2 months old already
Time really has escaped me...I don't know one day from the next anymore. It has been a really rough transition going back to work but I am so glad I did it!!! I really do enjoy my job and I work with some pretty incredible people!!
Its been hard on Adam juggling the baby and getting Matty on the bus in the morning. But he is adjusting very well and doing a superb job. He's such a good father and Bailey just adores her Daddy to no end. They are so cute together, it melts my heart to watch him with her. And now that she's doing more and isn't my fragile little preemie anymore, Matty is really starting to bond with her more and more which is awesome. I feel so blessed to have such great kids and a beautiful family!!!
I have had no time to socialize with anyone let alone send out updates or even upload pictures. I'm so behind and I swear my friends are starting to wonder if I'm still alive. I have no time to make phone calls...I barely have time to sit down and handle the important stuff that is SCREAMING for my attention here on my desk!!! YIKES
I have been to a million baby showers and even a wedding in the last 6 weeks and let me tell you...I am so behind on everything I have yet to get all those pictures out. There is so much to update on so I am going to try and get it all in!!! I hope!
Bailey turned 2 months old on the 25th. I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone. She is growing like a weed and the doctors are so happy with her progress. She has officially caught up to normal newborn status and is no longer behind in growth. She had her 2 month check up on the 25th. We got great pictures as you can see...her little naked self being adorable...she was even being super cute once we dressed her to go to the doctors. She now weighs a whopping 10 pounds 12 oz and is 21 inches long. We were BLOWN away!!! She is such a little chunky monkey. She is eating like a barracuda (her nickname is barracuda Bailey) so the doctor is having us put cereal in her formula bottle to help satisfy her hunger since she did not want to do anything but eat!!! She is quite demanding too; heaven help you if you don't have that bottle ready and waiting when her majesty woke up!!
At her 2 month appointment she got 4 vaccination shots and 1 oral vaccine. She also hit a new milestone...that day in the office she did her first coo or babble...whatever you want to call it. She looked right at Dr. Wood and gave him a gummy smile followed by a coo!!! ;-) Mommy was so excited...I nearly did a happy dance right there!!!
Other than that Bailey is doing fantastic. Her professional photos came back from the in-home portrait session; I also had them done with Matty when he was a month old so I was excited when they called to come out and do Bailey. They turned out SOOO cute and she was so cooperative and alert; which made it better. Matty was a stinker for his...he was so sleepy and uncooperative but we still got super cute pictures of him too at that age. I still have to get
up to see my friend Marie and let her do a session with Bailey. I had to cancel our session a couple weeks ago because after all that time of nursing everyone back to health I caught that 
bug going around. It hit me hard for 6 straight days and I still had to go to work since it was my first week back. I was dying...and was so glad to get rid of it!!! So I have some cute wallets to get out to immediate family; and I have the CD from the session so I can make copies as needed. They really are super cute...here is a taste of my favorite pose...I'll post the rest of the pictures and share them a little later for all to see!!!
Matty started T-Ball 2 weeks ago. He had his first practice and did such a good job. He really loved it and is very excited for the first game coming up in about a week. He also got to walk in the Opening Day Parade for the Lansdale Little League!!
He is such a cutie pie and he just gets cuter as he goes!!! He looked so cute in his little cubs shirt and hat. Melts my heart...My baby boy...he is really growing up so fast!!!
He's also continuing to do well in school. I just went to a meeting at another school in the district to discuss possibly transferring him for just one year to that school for a special first grade class that will help him with his handwriting issues. This program will keep him fresh on first grade topics and curriculum since he's testing above average but it will be equipped with a teacher who is trained specifically to help kids like Matty who just have a little bit of trouble in one particular area of learning.
In Matty's case its the handwriting/maturity issue. He's too smart to repeat Kindergarten and he's just not mature enough and ready enough for a regular first grade class so this would be a transition first grade. After going to the meeting his father and I decided to have him evaluated to see if he'd be an eligible candidate for this program...if he isn't he will just move to a regular first grade and I'll get him some extra help either thru OT or and IEP with his handwriting dilemma. He is getting to be such a big boy!!!
