A blast from the past.....

I figured that I would start my first blog off with a recap of the day our darling daughter Bailey arrived. After a few months of enduring preterm labor and bedrest we had an induction scheduled for April 16th. Bailey must have caught wind that she was being evicted and my water broke the night before my induction. A little over 10 hours later she was finally in my arms. It was sooo surreal, and something I had dreamt of for so many years. It was at that moment our lives were forever changed. She is now 9 months old and it just amazed us how fast time has gone by. It seems like yesterday I was tossing and turning gobbling down rolaids in the middle of night from heart burn, and dying with anticipation of meeting the little girl that had been trying to bust her way out for months. What would she look like? How would she change our lives? Would she keep us up all night? These were questions we pondered daily! Of course we got all the answers....she looks just like me, and she has changed our lives in the best ways, and she slept through the night soon after she was born! She is such an amazing little girl, and has added great joy to our lives. She can stand holding onto things and only crawls backwards. She talks up a storm and will repeat things frequently. Her favorite things to say are dada, hi, hey, yay, and alot of other random things nobody can understand. She has said mama a few times but not alot. She has a favorite monkey and his name is "boots". He goes everywhere she goes! We recently bought her a DJ walker that even has turntables on it and she flies around the house in that thing. She is a good eater. I still BF on demand and plan to let her self wean but hope to make it to the age of 2. She eats big girl food twice a day, and I make it all myself. Her favorite things to eat are Mango, Pears, Squash, Apples, Pot Roast, Potatoes, Carrots & Pancakes! She LOVES to feed herself, and has gotten so good at it. What does not end up in her mouth the dogs willingly scarf down! She has 6 teeth, and more to come soon! To be able to be home and watch her grow is something I have always dreamed of doing, and I feel so blessed. I am SO thankful that Travis strongly agrees that I should be home to take care of our growing family. We have not decided on a number that are family will grow to, but we are far from done expanding :) I hope to add updates and pictures here when I can. Tomorrow I will try and blog about our last week as it has been very eventful!