Kiley has Godparents!!

Last night we had our friends Kavon (our best man in our wedding), his wife Anna Lisa and their son (our Godson)Kyston over for dinner. It was Kavon's birthday, so we asked them to come over for dinner to celebrate his birthday. We really had a hidden agenda. We asked Kavon and Anna to be Kiley's Godparents. We gave Kavon a birthday card at the end of dinner. In it, we put "Love, Mikey, Lacey and your GOD DAUGHTER, Kiley". He took forever to open the card. He and Kyston practiced reading the front about 10 times. It was too funny. He finally opened and it a we were all so excited! Our next step is to set the date of Kiley's Baptismal. We are looking at the end of April or early May.

After dinner, Kyston started showing a big interest in Kiley. They are expecting a new brother in June, so we were excited that Kyston wanted to play with Kiley. First he wanted to feed her. Here is an adorable picture of the two of them.

Then he wanted to hold her.

They both got preoccupied with the movie.

Then they played in her gym together.

Kyston was so cute. He would point to the different animals and tell Kiley what they were.

Here is a closeup. Kiley loved playing with her Godbrother.

Kyston learned how to love and touch a little baby. He is going to be a great big brother!

Mikey's Ski Trip

As you know, Mikey went skiing a few weeks ago. He took a boys trip and they had a great time. We just got some pictures and videos. Here are a couple of pictures. It looks beautiful!

Mikey, Tariq & Chris

Bath Time

I took some fun pictures of Kiley before, during and after her bath on Sunday. She loves her baths. I can't wait to see her in the pool this summer.

She loves being in her bathrobe. It is so soft on her skin.

She is all soaped up!

She is getting more roles on her arms and legs like Mommy had when I was a baby.

She loves looking at herself in the mirror during her bath.

Time to dry off.

Kiley, look over here at Mommy.

Pretty girl. This is one of the outfits Marmee got Kiley for Valentine's Day.

She loves that fist.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday

On Friday, we met Chris, Robin and Caris for dinner at Jake's. Caris was born 9 days after Kiley. Jake's had a Mardi Gras party. There were a lot of fun decorations and specialty drinks. Both girls were so good. They even slept through the live music.


Insert Picture of Caris and Kiley holding hands (waiting for Robin to send it).

On Saturday, Grammy and Aunt Katie came over to see Kiley. We went to lunch at a new mexican restaurant down the street. It was very yummy.


On Sunday after church, we went over to the Belvin's new house. They moved in this weekend and they are only .7 miles from us. We are so excited to have them so close to us. On Sunday night, I took Kiley to Book Club with me. After dinner we stayed and watched The Oscars. Kiley loves hanging with the girls.

A couple of updates

Here is the picture that I mentioned in the last blog from our friend Michaelle. I love that it is personalized, it is so special. We hung it to the left of Kiley's closet and it looks perfect!


I also framed two of her pictures in this frame above her changing table. Mikey and I are different ages in our pictures, but I think we definitely look like a family. Can you tell who is who?

Kiley & Minnie Mouse

Here is a short video of Kiley talking to Minnie.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

We had a great Valentine's Weekend. Friday night, Mikey was in Orlando on a work trip, so we had the girls over for a game night to celebrate Tricia's birthday. We ate some yummy food and played Catch Phrase for a couple hours. It was so much fun, and Kiley was a very good girl hanging with the girls all night. Happy Birthday Tricia!

We picked Mikey up from the airport on Saturday. He had a Valentine's Day Surprise for Kiley from Disney World. It was a special Valentine's edition Minnie Mouse. Kiley loves it. She loves to stare and talk to Minnie. I will post a video of her new talking skills. If she is awake and happy, she talks non-stop. She has discovered her voice and she loves it.

Kiley in her Valentine outfit with her new Minnie Mouse.

Mikey went to the store and got some good steaks to cook for our Valentine's dinner. He grilled the steaks and I made parmesan mashed potatoes and creamed spinach from scratch. Our dinner was delicious.

Our Romantic Valentine's Dinner.

A close-up of my heart-shaped steak.

As most of you know, Valentine's Day is very special to Mikey and me. On Valentine's Day 2006, Mikey purposed to me on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building in NYC, and last year is when our precious Kiley was created (sorry if that is TMI). We had fun reliving all of our Valentine's Days from when we first started dating to this Valentine's day with our precious Kiley.

Kiley in her Valentine's PJs with Minnie before bed.

I propped Kiley up on some pillows for her bottle feeding. She fed herself her whole bottle. It was adorable. She is such a big girl.


On Sunday, Marmee came up to keep us company. One of her friend's Michaelle came over to meet Kiley and brought her the most adorable picture for her room. We are going to hang it today and I will post a picture. Thanks so much Michaelle!

Look at the little girl in the pink bonnet....

Kiley is such a good girl on our walks, but she doesn't like the sun in her eyes. I tried putting a bonnet on her to block the sun. She looked so cute, I couldn't resist a photo op.

