Pretty girl.
Terrorizing the house-can you tell in the background?

Last night I was trying to make dinner for Bailey and I, however, she was ready for dinner right then. I turned on the PBS kids channel and she instantly stoppend and stared. A few minutes later, I went back into the living room to check on her and found that she had SAT herself down in front of the TV and was just laughing away at the show. This lasted long enough for me to finish dinner and get it ready. She never has payed attention to the TV before...and while I would prefer that she not watch too much of it, it was great to have the other night. (especially while Blair is deployed and their is only me!)




Video of Bailey watching TV!

Gainesville

After Crestview, Bailey and I traveled to Gainesville. Bailey stayed with the Cellon's while I headed back to NC to attend a conference. After the conference I drove back to Fl to pick her up. Not many pics of Gainesville this time around, but I know Grammie has tons on her camera!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS. It was wonderful attending a conference and letting God speak to me in quietness, but was only possible knowing that Bailey was in excellent care. While at the Cellon's, she loved playing with Rocky (their dog). She also loved going outside and eating Grammie's yummy food.

Great Grandparents: Poppy and Eleanor

Bye bye Crestview

Our last lunch with Mom and Dad. Thanks guys for helping out so much last week!
My mom's co-workers (they love Bailey, can't you tell :))
Mom putting on Bailey's shoes. She LOVED all the attention all week.

Goodbye Grandma and Grandpa!

These picks were taken right before my Grandma and Grandpa Patterson left. My cousin Tara and her son Tyler helped them drive down here. Thanks for staying with us guys! It was a blast.

Tara and Tyler with Bailey
Great grandparents
Bailey and Tyler
Bailey and Tyler (Notice the comb!!!!)

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Sunday morning we went yet again to Pensacola to meet up with everyone for breakfast at Denny's.
Aunt Deb, Me, Aunt Kathy
My mom and 2 of her 4 brothers: Jim and Dave
Bob and Robin Jones (My dad's friends from high school!)
Loretta, Emily, Alexis and Kerry Odle. My cousins

Wedding Day

The wedding day went off without a hitch. I don't have many pictures of the actual day due to being in the wedding, but here are a few from the reception. I will pass along the link of the wedding pictures if I am allowed to :).

Cousin Alexis and Bailey.
Cutie pie
Mom and Alexis trying to keep Bailey busy.
Bailey admiring the back of Natalie's dress. Mommy trying to keep Bailey from touching it :)

Trip to Crestview- Rehearsal Dinner

These are pics of the rehearsal dinner. We ate at Skopelos by the bay in Pensacola. VERY yummy food. I had pecan crusted grouper for my meal and bread pudding for dessert. It was good to see family that I haven't seen in a very long time. Thanks Mom and Dad for a great meal/time!

The Patterson side (My dad's family) (plus Sean and Beth Barnett)
The Barnett side (My mom's family)
The bride and groom

Our trip to Crestview- at the Park!

Bailey and I have been in Florida for the past 2 weeks visiting family and seeing my brother get married. Congratulations Travis and Natalie, your special day was awesome.

Her is Grandma and Bales sliding down the slide. She LOVED it...we did it over and over and over :)
She liked to try and go "up" the slide too
Pretty girl
Do you like the purple dino Bailey?
Uh oh Daddy- Bailey wants to drive already!

Bailey's first trip to the zoo!

My camera died after the first two pictures....luckily the two other Mom's (Allison and Cecilia) didn't have such misfortune. I will post their pics when I get them.

Her is a sheep
"The kids" Bailey (13m0), Jace (11 1/2mo), Gabriel (2-almost 3)
The trip was really fun and the zoo (while very small) was fairly impressive for Jacksonville. It was perfect weather and at the end one of the zookeepers brought a chicken, turtle, lizard and gator out to touch and feed. Gabriel ate that up. I however was not about to let my 1 year old (or myself) touch that! What am I going to do if I have a boy? Gross. Blair will have to do that- I will stand by with wet-wipes :). Thanks girls for making the weekend fun! (The weekends stink when your husband is gone- everyone else is busy with their families and you are stuck home alone with nothing to do).

Christmas in October

I have been a little under the weather during the beginning of the week and the laundry piled up...we ran out of her 12m pj's and had to use these 18m PJ's Allison's mom got her. I think they are soooooo cute!

The feet are too big- looks like elf shoes :)
I'm a big girl now.

