Christmas is Coming & So is Sydney !

Wow, I can not believe that Christmas is only 11 days away! It is so crazy and it has come up so fast this year! Jayda has been having lots of fun getting into the holiday spirit. For one, she has been to see Santa 3 times already! Last year she was SO scared of him and this year she can not get enough of him. She asks where he is all the time and wants to go back to the mall and see him all of the time. It's pretty funny. The first time we went she told santa she wanted some pink boots for Christmas. We got her picture done and after we left she said "Where are my pink boots mommy?" I started laughing so hard and after thinking about it kinda made sense. She thought she'd go there and tell Santa what she wanted and he would pull it out right then and there and give it to her. So, I explained to her how he's going to come to her house on Christmas Eve and leave the presents and so on. It was so fun watching the light bulb go off as she listened to what's going to happen at Christmas. She is SO excited for Christmas she can't hardly wait! We also got her Christmas pictures done last week and they turned out really cute!

Jayda and Santa, round #2!


Last wednesday Michelle and Riley invited us over to do Christmas crafts. The girls had a blast making all kinds of Christmas ornaments with their hand prints and foot prints, glitter, paint, beads and all kinds of cool stuff!

Jayda doing Christmas crafts at Riley's house!


On thursday morning I had a dr's appt. and afterwards we went to Chuck E. Cheese and of course she had a ton of fun. I usually take her there after my appointments so that she has something fun to look forward to and as an incentive for her to be good with mommy at the doctor's office.

Riding the horsey at Chuck E's!


This past weekend my wonderful husband and wonderful mom painted Sydney's nursery. It turned out beautiful and I absolutely love it! Thank y'all so much!!! The last step is to move the furniture in and decorate and it will be all ready to go, woo hoo!! Did I mention little miss Sydney will be here in 7 short weeks?!!

Sydney's room before, Jacob taping off the ceiling.


Sydney's room after, still a work in progress, but at least you can see the color!


Sweet girl all dressed up in one of her Christmas dresses.


Mommy and Jayda!

Snow Friday!

This past friday it snowed here in houston! Yes, that's right, it actually snowed in Houston! It was so cool and so fun to watch and play outside in. It was very surreal to see it snowing here since that never ever happens. Jayda and Riley had fun playing outside in it and Jayda loved making her snowman. We kept having to go outside and look at it and she would say over and over "Is that my snowman???" We had a lot of fun on friday!

Jayda on friday morning right after it started snowing!


Jayda and Riley having fun running around in the snow.


This is cool!


Run girls, run!!


Say AAAHHHH!


Yay for snow, woo hoo!


Sweet girls hanging out together inside after all of the snow fun!


And, we had to go back outside later to make a snowman of course!


Sweet pea all dressed up for church, with a bow in her hair (that never happens!)

Fun Festivities of November!

A couple of weeks ago Riley was over playing and the girls wanted to watch the Polar Express. So while we were watching it I realized that Jayda had never tried hot chocolate. I decided to make the girls each little tea cups with hot chocolate and they both loved it. They were both using their hands to pick out the marshmellows, so that was a fun mess to clean up! Jayda's new favorite drink is now hot chocolate!

Jayda and Riley enjoying their hot chocolate with marshmellows while watching the Polar Express.


Two weekends ago was Jayda's bestest buddy Riley's 2 year birthday party! Jayda had a blast making Abby and Elmo magnets, playing with Riley and eating Michelle's delicious homemade corn dogs! It was so fun to share Riley's special day with her!

Riley and Jayda ready to party!!


Last week was Justin's birthday. We met Justin, Lourdes, Klint and Brandy and Jacob's parents at Vic and Anthony's downtown for a delicious birthday dinner! Everything was so good (if you ever go there you have to try the chicken paige, it is to die for!!) and Jayda loved seeing her family!

Jayda with Justin and Lourdes chowing down on some yummy bread!


After dinner picture of the whole group!


Then, last monday my high school girlfriends, Andrea, Jolene and Kristi all came down to our house for a visit. We had a great time catching up, chatting and playing with Jayda. We finished off our fun day with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, yummo! It was so fun seeing all of y'all!

The girls!


Jayda playing with Paquito, her new buddy she found at the Sugar Land Town Center.


For Thanksgiving we headed up to Huntsville on wednesday morning to stay the night with my parents. Luckily Jacob got off early and got to enjoy a yummy Thanksgiving lunch with us and Oma and Oupa. The food was great and we had fun spending the day with Oma and Oupa!

On thursday morning we got up early and left for Mammaw and Papaw's house in Oklahoma. The drive wasn't too bad and Jayda did really well, so that helped a lot! We got there just in time to have lunch with everyone around 2 p.m. We enjoyed yet again another great Thanksgiving dinner and had fun seeing everyone. Jayda got to play with her cousins Wyatt, Morgan and Braden which she absolutely loved!

The kiddos on Thanksgiving!


On friday all of us girls went shopping while the boys watched the little ones. We shopped all day and found lots of good deals. It was a lot of fun and great to get some of my shopping out of the way, kiddo free. On saturday Jayda and Brady played most of the day and that evening we went to ride the train at the park, get hot chocolate and ride the carousel. They both had a blast!

Braden and Jayda sliding at the playground.


The 2 munchkins waiting to ride the carousel.


Daddy and Jayda riding on the reindeer!