Daddie's Ski/Work Trip

Daddie left for a whole week. The first part of the week, he went skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the second part of the week, he had a work conference in Orlando. The girls helped him pack.

Kiley is a pro at the snowboard picture, this was Presley's first time.

Daddie in Jackson Hole.

Daddie at the top of the mountain!

Silly Daddie!

Mikey said this tram took 100 people up to the top of the mountain each time.

Another pretty picture.

While Daddie was gone, we had a fun girls week. On Saturday night, I went to Mikey's awards banquet, so the girls went down to stay with Marmee and Guy. Guy looks like he has things under control.

Kiley is into making forts and loves crawling under things. She tilted Presley's gym up and was playing under it. Look at what the static did to her hair.

I came down on Sunday to stay for a couple of days to break up our time while Daddie was away. We had a mini photo shoot Valentine's morning. Since Mikey had the camera, I had to take pictures with my iPhone, so please excuse the quality.

Kiley giving Presley some Valentine's lovin.

Presley's big smile!

We met my friend Amy for lunch. We used to work together at Capgemini. She lives in Waxahachie and works from home now, so it worked out perfect. We met at Fuzzy Taco and it was delicious! It was so much fun catching up with Amy and the girls were so good! Aunt M painted Kiley's toenails for the first time!! They are so adorable!

We had heart shaped hamburgers for dinner. We had so much fun celebrating with Marmee, Guy and Aunt M. Dinner was delicious! Kiley relaxing before bed with Guy. My little gymnast!

On Tuesday, Gretchen and Jacob came over to play!

Presley is already putting on the moves. Wait until Daddie sees this picture.

Aunt T came to visit too! We had so much fun catching up! The weather was pretty nice, so Kiley got to swing in her swing too! Bath time at Marmee's!

Thanks for letting us come play while Daddie was away!

Presley is Five Months!

Yesterday, Presley turned 5 months old, and she is changing and growing so much!

The last month has been a great one! We have made a lot of progress! Since Kiley has been out of school, we have all been healthy! With the girls healthy again, we knew it was time for sleep training. Since Kiley had been so sick, she had developed some bad sleep habits and Presley didn't have any sleep habits. If we were going to go through the process, we might as well do them both at the same time. We decided to go with the Ferber method for the sleep training. It is still a work in progress, but the girls have done amazing! Kiley is back to sleeping 12 hours a night and taking a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. We have Presley on the Baby Wise schedule from 830am to 830pm. She nurses every 3 hours, plays and then naps, and she is sleeping 12 hours at night just like her big sister. We decided to put her in the guest bedroom to sleep, since Kiley is still in her crib. The sleep training would have been impossible if they were in the same room. I have also worked on the girls' schedules where I actually have an hour to myself each day where both girls are napping at the same time. The sleep training takes so much dedication and it hurts our hearts to hear our girls' cry, but it makes a world of difference. They are healthy and well rested and it is wonderful!

Over the last couple of weeks, Presley has also started rice cereal. We do one feeding of cereal each evening when Kiley is having her dinner. I was hesitant to start the cereal because nursing is so easy and hassle free, and adding another feeding wasn't too appealing, especially in addition to Kiley's 3 feedings each day. I ended up breaking down and trying the cereal on one of our snow days. She has taken to it really well. She loves eating like her big sister! It made me realize how fast she is going to develop because she is going to want to do everything her sister does. She even picks up Kiley's cup and tries to drink from it. We aren't quite ready for that yet! Slow down Pres.

I don't have any growth stats this month since we didn't have a checkup. She has rolls in all of the appropriate places and her cheeks are still as chubby as can be. She is definitely well fed. She is in size 2 diapers and she has pretty much grown out of all of her 0-3 months clothes.

Her personality gets more animated by the day. She seriously has the biggest smiles I have ever seen. She is such a happy baby! She loves to squeal, squeak and laugh! She and Kiley go back and forth. It is so adorable. She is handling all of her toys with so much control, and EVERYTHING goes in her mouth. She still has not rolled from back to front, but she goes from side to side really well. She is also very close to sitting up. She keeps her balance for a few seconds and then ends up on her tummy. She just needs a little more work =).

Presley's Baptism

Last Sunday, we baptised our precious Presley Marie. It was a beautiful day! Her beautiful gown. My grandmother made this gown for my baptism 30 years ago. Kiley wore it and now Presley has worn it. It is very special.

Getting dressed...

Kiley and Auntie K helping...

All pretty!

Walking into Mass

Presley waiting for Mass to start

After Mass started...she slept through most of it, getting ready for her big moment!

Kiley playing at the fountain before the Baptism.

She loved the fountain at her Baptism.

Let the baptising begin.

Posing for the camera

The holy water

Cute picture of her wet hair and her little leg warmers

With her Godparents...Godfather Joe and Godmother Katie...Presley is showing the Priest what to read.

Love this picture

Father declaring Presley Marie as Baptised in the Catholic Church

The whole family with Father.

The proud parents

The 4 of us

With the Godparents

The Mehlenbachers

The Bairds

A cute picture of Presley showing off her new bracelet that the Moradi's gave her. It is precious.

Kiley is ready to go home and eat!

The beautiful table


We had a delicious spread of ham and turkey sandwiches, chips, pasta salad, broccoli salad and deviled eggs.

We had cream puffs and chocolate covered strawberries for dessert!

The flowers

More flowers

Presley was exhausted after her big day!

Thank you to all of our wonderful friends and family who were part of Presley's very special day. We love you all!

It is "Snow" Cold Here!

We have had a crazy winter blast over the last week here in Dallas. It has made national news because of the super bowl, but it is still way out of the ordinary. Last week, schools and businesses were closed 4 days in a row. That has never happened as long as I can remember. We are having another round of winter weather and everything is closed again today! Snow days always make for fun pictures, so here you go!
We had to get an updated Baird Family Onesie Photo with Presley!

She wasn't quite sure where the camera was =).

Mikey took some pictures first thing in the morning. We couldn't get over how much snow was on the floating chlorine holder in the middle of the pool.

Another picture in the daylight.

Of course Mikey had to go explore. It looks like he got first tracks!

Awww, the jeep.

The snow continued to fall throughout the day.

Mikey and Michael went sledding. I think Mikey was a little excited!

They built a ramp to jump and get air. Go Michael!

When the girls went down for their nap, I went outside to check it out. I made some snow art =).

I made this for my husband to try to get him to come home and play with us.

I took Kiley out when she woke up. She didn't really like the cold. She got some snow in between her glove and coat and that was the end of it.

Daddie finally came home to play with us! We bundled the girls up...
...and took them for a walk in the wagon.

Precious Presley!

Kiley girl!

They had fun riding, but not so much playing in the snow. It was snow cold out, so we didn't want to keep them out too long. We had a fire burning all day. It was fun for the first day or so, especially having Daddie home, but then cabin fever set in. We were stuck in the house for 4 days straight! Presley's baptism was scheduled for Sunday and I hadn't run any errands all week! The good news was that I was able to get all of the housework done...I kind of had no choice. Mom was supposed to come home from New York on Tuesday and got snowed in. She finally made it home on Friday! Thank Goodness! Mikey and I spent the entire day on Saturday running errands to get ready for Presley's special day! Stay tuned and stay warm!