Time Flies...

I've been awful at keeping up with the blog lately...sorry!  Between  life with Bailey and the rigors of doing home daycare, I'm just too tired and too busy to do much of anything these days!  But, now that I've got a minute, what's to update?

Well...Bailey just finished up yet another no-sleep phase, which sucked for all of us.  The good news is she's back to sleeping through the night again.  The bad news is that we start her bedtime routine at 7:30 and she's often STILL awake after 9.  She gets to watch an episode or two of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in our bed with her milk.  Then when the show is over, it's time for bed.  I walk in her room with her, read two books and sing a lullaby, then it's night-night Bailey.  Sounds simple, right?  Wrong.  Bailey has become a master of turning doorknobs, and is out of bed and downstairs at least 3 times every night.  It's gotten to the point where we've started locking her bedroom door when it's time to go to bed.  Most of the time it works pretty well (and we sneak down the hall and unlock her door after she's fallen asleep), but there are many, many occasions where Bailey just knocks on the door (which quickly turns into loud banging) and calls "Mommy!  I awake!"  Those nights are difficult and often end with one or both of us near tears before she finally succumbs to sleep.

We've started planning Bailey's 2nd birthday party!  We're having it at my in-laws house this year, and are renting a bounce house for B and her friends to play in.  I'm hoping it's a nice day and that everyone enjoys themselves.

Not too much else to say.  Things are going along well, and we're all doing great...hopefully with summer coming I'll have much more to update you all on.  And, of course, our new niece Karley will be here in just a few weeks, so stay tuned for that update!

Until then...enjoy a few photos!

Bailey is practicing for motherhood

Just updating her status on Facebook