Growing Every Day

I can't believe how fast the last few weeks have gone by. Bailey is over six weeks old now, but it feels like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. I love being a mom and being able to spend time with our little bubba all day. Some of my favorite things is picking her up from her bassinet and her little stretch she does. She arches her back, throws her head back, stretches her arms above her head, puckers her lips, and juts out her chin. It's so adorable! She's also starting to coo and she smiles A LOT. She LOVES her binky, which can be good at times because it helps her be so content, but difficult because it's constantly falling out of her mouth. You can probably guess what that means--I'm putting that thing back in her mouth at least 100 times per day. We need to do something about that dang thing.

We had our friend Emilie (from Photo By Emilie) take pictures of her when she was just a wee thing (10 days old). Here are some of the ones we love. Enjoy.

One of Our Favorite Things

Many people have helped to make Bailey's experience on earth very special. We received some wonderful gifts that have been so enjoyable and fun to see Bailey use and experience.



P.S. In this video I didn't mention Omai who also helped make the moment possible by assembling the swing. Thanks babe.

Bailey's Room

After many hours of hard work and with a touch of love, Bailey's room is finally complete.

Bailey has Arrived!

I opened up this window 20 minutes ago in hopes of telling you all about the birth of our little girl Bailey, but I was somewhat delayed having to address a hiccup attack and a poopy diaper. In the meantime I got distracted trying to get a bow glued to Bailey's head. Phew. I think we're all set now.

Our little girl, Bailey Manea Graybill, was born Monday, March 30th. After many phone calls to the hospital Monday morning to make sure there was a bed and a nurse available for us, we made it to the hospital at about 11:30 AM. Things progressed slowly throughout the day and at 5:00 PM the doctor broke my water and I received an epidural about a half hour later. Things continued to progress until Bailey was born at 11:21 PM. She weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and was 20 inches long.

She is very healthy and happy and I've managed to get quite a few smiles out of her. They might just be gas smiles, but they're smiles nonetheless. Here are a few pictures when she was five days old. We both think she's the cutest thing in the whole wide world, but what parent doesn't think that of their own child right?...

Omai's 32nd Birthday

Omai turned 32 on Saturday and to celebrate he a couple parties throughout the week. The first party was last Saturday at his parents for our monthly get-together. We had fantastic chicken crepes and his mom made an incredible pumpkin cheesecake that we enjoyed throughout the week. We probably shouldn't of, but you only have a birthday once a year right...
In addition to the family party at his parents, I planned a surprise party for him at our house. It was a week full of secretive planning and frankly some lying to pull it off. I hid the supplies around the house including my car trunk hoping that Omai wouldn't go snooping. I engaged his sister Keri to get him out of the house for a couple hours while I set everything up and waited for his friends to arrive. Omai pulled into the garage, we turned out the lights and in he walked to the house full of balloons, crete paper, noise makers, and friends.

The rest of the evening was filled with stories about Omai and his friends throughout the years. My favorites included the basketball game brawl, "Get off the internet", and the "okay" sign after he and Zane avoided the hood of a car that was lying in the middle of the road. If any of those stories peak your curiousity, spend an evening with Omai and he can tell you all of them. You won't be disappointed.

Well, I thought the surprise party was successful (as far as it being a surprise to Omai), but he later told me through his amazing detective work (and me leaving the evite open on my computer) that he knew all about it. He told me later I almost threw him off by saying I had something planned for him later in the evening, but nope--Omai's too smart.

We had a great time and thank you to everyone who helped make it a success. I had a great time planning it and was so pleased that Omai had so much fun. He said it was one of the best birthdays he's had. Yea!

For the third party of Omai's birthday celebration my mom, Tyra, Taygen, and Jaxon came over for cake and Clementines. I had bought a helium tank for Omai's surprise party and Jaxon spent almost an hour sword fighting almost every balloon in the house--there were about 45 balloons in all. The Clementines came in when Jaxon scarfed down two of them that Omai had pealed for himself as though he hadn't eaten all day--I don't think he had.
Happy Birthday Omai. I love you!!