3 Months!

Kiley was 3 months yesterday! We can't believe it. She is growing and changing so much everyday. She is smiling a lot and she loves to show us how she can stand up on our lap. She has so much to say, especially when she wakes up in the morning. She is sleeping about 6 hours at night. We are taking her out more and more and she is such a good girl. She loves to see new things. She loves our walk/runs on the nice days and she enjoys playing with some of her little rattles. She is our sweet little angel.

Another busy weekend for the Bairds

On Friday Night, we had Mikey's Annual Awards Banquet for his work. We were supposed to have it at a place up in Plano, but it went out of business at the last minute and it ended up being at the Scottish Rite Cathedral downtown. It was a very neat place. Marmee came to stay with Kiley for our night out. We went to Michael and Katie Belvin's place in Uptown for drinks before and then arrived at the banquet around 7pm. Dinner was delicious. We had shrimp for an appetizer and the salad was good too. The main course was steak, asparagus and rice. It was very good, but a very small portion. We skipped dessert as usual, but it looked good. This year's theme was an Idol theme. We dressed up in Hollywood Cocktail Attire (whatever that is) and they had different Idol performances. It was very entertaining. Some of the agents and staff had some hidden talents that we didn't know about. They also had film of some Idol Rejects. It was very entertaining. Here are a few pictures from the night.

A picture of me and the beautiful Mrs. Sara Rhine.

Mikey and his assistant, Ana. She is such an asset to his business and he couldn't survive the day without her. We love you Ana!

Saturday was a great day. We did absolutely nothing except lay on the couch and watch movies. All 3 of us! We couldn't remember when the last time we had a lazy day like this. We loved every second. On Saturday night, Uncle Ben and Aunt Gretchen came by and ended up staying for dinner and movies. We had their favorite, Jakes Hamburgers for dinner and then we had a movie marathon. It was a nice surprise and so much fun!
Daddie and Kiley watching a movie.

Sunday we had a big day planned. We had church in the morning and then our friends, Jason and Kelli Trent had a 30th Birthday Party for Jason at their house. Kiley was so good at church. She was wide awake all day. She was awake all morning in between feedings, so I thought for sure she would sleep through church. Nope, she was wide awake the whole time. When everything got quiet, she decided to sneeze, and got the attention of the whole pew. Then a couple minutes later, she went to sneeze again. Of course the whole pew looked over again, but this time it was a fake-out. It was so adorable and she had the whole pew laughing in the middle of the service. It was too funny...probably one of those had to be there moments, but if you have seen her fake out sneezes, they are adorable.

Kiley all ready for her big day!

Another picture of Kiley.


I can never pick just one favorite.

After church we came home for another feeding and got some chores done and then headed over to Jason and Kelli's. They had some delicious BBQ catered, and it was fun to spend time with everyone. Most of the people there were friends from my first job out of college. It was so much fun to catch up with everyone and find out what they are doing now.Kiley was passed around from friend to friend and she enjoyed every second of it. She got a small nap in, but again, was awake most of the time. After the party, we came home and watched the Grammy's as a family. It was a pretty good show this year!

Kiley is three months tomorrow, so we will have a mid week blog of her 3 month pictures!!

Busy Weekend with Mommy!

While Mikey was in Vail, Kiley and I had a very busy weekend. We left on Friday to spend the weekend with Marmee and her husband (Dad still hasn't decided on a name for Kiley to call him).


We had salad and pizza for dinner and Aunt M spent the night too!


Marmee holding Kiley. We can tell it is Marmee because she is wearing her bracelet that Mikey made her.


Kiley had fun watching golf with the guy that lives with Marmee.


Kiley is now holding her bottle up by herself. Now that she can feed herself, we just need to teach her to change her own diapers. This parenting thing is easy.


On Saturday I took Kiley to her first birthday party. My friend Lisa's little girl, Addison, turned One!

Kiley dressed up in her party dress for Addie's big day.


Lisa, Bryan and Addie.


Addie LOVED her birthday cake!


Addie and Lisa opening our present. I think it is a toss up of who had more fun opening the presents.


My turn with the birthday girl!


Kiley had fun hanging with the girls.


Kiley and Aunt Hilary.


Kiley and me with Aunt T.


The Fab Five with the two babies in training.


On Sunday, Kiley stayed with Mom and Dad while I went to Gretchen and Ben's for the Super Bowl. Gretchen made tons of delicious food. Everything was so pretty and perfect! It was nice to get out by myself for a few hours and it looks like they had fun while I was out.

Kiley watching the Super Bowl with ? (still no name).


Time for a new outfit.


On Monday, we had a girls day out. Stacy, her sister Annette, Shannon, Kiley and I all met for lunch at On the Border and then we got mani and pedi's. Kiley was such a good girl all day.

She took a short nap at lunch and then sat in my lap while I got my pedicure. Aunt Shannon held her while I got my manicure. She went 4 hours between her two feedings while we were out. She is getting to be such a big girl!


On Monday night, we took Kiley to a party at Stacy's apartment. Mikey met us there when his flight got in. We did an Italian theme with the food and everything turned out great. Kiley wore her pretty red dress and was a very good girl. We were all exhausted from a long weekend and came home and went right to bed. Kiley slept from 11pm until almost 9am this morning without a feeding in between. It was so nice for us all to get some rest!