Two Month Pictures

Two Months - 10lbs 1.5oz   22 1/2 inches

I can hold my head up now!!

My favorite by far!!

 So alert and smiley for only two months!

2 months old!

Laney and her best buddy!

I think she looks like a doll here.

"Are you talking to me?!?"

Well May is half way over, and I don't have too many pictures to share. I guess I have finally slowed down at the picture taking :)

Laney had her two month check up on May 6th. She is growing so much. She weighed 10 pounds 1.5 ounces and is 22 inches long. She only had to get one shot and she didn't do too bad. She cried for just a minute, and then calmed right down. It was much better than last time. 

Facts about Laney... it is so amazing how much they grown and develop in 10 weeks:

- She is smiling all the time! 

- She loves staring at people's faces

- She is always playing with her tongue and trying to to talk

- She does not like bath time. We have to be very quick and sing to her the whole time.  She     does however like her head being scrubbed. I think she gets this from her dad.

- Laney has a new best friend (pictures above). She holds on to this stuffed animal so tight, and   she loves staring at it's face too.

- She is holding her head up so well. If you hold her belly and back she will sit right up and support her own head. I even put her in her Bumbo for just a few seconds and she can hold herself right up.

- People are always commenting at how alert she is.

- People are also always commenting on how long she is. 

- She loves car rides, and always falls fast asleep.

- She is getting more hair finally :)

- She loves to make silly sounds.

- She is now grabbing things all the time, she loves grabbing mommy's hair and lips. 

- She has recently begun disliking diaper changes, but only some times.

She is such a happy baby, and we just can't get enough of her!! I am picking up her two month pictures either today or tomorrow and I will post those soon.

Oh yes, I have to update you on my job. I was laid off on Monday, April 27th. I then began thinking I would either work only part time or be a stay at home mom. Well on Friday, May 8th my principal called me in for a meeting. Bethel offered me my job back, but I was hired at Frederickson Elementary. It is a brand new school that will be opening for the first time this fall. I was so excited when I saw where I was offered a job, because opening a school is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I was also sad, because I knew I would have to accept the job and work full time. That meant I would be leaving my baby and that is not what I had in mind the entire time I was pregnant. If fact before we began trying we thought I would work about three days per week. The excitement faded for a few moments and then the crying began! I only cried a few minutes, and then I was excited for this opportunity again :)  I knew I had to take the job so we could see Jordan. If I stayed at home then Laney and I would NEVER see Jordan, and that is not fair to any of us. He would have to work a ton of overtime. We also would be on such a tight budget that we would not be able to spend ANY money. In fact we could barely pay the bills, and that would only be if Jordan was able to get enough over time shift. We saved up a lot of money for when I worked part time, but not nearly enough to be a full time stay at home mom.

I found out I will be teaching fourth grade, and the two ladies I am teaching with seem to be wonderful! One of them has a 4 1/2 month old little guy. She has been on maternity leave since she had her little one, and she won't be returning to work until next fall either. I am so excited to share this experience with her, because it is going to be so hard leaving our babies. We plan on having close friends and family watch Laney. So if there is one day a week you can commit to that would be great! Jordan has a weird schedule so we only need a baby sitter 6-11 days a month. Not bad huh!

8 weeks

Laney's Swimsuit, "Go Buckeyes!"

One Month Photo - Easter Dress

One Month Photo - Silly Girl

One Month Photo

Happy Girl.. She looks so grown up here!

First Bottle. Smiling at each other!

Yah for Sonic!!!

My new FAVORITE picture!

She LOVES smiling!

Well Laney is 8 weeks old today. She is such a sweet girl and she brings a special joy to my heart. Laney has been smiling since she was 1 month 1 day old, but now we can make her smile at almost any time. She just loves staring at people's faces and loves when we make silly sounds. She is really reaching for things and likes to follow us with her eyes as we walk by. We decided to give Laney her first bottle and she took right to it. I was nervous she may reject a bottle, or reject me after a bottle but it all worked out well. It was really neat to see her take a bottle from Jordan, they were both smiling at each other. That was the very first time he was able to feed his little girl. As for sleep, we are getting TONS. Seriously, Laney is a great sleeper. Last night she slept from 10pm-5am (7 HOURS) and then 5:30-8:30. We feel so blessed to have such a healthy, happy, beautiful, baby girl!

Laney is over her cold, and actually it was pretty short lived.. thank you Jesus!!! I am not looking forward to her next one, but I think I will handle it much better and not be such a worry wart. Well... Maybe! We have a very busy week next week, Laney will be turning 2 months old, and we have a doctor's appointment and pictures. Also, next Sunday I will get to celebrate my very first mother's day. I am so excited for this mother's day... I have a very special surprise for my mom, but I have to keep that secret until then.

First Cold

I have sad news to report. Laney has her first cold!!! We have been so careful always washing our hands and making other people wash their hands, that I swear some people think I am psycho. I can read people really well, and I know some people think we are crazy for how much we wash our hands. However, I guess it just didn't work. She was exposed to three little ones who were pretty sick, and three days later she woke up really snotty in the middle of the night. The rest of the day she seemed ok, but the next night she woke up REALLY snotty and stuffy. Now we are on day three and last night was miserable. She went down at about midnight and was awake crying at 2:00 really stuffy and snotty. Then I was awake with her until 6am. Then Jordan got home and we all slept downstairs with the humidifier. She slept a bit better and throughout the day today she just slept. She really didn't want to eat and she was really lethargic. She is running a low grade fever as well.