So other than that we've just been going to weddings and baby showers and trying really hard to adjust to all the new changes going on in our lives. This weekend we will be busting our butts (with the help of a couple family members and my awesome friend Linny) in getting my apartment ready for my first ever landlord inspection. It is the first one we've had since I moved in here 3 years ago. I am not sure the nature of the inspection...if he just wants to check the building for necessary improvements that are needed or if he's just coming in to be nosey and check up on his tenants. He's a great landlord, the best ever so I can't complain. He raised the rent on us this year but it was also the first increase we've had since moving in 3 years ago...so again I can't complain. He's a super nice guy too, very easy going and understanding. So I am a mess right now and need to get this apartment organized and cleaned up and out so that it looks presentable when he comes to see it. The kitchen and bathroom need a good scrubbing, and being that Bailey snuck up on us a month early I didn't get to do those things as planned before giving birth...so this inspection is giving us the kick in the tush we need to get it done now.
I worked this afternoon on putting all of Bailey's baby shower items in tubs to go down to the basement on a temporary basis until she has a need for those items and clothes. The goal is to get all that clutter out of sight and neatly tucked away!!! So I was happy to at least get that accomplished...but that was all I got accomplished since Bailey is a wiggle work and doesn't give me too much free time to finish a lot of the projects I start. As I type she's squirming already starting to wake up...so I'll have to wrap this up in the next minute before she starts to wail!!!
Adam and I are doing well. Again we're just exhausted as we attempt to get used to new routines and adjust to our new lifestyle. My going back to work to help us out financially has really thru us both through a loop since we were so set in how things were for so long. I took care of the kid(s) and did all the errands and what not and when time and motivation alloted I even cleaned LOL (I am so not a good housewife...I hate to clean. Thank God Adam isn't a neat freak that demands a spotless house). He was used to sleeping till at least noon every day; getting up, eating, showering and going to work. It was that way for so long then boom out of NOWHERE we have this perfect little girl and an ever changing mood swinging five year old who keep us on our toes. WE are forever loosing sleep over Bailey's feedings, Matty's refusal to go to bed or even stay in bed and his waking up here and there from bad dreams. If its not one demanding something its the other and then you throw in housework, errands, paying bills and lets not forget my constantly ringing telephone (always someone who wants a favor) that I've been avoiding answering. It seems when I get one thing checked off my to-do list...2 more get added. But such is life and I am adjusting...slowly!!!
Other than that all is well. All the babies are coming up on their birth days so I am super excited to be meeting all of them!!! Baby Alexa Marie was just born to my good friend JO-JO. Coming up we have:
~ Baby Joshua James Ricciardi due in May being born to my cousin Andrew and his GF Val
~ Baby Derek Joseph Nelson being born to my good friend Debbie due in early June
~ Baby Brody Xander Black being born to my cousin Linda and her hubby Ron in early June
~ Baby Girl Dimick (possibly Kaydence Ryan) being born to my cousin Stephanie due in early August
~ Baby Girl Foraker (I think maybe her name is going to be Adrienne) due in early August being born to my good friend Jen and her husband Geroge
~ Baby Girl Johnson due in September to my Cousin Karen and her husband Eric and proud big brother to be Chase.
~ Baby (Surprise) Benedetto due in September to Adam's Cousin Kyle and her hubby Rob
and then finally
~ Baby (too early to tell) Calbazana due in November to my good friend Devi and her soon to be Hubby Johnny!!! :-)
I hope I didn't forget anyone LOL...who can keep up!?!?!? Babies Babies Everywhere!!! So excited...but it'll be a busy year for me with all these new additions and all but 3 are family!!! :-) WOW
Nan will have 6 great grandchildren by August!!! HOLY COW
Ok well that is enough for now...I am exhausted and still have to wash bottles, finish what I started here in the living room AND then hopefully sit down to eat dinner...its only 10pm...I have plenty of time...I don't have to be in work til 6am...who needs sleep!!!
Audrey Henry and her husband Steve...what a beautiful wedding it was!!! :-) I am so happy for her!!!
4 generations of Carr Women
Momma, Me, Bailey and Nan
(This pic was taken on Nan's 69th Bday...She's a foxy lady for her age...she is like a fine wine for real...she only gets better with age...she's an incredible woman)
Andrew & Val at their baby shower (I still have to edit and finish their pictures and then I'll share them around)
Steph, Karen & Linda from Linda's baby shower...I am no longer in the preggy club so I had to take a pic of the 3 of them since they're still beautiful ladies in waiting!!!
