Sunday, March 20, 2011

Helllloooo spring!

Today was the first official day of spring, and aside from no free Rita's, it was a really great day! We had a nice morning at church and after a very long nap for Bayley (which is always appreciated by us), she and I got to go enjoy the sunshine and warm weather after Joe went to work. I have always had a hard time picking my favorite season, because there are things I love about each one, and winter is no exception, but every year I am sooo glad when the sunshine and warm weather of spring comes along! I love that it is light out later, the sun seems to shine a little brighter, you wake up to birds chirping outside, everything is starting to look alive and colorful again, and it's WARM! I have so enjoyed being able to run outside the last couple of weeks, and something about the sun and warmth just seems to bring a new level of energy and I love it! This year we have also been enjoying taking Bayley outside to enjoy the weather and explore the world around her. She really seems to love being outside in the sunshine! I am always amazed at God's creation and the concept of new life that comes each spring. I am so thankful for this wonderful, beautiful earth that God has blessed us with and the changing seasons He gives us each year! And I am completely loving sharing them with the most beautiful creation we have ever seen, Bayley! Hope you're all enjoying the spring and warm weather and hopefully some of you got some yummy free Rita's today!
 Just sitting outside on a blanket reading stories and playing with her toys :)


 I never imagined it was possible to be this happy, we feel so incredibly blessed with our life!
 "mom, how many pictures are you going to take??"

my Grammy got her this baby doll for a baby shower before she was born, and it has quickly become her favorite toy - she lights up and loves on it whenever she sees it (and eats it and drools all over it)
HAPPY SPRING!!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

6 months already?!?


We never truly appreciated the saying "time flies (especially when you're having fun)" until we became parents.  Our sweet Bayley turned 6 months old last week (I apologize because this whole blog is basically about her - we want our family in PA, NC, and AR to feel like they're able to share in these things with us) and I don't know where the last 6 months have gone!  It really seems like only a few days ago we were bringing her home from the hospital, and now, she's sitting up, rolling over all over the place, laughing, interacting, eating real food, she's just growing up so fast, and while it is so rewarding to see her growing and changing and a happy and healthy baby, I can't help but wish that time would just slow down a bit!  I am so thankful that I have had these last few weeks home with her before starting my new job, because things definitely seemed to go by even more quickly while I was working full time.  Every day I am more amazed and in awe of God's creation and this amazing, beautiful gift He has entrusted us with, we have never been so happy as we have these past months!  Bayley grows more and more everyday and we often find ourselves just watching her, completely in love and infatuated with her precious little self!  She is such a content baby and will be happy to just sit on a blanket on the floor and play for the longest time, and she has recently started rolling over ALL over the place - seriously, we will sit her down on her blanket with her toys and within minutes she is on the complete other side of the room!  Guess we will have to start baby-proofing the house soon...  She is a very happy baby and LOVES to laugh, sometimes all it takes is for one of us to just look at her and she cracks up hysterically!  She has started eating baby food now that she is 6 months old, and her favorite is carrots, she will eat them at every meal if we let her - green beans on the other hand, not so much, haha.  One of the most heartwarming things, in my opinion, that she has started doing is reaching for us when she wants us and to see her whole face just light up when she sees us, she truly is our little miracle, and I don't know how we got so lucky...

This is kind of a crazy face, but she gets so excited when she laughs

Trying rice cereal for the first time!


just sitting on her blanket, playing with her toys and laughing at mommy - Mom, here is your big toothless grin picture!

laughing some more

first time trying carrots - she wasn't too sure at first, she thought it was more fun to spit them at us than actually eat them :)

she has been really good about sitting and playing with toys in her high chair while we're cooking or cleaning in the kitchen

first bite of sweet potatoes - she seems to always be unsure the first bite of a new food

green beans

this was the first really nice weather day of the spring, so Daddy bought her a pretty swing and hung it from the deck out back

and we went to the playground to swing on the big swings


and go down the slide


this was her first time riding in the stroller sitting up (not in her carseat) - I think she liked looking around at everything

We have hundreds more pictures that we could post, but its getting kind of late for that now, I promise I'll try to be better about posting pictures of her more often, she's growing so fast!  Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed it!  

Monday, March 7, 2011

Just laugh

Do you ever find something so funny that you simply must share it?  The following video is not new by any standard, however, it remains funny no matter how many times I watch it.  Thus, I submit this for your viewing pleasure hoping that maybe it gives you a laugh that you just might need today.  I know I have those days where a laugh does so much good.