Peace, Love & Creative Wrapping Paper

The other day when it came time to wrap my present for Ty's birthday party Mommy realized that she didn't have any appropriate wrapping paper. Luckily she had bought some plain brown paper to wrap packages that she had to mail via the post office so we ran over to Grandma & Grandaddy's to use the finger paints and this is what happened!

My present for Kaylie's party next week.

I had so much fun doing my presents for Kaylie & Ty that Mommy let me decorate the present that we got for my cousin Isabella for her birthday at the end of May.

Mommy said she wasn't sure where she got the idea but I'm glad she had her ephipany when she did. Not only do I really enjoy decorating the packages but everyone at Ty's party thought it was super neat (sorry there are no pictures of Ty's package but Mommy forgot to take one before I gave the present to Ty). To top it off, Mommy & Daddy even got me some more finger paints so I could have different colors! I had tons of fun mixing them to decorate Isabella's present.

Peace, love & creative wrapping paper,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Spaghetti

Mommy said I needed to post some photos of me & the spaghetti dinner we had this evening, although I'm not really sure what the big deal is. You see, Grandaddy, Mommy & Daddy all love spaghetti and yet they rarely fix it because of the "clean-up". Apparently enough time had passed since the last time we had spaghetti for dinner that Mommy & Daddy had forgotten about what a mess I make of myself, so tonight we embarked on another spaghetti adventure!

Me smiling at Daddy right after we said grace and in case you had any doubts, it doesn't take me very long to get dirty, no matter what the medium!

Making a spaghetti fishy face!

Me realizing what a mess I'd made of myself.

After dinner it was straight into the bath... here I'm cleaning my hands before tackling my face!

I always love spaghetti night but I'm starting to understand why Mommy & Daddy don't make it that often. Maybe I can convince Grandma & Grandaddy to make it when I stay over there in between the times that Mommy & Daddy make it, then I'd get spaghetti way more often... now there's an idea!

Peace, love & spaghetti,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Teeth

It's official! We have two confirmed sightings of what I have known all day... my lower right 2nd molar has broken through. Now if I could just do something about the top right or the lower left ones. Just wanted to let everyone know.

Peace, love & teeth,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Off-Road Fun

Today I went to Ty's 2nd birthday party, he is the son of one of the fire fighters that works with Daddy. We got there a little late because we went to have dinner with Grandma & Grandaddy Doc and the Rosettis first but that just meant that the party was in full swing by the time I arrived. They had the slip & slide out which Ty loved but I stayed away from plus a fire truck from the local volunteer fire station had come by. Soon after we arrived Ty received one of his gifts - a new Ford F-150 truck! It was really neat & he took turns giving everyone rides!

My first ride in Ty's new F-150

This was the first birthday party that I've been to that I can remember & I had a lot of fun playing with everyone & seeing all of the neat gifts that Ty received. Makes me really excited to go to Kaylie's birthday party in a couple of weeks & even more excited for my birthday party in June!

Peace, love & off-road fun,
Bailey

Peace, Love & My Original Carseat

I know that these pics may look like a bit of a flashback but I promise that there is a funny story that goes with the rewind. So this is my original car seat, you know the one Mommy & Daddy brought me home from the hospital in! Somewhere around the eight month mark I outgrew it and since then Mommy has been using it as a prop to display the baby blankets she makes. When Daddy pulled it out for the Aggie Moms Boutique last weekend (the 17th & 18th) Mommy noticed that it had gotten pretty grimmy sitting uncovered in the garage, so on Monday she washed it.

All week I've been trying to get into it... I've climbed boxes to try and get in it, I also pulled it down off the boxes it was on top of and tried to get in it. Today all my trials paid off when Mommy pulled it down to put the cover back on and finally conceeded to letting me get in it. This wouldn't be a big deal if I hadn't told Mommy "Seat, truck" after getting in and then attempted to strap myself in. I would have succeeded if there had been a litte bit more slack in the straps!

My first time to ever be strapped into a carseat.

Ready to leave the hospital & take my first ride in the truck!

Today... is this a carseat or a jungle gym?

Trying to buckle myself in (even though Mommy let out all the slack I still couldn't fit my shoulder in to the chest part or buckle the straps around my legs).

