Brother and Sister

Marshall and Jordan Bailey

Standing is all we want to do now days

So, about two weeks ago, Marshall decided that all he wanted to do was spend the entire day standing up at the plinth in the living room. He has been doing this every day since. That's all he wants to do is find something to pull up onto and stand up. It's crazy because Mark and I have spent countless hours working on this with him and he has been able to do it for a while with assistance; however, he has just never had the desire to do it independently. We can't keep him from grabbing onto anything and everything and trying to stand up. He is grabbing onto the freezer door, the handles on the kitchen cabinets, the couch, the recliner, the ottoman, the highchair, even the gate. We have been trying to let him explore and enjoy this new found fun; however, it has been so exhausting keeping a hand ready to catch him when he falls, or keep an eye on him and make sure he isn't trying to stand up on top of Jordan. Crazy how we are at this point, exciting things are to come, I'm sure of it. I may be crazy by then, but it will all be worth it.

The Bailey Duo

Marshall and Jordan Bailey

It's hard to believe that Marshall has finished up his 1st grade year at school and that Jordan has turned 2. Time truly flies and it has been an amazing adventure so far. Mark and I are so lucky to have such wonderful and great kids that have taught us such neat things. The road thus far has not been without it's bumps, and sometimes even potholes, but giving them every opportunity possible has been worth it all. Marshall and Jordan have been the lessons that we didn't even know we needed to learn in life.

Movie Night with Friends

Marshall's Movie Night with Friends:

Marshall invited all of his friends from school over to have a movie night downstairs in the theater room. Not everyone could come because it was short notice before school got out for the summer, but a few of his friends came over and Marshall had such a good time. Mark and I weren't sure what to expect, having 5 boys in the house, who all have the energy of about 50 boys. I think all of Marshall and Jordan's toys were touched by every kid and Marshall's drums have never been played so hard and so loud than they were by friends. All of the boys enjoyed popcorn and drinks, although the majority of the popcorn was smushed between the couch cushions or crushed on the floor. I'm not really sure how much really made it in their mouths. It was so much fun having Marshall's friends over to the house for a movie night!!!

Julia Lee Moore Field Day

Marshall's class had a field day the last week of school out on the soccer field. They had a jump house donated for their class and Ms. Hill's class to play in. Of course, that's all the boys wanted to do. Marshall had so much fun scooting around in there with all of his friends. They would each take turns bouncing him around, which he of course thought was hilarious. All of the kids got to decorate hats and Marshall chose all of the bug stamps to put on his hat, so he had a hat with bugs all over it. He wore it for a little bit, but like everything else, kept pulling it off.

When everyone went in to take a bathroom break, Marshall and Dametre were sitting on the couch in the classroom and Mark decided that Marshall wanted to sign Dametre's cast. After Marshall got MARS written on his friends cast, I asked Mark if he asked Dametre's mom if it was okay if he signed it? Well, of course he didn't and Marshall already had half of his name written on it. Oh well, Marshall had fun signing it anyway.

Thanks to all of the parents that put so much time into creating such a fun day for our kids. It was so nice to have a day that the kids got to spend playing and having fun after a year of lots of hard work.

Furry Friends

We had our friends Emmanuel and Jessica come and visit us since they were in town. They drove home from Las Vegas to see family and their three furry kids came with them. Since they were coming over to have dinner with us, they decided to bring their furry kids with them. They have 2 girls and a boy. Sophie, Chloe, and Link are their kids. Our kids didn't know what to think of having 3 dogs to play with. They were all so good and really enjoyed playing with each other. Chloe, Link and Sophie
Mark and Link on the back patio and Emmanuel trying to see
if he could get all of the weenie dogs in the dog house at
one time. He was trying to coax them in there with a hot dog
of all things. Unfortunately, he didn't know that Maple was
a jumper and she eyed the hot dog and right when Emmanuel
put it low enough, she jumped and ran off with the entire hot dog. All
of the other dogs were looking around trying to figure out what
happened to their treat?? It was too funny.

Trying to get all of the dogs on the picnic table at once to take a picture.
The problem was that our dogs kept jumping down as soon as I would
try and take a picture and Emmanuel and Jessica's dogs didn't know
what to do.

Sophie, Chloe, Link and Belle



Mark and Jessica trying to get a group picture.
Mark cooking hot dogs on the grill with an audience.

Memorial Day Weekend

We took a short weekend trip to Texas for Memorial Day weekend. Aunt Charlotte was having a birthday and a lot of mom's side of the family was going to be there, so we decided to get out for the weekend and drive up there. The kids were so good in the car, thank goodness. I guess after last summer, they are used to riding in the car by now. Jordan just kicked her leg up and down and laughed the whole way and Marshall, with his skinned up face, laughed most of the way too. It's so nice to have kids that do so well in the car.

We had a good time at the surprise party, but unfortunately Marshall thought that it was time to play, instead of sleep in the hotel bed. Since me, Mark, and Marshall were all sharing a bed, it made for two sleepless nights. Although we had a good time and it was good to get out of the house, we were ready to get home and sleep in our own beds.