Our Little Sleepy Head

Alayna during one of her photo shoots with her big sisters. The girls have already taken about 100 pictures of her in her first two weeks!

Alayna is quite the inquisitive little thing. She asks most of her questions while sleeping and always remembers to raise her hand first!

Kira Belle is such a big helper! She loves to know where the baby is and what she is doing at all times. She has become my little shadow. If I go into the bathroom for a wash cloth she is right there on my heels. When we give her a bath she has got her step stool right next to me ready to assist with anything I might need. She supervises me in the kitchen while I'm making bottles in the kitchen. When she stayed with Aunt Cori for the weekend she called me and said, "mom, what is Alayna doing? Have I missed so much?"

One very happy mommy-in-training! Brynn has been such a huge help to me. She keeps Alayna satisfied with her binki while I rush to make a bottle for our starving baby. She held Alayna while I dosed through Donny Osmond's "Joseph". My favorite Brynn/baby time is her after school, drop the back pack, put a granola bar in her mouth (followed by a splash of hand sanitizer) satisfied plop on the couch with her sweet wrapped up sister.

Tummy time for all three ladies!

Is Brynn holding a doll or a real baby? I have a hard time telling sometimes!

We call this last picture: "Kung-Fu Alayna". She has become a karate master by taking lessons in her sleep!

She's finally here!!

It was worth the wait!! Alayna Kate Bailey was born on Tuesday August,11th at about 2:30 pm. She was my biggest baby at a whopping 6 lbs. 15 oz.! Thank goodness our girls come small! We went in Tuesday morning to be induced. Seth couldn't believe what an awesome idea it was to schedule your delivery. He kept saying, "Why doesn't everyone do it this way? It just makes so much sense." I would have to agree with him now that we've tried it this way. Alayna was such a quiet little thing from the moment she was born. She was struggling to breath at first and we were all anxious to hear her cry. The doctors got her breathing well and said her color looked great, but she still had no inclination to cry.(Not that we minded, but it is something you expect to hear atleast a little of.) She had her first bottle about 20 minutes after she was born. She is quite the veracious eater! She finished off an entire 2 oz. and would not let me take it away from her! We were so grateful for a healthy, happy baby!

Give me more food! All of our girls have this cute bird mouth. They are born ready to eat!

Proud parents!

Her 1st meal- YUM! I think the bottle looks twice the size of her cute little head!

Brynn Alyson-holding Alayna for the 1st time. She is such a natural little mommy. I kept asking her if her arm was getting tired, and she always said no. Her arm is still holding strong, since she has held the baby constantly since we've been home. I am grateful to have such a great little helper!

Kira Belle's turn! She was a little timid to hold the baby for a while. Once she finally took a turn, she held the baby for about 3 seconds and said, "I'm done!" Things have changed now. At home we have lots of compromising over whose going to feed Alayna first or hold her first or the longest. "Hey mom, Brynn got two turns in a row, no fair!" I don't think Kira really understands that Alayna is here to stay and there will always be pleanty of time to hold and cuddle her.

Alayna's very first bath in the nursery.

Brynn and Kira picked out three bows to go in the baby's hair. Red, Kira's favorite color. Yellow, Brynn's favorite and pink, Alayna's favorite ofcorse.

First day at home. All her clothes are gigantic on her!

"A Garden of Mystical Delights" June 17-18, 2009

Backstage picture time. Brynn was in 3 numbers. The Rainbow connection, Great Balls of fire and Magical mischiefs. Brynn performed two separate nights at the Marriot Center for Dance at the University of Utah. The first night they tried to kill the audience as there was no A.C., and it was atleast 95 degrees in the small auditorium. The 2nd night Seth and Kira came and the A.C. had kicked back on. Halleluiah!

Grandma Julie, Brynn and proud mom! Brynn has the best grandparents that are great cheerleaders anytime one of their grandkids is involved in something. Grandma Jill and Grandpa Don wanted to be there, but they were a little occupied with Mac and Jami's wedding in their backyard!

Brynn and Kira backstage. Kira was so proud of her big sister! Every time Brynn came on stage Kira would wave with all her might at the big stage. "There's Brynn! Hi Brynn! Go Brynn!"