Happy Birthday Sarah!

This afternoon, we helped cousin Sarah celebrate her 6th birthday at Bounce U. Zoe had a great time & Sarah got some great gifts. Nate remained relatively unimpressed although he seemed to enjoy the loudness of it all.

Sorry about the photo quality...for some reason, Tony had the camera flash set to Slow Synchro - not so great when there is lots of action going on...

Head Obsessed

For some reason, Zoe really is obsessed with Nate's head & is constantly touching it. A few weeks ago, I joked she was going to rub off what little hair he has. Now, I think, she might actually do it.

Top Ten Words at Our House

1. Stop
2. Stop
3. Zoe
4. Stop
5. It
6. Stop
7. Go
8. To
9. Your
10. Room

**To be fair, a few of the "stops" have been for Nate & there is an occassional few yelled at Alex when he is scratching the stairs.

Not again...

For some reason, I think this picture is hilarious. Nate's expression is totally saying to me, "Hey, there's that crazy lady again with that thing that makes my eyes hurt..."

He was smiling at me prior to this & I was trying to get a picture of that, but no such luck.

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Zoe, singing to Nathan this morning...

"Rock-a-bye baby in the treetop, along came a tornado & knocked the baby out."

Happy Birthday to Me!

Zoe's 1st Day of School

Nate @ 6 weeks

Parent/Child Day

For Parent/Child Day today at her preschool, Zoe wore her big sister shirt.

She **loves** her big sister shirt and wants to wear it almost everyday. Tony has told her that she is still a big sister even if she doesn't wear the shirt (just in case this is the reason for the obsession).

Happy 11th Birthday Kayli!

At Red Robin

Go Bucks!

OSU - Ohio Football Game

Although the game wasn't the prettiest, our seats were pretty good.

Flat Bottom Girls

Conversation with Zoe while changing Nate's diaper.

Zoe: "He has a cute little bottom."

Me: "Yes, he does."

Zoe: "It is a strange little bottom. Our bottoms are not like that. They're flat."

Me: "Well, that's what makes him a boy."

Zoe: "Is Daddy's like that?"

Me: "Yes."

Zoe: "Does it hurt him when you put the diaper on?"

Me: "No."

Zoe then lost interest and left the bathroom. This is first time she's questioned the fact that Nate looks a little different than her...

At the Splash Park

This afternoon, we took a quick trip to the splash park. Zoe & Daddy had fun playing in the water while Nate & I observed.

Toledo Zoo

After graciously hosting Zoe for the weekend, Kim & Andy went to the Toledo Zoo.

Tony met them there while I stayed home with Nate.

Nate's 1st OSU Game

Nate @ 4 weeks

Happy Birthday Great-Grandma!

Grandma Hart & Aunt Nancy stopped by today to meet Nate.

Dinner at Mexican Fiesta

Nate @ 2 weeks with Zoe

Nate's 1st Bath

As much as Nate hates having his diaper changed, he suprisingly enjoyed getting his first bath.

"Don't forget to take care of the baby."

These were Zoe's parting words to me as she left with Grandma Bailey to spend some time at Jungle Java. Apparently, she doesn't think I am a very reliable mother & needed reminding to take care of Nathan...

Brother & Sister

Zoe trying to rub off Nate's hair...

Zoe's Curls...

With curlers before bed...

In the morning...

We only need about 40 more curlers to do her whole head & have the next Shirley Temple.

Nate's 1st trip to the park

Once again, Nate slept through this outing, but Zoe had a good time...

Nate's 1st meal out

Nate's first meal out was at Panera with Grandma & Poppa Bailey, Zoe & Mommy. Mommy really, really enjoyed her ham & cheese sandwich which she had been denied for the past 9 months. Nate seems to have enjoyed himself also (well, okay, he slept through the whole experience, but it was a happy-to-be-here sleep; mommies can tell this things).

Nathan Alexander Bailey

7-28-2008

10:09am

8lbs. - 20 inches

It's done!!

Yeah!!

265 photos

77 layouts

112 pages

2 albums

I finished our Walt Disney World scrapbook...

Night, Night Bunnies

Zoe put all of her Claria bunnies to bed in her cradle last night...

Happy Birthday Mary!

This evening we helped Mary celebrate her birthday at McDonald's.

A gaggle of girls *helping* Mary open her presents

Mary - sitting quietly reading while everyone else is playing on the playscape

"I like it when you lose, Daddy"

This evening, I offered to play dominoes with Zoe & we asked Daddy if he would like to play. In Zoe's words...

"Daddy, I know you love this game, you love to lose. I love it when you lose. That's my favorite part."

She might need to work on her persuading skills a bit...but Daddy did play with us & won! I guess he was motivated by all of Zoe's talk of his losing...

CHV Picnic

Zoe playing on the bouncy house at the CHV picnic...

38 weeks

Zoe's Last Swim Class

Today, was Zoe's last swim class of this session. In this session, she had a boy teacher - normally something that makes her cry. But, after spending a few minutes with Mr. Ryan, she decided that he was a very funny boy & liked him a little more than Daddy approved.

At the end of class, she got to go down the slide at the Summit for the first time...Zoe was last in line & when a little boy in front of her decided he wasn't going down, Zoe decided she wasn't going to either...until Mr. Ryan shouted up and said he would catch her...

TT, TT, TB, FB Lady...

I would just like to say thank you to the the Too Tan, Too Thin, Too Blonde, Fake Boob lady for racing me to the elevator at the doctor's office (I am pretty sure that she was trying to get the door closed before Zoe & I got on...) & thank you also for then butting ahead of me in the doctor's office just so you could sign in before me (I *was* ahead of her since I got off the elevator first). Also, thank you because I am sure that it is your fault that my blood pressure was slightly elevated resulting in me having to go the lab after my appointment to have blood drawn to make sure that I didn't have pre-eclampsia. I am sure that you are really important busy person who did not have to wait for the hugely pregnant woman with the small child.

Uncle Ben's New Place

This evening we helped Uncle Ben move into his apartment in Jackson. Zoe had a great time *helping* carry stuff in and playing on the ramp to the rental truck.