The Bailey Family: July 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

Yet another beach day...... Owen Beach!

Who would've ever thought- another beach day! Lillian had so much fun. This time we had some great friends in town (Christian and Kirsten), and we all had a blast. Lillian's favorite thing was to collect rocks, sometimes attempting to eat them, but usually putting them in her sand bucket. After watching all 4 of us skip rocks on the sound, she decided she'd give it a try. Her attempt at throwing rocks, turned into dropping them at her side, and all of us cheering for her. She was VERY proud of her rock throwing/skipping skills. Love that girl! She also spent a lot of time pushing her stroller like a big girl! As Lillian was walking down the walking path, I noticed a large bumblebee on her shirt. Instead of calmly getting it off, I ran to her screaming, terrifying the poor girl (not knowing if she's allergic or not), swatting the thing off of her, only to have it fly right back onto her, this time trying to get under her hat! I really freaked then, scooping her up and swatting it off, meanwhile Lillian is screaming in horror. Thinking I was successful, I started sprinting away, only to have Tom point out that it was on my pants! I then put Lillian down, swatted it off, and sang "I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee!" Just kidding on the song, but he really did get squished! ;)

Trip to Narrows Beach

So one of Lillian's favorite outings happens to be going to the beach! We all love it, in fact, especially on sunny warm days! The Narrows Beach is pretty close to our house, and has a wonderful view of Tacoma and the Narrows Bridge. Only problem is that the beach is very steep, and a little muddy, so we always end up going home in just a diaper, and with sand ALL over the car! It's totally worth the joy she experiences though :)

Baby Bump!!!!!!

Finally! A picture of my baby bump from our beautiful second little girl! I have been trying, and failing, at taking my own baby bump pictures (although one came out alright), until I finally gave in and had Tom take some for me :) These are from 22 and 23 weeks along! As a side note, I LOVE Lillian's hair in the Pebble's Do! :)

My own belly portrait ;)

Lillian and Elle are so sweet together! They have such sweet little personalities and get along so well! I love how Lillian copies everything we say and do right now. She loves to sing the Annie song Tomorrow whenever I mention the word Tomorrow, ha ha. She gets so proud of anyone for doing anything, and does her "you did it!" dance and cheer! She is so sweet and happy all the time. Her newest thing is to pick up things around the house and say "I don't like that" or "I like that". Ha ha. Elle is so sweet and so verbal too. She loves to blow kisses and say Muah! She says dog, dada, mama, more, book, ball, please and all done in sign language. Such a sweet happy baby. Unless she is hungry or tired, she pretty much laughs ALL the time. She is so silly and sweet. Love how if we are ignoring her requests for "Moooe?" she gets louder and louder and her voice gets raspier and raspier until we get her what she needs. So blessed to have these girls!
Lillian is saying more and more words as the days go by, and copying almost EVERYTHING we do! It's so funny to see her brush her hair and teeth, wash her face, pretend to put hair product in her hair, and do all sorts of other cute things mama and dada do! She even helps me remember things I forget! We were rushing out the door the other day, and I knew I was forgetting something. I kept asking out loud "what was I supposed to do?" She kept saying di-der, di-der, over and over. I was about to leave, when it hit me. DIAPER! I needed to change her diaper! I said diaper, and she smiled as big as possible, and said it again. She remembered what I had forgotten to do! Ha ha.
I've realized that Lillian copies anything we do now pretty much, so time to start being careful what we say or do! She now loves to blow kisses, wave goodbye and hello, point to numerous body parts, comb her hair (although leaves some work for Mama), brush her teeth (again, with work left), clap, dance with her arms up in the air, make elephant sounds and motions, monkey, cow and dog sounds, and cross her arms across her chest to say she loves something. Such a sweet girl. Her latest is to say "I go" or "I do" anytime she's doing something. Little Miss Independent!

The Bailey Family

Friday, July 30, 2010

Yet another beach day...... Owen Beach!

Trip to Narrows Beach

Baby Bump!!!!!!

Friday, July 23, 2010

New at this!

One month pics!

Happy Birthday! May 23, 2009. Welcome Little One!