Beautiful Baby Girls!

I just felt led to write about two of my best friends who had their first baby girls this past week.  Madison Grace McGhee (daughter of Laila and Anthony) was born Feb. 10th in St. Louis.  She is a big baby with lots of dark hair.  Laila has her hands full as her other child, Britton, won't be 2 until May 1st!  Riley Elizabeth Behr (daughter of Beth Anne and Tom Behr)  was born on Feb. 12 in Ft. Lauderdale.  She was a smaller baby with lots of dark hair.  This is Beth Anne's first baby, although she is step-mom to two older children. 

I guess I wanted to write about them because they are both so close to my heart and it kills me to be so far away from them and not being able to see them or be a part of their newborn stage.  My neice is due to arrive mid-April and she will be born in Memphis so that will be even harder!  It has been so fun to go through (or part of) pregnancy with some of my closest friends (Vanessa had Olivia back in the end of June too).  I didn't get to experience that with any of my friends during my pregnancy with Brooklynn.  And to know that our kids will "grow up together" will be so much fun!  Just wish we all lived closer!

 

Proud Parents

I am here to brag on my beautiful daughter.  The kindergardeners got tested a few weeks ago in order to get into the gifted program called STRETCH.  Although we are awaiting the second round of assessments (this time informally), we did receive "the letter" stating that she advaced to the second round.  Even if she doens't get invited, we were extremely proud of her!  Her score was 129 (took the NNAT) having a superior IQ.  She was only two points away from a Genuis IQ!  Much smarter than her momma....I think she got her dad's smarts!  I know it is just kindergarden, non-verbal testing, but we are proud none the less!  Even though we are proud of her regardless of any test!  She will have her one-on-one assessent on the 16th.  The good thing is that her school is one of the sites for the program so if she does get invited and we chose that route for her, it wont be changing schools.     

4 Months Old!

Braxton turned 4 months old this past Sunday, the 7th.  He gets happier and more fun the older he gets!  Some of his accomplishments this past month were rolling over (although he still doesn't know how to do it, he just randomly does), screaming (yet in the good sense this time, not in pain), and sitting up with help.  He is full of energy and is so interested in the world.  When he does cry, it is actually for a reason, usually being fatigue or hunger.  Although he does have a routine now (eating every 3 hours, taking a nap after two hours of being up) he does not have a schedule.  I wish he did...but as with everything else he has always done in his life, he calls the shots!  He is a replica of his daddy!  He went to the doctor on Monday and had his 4 month check up.  He is just shy of 28 in and 17 lbs!  Percentage wise he is in the 95th for height and went down for weight, being in the 85th.  Yet still a big boy!  He is in 9 month clothes (has been for several weeks).  I love him so much....he is a true blessing from God!  Makes me feel bad that it has taken 4 months of his life in order to say that with 100% truth behind it!  I guess it makes us appreciate his happy demeanor and not take it for granted!  I can't wait to see how much more he grows and develops this month (starting cereal soon!) but yet I don't want him to grow so I can keep him at this stage forever! 

Some too cute pics!

Heath can always get Braxton to laugh and smile so easily.  Thought he looked extra cute here!

I have been trying to organize pictures and clear out our memory cards so that we can take some more pics (new camera eats up space - especially the HD video).  I found a super cute one of my hottie hubby and beautiful daughter.  They both look so young! 

3 Months Old!

I am three months old today!  Momma has me dressed for the national championship game since daddy is a big fan.  Because he hates Texas, we are rooting for Alabama!  Roll Tide!  As you can tell in the above picture, I am growing bigger each day and hitting landmarks such as putting my hands together.  (Aren't I so cute?!)  I have also begun to make faces such as the picture below.  One of my trademarks.

My temperment is much better now and getting better and better the more I grow.  This makes my family happy!  I like to play with my sister - she always brings me toys to play with and look at.  Although I still don't sleep much, I do give mommy about 6 hours each night but she still doesn't think that is enough.  When I feel like it, I will talk mostly in ahh's and ohhh's.  I hate tummy time but do like to look around so I am starting to get a bald spot on the back of my head.  Not sure what I weigh right now - I go to the doctor at 4 months for my check-up.  It has been a whole month since I have been to the doctor!  That is by far the longest stretch (was going weekly/bi-weekly for this and that). 

Momma put this hat on me - she thought it looked like the old leatherhead football helmets.  I wasn't a big fan, especailly since it was too small.  Well, I am off for a cat nap...see you next month!

2 Months Old!

So I still haven't found an easy way to upload our super fancy camera pictures so i took a few pics from our old camera so that i could at least have a few pictures on the blog!  Here are a few of Braxton a day after 2 months old.  He weighed 13.8 lbs and was 24 1/2 inches long on his 2 month check-up - both in the 90th percentile!  Such a big boy!  He has been wearing 6 month clothes now for several weeks.  Growing like a weed!

I couldn't get him to smile for the camera, however i got him chewing his hand.  He discovered them last week and has a daily feed on one of them several times a day. 

I wish we had some digital photos of Brooklynn when she was this age as they look so much alike.  Maybe one day when i have some decent time i will scan one to show the comparison. 

Hi! I'm Braxton Garner Bailey!

Hello there!  I am Braxton Garner Bailey, born October 7th at 1:06pm.  I weighed in at 9lbs and 2oz and 22 inches in length.  I had a good amount of brown hair which is longer in the back.  I was cut out of my momma's tummy and boy did I stretch her out!  Here is a picture of my arrival. 

I know I look like E.T. here but I'm pretty cute once I was cleaned up. 

The first 5 days or so I was a happy baby and slept well for my parents.  However once I got home my little tummy hurt from whatever my momma was feeding me in her breastmilk.  After 3 long weeks of screaming and little sleep, she switched me to hyperallergenic formula.  My screaming has stopped and I sleep just a little more than I did.  I have lots of energy - I usually only take one nap a day.  I love to be held and coddled and I am very vocal if I'm not getting what I want.  I often get cranky for no apparent reason but I have great parents who continue to try to figure it out.  Although I need to be held all the time, I am not very cuddly.  I require a lot of attention and keep my momma very busy.  They say I am the opposite of my sister in every way! 

I am now just over 7 weeks old and I am over 12 lbs and 2 feet long.  I am already in 3-6 month clothes!  I wish I had more pictures but our new camera is too big for our computer to download at a decent speed and the disk wasn't formatted so some of my pictures won't show up at all.  My parents are working on it and if I didn't take so much time to take care of I'm sure it would be done sooner.  I'm glad I am their number one priority!  Mom does have some pictures on the shutterfly account that you can see - look at Braxton's 1st day.