Bailey-isms, Loving Life, Salsa

It's been almost a week since I blogged, and I've just had some random things in my mind that I wanted to blog about, so here I go. :)

There are some "Bailey-isms", some physical characteristics about Bailey, that just make her Bailey, that I love. She has a vein that runs across the bridge of her nose that you can always see. There is also a little line, kind of a very shallow indention, that runs down the end of her nose. It's so cute. And then she has a round little indentation on her left ear, it is circular, and almost makes it look like her ear is pierced! I just love these little things that make Bailey, Bailey. :)

Next, I guess just this past week or so, maybe it's been since I have been swaddling Bailey again, so we've both been sleeping better, I feel like I have really started to LOVE being a mom and staying home with her. Not that I didn't like it before, but it's just been growing on me even more. We're getting into more of a routine. The time she wakes up in the morning varies, but usually, about an hour or a little more after she wakes up, she is ready for her morning nap. I SO look forward to that. Not just because I am tired and want to sleep, but because I am taking a nap WITH her. We've been napping in my bed and I just love cuddling with her during that time.

She also comes in bed with us early in the morning, the past few mornings it's been a little after 5, otherwise she wakes up very often in her crib, so it's easier to bring her into bed with me since she sleeps better, but I have to be honest. I LOVE that time too. Maybe I'll be sorry one day, when she is 4 years old and crawling into bed with us, but oh well. I love that song "It Won't Be Like This for Long" by Darius Rucker. I nearly cry everytime I hear it. Before we know it, she's going to be all grown up so I really want to just soak up every second of this time while we still have it. I am SO glad to be a mom and feel so incredibly blessed that God has given us a healthy, happy little girl.

Another reason that I think I am starting to love my life now, is that she is able to entertain herself for longer periods of time, so I am able to have breaks to do other things. So the other day, I made salsa! I came across a blog that had the recipe for Chili's salsa, which I love, so I decided to make it. It is pretty close to the real thing, and it was SO easy to make.

Well, I need to get to bed. I am working some tomorrow. I don't like working too much, since I am enjoying staying at home with Bailey, but I feel like I need to do this to contribute some money and I also want to be able to help them out since they've been so good to me. But Ashley can't watch Bailey tomorrow, so she is coming with me. :) And it's the start of the weekend tomorrow, the last weekend that Anthony has to do work for his grad school class, and then he'll be done till September, yay!