Bailey's 2nd Haircut!

I took Bailey to get her hair cut at Hair World in Crestview. My whole family went there growing up and my parent's still go. Ms. Helen was gracious to cut Bailey's hair for free! I love coming home to my small town- it is amazing when everyone is connected somehow/someway. Thank you SO MUCH Helen for being patient with our Bailey.

Bailey bracing herself.
Now Bailey, you need to hold still! (For those Momma's out there: show your 2 yr old pics on your camera to keep them from moving- that is why there are no more pics to show of this experience :)).

Traveling cont. (almost a month ago!) oops.

Fun at the mall in Ft. Walton. Oh how I wish our mall back home had a play area!

My sleeping girls in the car

Taylor (notice the cute car seat cover made by Grammie)
Bales (with her blankey, lovey and paci). Lord help us if we don't have those three things......

Jace is a BIG BROTHER!

Our good friends, the Schneiders, have welcomed a baby girl into their family. Sydney Schneider was born around 6:30pm on Oct. 2 weighing 7lbs and 18.5in long. Mom and baby are doing well after only 3 hours of labor! We had the pleasure of keeping Jace at our house last night/this morning until Allison's Mom was able to fly into town. Jace and Bailey had a ball and both did really well! It is so cute to see them play and love each other.

Being silly and getting tired from chasing each other!
What? I'm a BIG BROTHER?
This morning, bright and early.
Sweet baby Sydney. 15 hours old. I got to hold her for 30minutes! Yea! She is so precious and small and snuggly.

Gainesville fun continued

In Gainesville, the girls had a blast hanging with Grammie, Papa and Rocky (the dog). Bailey was able to play in her pool every day and enjoy getting Grammie wet everyday. We took a trip to the Natural History museum and Bailey enjoyed going in the cave and looking at all the stuff. We look forward to going to the butterfly museum part one day, but are waiting until Taylor and Bailey are a little older to thoroughly enjoy it.

Taylor and her cute self hanging out at the museum
Dad showing Bailey a bug under the bark of the tree.
What's in here?
Yum. Pool water. Anyone else want a drink? ;)

Taylor 5 months

My sweet little itty bitty baby girl is no longer so little...she is 5 months old today! Here is what she has been up to:

-Sleep: goes down at 7:30pm, awake around 3am to eat, back down to 6:45ish. Wakes up 2x just to wake up (better then before!)
-Eats every 2-3 hours. Still allergic to milk/egg. We recently discovered her eczema went COMPLETELY away when I was sick and didn't eat for 2 days. SO, obviously she is still allergic to something I am eating.....not sure what it is though. Going to try and eliminate soy as well and see how it goes.
-loves to play in her exersaucer now and watch Sesame Street with her sister (although she only does each of these for 5-1o minutes). Is an expert roll-overer now, but still doesn't like being on her belly much.
-Is taking less naps, but longer ones. Normally has a short one in the morning, a longer one in the afternoon and a short one in the evening.
-loves her big sister and will just sit and watch her! (is also starting to annoy Bailey by "playing" with Bailey's toys! Ha!)

Overall, she is a smiley and happy baby. I love that she wakes up talking and just is generally pretty easy going. I am so blessed to be her Momma!

the gator

Here are a few pics of us with the alligator in front of the stadium (we take pics here every visit to Gainesville- I hope this will be a family tradition for many years :)).

My little Gator Girl

As most of you know, we are HUGE Gator Fans. Most everyone in the Cellon family has now gone to UF and lets just say you won't find us wearing anything but Orange and Blue on a GameDay!!

Here is our littlest Gator all ready to cheer the team on. Grammie stayed home with the girls and allowed Poppy, Papa C, Blair and I to go to the game. It had been a few years since I was able to see one and it was so nice to be back! We had wonderful seats on the 40 yard line (thanks Ann!).



Poppy and Taylor meeting- he loves babies!

This and That

Here is my big girl Taylor who will soon be 5 months old! Hard to believe. She is such a joy to have as a daughter, i just love cuddling with her (although she is starting to want to play all the time)

Bailey playing in the cute outfit Grammie Cellon made her. Thanks Grammie, it fits great!


