1st Birthday Eve

Well this time last year we were getting ready to go the hospital to be induced the next day. And here we are one year later the eve of our sweet little girls first birthday! Not sure you can have a birthday eve but it works for Christmas and New Year so I figured it would be ok. Anyway here are a few fun pictures of today. Of course for you die hard Bailey fans more pictures and videos are on dropshots. Tune in tomorrow for birthday pictures! The party isn't until 5:30pm so it might be late when I get them posted.

This is Bailey just waking up from her afternoon nap - as you can see she has bed head


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Bailey taking a few steps. She can make more but give her a break she just got up from a nap!

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No steps but the anticipation of walking is too funny!

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Adana Kebap

Well this past week we got to visit some friends, who live in Adana. Adana is famous for their Adana Kebap (kebab). It was delicious! We've eaten it lots of times in Istanbul but never again in Istanbul. It's good but once you've eaten it in Adana then you can't go back to just good. But it is a nice sunny city. We stayed with some friends and they have a collie, who Bailey loved but the love was not mutal. When she first saw the dog she just screamed, squealed, clapped her hands and moved quickley to get to the dog but no sucess. Cassie, the dog, ran quickly every time Bailey was near. Poor dog. Anyway we had a great trip.

This was the day we ate Adana Kebap but I didn't get a picture of it

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The second largest mosque is in Adana, it was built about 10 years ago

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these were flowers in a park near the mosque

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Also Bailey took her first steps in Adana! The video is after the fact and we couldn't get her to do it again. She only took about 4 steps but she did do it again today!

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The Streets of Istanbul

This is a picture of a hearse. More specifically this is a hearse for a Muslim. They use black hearse for Christians because green is the holy color for Muslims. Just thought this was something interesting and different from our culture.


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Bill Bey and Rebecca Teyze

Today we got to visit with some special people - Bill Bey and Rebecca Teyze. We don't get to see them very often and so we had a good time catching up. As you can see Bailey felt right at home cuddling with both of them.


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Bed Time

Bailey getting ready for bed

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Everyday

For those of you who don't get to see Bailey, here's just a glimpse of what she's like everyday! She is always making noise and she is very busy! When she starts talking we will never get her to stop!


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earlier she was playing peek-a-boo but this time when we tried to get her to do it she just wanted to get to her daddy!

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Pick me up!

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Chocolate Fondue

We have a new place that opened up in Istanbul, Kahve Dunyasi or Coffee World. Anyway you can get chocolate fondue and fruit for about $3.50! It's great! I just loved the cute little fondue pot. I'm tying to figure out where I can get me one!


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Karen and Allyson

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