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