Our new stroller, the BOB Revolution Duallie. After MUCH discussion, Blair and I have decided to get rid of all our other strollers and just keep this one. I mostly need a run/walk stroller and this one fits the bill- I took it for my first run tonight and it worked out well :). If anyone needs a double tandem stroller or single jogging stoller- let me know!

Target run today- 6 packs diapers, 3 wipe refills for $35!!

CVS trip. Total cash: $3 (missing are 3 candy bars...Blair got to them before I even told him I got them :))

Bailey's First Second Birthday Party

Got that title? This is the first of three Bday parties Bailey had for turning 2! This one is at Grammie and Papa Cellon's house.

I got a "pool!"
Yea, presents!

Cake...yumm!

Bailey's Birthday cake (Egg free Carrot Cake) that was awesome! (Thanks Grammie!)
Daddy love
Grammie helping me out with my dress

My Birthday Gifts from Mom and Dad

We were traveling to Florida on the day Bailey turned 2, so we gave her her gifts the night before.

Here she is modeling her new apron

The cute Gator apron I picked up at Old Navy...couldn't have made a better one myself!
A book to help her with her colors (she LOVED the "oops" in the book- we read this 100x during the trip, and her first Blue's Clues dvd-also watched 100x during the trip :)).

Dress Up FUN!

Along with the shoes that I bought Bailey, this dress and hat came in a "lot" of 2T winter clothes that I picked up super cheap. She looks pretty cool, huh!
Tah Da!

Stats STAT!

We have been home from Florida for a week and half now. I have a ton to update, but we had a Crazy first week back and then were hit with a GI bug for the last couple of days. I feel Blair and I have turned the corner to the land of the living....hopefully we will continue to improve, and we are thankful the girls got just a slight touch of the virus.

Last week, I had Bailey and Taylor's 2 year and 4 mo Well Child Checks. Here are their stats:

Bailey: head: 50.2 cm inches (97%)
weight: 35 inches (75%)
height: 30 lb (75%)
She checked out healthy as a bell!

Taylor: head: 41.5cm (60%)
weight: 14lbs 12oz (60%)
height: 25 in (60%)
The doctor had some good suggestions on her eczema and said I had to wait awhile for allergy testing. Oh well, she seems to be doing better now.

I will hopefully get caught up on some posts soon..but for now I am headed to bed to recover some more.

Cellon Family Pictures

My brother, Travis took some professional pictures of our girls last weekend. Some turned out really great! Below is the link to view them. I still need to do the black/white on some and upload them to snapfish to be printed (for the Grandma's :)). ENJOY!

Cellon Pictures

Sista's at 4 months

Bailey at 4 months
Taylor at 4 months
What do you think?

Taylor 4 months

My precious Taylor turned 4 months old on Saturday! It is hard to believe that she is already 4 months old...I remember this being a turning point for the good with Bailey. 3 months for Taylor was not her best. She has been waking up at night MULTIPLE times (sometimes every 30minutes) and has had difficulty taking naps. I know this can happen to all babies, but it is harder when they were sleeping through the night and now are waking up for no apparent reason. Oh well. This too shall pass. Here is what she has been up to:

-goes to sleep at 7:30. Sometimes goes down well, sometimes not. Wakes up several times at
night. Once to eat. Finally awake, awake at around 7:30.
-naps 3-4x/day. Most short 45minute naps. Some days one longer nap.
-Nurses every 2 1/2-3 hours. Still gets one bottle of breastmilk/day and takes it well.
-Is allergic to milk/eggs. I have started to cut out a lot of SOY and have noticed an improvement over the last few days. Hopefully her rash/sleep will improve!
-Is rolling over like a champ. Rolled from back/front around 14 weeks.
-Loves to read her "books", hold her pacy and play with her bib.
-Scratches her ears when tired and has the marks to prove it!
-Is still content, but has definetely let us know in the past month when she isn't happy!
-Still loves to be all wrapped up with Mommy on the go to sleep, but once awake wants OUT to play and see the world.
-Seems longer and skinnier then Bailey at this age. We have her 4 mo Well Child Check in a few weeks- I have no idea how much she weighs!
-Giggles when I apply lotion on her at night- She loves it!
-looks more and more like her Daddy every single day :)