"No, you can not take my picture!!"

Let me start by saying that getting an almost 1 year old's picture taken is a complete nightmare. Yesterday I had an appointment to get Kade's 1 year old pictures taken at 12:00. I had decided to try a different place in the mall that my cousin Angie had gone to and they did a great job taking pictures of her little girl Julia. Kade usually naps around 12:30 or 1:00; so I decided to get him to take a nap at around 10 so he could get some rest before the picture. He woke up on his own at 11, had lunch, got him dressed, and then we headed to the mall. My brother met us there. My plan was to do two different outfits; one in a nice shirt/shorts and the other in his monkey swimsuit with beach balls and his monkey.

We set him down and he immediately threw himself back and started rolling around the floor screaming. I gave him his pacifier for comfort and the photographer lady started talking to him and trying to get him to laugh. He took out his pacifier, threw it at the lady, and started screaming again. We tried everything cheerios, throwing the ball, funny noises; nothing worked. The photographer at one point, talking to my brother said, "Dad try to tickle him." My brother quickly said, "I am not the dad, just the uncle!" After about 20 minutes, the lady said we could try to give him a nap and come back at 5:00.

So we went home and both took a nap. My brother said he was not going back with us and I can't say I blamed him. After nap Kade had a snack and I was trying to be as silly and happy as I could to get him in a good mood. We drove back to the mall and as soon as we sat him down the same show started over again with kicking, rolling, and screaming. So we made an appointment to go back today at 4:00 to make sure he got a normal nap and his routine was not interfered with.

I was a little embarrassed to be going back a 3rd time, but really wanted to get his 1 year pictures done. I was just praying that today would be different. In the waiting room he was in a great mood smiling at everyone who worked there, he even sat down and tried to color in their play area. I was so excited thinking maybe yesterday was just a bad day. Well we walked back to the studio part and the same scene from yesterday started over again!! They finally got him to get up and play a little. We actually got some cute shots out of all 3 times put together. He was definitely showing his personality.

I have a feeling that the toddler years are going to be very interesting!! I told Tim yesterday after we got home that I wanted to go back to work. But then Kade came up and kissed me and I said never mind!! He is definitely worth all the chaos and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Concert

For my birthday Tim gave me George Strait concert tickets. It was a really sweet planned out gift. Also, if you know Tim then you know how completely out of his comfort zone that going to a country music concert was; which made it even more sweet. Although I think the fact that the concert was at the new Cowboys stadium is what really encouraged him to buy the tickets! The stadium was pretty amazing. We sat down and just stared around that the massive structure we were in and I have never seen such a huge t.v. in my life. It was crazy!! We had a great time on our date. We hardly ever go anywhere just the two of us, so it was nice to just be Heather and Tim again for a night.

This is us in front of the stadium. I think we walked around the entire building; according to where your seats were you could only go in on that specific side, which we did not know so we parked on the opposite side of our seats.

Here is the massive t.v., this picture does not do it justice.

George Strait was great!

Reba's show was fun.

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This week my cousin's son Jordan is spending the afternoons with Kade and I after his music camp. Kade was amazed by Jordan's every move. Jordan played the drums on Rock Band today and Kade loved watching him. Tonight after Jordan had gone home Kade found the drum sticks and decided to try out the drums himself. Who knows maybe we will be going to his concert oneday!?! But he definelty will have to learn from Jordan because Tim and I have no musical talent at all.

First Day of Summer

Today was our first day of summer and we had lots of fun. The day started out quite a bit earlier than my past summer mornings of sleeping in until 10:00 or 12:00. Kade was ready to start our day bright and early at 8:00. We decided to have a lazy day and stay home doing nothing today. Yes, we stayed in our pajamas ALL day! It was great not having to get dressed up and put on make-up. We had breakfast, watched the View, and played. I think we pulled out every toy in the house. At lunch Kade enjoyed using his spoon for his fruit. It was so funny he was really interested and demanding about using the spoon today. He would pick up the fruit, put it on the spoon, and then put the spoon in his mouth. When he started to feed the dog with his spoon lunch time was over. This weekend he bit Tim on the arm and we were kind of shocked; he thought it was hilarious. Well this afternoon he was playing and he bit me on the leg! I said, "No, no!" He thought it was so funny. He kept running towards me and trying to bite me again. I guess biting is something we are going to have to learn to control before the summer is over. I don't want him going to the babysitter's house biting other kids. I remember my mom telling me I was a major biter at home and daycare. She said she used to get so embaressed when she would come to pick me up and I had biten another child. I hope I am not getting paid back and my little biter learns to control himself! We had a fun, silly day and are excited about the rest of the summer.

Being silly rolling around the living room.

This is his favorite new book, we read it several times today.

Such a big boy; he always throws his diaper in the diaper genie.

He had lots of fun throwing every book in his book basket out into his room.

