The Bailey Family: November 2013

Thursday, November 28, 2013

It's a baby BOY!!!

The day came for us to find out what sweet baby 4 was going to be. Tom and I were convinced it was another girl, and the big girls each flip flopped quite a bit. We decided during the ultrasound it would be fun for Tom to find out, and then order a special cake with either pink or blue frosting inside so me and the girls could find out later together. It was hard to wait to find out, but it was so fun! Cutting into the cake, I expected to see pink on the knife. I saw blue, but assumed it was from the exterior frosting. Upon totally slicing the cake open, I discovered it was BLUE! I was in shock! I still am. A sweet bouncing baby boy to complete our family. I am so beyond excited to enter this boy world. The girls are excited to have a boy baby to play with. Lillian already decided she would get him a Spider-Man toy for his birthday, and wanted to know what kinds of things he would like to play with her. We can't wait to welcome baby boy bailey in April 2014! So in love already!

Latest Lillian & Elle!

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!