2 Year Pics

Today Mimi and I took Bailey to Sear's to get her pictures made. This was the best photo session we ever had! Bailey was such a good girl and posed like a little model. It was unlike any photo session we'd ever done- no crying and screaming! :)

We're still in Paducah living with my parents. Thanksfully, time is flying by and we're hoping to move to Lexington in about four weeks. (fingers crossed) My parents have been awesome and Bailey loves being here. My dad takes Bailey to see the "choo choo train" and "fire truck" every single night. Michael's parents have been keeping Bailey one day a week and that's been nice! Michael has driven up here twice since we've been up here...he misses us like crazy and we miss him like crazy! Hopefully this crazy transition will end soon and we'll finally get settled!

Bailey's 2nd Birthday

Last weekend we went back to Birmingham to tie up some loose ends. Bailey had her two year check-up...and that was a blast! NOT! She was not on her best behavior to say the least. Some stats: she weighed 21 lbs., 8 oz. (5th percentile) and she's 32 in. long (15th percentile). I thought her doctor might put her on a food supplement, but she didn't.

Saturday we celebrated her 2nd birthday with all of her closest friends at Pump It Up in Pelham. It was a huge inflatable place and the kids (and adults) had a blast!

We're now officially "homeless"....living with my parents while Michael is living with the Wigton's in B'ham. I'm taking it day by day, but thankful that we at least have a place to stay and Bailey is doing well!

Lots going on!

It's been a while since I last blogged...so I'll catch you up on what's been going on with us! As many of you know, Michael and I sold our townhouse. Woo Hoo! We moved out on May 1 and rented a furnished corporate housing apartment in Hoover. I'll spare some details...but long story short, Bailey did not adjust well at all. In fact, we believe this whole move truly traumatized her. She stopped eating and sleeping and turned into a little monster! So, one morning I couldn't take it anymore and decided that we needed to come on home to my parents house in hopes that it would provide her some sense of normalcy. It was a tough decision because we had to leave Michael and I didn't have time to say goodbye to many of my friends. However, I knew I had to put Bailey first and take care of her.

It's been a full week home now and Bailey is back to her normal sweet self! She is eating and sleeping like a champ!!! She's so happy and just loves it at my parents house. I without a doubt made the right decision to come on home.

On Thursday we are actually travelling back down to B'ham. My sister, niece, and nephew are coming back with us. I had to come back to help Michael pack up the POD, Bailey's 2 year check-up, her birthday party, and to say goodbye to my sweet friends! This trip will be so hard on me because I know we're not coming back (at least for a while) and the life as we've known it is now over. One chapter closes and another one will open!

In the meantime, Michael will be living with Eric and Katie. He'll have a week off at the end of June and then he starts at UK on July 1. We are keeping our fingers crossed that our house will be ready by June 30! It's been a crazy summer already...but we're making it!

MiMi bought Bailey a new tricycle when we got home! Loves it!

Surprise Adair!!!

Adair's surprise baby shower/going away party...she hadn't arrived yet.

Katie, Areta, Elizabeth, me. I will miss these girls sooo much!

Bailey sleeping on the couch when we got home. She wouldn't sleep in her bed for Nana and Granddaddy. After this picture she rolled off the couch and was awake until 4 am. Fun times!

Bailey and Margot eating lunch at the pool.

Loves the pool!

Baiey & Margot...more like sisters!

Splish Splash!

Bailey kept drinking pool water- yuck!

The Three Amigos- Bailey LOVES Charlie. She can't keep her hands off of him. :)

The day I left my house. :(

FREDDY! He's smiling! (The Bower's cat)

Auntie Areta & Auntie Elizabeth lovin' on Bailey

Bailey DID NOT want her picture taken!

Our sweet friends threw us a going away bbq! Love these chicks!

My little rascal.

My BFF (Katie) and I. Bailey's going in for the close up!

Mr. Tito helping me pack up. He DID NOT want me to pack his toys!!!

Our New House!

Here is our new house in Lexington! Our realtor finally sent us pictures of the progress...and it's gone up quickly! We are getting excited and can't wait to get more updates on our house!

Spring Fun!

We've been pretty busy lately... Playdates in the park, going to the zoo, jumping at bouncey gyms, hanging out with friends, Bible study... it's been rough lately. :) Just kidding! Bailey and I have had lots of fun together and it's been so fun watching her learn and experience new things. (I still have a husband, but he's always at work and doesn't really get to experience all of these fun things. Sad.)

Anyway, we've got less than two weeks before moving out of our townhouse. I've been packing things up and getting ready for the move. Even though this is so chaotic, I am so grateful and thankful we've sold our house! I can't wait to move into our little corporate furnished appartment! Ha!

Trip to Paducah

Bailey and I spent a week and a half in Paducah while Michael was on night float. She had lots of fun playing with her cousins, Max and Caroline. Her grandparents-both sets-spoiled her rotten...which is good, but now we're dealing with the consequences. :) Little Miss Bailey has gotten good at throwing tantrums when she doesn't quite get her way!

While we were there we also all caught colds. It was one big snot factory! I think we used two boxes of kleenex with kids. Anyway, we had a great time, but it's nice to be back home and we're hoping to get to see daddy in a couple of days! Night float is for the birds!

Under Contract!

Yes, our house is officially under contract! I still can't believe it...but it is! With all of the inactivity we've had on our house I thought for sure we'd move to Lexington and still own a house in B'ham. I am obviously thrilled and relieved that someone is going to buy our house!

So, last Sunday...a week ago today...I got hit with that viscious stomach bug that Bailey had. It was awful, but I survived. :) Michael's wonderful parents came down and took care of Bailey while I laid in the bed until Wednesday. I also owe a huge "thanks" to Worth Bowers for coming over and giving me iv fluids to get hydrated again. It's so nice to have doctor friends!

Anyway, last Monday our agent called about 11:30 am and said that the girl that had looked at our house a week ago wants to come back for a second look 3:30 pm. So, somehow I drug my sick body out of bed, took a shower, and got my room cleaned up. Michael and his parents cleaned the rest of our house and it looked awesome! My realtor said to make sure that my house didn't smell like Lysol. ha! ha! (They obviously didn't know my house was infested with the stomach bug germs!) Long story short, this girl was at our house FOREVER and I was dying to just get back in bed. We didn't hear anything that afternoon, but Sally, my amazing realtor, called Tuesday and said that the girl is going to make an offer. Yay! We finally got an offer that afternoon and it was RIDICULOUS!!!! I didn't think it was going to work because she pretty much wanted our house for free...seriously. However, after a few days of counter offering, both parties reached an agreement!

If all goes well we are closing on April 30 and she will take possession of our house on May 3. Michael and I have to find some sort of temporary housing for the remaining 8 weeks that we'll be here. I'm thinking we'll move into corporate housing that's furnished and ship our entire house to Lexington and move it into a storage unit. STRESS!!!! But, I'll take this stress over the stress of having not sold our house by time we leave. :)

All I can say is God is so good! He is so faithful and does provide! What a mighty God we serve!