Smiling for the camera!

Ever since I let her snap these shots Mommy keeps saying "it really puts into perspective how much you've grown". I'm seven weeks from being two.... have I really changed that much???

Peace, love & my original carseat,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Mischief

Today was the perfect day for mischief! As a rule, I normally try to get into as much mischief as possible but today offered up more opportunities than most. What is a girl to do?!?

Me hanging underneath the tables Mommy has set up in the living room to make blankets for the Lil' Bit Boutique. The tables definitely add a new element to my play space! I can't wait until Mommy doesn't have fleece all over them so we can make them into a fort!

Mommy mowed the lawn today at noon and left her yard shoes in the kitchen. I don't think that she was expecting that I would try them on, let alone walk around the kitchen in them.

Headed toward the refrigerator. Good thing Mommy's shoes were big on me because I had them on the wrong feet - Oopsy!

Pausing at the fridge for a photo op!

The audio is a little odd on the video because Mommy was on the phone with Aunt Erin. So feel free to watch without the sound on.

I know that the two little episodes I've just showed you may not seem like all that much mischief. To put it into perspective you should know that all of these pictures were taken within a two hour span and both occured while my Mommy was on the phone & Daddy was on shift at the fire house. Plus, I thought up both activities 100% on my own, after all a girl has to keep herself entertained!

Peace, love & mischief,
Bailey

Peace, Love & A Speed Square

Lately Daddy & I have been doing lots of construction while Mommy has been busy doing Lil' Bit Boutique stuff. Today I set out to investigate the pile of boards that Mommy, Daddy and I collected yesterday while Daddy finished installing the pavestone border around the air conditioning unit. Daddy paused long enough to run inside and snag the camera from Mommy and snap these pictures before getting back to work.

Me with my pencil & trusty speed square.

Taking a break from the speed square to measure another board with the tape measure.

Mommy & Daddy constantly marvel at how I suddenly know how to do something. For some reason they don't quite understand that you only have to show me something once, even if I'm not paying close attention when you show me. I'll be the first to admit that good or bad, I'm a total sponge!

Peace, love & a speed square,
Bailey

Peace, Love & The Doggy Door

Since the weather has begun to grow warmer Mommy & Daddy have taken to leaving the back door open so that the puppies can go in & out freely throughout the day. This also means that I can come and go into the backyard as I please. Although I am tall enough now that I can unlock & open the screendoor to get outside, I'm not quite tall enough to open it to come inside. That means that if I want to come inside I use the doggy door, thankfully the puppies showed me how.

I tried to follow Daddy when he came inside to get the camera. Since I was snacking on raisins coming in wasn't my top priority and I hung out halfway in & halfway out of the doggy door long enough for Daddy to snap a couple pics.

Daddy eventually got tired of holding the doggy door flap open so I made the decision to come inside. I did pause long enough while coming in to smile for a picture!

Trying to get Daddy to stop taking pictures & come outside to enjoy the beautiful day with me.

Peace, love & the doggy door,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Lipstick

Today Busia & Dza Dza made a special trip to College Station so Busia could take me to Kindermusik at 1030am & babysit me while Mommy got her allergy shots at 130pm. While Busia & I were at Kindermusik I kept trying to get into Busia's purse to get her lipstick, comb & compact. So when Mommy picked us up to take us home, Busia decided help me put on a little lipstick. During the drive Busia & Mommy got to talking and failed to notice that I had taken the top off of Busia's lipstick & was attempting to put on more lipstick by myself. When Busia saw what I was doing and alerted my mom, they both started laughing! Then to top it off Mommy reached for her camera instead of trying to find something to get the lipstick off my face!

Since Mommy was driving, Busia took a picture for prosperity.

Then Busia lent me her compact so I could check out my handiwork!

When we got back to the house we had to show Dza Dza, who had followed us home from Kindermusik, what I had done. Then an hour later, when Daddy got home for lunch from the fire field, we all had to go through the pictures again. You would think that I was the first little one to get into their grandmothers lipstick from the way everyone has been acting!

Peace, love & lipstick,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Playing Horsey

Wanted to share a quick picture of my Daddy & I playing horsey! Don't you see why I love it when he's home!

Me & Daddy playing horsey!

