Hugs and slobbery kisses

Here, I was trying to get a picture of her shirt because it's very cute and says "Best Gift Ever" but she had other plans and really wanted to show off her new best friend, the remote. She always was taking the remote to my TV and changing channels or turning it off so I santized an old remote and gave it to her. And now I'm her hero because it's like Christmas day when she sees that remote, lol.
This child can make some strange faces. Not all of them are cute, lol, this being one of them. She is beautiful but she sure does make some weirdo faces. Just wanted to let all that were wondering know that no, she is not cute *all* the time, sometimes she looks strange.
I love this picture. I was just taking some pics of her with the "daddy dog" that Mike made for her before he left with his voice saying "I love you sweetpea" when you press his paw. She loves this dog and was hugging and kissing it. This picture is sweet though because she looks in amazement like, "oh man, look at this wonderful specimen of a stuffed animal."

I came to a conclusion this week. It was an epiphany of sorts. I realized that I am NEVER bored. There is always something that needs to be done. Dishes to be washed, baby food to be taken out to thaw, clothes to be folded, shopping to be done, baby food to be made, a baby to be played with... you all get the point. Before I had Bailey, these things would sometimes get put off. Now that she's here, they can't/don't get put off because then things pile up and if I don't do them then they simply don't get done. I'm not complaining at all, I have a blessed life. I just sometimes miss being bored, haha, who would have thought? So my conclusion is that having a baby means you're never bored. Good, bad, or ugly, that's the long and short of it.

Now to the real reason you all come here every week: Bailey =) This week she's making more sounds. She began eating apples and kiwi this week and loves them, of course. She'll be trying broccoli this afternoon for lunch. She's gonna love it just like her mama does. I have also discovered this week that she now gives hugs and "kisses." She puts her little arms out and squeezes ever so gently just for a second. Her kisses are a drooly, slobbery mess. She opens her mouth and puts on you and just furiously shakes her head back and forth until her "kiss" is complete. It's the sweetest thing and I'm more in love with her every day.

We miss Daddy bunches and we've been able to talk to him lots of times this week. We're very thankful for that. He even got to see us on the webcam last week. He's in a place he doesn't like very much (but it's safe for the most part, so I'm abundantly happy about that) and he's bored (I wish Bailey could take up some of HIS time so he wouldn't be bored and I'm sure he does too, haha). But bored (to me, not him) beats getting shot at so we'll take it.