Are you talking to me?

Hello everyone! Don't I look cute in my pigtails?
Bashful Bailey
Saying "CHEESE" as I am moving toward the camera :)
My good friend Elmo.

IT's A GIRL!!!

IT"S A GIRL!!!!

Everything looks very healthy and right on target for the April 28th due date :)

Blair was very excited when I told him too.

Happy early bday to me from Iraq :)

Blair sent me an early bday gift all the way from IRAQ! This is the new black "pleated" bag from Vera Bradley. I love it! It fits all my stuff and is just the right size. I actually have never seen this bag and am really impressed that he did such a good job. Thank you Blair! I love you.

Party Girl

Last night we went to the Christmas Party for our battalion, 2nd Radio BN. Bailey was able to wear her new Christmas dress from "aunt diane". I thought she looked super cute! We had good food and she got to see Santa for the first time (she wasn't so happy to meet him though!). She and Jace had fun chasing each other around all night. Let's just say Allison and I look forward to going to a function in the future where we don't burn 300 calories :)!

Bailey saying hello to "froggie"
Bailey giving hugs
You want me to hug this froggie?
Say CHEESE!

Bailey loves Vera too!

Bailey gets into some of my cabinets....in one we have our "lunchboxes" that we used to take to work. She prefers the Vera Bradley one :). Isn't she just the cutest baby girl ever?
Going out to lunch momma...see ya later!

Pizza for Bailey!

PIZZA!!! Yes folks, Bailey loved pizza tonight. We ordered a small Hawaiian pizza (my personal fav) and thought Bailey would eat maybe a little bite or two (she already had had some dinner: a 1/2 c of peaches, 1box of raisins, and some goldfish). But, like her Mommy, Bailey can throw down some pizza. She ended up eating a whole slice! It is so nice to be able to have her branch out and try more "regular" foods as long as we avoid egg. I thought pizza surely had egg in it somewhere, but it doesn't! Hallelujah for Bales. Can you imagine life without pizza? I did it for 4 months while still breastfeeding her and it was the FIRST thing I ate when we had to go to her special formula.. In fact, I think it was hawaiian pizza :). Yumm-o.

Happy 15th Bday to me!!

Today Bailey is 15 months old. It feels great to reach this point for a couple of reasons. 1. She can safely try to get off her formula onto soy milk (the doctor said their dependency on formula lessens around this age). and 2. She sleeps till 7am almost every morning now and is down to 1 nap a day for 2 hours most days! This is such a nice schedule compared to where we were even a couple of months ago.

Mom and Bales- She is really starting to love the camera :)
Bailey and her new slippers from "aunt diane"
Cutie pie :)

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

My mom and dad came up for Thanksgiving- we had a wonderful time and good food. This is my second time cooking Thanksgiving (both with my Mom's help :)). I think that I could finally do it on my own if needed in the future, which is a nice feeling! I made homemade dressing in the crockpot and it turned out REALLY well!!! That freed up the oven for the turkey and other stuff.

Bailey loved all the attention. Here she is putting a "cup" on her "cup"
Grandma playing with Bales
Grandma and Grandpa
Go Gators!
3 generations. It is funny how we all 3 have blue eyes, but they are 3 different colors (Bailey gets hers from my dad and brother)