That's right, we'll be adding a little princess to our family in April and Miss Bailey couldn't be any more excited. She even pointed to my belly this weekend and said "Sissy". Good thing we have plenty of bows and tutus around the house. Baby Girl #2 is growing well and is as squirmy as her big sister was so it hard to get a clear picture during our ultrasound.
Baby Girl #2 profile
Bailey is 19 months old today and is one wild and crazy girl. She has so much energy we wish we could bottle it up and sell it...we'd be rich! She loves playing dress up, jumping on the trampoline and on her zebra, kissing her brother on the mouth, coloring, playing with play doh and running around the house. She is getting more and more talkative everyday adding "me" (a current favorite), "ho, ho, ho" whenever she sees Santa, "baby", "what", "bye-bye" and "apple". She loves playing outdoors in the dirt and the leaves, sliding backwards down slides, jumping up and down, sneaking up on Dad and doing a sumo stance run towards him. She loves to go shopping and can be a handful on Mom's back when we get a little too close to an item on the shelf. She loves celebrating holidays and loves all things Christmas. Everytime she sees a Santa, she yells "Ho, ho, ho" and squeals with delight. We hope that continues when we get to see him in person. Keeping the Christmas tree upright will be a challenge this year and we have already had to taper down our decorations to avoid curious little fingers. She is such a sweet girl and is getting more outgoing each day. She loves to wave at everyone she meets and blow kisses. We love watching her grow into the sweet little princess she is.
We hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We have a lot to be thankful for this year and love to get a chance to celebrate all we have been blessed with. This Thanksgiving was a small one this year and really missed my Dad, who is still in China, and Brian's parents, who decided to go to North Carolina this year, but we had a lot of fun with Grandma and Uncle Mat. Bailey loved to help in the kitchen...I think we have a little baker on our hands and she really enjoyed the taste testing. We are really fortunate that she is a great eater and will try anything in front of her. She really loved the mashed potatoes and Dad's famous hashbrown casserole!
Coloring our Thanksgiving headress
Could they be any cuter
Preparing the apples
Need to grow into our apron a bit
Desserts are all ready - Apple Custard Struesel Pie and Brownie Truffle
Uncle Mat cracks us up
Our turkey master
So good, the meat fell right off the bone...no knife required
Getting ready to chow down with Uncle Mat...this is our game face
Yum!
Uncle Mat turned our scribbles into tattoos...he's the coolest
And Thanksgiving weekend wouldn't be complete without a Fairy Princess Breakfast at Zona Rosa! My Mom and I have worked this event for (we think) nine years, but I missed it last year because the weather was a little to icy to get out. This was Miss Bailey's first time and even though she only had about 4 hours of sleep (because we wanted to party until 2am) she had a blast. She loved wearing one of her favorite princess dresses and seeing all the girls in their pretty dresses. She was fascinated by the Fairy Princess and wanted to follow her around the Grove. When the ballerinas came out to dance to Disney songs, our little Princess could barely contain her excitement! They asked for dance volunteers and she immediately jumped up and ran to a dancer dressed as Pocahontas. Being the littlest one there didn't bother her at all and when they lined up to do a demonstration, she decided she would rather be on the dancers side than the participating audience. She was quite the little star and we had several people come up to us letting us know how adorable she was. Dad is already looking forward to all the dance recitals that will certainly come :)
She was really excited to get a tiara and wand
Playing with Grandma at the Grove
With the Fairy Princess
Had to follow her to get another pic
Enthralled by the dancers
In her element
We crawled to the front of the line to sit with the big girls
Wanted to line up with the dancers
We went to the other side for a moment
Back with the dancers
One last pic with the Fairy Princess
Someone passed out while shopping but we wanted to get a pic by the big tree
We slept all the way through shopping, the drive home and an hour after
We did a little bit of Black Friday shopping...mostly for trim for the basement, but while we were out we decided to treat Bailey to a little fun at Chuck E. Cheese. As soon as we walked in, she started dancing and didn't really stop. She got to meet Chuck E. Cheese for the first time...and was so excited! She also really enjoyed riding the rides and playing games. We lucked out because it was pretty empty, but definitely worth an impromptu stop!
