Baby Sister Bailey

Ryleigh has done very well with her new baby sister. She loves to give her kisses and calls her baby sister.  Any little noise Bailey makes Ryleigh gets a concerned look on her face, says baby, and runs to find the pc (pacifier), eventhough Bailey doesn't use the pacifier.  Ryleigh also likes to bring bows for us to put in Bailey's hair but she doesn't have enough hair yet to put one in.



Easter

Since Bailey and I were in the hospital on Easter, the Easter Bunny came to visit this weekend.

We colored Easter Eggs

Ryleigh loved putting the stickers on the eggs

She was real worried that this egg didn't have a place in the box.  She tried her hardest to make a spot for it but there was no room.

Ryleigh thought she was an egg and needed to be decorated

The Easter Bunny hid our eggs...

and brought Ry a basket full of goodies.

She didn't waste any time opening a piece of candy.

All that hard work was a waste because she dropped it and Lizzie got to enjoy it.

We haven't been to church since the Sunday before Easter because of our new little one so Ryleigh hasn't had a chance to wear her new dress.  Next week I will take pictures of her in it and post them.

We're HOME!

Bailey and I were able to come home today.  She was quite the early and fast surprise last Wednesday evening.  I was in labor a total of 3 hours.  She wasn't due until the 21st of May.  Bailey Dakota was born April 20th at 6:54 pm. weighing 4lbs 13oz.  She had to spend a week in the NICU first because of low blood sugar and then they found an infection.  While that was being treated with antibiotics, she was also being treated for jaundice.  But all is well now and we are home.

She had to be kept under a warmer for a few days off and on to keep her body temperature where it should be.

All snuggled up in her NICU crib

Home at last

Her sister is a BIG fan of her for now.  Ryleigh kept telling us about her the whole way home and wanted her out of her car seat the second we walked in the house.  Ryleigh couldn't see her in the NICU so today was the first meeting of this sister we kept talking about.

Spring Break

Today is my last day of spring break:(  We didn't do a whole lot this week but I had a great time spending the week home with Ryleigh.  It makes me even more excited for summer vacation that is just right around the corner.

Last weekend we started to attempt to potty train Ryleigh.  It wasn't very successful so I gave up on Tuesday.  But we did get some cute pictures.

Books kept her attention on the potty for only the first few days.  After that, she hollered everytime we put her on the potty.

This one was her favorite to look at.

Yesterday we went over to my sister-in-laws house and we made adorable carseat covers for our new little ones.

Then we came home and played ball outside since it was a beautiful day.

Being cautious to not step in a doggie mess.

Walking in Lizzie's path

Today was another beautiful day so after we ran a few errands and got Ryleigh her first pair of flip flops, we headed to the park.



Discovery Center

Devin's parents came into town last week.  We took Ryleigh to the Discovery Center in Boise.  Here were some of her favorite exhibits.

Magnetic table

Echo tunnel that she enjoyed hollering into

They had this peg game that she was obviously too young to play but she stayed here for a long time putting the pegs in the hole and then back in the box over and over again.

She loved the giant bubble maker

This one was by far her favorite.  Air would shoot out of the tube and hold the ball in the air.  When it would shut off she would go get the ball and come back to push the button to start the air flow again.  We stayed at this exhibit for awhile also.

In the last room they had a little grocery store for the kids to play in.  She didn't take the groceries off the shelves.  Instead, she put the groceries that someone had left in a cart, one by one into another cart.  She was done playing here when a little girl tried to steal her groceries out of her cart.

Big Girl Bed

When we were in Georgia, Ryleigh didn't want to sleep in the pack n play my aunt had borrowed for her.  She wanted to sleep in the twin bed that I was sleeping in.  I let her go to bed in it and then moved her to the crib when I was ready for bed.  I even braved letting her take naps in the twin bed.  She didn't get out of it once.  Even when she woke up from her naps, she hollered for mom like she does from the crib.  We called Dad on the way home and told him he'd better get her big girl bed ready for her.

She was so excited to sleep in it that night we got home.  The next day Dad was home with her and she kept getting out of it at nap time so she had to go to the crib.  One other night she got out a few times but I told her one more time she would have to go back to the crib.  She has done very well.  She is so little and she always crawled to the corner of her crib we were afraid she would fall out easily.  She stays in the same position the whole night and hasn't fallen out yet, knock on wood.  Most of the time she still hollers for us to come get her out of bed.  I think it is laziness.  She is very capable of getting out on her own.

Now hopefully, she won't get jealous when the new baby starts using the crib.

I am still looking for a comforter set for her though.  I am looking for a pink and brown one to match the room.  However, I can't find ANY cute little girl ones, let alone a pink and brown one.

Georgia

Last week Ryleigh and I flew to Georgia for my grandma's funeral.  Although it wasn't the best of circumatances for going, it was fun to hang out and see family that we don't get to see too often.

One afternoon we went to a park for a picnic lunch and to feed the ducks. This time Ryleigh actually fed the ducks instead of herself.

I tried to get Ryleigh and her cousing Mariah to stand infront of this carving but everytime, Mariah would face the other direction.  Rumor has it, it wasn't just me.  She does that everytime someone is trying to take her picture.  Little stinker!

Ashlyn was so excited that Ryleigh wanted to sit on her lap to watch the ducks.

The cousins.  Look at all of that pink, girls!