Debbie at our luncheon since we missed her baby shower being hers was booked the same day as the one for Linda in Jersey!!!!
Its been hard on Adam juggling the baby and getting Matty on the bus in the morning. But he is adjusting very well and doing a superb job. He's such a good father and Bailey just adores her Daddy to no end. They are so cute together, it melts my heart to watch him with her. And now that she's doing more and isn't my fragile little preemie anymore, Matty is really starting to bond with her more and more which is awesome. I feel so blessed to have such great kids and a beautiful family!!!
I have had no time to socialize with anyone let alone send out updates or even upload pictures. I'm so behind and I swear my friends are starting to wonder if I'm still alive. I have no time to make phone calls...I barely have time to sit down and handle the important stuff that is SCREAMING for my attention here on my desk!!! YIKES
I have been to a million baby showers and even a wedding in the last 6 weeks and let me tell you...I am so behind on everything I have yet to get all those pictures out. There is so much to update on so I am going to try and get it all in!!! I hope!
Bailey turned 2 months old on the 25th. I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone. She is growing like a weed and the doctors are so happy with her progress. She has officially caught up to normal newborn status and is no longer behind in growth. She had her 2 month check up on the 25th. We got great pictures as you can see...her little naked self being adorable...she was even being super cute once we dressed her to go to the doctors. She now weighs a whopping 10 pounds 12 oz and is 21 inches long. We were BLOWN away!!! She is such a little chunky monkey. She is eating like a barracuda (her nickname is barracuda Bailey) so the doctor is having us put cereal in her formula bottle to help satisfy her hunger since she did not want to do anything but eat!!! She is quite demanding too; heaven help you if you don't have that bottle ready and waiting when her majesty woke up!! 
At her 2 month appointment she got 4 vaccination shots and 1 oral vaccine. She also hit a new milestone...that day in the office she did her first coo or babble...whatever you want to call it. She looked right at Dr. Wood and gave him a gummy smile followed by a coo!!! ;-) Mommy was so excited...I nearly did a happy dance right there!!!
Other than that Bailey is doing fantastic. Her professional photos came back from the in-home portrait session; I also had them done with Matty when he was a month old so I was excited when they called to come out and do Bailey. They turned out SOOO cute and she was so cooperative and alert; which made it better. Matty was a stinker for his...he was so sleepy and uncooperative but we still got super cute pictures of him too at that age. I still have to get
up to see my friend Marie and let her do a session with Bailey. I had to cancel our session a couple weeks ago because after all that time of nursing everyone back to health I caught that 
bug going around. It hit me hard for 6 straight days and I still had to go to work since it was my first week back. I was dying...and was so glad to get rid of it!!! So I have some cute wallets to get out to immediate family; and I have the CD from the session so I can make copies as needed. They really are super cute...here is a taste of my favorite pose...I'll post the rest of the pictures and share them a little later for all to see!!!Matty started T-Ball 2 weeks ago. He had his first practice and did such a good job. He really loved it and is very excited for the first game coming up in about a week. He also got to walk in the Opening Day Parade for the Lansdale Little League!!
He is such a cutie pie and he just gets cuter as he goes!!! He looked so cute in his little cubs shirt and hat. Melts my heart...My baby boy...he is really growing up so fast!!!He's also continuing to do well in school. I just went to a meeting at another school in the district to discuss possibly transferring him for just one year to that school for a special first grade class that will help him with his handwriting issues. This program will keep him fresh on first grade topics and curriculum since he's testing above average but it will be equipped with a teacher who is trained specifically to help kids like Matty who just have a little bit of trouble in one particular area of learning.
In Matty's case its the handwriting/maturity issue. He's too smart to repeat Kindergarten and he's just not mature enough and ready enough for a regular first grade class so this would be a transition first grade. After going to the meeting his father and I decided to have him evaluated to see if he'd be an eligible candidate for this program...if he isn't he will just move to a regular first grade and I'll get him some extra help either thru OT or and IEP with his handwriting dilemma. He is getting to be such a big boy!!!