We couldn't contain our excitement...yelling into a cup
I now understand why parents willingly come here
We loved the Kentucky Derby ride
Shooting hoops with Daddy
Driving the jeep
We liked watching Daddy play Jurassic Park
Before I get too far down, I want to share pics from this year's Halloween! It was a very warm halloween so we didn't get to wear our main costume until Halloween night, but we were definitely prepared for the earlier Halloween events with our dress up clothes! Bailey loved going to Olathe's Fall Fest dressed as Minnie and as luck would have it, we were directly behind a little Mickey. They were super cute together and had so much fun! Bailey really enjoyed helping Daddy carve the pumpking and decorating hers with markers. On Halloween we stopped by Daddy's work to do a little early trick-or-treating and then went through our neighborhood and Grandma's neighborhood for the main event. Bailey loved saying "Please" when asking for Halloween candy and really liked it when people thought she was cute enough for two pieces.
Tequila wasn't as excited about his costume
Our little Minnie
Minnie and Mickey
Her face in this picture cracks me up
She wasn't too sure of these guys
Coloring pumpkins
We thought the pumpkin guts were cool
We gave ourselves a marker mustache
Taking a pic with Grandma
My favorite sea creatures
Visiting Daddy at the office
Got one with the entire family
Putting candy in Shelby's basket at Grandma's
We had one of the warmest Novembers that I can remember, and we made sure to take full advantage to do as much outdoors as we could. We even took Grandma to the Zoo...the day before it dropped 30*. Bailey loved mimicking the animal sounds and we even got to go on the African Sky Safari. Bailey waved at all the animals and wasn't scared to be up that high, even though Grandma may have gotten a bit nervous with all the wind!
She wanted to pose by the lion water fountain
On the African Sky Line
Dad took a few days off this week and when we didn't make him work on the basement, we decided to have some fun and try out the new Main Event in Olathe. We called Uncle Mat and Grandma and spent the day bowling, playing games and watching the boys climb around on the zero gravity high ropes. Bailey had so much fun bowling for the first time!
Ready to get our bowl on
Bailey liked making faces for the scoreboard...Mom's first frame wasn't great
Bailey loved bowling
Monkeying around with Uncle Mat
We really miss Grandpa and can't wait for him to get back, but we did make a stop for some ice cream and got to talk to him. Bailey was laughing and so excited to hear from him.
So excited to hear Grandpa's voice!
Blowing Grandpa kisses in China
Grandpa is so cool...and so is ice cream
Our girl loves to play dress up and we have collected a number of items for her to dig into. If she can wear a princess dress or a hat at all times, she will and most of the time she does. She has been known to make shopping trips and grocery runs in her favorite dress and loves all the attention she gets.
Future pop star
Sweet fairy princess
She was really proud of this dress
Poor princess doesn't feel well, but our dress helps
One of Bailey's favorite activities this fall is playing in the leaves. She loves to get in them, jump around and throw them high in the air. She really enjoyed getting to rake them up and mulch them with Daddy this year...we can't wait for her to be big enough to make a dent in them!
Our Wiggles & Giggles class is still going strong and we even have a recital next weekend! Not sure how our kiddos will do, but it will definitely be fun to watch. Bailey has learned so much in the class and we will definitely be signing up for another session!
Lining up against the wall
We love to visit parks, but our favorite ones are the ones where our brother, Tequila, can run free. e are fortunate to live near a lot of great dog parks and Bailey loves meeting new pups and getting down in the dirt.
Posing
Ready to throw the ball for Tete
One of my favorite action shots
Tequila really enjoys the frequent trips to the dog park and always makes sure to protect his little sister if some dogs get too near. They are so funny to watch, and luckily Tequila is very patient...especially since Bailey likes to dress him up too. She loves to give him hugs and kisses and snuggle with him as much as possible, He tolerates it, but secretly loves it.
My painting partner looks like a reverse skunk thanks to the drywall dust
Ful on smooch
We've been battling a cold this past week, which means a lot more snuggles than usual. This girl is always on the go and naps are very few and far between, but when she finally wears herself out, we like to catch her dozing off.
Now here are a few more of my favorite pics from this past month...
This is our new favorite way to slide
Intense digging
Trouble
Reading with Miss Ally
We have been working hard on the basement so we haven't gotten a ton of decorations up but Dad surprised Bailey with a special outside decoration this year. She was really excited!
We will update you soon on our progress of the basement remodel, let's just say it's coming along nicely! Hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
XOXO,
Sara, Brian, Bailey, Tequila and Baby Girl #2 Schorr Thing
