. She still loves veggies - especially spinach and peas, chicken, fish, ham, steak and of course cheese. But she has recently acquired a taste for lemons and limes...the rind and all. Some people may give us funny looks but she thinks they're great! And we don't shy away from messes...in fact, the messier the better is Bailey's motto. We still won't take a bottle, but we have learned how to drink from a sippy cup and our new favorite - a straw! She thinks she is such a big girl.
We love frozen peaches
We could eat spinach for days
Trying our first lemon
What are you looking at?
A little sour...
But oh so good!
Sippy cup and shoes...big time
We nailed this straw thing
May have tried a Popsicle
Sitting at a bar top like a champ
Eating breakfast with Uncle Mat in a booth...no biggie
Bailey loves to splish splash in the bath and play with all of her toys. Her new favorite are the letters Mom and Dad bought. She loves to chew on them while Mom spells out funny things to Dad when he's at work or in the other room.
Sending Dad a message
Strike a pose
Bubbles
We love baths
Watching Bailey and Tequila together melts my heart (most days) and makes me realize how great Tequila is with her. He is her protector, her playmate, her garbage disposal (on some things) and her best friend. She is constantly looking up to him for direction and he has taught her so much. He is extremely patient with her and she likes to test his limits daily. We love to get him out as much as we can and he is loving every minute of it.
Showing Bailey how to pick up sticks
Tequila and his crew
Checking out the Lenexa Dam
Taking a break from the agility course
Mastering the big climb
Enjoying the dog park
Not our shining moment and led to a shower with Mom and Bailey (not easy)
Posing with Bailey on the playground
Overseeing Bailey's water play
Fishing
Just hanging out
Dancing and playing in the yard
Keeping an eye out for intruders
Playing at the park with Dad
Just chewing on a stick
Tequila's turn
Giving him a new one
Playing in the dirt together
Going in for a smooch
Waiting for Dad to get home
Enjoying National Puppy Day
This picture pretty much sums up their relationship
Trying to give Tequila a kiss
Settling for a hug
Reading to her brother
Already playing dress up
She's bothering me
Tequila and Bailey's favorite activity...sharing food
We have been fortunate with a ton of beautiful weather this past month and we are taking full advantage of it. We love finding new parks and trails to explore, crawling and walking around the backyard and discovering new things to get into. Grandma and Grandpa Schorr came up this month and we got to take them to one of our favorite new parks!
Just cruising around the yard
Climbing the playground equipment
Exploring with Grandma
We love playing in the sand
Playing around with Grandma Schorr
We like to pose
Climbing through the tunnel
Trying to climb in the water box
Showing GiGi how to play
Couldn't help getting in
We love to swing!
It's the coolest
Exploring the grass around our new slide
We found some flowers
He loves me...
Look at this cool playground!
Just crawling on a hippo's tongue
Checking out our reflection
Peekaboo
Trying to keep our balance is fun
Just riding around on my car
Playing in the dirt is so much fun
Glad Mom got our the white pants
Hiking with Mom
Giving Mommy hugs outside
Playing in the leaves
Swinging with Daddy
We love our car
Playing around at Heritage Lake
Hanging out on the island
Bailey loves discovering new things and playing independently and with others. She loves music and one of her favorite toys is her cat piano which she plays non-stop. She also loves to play with her animals and dinosaurs, making sounds and motions for each animal. She doesn't like to stay put for long so we have lots of toys that she can climb on and move around with. We scored an awesome castle slide on Craigslist and it didn't take her long to figure out to climb up (both ends) and slide down.
We love this cat piano
Karaoke with Dad
It's so funny
We like to test the boundaries with this one
The Tula is fun!
Rock me Mama
We think the wine fridge is a toy
We like to put everything on our feet
Pillow Mountain is back!
Determining our strategy
How do we have so many pillows?
Grandma joined us
I love to play!
Definitely the wrong way
What did Mom put in these things
Tea Party
She looks like she is up to something
We love balloons
She loves her slide
Love those baby blues
Peekaboo
Naps and snuggles are getting few and far between these days because our girl is always on the go. But every once in awhile she will sneak up on my lap for snuggles and I soak them up.
Look at those smushy lips
Sleepy girl
Couldn't even sit up
Sleeping with our favorite doll
Can barely keep our eyes open
My favorite moments
Sweet slumber
Babywearing for the win
Peace
My heart
Our morning workout was tough
I can't believe how fast this year has gone...in just one month our baby girl will be one! I love watching our baby growing into a young sweet child and can't wait to see what her future brings. Here are more of my favorite pictures from this past month.
Early morning dentist visit after no sleep...no problem
Our nap didn't involve sleeping
That tongue
Just a little snack in the front yard waiting for Dad to come home
We love our new shoes from Miss Lori
Such a sweet face
So tired after swimming
My baby girl
Getting ready to hike
Just woke up like this
Trying to capture her sweetness
Still trying
We love our Storch
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend and we will update you on Bailey's adventures next month!
XOXO,
Sara, Brian, Bailey and Tequila
And as always, here are a few more of our favorite outtakes from this morning's shoot.