So other than that we've just been going to weddings and baby showers and trying really hard to adjust to all the new changes going on in our lives. This weekend we will be busting our butts (with the help of a couple family members and my awesome friend Linny) in getting my apartment ready for my first ever landlord inspection. It is the first one we've had since I moved in here 3 years ago. I am not sure the nature of the inspection...if he just wants to check the building for necessary improvements that are needed or if he's just coming in to be nosey and check up on his tenants. He's a great landlord, the best ever so I can't complain. He raised the rent on us this year but it was also the first increase we've had since moving in 3 years ago...so again I can't complain. He's a super nice guy too, very easy going and understanding. So I am a mess right now and need to get this apartment organized and cleaned up and out so that it looks presentable when he comes to see it. The kitchen and bathroom need a good scrubbing, and being that Bailey snuck up on us a month early I didn't get to do those things as planned before giving birth...so this inspection is giving us the kick in the tush we need to get it done now.
I worked this afternoon on putting all of Bailey's baby shower items in tubs to go down to the basement on a temporary basis until she has a need for those items and clothes. The goal is to get all that clutter out of sight and neatly tucked away!!! So I was happy to at least get that accomplished...but that was all I got accomplished since Bailey is a wiggle work and doesn't give me too much free time to finish a lot of the projects I start. As I type she's squirming already starting to wake up...so I'll have to wrap this up in the next minute before she starts to wail!!!
Adam and I are doing well. Again we're just exhausted as we attempt to get used to new routines and adjust to our new lifestyle. My going back to work to help us out financially has really thru us both through a loop since we were so set in how things were for so long. I took care of the kid(s) and did all the errands and what not and when time and motivation alloted I even cleaned LOL (I am so not a good housewife...I hate to clean. Thank God Adam isn't a neat freak that demands a spotless house). He was used to sleeping till at least noon every day; getting up, eating, showering and going to work. It was that way for so long then boom out of NOWHERE we have this perfect little girl and an ever changing mood swinging five year old who keep us on our toes. WE are forever loosing sleep over Bailey's feedings, Matty's refusal to go to bed or even stay in bed and his waking up here and there from bad dreams. If its not one demanding something its the other and then you throw in housework, errands, paying bills and lets not forget my constantly ringing telephone (always someone who wants a favor) that I've been avoiding answering. It seems when I get one thing checked off my to-do list...2 more get added. But such is life and I am adjusting...slowly!!!
Other than that all is well. All the babies are coming up on their birth days so I am super excited to be meeting all of them!!! Baby Alexa Marie was just born to my good friend JO-JO. Coming up we have:
~ Baby Joshua James Ricciardi due in May being born to my cousin Andrew and his GF Val
~ Baby Derek Joseph Nelson being born to my good friend Debbie due in early June
~ Baby Brody Xander Black being born to my cousin Linda and her hubby Ron in early June
~ Baby Girl Dimick (possibly Kaydence Ryan) being born to my cousin Stephanie due in early August
~ Baby Girl Foraker (I think maybe her name is going to be Adrienne) due in early August being born to my good friend Jen and her husband Geroge
~ Baby Girl Johnson due in September to my Cousin Karen and her husband Eric and proud big brother to be Chase.
~ Baby (Surprise) Benedetto due in September to Adam's Cousin Kyle and her hubby Rob
and then finally
~ Baby (too early to tell) Calbazana due in November to my good friend Devi and her soon to be Hubby Johnny!!! :-)
I hope I didn't forget anyone LOL...who can keep up!?!?!? Babies Babies Everywhere!!! So excited...but it'll be a busy year for me with all these new additions and all but 3 are family!!! :-) WOW
Nan will have 6 great grandchildren by August!!! HOLY COW
Ok well that is enough for now...I am exhausted and still have to wash bottles, finish what I started here in the living room AND then hopefully sit down to eat dinner...its only 10pm...I have plenty of time...I don't have to be in work til 6am...who needs sleep!!!
Audrey Henry and her husband Steve...what a beautiful wedding it was!!! :-) I am so happy for her!!!
4 generations of Carr Women
Momma, Me, Bailey and Nan
(This pic was taken on Nan's 69th Bday...She's a foxy lady for her age...she is like a fine wine for real...she only gets better with age...she's an incredible woman)
Andrew & Val at their baby shower (I still have to edit and finish their pictures and then I'll share them around)
Steph, Karen & Linda from Linda's baby shower...I am no longer in the preggy club so I had to take a pic of the 3 of them since they're still beautiful ladies in waiting!!!
Debbie at our luncheon since we missed her baby shower being hers was booked the same day as the one for Linda in Jersey!!!!
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Those pics are so cute by the way