luv my aunt jodie

Sydney is so spoiled. Her Aunt Jodie comes home from school on the weekends to spoil her. As you can see from the pictures Aunt Jodie has motive for "watching" Sydney...

Cousins...boy cousins

Sydney is loved by so many people. She has become quite used to her boy cousins Jaxon, Sloan and Drake. They are so sweet to her. They wash their hands as soon as they get to Kiki and Pawpaw's and then tell us to "smell"- they use blue raspberry scented soap. They will find Sydney and touch her and hug her then the chaos begins. All the toys are out and the boys are playing.

For Halloween Jaxon was the purple dragon, Sloan was T-Rex and Drake was a caveman. He loved Princess Sydney and was so excited to show us her eyes and nose. He got a little too excited and accidentally poked her in the eye.

I am glad that she has such sweet cousins in Texas to love her. I know that her Minnesota cousins will love on her just as much!

Happy Halloween!

Sydney's first Halloween was pretty uneventful, unless you consider being the only girl with a dragon, T-Rex and a caveman a party. Sydney palyed it pretty low key this year but we did pose for pictures with the cousins. We went as a princess this year and the outfit turned out pretty cute.

Though we are too young for candy, we still got a neat Halloween book from Kiki and got to take our first ride to the farm.

Welcome to Texas!!!

We arrived safely in Lubbock at 10:30 am on Monday. The flights were very good and Sydney was VERY good. She woke up Monday morning around 2:30 and was up until our flight left at 6:15. She slept for most of the flight to Houston and all the people around us commented on how good she was...I think they were just glad that she was not a screaming baby! The flight to Lubbock was just as good, though she did not sleep as long. Our prayers were answered for a safe trip and a good experience for both of us.



We were met at the airport by Aunt Jodie who had a sign made by Aunt Candice and the boys (Jaxon, Sloan and Drake). They had also written a message on the back of mom's car. Everyone has loved their "Sydney time" and are so excited to finally meet this little girl.

3 MORE DAYS!!!!!!

Sydney and I are on the countdown. We brought the suitcases down from the attic yesterday and started pulling clothes out to pack. I went crazy and soon realized that I do not need a new outfit for every day we are in Texas...my parents do own a washing machine. So we will be re-evaluating the wardrobe on Saturday.

Now for Sydney, we have so many cute outfits that she still has not worn. We will be packing these (like the red fu-fu outfit from Auntie Candi). However it is easy to pack her stuff since it is so little. Did I mention all the jewelry the girl has? She has some major bling for a 2 month old- gold, pearls all she needs are some diamonds.

We have also been practicing tricks for everyone. She will smile at certain names (sorry Aunt Jodie, but she's not sure about you yet) and is very ticklish. If you were expecting her to do more sorry she is only 2 months old!

looking forward to our visit. Pray for a safe and easy plane ride out.

2 Month Checkup

We had our 2 month checkup today. Sydney weighs 12 lbs 9 oz and is 23 1/4 inches long. She is in the 90th percentile for weight and 80th percentil for height.

She also got 4 shots today. She has been a trooper and is currently on her 2 straight hour of sleep after the shots. (...thus I am able to work on the computer.)

Texas...7 days and counting...



We are going to Texas in 7 days, YEAH!!! Miss Sydney will get to meet Papa, Granny, Aunt Jodie and Auntie Candi along with all the other aunts, uncles and cousins. She is very excited and smiles whenever I mention Kiki or Papa.

Wow! I have never done this before, but I need to join the rest of the 21st century. This blog has been created for our families in Texas and Minnesota. We try to send them pictures and keep them updated on our lives as much as possible, but sometimes we forget someone. Now everyone can have access.
I will try to keep things up to date as much as possible. Remember, my priorities have changed and my time alone is short.

-R