motorin'....

Timmy got to ride on Mogey and Dave's new bike!
Sweet...

emma's first haircut!

We took Emma for her first haircut and she LOVED it. She keeps asking to go get another one!

And baby makes...

SEVEN!!!

(including Tim and I, of course...)

We have some wonderful news!!!
We are pregnant with another little Bailey!
Baby Number Five! or "Cinco" as we like to call him/her...
I am almost 18 weeks and am due at the end of October. We are so, so excited and can't wait to have another little one join our family.
We "think" that this might be a boy, just based on the way I am carrying and the way I am feeling... but we shall see.
Timmy, of course, is stoked about the possibility of more testosterone in the house.
Anyway, just thought we'd share.
Hope everyone is happy, healthy and loving life.
Love,
Jen

Emma, sing us a song...

This was taken on our trip to North Florida in January...
Emma has a little problem staying on track with her vocals. She just slips into retro mode with no warning whatsover... Of course, I'm sure that all our giggling doesn't help much either...


And this one was at the Bizub's house in Florida. We were having some worship time and Emma just would not stay focused on Jesus! :)
Sorry it is so dark...but you can still hear the point...

happygreenbee presents... our EMMA!!

I got an email this morning informing me that Emma was chosen for happygreenbee's email ad campaign!!!

She was in a happygreenbee fashion show here in Washington back in 2006 (click here to see pictures of that) and then I took her to a photo shoot in Athens last year. They chose her out of hundreds of children to be the model holding their new cloth dolly.

Here is the ad:































And here is the free shot that they sent me after the shoot...





































HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!

And if you go to their website www.happygreenbee.com, you can see the above picture on their site as well! It is under the Athens, GA photo shoot from July of 2007.

Anyway, just thought I'd share.

L O S T

Our friends Hank and Nichole Gautreaux had the most AWESOME Lost party EVER!
Six couples gathered at their home for the season four premiere and holy cow did we have a blast!!! (pun intended, of course...)
The decorations were amazing and Hank even made a personal DHARMA orientation video for the evening. See it on youtube below...We laughed so hard, I think we cried. He came into the room in a bio-suit and a gas mask to plug in the video to the TV. Too funny.
There were dharma stickers on everything from the beer to the toilet!!! And a stack of books in the restroom were reads that have been featured or referenced on the show!
I had a really great time helping with the "hatch computer" which even beeped like the real one and allowed you to enter the "numbers" to make it stop... It was a riot.
There was a VERY detailed chalk drawing of the "blast door map" on little Hank Adam's chalkboard table, with a spotlight on it for effect!
I also made a LOST cupcake scene thingee... That was fun, too.

Here is a photo montage of everything.
(I must point out the "organic" creme-filled sponge cakes! Find them below...:)
ENJOY! and don't forget to see the video at the bottom!

















HERE IS THE VIDEO:


We had SOOO much fun - Thanks Gautreauxs!!!!

S'mores night at the Bailey house...

My aunt Barbara always sends us a little treat each Christmas to enjoy as a family. This year she sent a "S'more" lunchbox. It was so cute. We gathered around our little fireplace and had a great time. Emma in particular loved the marshmallows. For some bizarre reason, she insists that they are called "Mah-kets" which sounds an awful lot like she wants some maggots. "Mommy, I haf anoder mah-ket pees?"
:)



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Emmaisms....

Emma told Tim yesterday that we were on our way to "Old Maybe."
(Old Navy)
:)

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Finally...

Well, I think I am ready to join the blogosphere again. I know it has been way way too long, but I'm here now, it will all be okay. :)
I have decided that the best way to catch up on the last 6 months is to back-post.
This just means that I am going to add things with their proper dates so they will automatically archive in the right place. I know this seems complicated, but it's really not. I will put links in the current posts as I go, so you will be able to find them quickly.
The first thing I am posting is my mom's funeral pictures and the memorial slideshow shown at the reception.

Click on these links to go to each of them. They are archived in June 2007, which is when they were taken...

Memorial Pictures


Slideshow


I hope you all enjoy them. I am sorry to take so long to share them, but I just haven't been ready until now...

Love to everyone.

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My mom...

Well, I knew I was taking a break for a reason, I just didn't know why. Now I do.

The news that I couldn't share yet from that previous ancient post was that my mom was coming back to Georgia to live with us again. After she came (end of March) things went haywire. She became very ill with a bacterial infection in her lungs and had to be hospitalized. While she was there they did an MRI to check on some severe pain she had been having in her lower back and hip. There were some "suspicious" spots on the MRI so the doc ordered more detailed tests. Beginning of May we found out that she had cancer again... Actually, one of the previous cancers that we thought was gone had metastisized to her bones. It was very widespread and terminal. They said she had 6-8 months. She did some radiation treatment for 10 days which helped significantly with the pain, but unfortunately within 3 weeks she was unable to even get out of the bed.

On Wednesday, May 30, the family was rushing from Florida to be at her bedside. She slipped into a comatose state on late Thursday and on Friday evening at 9:00, she took her last breath. She was surrounded by all her family... Me, my brother Mike, Uncle David and Aunt Barbara, cousin Roger, niece Summer, nephew Jesse, friends John Dunfee and Rita Verdery, and my husband Tim. It was amazingly serene. I had been so anxious throughout the day, not knowing how I would react as we realized this was probably her last day on this earth, but I was pleasantly surprised at the joy I felt as my brother and I removed her oxygen nasal tube and turned off the machine. It was so liberating to know that she wouldn't need that anymore where she was going. I was just so happy for HER!

Throughout the following week as we planned her memorial service, I began to grieve for MY loss and still am... but I can't get rid of this feeling of joy for her, of freedom and divine health!

The service was incredible and I hope to post some pictures soon and maybe even some audio or video.

I am also going to put up the slideshow tribute that we played at the reception. We had the service outside under the oak trees at Jim and Linda Griggs house here in Washington and the birds joined us as we worshipped and remembered.

The reception was in the ballroom at the Fitzpatrick Hotel. We had good 'ol Southern BBQ (my mom's favorite) and had daisies everywhere! It was beautiful, and the only thing missing was my mom.

I miss her so much and although I know that God orchestrated everything perfectly so that we had some time together before she passed, I still wish for just one more day.

Just one more day.

I love you mom.