About me

The Alphabet Quiz

I "borrowed" this from my friend Amber's blog. I hope you enjoy and learn something new about me...
A. Attached or Single? Attached
B. Best friend? Blair Cellon- my husband :)
C. Cake or pie? Pecan Pie
D. Day of choice? Saturday
E. Essential item/items? hair ties (it is amazing how hair gets in the way with a kid!), DSN phone line (Blair can call for free) and the internet!
F. Favorite color? Blue
G. Gummy bears or worms? Sour Patch Kids
H. Hometown? Crestview, FL
I. Favourite indulgence? Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels from the mall
J. January or July? January- I love the colder weather
K. Kids? 1 1/2- Bailey (13 months) and "little one" in the belly! (Due April 28th)
L. Life isn’t complete without? My husband- who seems to be in Iraq an awful lot lately....
M. Marriage date? June 14th
N. Number of brothers and sisters? One brother, Travis.
O. Oranges or apples? Oranges - I eat 2 or more at a sitting :)
P. Phobias? BUGS. YUCK.
Q. Quotes? "I can do all things through Christ..." Phil 4:13.
R. Reasons to smile? Thinking of seeing our family together again, Bailey dancing.
S. Season of choice? Winter
T. Travel Dreams? Tour around Europe
U. Unknown fact about me? I never wanted to marry a military man.
V. Vegetable? All! I love all.
W. Worst habit? Procrastination
X. X-ray or ultrasound?Ultrasound!
Y. Your favourite food and restaurant? Turkey Big Deal at Sonny's BBQ with EXTRA sweet sauce and a large diet coke. SOOOOO Miss Sonny's.
Z. Zodiac sign? Sagittarius, but I don't believe in those things.

Now it's your turn! I want to know you from A-Z! Have fun!

Our trip to Virginia

Bailey and I made a quick trip to the DC area last weekend to visit with some old friends and get my maternity clothes (which looks like I will be in them within a month or so :(). We stayed with our good friends Amber and Tony, also getting to meet their son, Avery. He is 4 months old and just precious.... Amber and I took the little ones to Potomac Mills on Saturday- it is so hard to be so far away from "good" shopping!

I also go to meet up with a friend, Lisa Rankin. Her husband, Jamey and I went to high school and college together. He is a pilot in the Air Force and unfortunately, got called into work that day so he was unable to make it. Lisa and I (plus Bales) enjoyed some Pad Thai at the Noodles and Co.

On Sunday, Bales and I loaded up and went to our old church, FBC Woodbridge. We were able to go out to eat (Famous Dave's- YUUUUMMMMMMO!) with everyone afterward. It was weird to see everyone still there after 2 years.....so different then the life we are used to living. It was like nothing had changed when I went back. We look forward to going back to the church if we are stationed in Quantico again.

Thanks everyone for a great time! Miss you all!


Bailey and I ready for church (Amber gave her this pretty dress :))Bales helping Tony with the laptop
Doing "the rounds"
Avery asleep in his Mommy's arms. Isn't he precious?

Bailey and I made a quick trip to the DC area last weekend to visit with some old friends and get my maternity clothes (which looks like I will be in them within a month or so :(). We stayed with our good friends Amber and Tony, also getting to meet their son, Avery. He is 4 months old and just precious.... Amber and I took the little ones to Potomac Mills on Saturday- it is so hard to be so far away from "good" shopping!

I also go to meet up with a friend, Lisa Rankin. Her husband, Jamey and I went to high school and college together. He is a pilot in the Air Force and unfortunately, got called into work that day so he was unable to make it. Lisa and I (plus Bales) enjoyed some Pad Thai at the Noodles and Co.

On Sunday, Bales and I loaded up and went to our old church, FBC Woodbridge. We were able to go out to eat (Famous Dave's- YUUUUMMMMMMO!) with everyone afterward. It was weird to see everyone still there after 2 years.....so different then the life we are used to living. It was like nothing had changed when I went back. We look forward to going back to the church if we are stationed in Quantico again.

Thanks everyone for a great time! Miss you all!

Penguin Bailey

Bailey had fun today playing with her Penguin. Enjoy :)

Orange Slice

I have been eating a lot of oranges (my favorite seem to be in season) and gave Bales a slice the other day. She really enjoyed it!

Sour Bailey?

Forward Facing

While in Montana, Bailey was able to ride forward facing for the first time. She enjoyed looking out the window and seeing everything.
Does that taste good Bales? Can you tell she has been teething?

Bailey's First Haircut

I have been wanting to cut Bailey's hair for a long time. Blair wished to wait until she was one.... While in Billings, we passed a "Kids Cutz" place and I knew it was the perfect time to make the first cut! Her hair had grown really long and very, very Mullet-ish. Nothing wrong with the mullet per sea, but this is 2008 :). I opted for a cute bowl cut without bangs. She still lets me put her hair up, so I will not cut bangs until that changes (that would require very frequent cuts!). She did really well while getting her hair done.
cute baby girl
getting a little antsy...the hairdresser let her chew on this :)
finished product. It normally doesn't flip out like that much now...more like it curves under. Still, very cute!

Go Gators!

Bailey ready to cheer on the gators, dressed in her cute outfit Grammie C. made her :). Notice the matching doll. Isn't that TOO cute?!?! Thank you Grammie. UF won BIG today. GO GATORS!!!
We went garage selling today with Allison and Jace. They were decked out in their Texas A & M gear. Unfortunately, the aggies didn't fare as well as UF. They lost to Miami :(.
Disregard the faces. Getting two 1year olds (or almost in Jace's case) to sit for a picture is impossible! Both kept wanting to crawl off the couch and this picture was a reaction to us not letting them :). Notice Bailey is much more dramatic then Jace. We have increasingly noticed her "drama" tendencies over Jace's.