No More Monkeys Jumping OUT of The Bed!

Last night I put Kade to bed and he was fussing a little. He sometimes will cry a little when we put him to bed, but usually will fall right to sleep when he realizes it's bed time and we aren't going to get him out. I was sitting in the living room listening to him when all the sudden I hear a thump and Kade starts to cry. I figured he had just fallen in his bed. So I walked in his room and found him on the floor! I screamed for Tim and ran to pick Kade up. I was terrified! Kade did not cry for long at all; we checked him all over and thank goodness he was fine. We put him down and he started walking around laughing and playing. I had put his bumper back in his bed because his legs kept getting stuck in between the bars of the bed. Well the bumper is how the little monkey climbed out of his bed. We put him back in his bed to see how he climbed out and he showed us how he climbed on the bumper and swung his leg over the top of the bed. So the bumper is no longer in his bed. Hopefully the little monkey will not be able to climb out again.

We Finally Made The Move!

O.k, so I have a confession to make.... Kade has been sleeping in the pack 'n' play in our room since he was born. My goal was to move him to his own room over Christmas break and then it was over spring break. Well I did not meet any of those goals. It sounds silly but I just wanted him to be right in the same room with me all night. Well on Sunday night I'm not sure what came over me but after we did our nightly routine I just decided to put Kade in his own bed in his room. The rest of the night I kept asking Tim if he thought Kade would be okay and I kept telling myself people put their kids to bed in their own rooms every night and everything is fine. We got his night light and humidifier all set up in his room. We tested out the monitors; everything was good to go. I was really tired so I fell right to sleep. I woke up at about 1:00 in the morning and Tim was gone. So I got up and found him in the guest bedroom next to Kade's room. I woke him up and asked what he was doing in there. He said, "I just wanted to make sure we could hear him." It was so sweet that Tim secretly didn't want Kade to make the move either! Well we have made it all week now and it's going well. Tim and Kade are both making it all night in their own rooms!

He's Walking and Clapping with 2 Teeth!

Kade started taking a few steps over spring break, but this week he has really started to take off. The most steps I have counted at one time is 8. He is in such a hurry he ends of falling and crawling the rest of the way to where he is going. It's so funny to look up and see him walking around the living room. My little baby boy is growing up way too fast!
We have been working on clapping for awhile now. He just wasn't seeming interested. On Tuesday I picked him up at Ms. Lynda's and he was playing a game where you put a ball in the hole and it falls down the toy and out the bottom. She said that is his favorite toy at her house. I was watching him put the ball in and all the sudden he started clapping. I was so excited! Now he is clapping for everything. His little chubby hands are so cute when he claps them together. It's so funny how being a mom makes you so excited about little things like clapping. I just love watching him learn new things!
Kade finally has 2 teeth! These past few weeks have been pretty painful for everyone at the Bailey House. I thought we might all go crazy if those teeth didn't come in quick. His little gums were so swollen and looked so painful. We felt so bad for him and he was so FUSSY! Thank goodness for Motrin and Tylenol! It's funny to see him smile with his two little bottom teeth.
Hopefully I will post some new pictures soon; this has been a very busy week and I am so glad that tomorrow if Friday.

Wine Anyone??

Tim and I always said that when we had kids we were not going to re-arrange the house and we would just teach our children what they could and could not touch. We bought our house thinking that our back living area would be a play room and that is where the toys would stay. Well now that we are parents we realize the reality is that we were totally wrong! The entire house looks like a toy store exploded all the time and certain things around the house have had to be put up a little higher. Most of you probably know that Tim and I are very particular about the house and keeping things where they go and clean. Well, Kade has somewhat caused us to loosen up quite a bit.
One thing that we have always been pretty anal about is the carpet. We don't eat or drink on the carpet. We have a wine rack in our kitchen very close to where the kitchen and the living room meet. Neither one of us are wine drinkers, we have some wine bottles on the rack for decoration. I was in the kitchen talking to Tim on the phone when Kade crawled into the kitchen and grabbed onto the wine rack to pull himself up. He lost his balance and on his way down grabbed a wine bottle. Just as I was saying,"No, no Kade," the wine bottle fell on the tile and wine spilled out everywhere. I ran over and picked him up quick, thank goodness he was not hurt at all. He just looked at me and smiled. I put him in his bed and picked my phone back up and told Tim I had to go there was wine everywhere. The wine spilled into the living room covering a pretty big spot of the carpet. I scrubbed forever to try to get the wine up, all we had was a small bottle of carpet cleaner. The cleaner did not work well at all. I am hoping that we can find some better cleaner at the store or if anyone knows how to get wine out of the carpet please let me know. So the kitchen now smells like a bar and we have a huge purple spot on the carpet in the living room. We now have an empty wine rack in the kitchen and I am thinking it is going to stay empty until Kade goes to college!