Izzy decided that Daddy & I shouldn't be the only ones playing & wanted in on the action!

Peace, love & playing horsey,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Blessing The Easter Basket

This morning was an exciting day in our house. Today at noon was the blessing of the Easter basket & the official end of lent, that means Daddy could have Dr. Pepper again! To finish preparing our basket we spent the morning boiling the Polish sausage that Busia brought us, making cupcakes and putting other odds & ends together for our basket. Last year Daddy worked the Saturday before Easter so this year was my first Easter Basket Blessing Ceremony. The blessing of the Easter Basket is a Polish tradition that many in my famliy grew up practicing; including my Daddy, Uncle Paul, Busia, GiGi & Grandma.

Daddy trying to get me to try the cupcake mix. Unlike my Mommy & Daddy, I just wanted to wait to enjoy the finished product.

Daddy trying to teach me how to lick the cupcake mix off of my lip!

Examining one of the Easter eggs that Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Grandaddy & I dyed yesterday evening.

"Am I supposed to eat it?"

Taking all of the colored Easter eggs out of the carton so I can decorate them with my Easter egg stickers.

When the stickers did not stick to the Easter eggs, Mommy & Daddy opted to let me draw on them with Sharpie markers.

One of Bailey's masterpieces.

The finished product! Our Easter basket had Dr. Pepper for Daddy, colored Easter eggs, boiled Polish sausage, dewberry jelly, a pineapple, Gummi Bears for Bailey & King Hawaiian rolls.

A traditional Easter basket brought for blessing contains eggs, breads, meats, sweets & dairy or other foods which are given up for the season of Lent. I know that our basket was a little unconventional but I'm excited that I got the chance to experience this tradition first hand. If you are interested in coming with us next year be sure to let my Mommy & Daddy know, we'd love the company!

Peace, love & blessing the Easter basket,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Making Salad

One of my favorite things to do nowadays is help make dinner. Since I'm not quite old enough to help with the grill, oven or stove, I usually help with making the salad. Tonight we were over at Grandma & Grandaddy's so I helped Grandaddy wash, tear & spin dry the lettuce.

Me giving Mommy the "look"
(aka Mom will you please stop taking pictures so I can get back to washing & tearing the lettuce and then putting it in the salad spinner).

Grandaddy holding the salad spinner while I spin!

After I helped spin the lettuce dry, I helped by adding the peppers, raisins & feta cheese! Grandma, Grandaddy & Daddy have definitely helped me develop a love of cooking, Uncle Brett will be so proud!! I'm sure that I'll be helping make the main dish in no time!

Peace, love & making salad,
Bailey

Peace, Love & The Wet Swiffer

Tonight after my bath I still had some spare energy so I decided to help Mommy & Daddy clean before I headed off to bed.

The vacuum wasn't out so I used what I could find to help clean the carpet in Mommy & Daddy's room.

It was pretty tough to pull the wet swiffer back away from the dresser.

Silly smiles while pushing the wet swiffer.

Finally out of Mommy & Daddy's room and onto the wood floors (it was much easier to clean out here).

I had a really good time helping Mommy & Daddy to make a couple of rooms in the house pretty & clean. At least I found a chore that I can help out with!

Peace, love & the wet swiffer,
Bailey

Peace, Love & A Package from GiGi

Yesterday when Mommy, Daddy & I got home from the doctors office there was a surprise waiting at our door, an Easter package from GiGi. After I woke up from my nap Mommy & Daddy let me open it and investigate what was inside.

Me playing with the wind-up rabbit that GiGi sent me. I loved winding it up and watching it hop across the floor.

I still wasn't feeling 100% so I wanted to stay close to Mommy or Daddy while I played. Since Mommy was taking pictures I snuggled close to Daddy to show him how my wind-up rabbit worked.

Even though I didn't feel very good, I still had to sample the treats GiGi sent (this was my first taste of a peep... YUM)!

Trying out the pretty Easter bow that GiGi sent.

Trying to get to the bag of m&m's & jelly beans out of the basket GiGi sent.

Transferring the Easter basket grass from GiGi's basket to one we already had.

Eating a jelly bean (Mommy said that I must have gotten my love of jelly beans from my Great-Grandpa Hoffman).