Tonight she seems to be feeling better. She has been awake and HUNGRY. She has been wanting to eat a lot, probably making up for what she missed during the day. So I hope she has a much better night. Please keep her in your prayers.

Happy Easter!

One of my favorite dresses! This looks a lot like me as a baby!

Like father... like daugher! 

Easter 2009 - Her basket is bigger than her!

Easter 2009 - All dressed up

Ready to go... like the new headband?!?

We have been staying busy in the Bailey house. Jordan has been back to work for two weeks now, and Laney and I are trying to stay busy and spend time outside of the house. Laney is now 5 weeks old and she is doing great. On April 7th she cracked her first smile for mommy. She has smiled many times before, but that was always in her sleep or gas! This one was a REAL smile and I even got a few of them. 

We had a wonderful Easter, and we are so thankful for such a wonderful supportive family. We dressed Laney in a very fancy dress, and she was a little magnet at church. Two ladies wanted to take a picture of Laney, and we had no idea who these ladies were. It took us 45 minutes to get out the front doors of the church. We are so proud of our little girl and we just LOVE being parents. Something I find funny, I have been asked SEVERAL times when we are going to have our next baby! Goodness... Laney is only 5 weeks old and everyone is ready for another one. I thought I wouldn't get asked this question for a year or so! Well the answer to this question is... Jordan and I would like our kids to be about about 2-3 years apart, but you never know God is MUCH bigger than we are. 

One Month Old

Mommy and her baby at Ocean Shores.

Daddy and his baby girl.

One month... do you see the smile we got!

Jon trying to comfort Laney... too cute!!

Jon, Devin, and Cailin checking out Laney. Keegan was on his way over :)

All dressed up for church and a baby shower!

Our happy family... can you believe Jordan let me hold her in this one!

 

Well we had a very busy weekend. On Saturday we went to Ocean Shores for the day. We had a blast, and it was so much fun bringing Laney with us. She was great, and slept the whole way there and the whole way home. We look forward to the day when she can fly a kite (Jordan and I are BIG kite flyers) and watch her build sandcastles, but for now we loved caring her around and dancing with her on the beach.

On Sunday, we went to church and then I headed to a baby shower. I had a wonderful time at the baby shower, and I can't wait to meet another one of Laney's friends... baby Emily. After the shower, I headed over to Jordan's brother and sister-in-law's house. We had a great time with family and spent time outside in the beautiful weather. It is so much fun watching my nephews with Laney, they just love her so much. As soon as Jon held her, he asked "Take a picture with me and LAMEY." He can't say Laney, so he says Lamey... too cute!!

Today Laney is one month old. Sometimes it seems like we have had Laney at home FOREVER, and it seems weird to think life without Laney ever existed. On the other hand the time has just flown by, and we just can't believe she is already a month. It has showed us that we need to enjoy every moment, as they grow SO FAST. Laney had her one month check up today, and she did great. She only got one shot, and she didn't like it very much at all. The rest of they day she just wanted to snuggle, and I enjoyed every moment of it. She now weights 8 pounds 7 ounces and is 22 inches long. She left the hospital weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches. So she is definitely growing! She is in the 25 percentile for her weight and 60 percentile for her height. Her doctor said everything looks great! After her appointment we headed to JC Pennys to get her one month pictures taken. She is just so adorable, and again we had a hard time picking out photos. As soon as we get them back I will post them. 

Roxy just LOVES to snuggle with Laney.

Daisy thinks she is the baby still.

Our three little bundles of love :)

Can you believe it, she is AWAKE :)

Family of Three, Laney's Church Dedication.

Pastor Kevin praying for our family.

Sleepy time, don't ya just wanna kiss those cheeks!

Daddy's first day back at work.

Snuggled up, after her bath.

Bath Time, she ALWAYS has her hands by her face.

I am going to start this post the way I started many of the post when I was pregnant, TIME IS FLYING BY!!! We just can't believe how fast the time has come and gone. Today Laney is 3 weeks and 6 days old. I just can't believe that she will be 4 weeks tomorrow, and we will be celebrating her one month birthday on Monday. 

We have been having so much fun getting to know Laney and spending quality time as a family. Last Sunday, we had Laney dedicated at church. It was an amazing experience, and it was so much fun to be able to dedicate her while she was so little. She was the smallest baby there, and boy oh boy did she have a support group. TWENTY ONE people came to watch her dedication! Jordan and I were overwhelmed by the support of our families, and we feel so blessed. She sure is a special little girl. 

As of Tuesday Jordan is back to work. Laney and I are enjoying our time alone at home, but we sure do miss having Jordan home. Jordan decided we should file bankruptcy and live off the tax payers, hey maybe the government will bail us out and support our family!?! I know we are just dreaming, but we just can't get enough of our little girl. 

Upcoming events... Laney will be one month next Monday. She has a doctor's appointment and pictures scheduled on her one month birthday. Also, next week Laney and I will be visiting my students to take part in the class picture.