Slip 'n Slide Fun

It was in the 80's today so we busted out Ryleigh's pool and slide she got for her birthday.  She loved it!  The neighbor boy came over and joined in on the fun in his clothes.  He was a little more brave than Ryleigh was with the spraying water.

Bailey enjoyed being outside too!

Happy Birthday Ryleigh!

Ryleigh turned 2 yesterday and I can't believe it.

Singing Happy Birthday

Blowing out the candles

Opening gifts

New Crocs from Aunt Nicole.

Sitting in her new Mickey Mouse chair we got her

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.