Today, since I felt a little bit better, I decided to try on some of the outfits that GiGi sent me (I picked out this top & shorts, which were both 4T's, but I think they fit pretty good).

Although I didn't want to exchange my tennis shoes for some sandals, I still had to try on the cute sundress GiGi sent.

Sitting in my sundress with all the stuffed animals in my room.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much is a video worth? Since I had so much fun with all the toys GiGi sent, I wanted to send a special thank you her way! I got a little camera shy yesterday when Mommy shot this but you can still tell how excited I was to try the peeps & how much I appreciated my Easter package.

Thanks so much for my package GiGi. I've played with my Easter toys a bunch & I can't wait until it warms up again and I can wear all the cute t-shirts & shorts you got me! I'll have to model them for you when you get here in June!

Peace, love & a package from GiGi,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Allergies

Today I woke up with a fever of 104. Two hours after I got my first dose of motrin my fever was still at 101 so Daddy made me a doctors appointment and gave me some tylenol. By 1015am when I got to the Doctors office my fever had decreased to 99.1 which was good but still overly annoying. Since December I have been to the doctors on five separate occasions for the same symptoms all of which stem from my allergies.

For now Mommy & Daddy have been advised to give me Children's Zyrtec everyday to combat my allergies in the hopes that this will decrease the chances of me getting more sinus infections or my first ear infection. The downside is that I've been on antibiotics three times since late December which increases the likeihood of me becoming resistant to them. Thankfully this allergy season is almost over which should stave off many more trips to the doctors but if it starts up again in December I'm off to the allergist!

My growth stats:
30 lbs
36 inches (3 feet can you believe it!)
19 inch head circumference

Here's hoping that none of y'all have allergies like mine!

Peace, love & allergies,
Bailey

Peace, Love & Bluebonnets

Mommy got an email the other day from one of the professors from her PhD program and he mentioned that he & his wife had gone to White Hall, a town outside of Navasota, and that the bluebonnets were spectacular. Since we hadn't taken our annual pictures in the bluebonnets in College Station we decided to venture out to White Hall and take our pictures there. Dr. Witt was 100% accurate about the bluebonnets in White Hall, there were fields upon fields full of nothing but bluebonnets. It was a beautiful sight which only could have been improved if I hadn't had a massive allergy attack in the middle of it!

Me in the first field of bluebonnets & indian paintbrush. This field was right next to the White Hall city sign.

Me standing in the flowers (notice the church in the back left corner, it was picture perfect).

Sitting & smiling in the indian paintbrush (just prior to the beginning of my allergy attack).

Stopping to smell the flowers and pick up one of the Easter eggs Daddy hid.

A look across the field.

A closer look at the church behind the field of flowers.

Me & Mommy in the field of flowers (I stopped wanting to have my picture taken by myself as my allergy attack picked up steam).

Me with the indian paintbrush that Mommy stuck behind my ear.

Giving Mommy kisses.

The super goofy picture of Daddy that I helped Mommy take.

Family picture in the bluebonnets.

Me with my Easter basket & a golden Easter egg.

A close up of me, my Easter basket & my Easter egg.

Trying to figure out where to step so I don't hurt the pretty flowers.

The White Hall city sign.

The second field of bluebonnets that we stopped at (notice there is another field behind the field we stopped in, there were bluebonnets everywhere).

Picking up my Easter rubber ducky from its hiding place in the bluebonnets.

Nothing but bluebonnets.

Searching for one of my rubber duckies.

Trying to potty in the great outdoors before we get back in the truck to go home.

Mommy carrying me back to the truck, thankfully there was no traffic on the road!

A clean diaper, some raisins & all strapped in to go home!

A field of bluebonnets we saw after we turned and headed back to highway 6.

After we got home it was time for dinner & I decided to sit an eat with horsey at my table, instead of eating at the big kids table with Mommy & Daddy.

We had a great adventure to White Hall today and I would highly suggest their bluebonnets to any one who is yet to venture out to enjoy the wildflowers. If you are in College Station its not that far of a drive and it is well worth it! Mommy, Daddy & I are definitely going to make White Hall our bluebonnet destination in the future.

Peace, love & bluebonnets,
Bailey