Our little family

Our little family

Monday, October 25, 2010

Lots Going On...Continued!

Well I'm going to try this post again and see how far I can get! I have tons of pictures I want to put up so that I don't forget anything, so this may be quite a long post...of pictures! I forgot to mention that the same day Sydney started crawling, at 7 1/2 months, she also got her ears pierced! We had to go into the Dr.'s office for a follow up appointment and while we were there I decided it was time for her to get earrings like her big sis! Her doctor did it, so I felt pretty comfortable with everything. Sydney of course did not like it, not one bit, but she was a trooper and was fine after just a minute or two!

Jayda took a picture of me and Sydney at the Dr.'s office right after she got her ears pierced. I'll spare you the picture of the nurse holding her down while she screamed bloody murder! No, it's not reallly that bad. Think she disliked being held down more than the actually piercing!


These pictures are some more that I took at playgroup a few weeks ago at "A Bunch of Fun"! Like I said in the last post this was the first playgroup that Sydney actually participated in, instead of just watching big sis. So, it was a pretty big deal for us!

Sydney playing at playgroup with her little buddy Aaron.


Chewing on her strawberry toy that she loves!


Jayda doing the parachute game at playgroup.


Sydney sitting on her very own carpet square at her very first music class!


Sweet sisters in music class together!


Sisters playing in the tent together! Jayda LOVES for Sydney to get in her tent. Sydney could care less, but Jayda thinks it is the coolest thing!


A couple of weeks before Justin and Lourdes' wedding Jacob and I thew them bachelor and bachelorette parties. I don't have any pics from the boys party, but I did get a few of the girls party!

All of the girls, minus me, dressed up and ready to go to dinner!


It's Limo time ladies!!!


Me and the beautiful bachelorette, yay for my new sister in law!



Next are pictures of some random things that the girls have been doing lately. In no particular order...


Jayda met a puppy at the ice cream social at her school recently. She kept wanting to hold her over and over. Jayda loves little dogs, especially if they will let her hold them!


This was Sydney trying meats for the first time! She was just shy of 8 months, beginning of October. She liked it alright the first time I tried her, but not so much after that. Some new foods she does like are baby food mac n cheese, chicken noodle, and turkey and rice.


Look at that sweet girl sitting up all by herself!


We went for a saturday morning bike ride a few weekends ago. This was Sydney's first time out in the bike trailer. Jayda had a blast, but Sydney was not a big fan. Not sure if she didn't like it because she was scared, too hot, or because big sis was squeezing her the whole time.


This was the first time Sydney started crawling around the house to find us! No more putting her down and letting her play quietly with her toys, oh no! She wants to be wherever we are and comes to find us right away! It is SO cute!



On October 9th our neighborhood had a Harvest Festival. This is always a fun event for the kiddos so we took the girls out to it and met Riley. Jayda loved the petting zoo, riding the camel, bouncing in the bounce house and getting her face painted!

Silly girls sliding down the inflatable slide together.


Jayda made a Thanksging picture frame at Harvest Fest!


Little Sydney watching Jayda's every move out at the park, as usual! She loves her big sister!


Riding the camel with daddy, so fun!


Jayda loves animals, so she loved petting the llama!


Jayda and Riley riding in the back of the truck toghether, and showing off their face paintings.



Sydney turned 8 months old on October 11th! I can not even believe she is already 8 months! My little baby is getting so big! She is crawling around all over the place, and can't stand to be left alone. She is a major wiggle worm and will hardly let you hold her, for more than a minute or so. Unless, you are continuously walking around then she'll hang on for the ride so she can see what is going on. She is so curious and loves to observe! I've been sitting her by the window in the playroom lately and she loves to watch outside and see what's going on. As long as she has a toy to chew on, she will stay there for a while and just watch everything. She still has the sweetest little personality and is very laid back. Sydney absolutely loves Jayda and wants to play with her all the time. And, Jayda loves Sydney more than anything! It is so sweet to see their love for one another! Sydney is weighing around 18 pounds right now, wears 9 months size clothes, and a size 2 diaper. She still only has 2 bottom teeth. I am waiting for the next ones to come in any day. She constantly has to have something in her mouth to chew on!

Sweet Sydney at 8 Months, October 11th, 2010!


Such a sweet picture!


Happy Sydney!


She was so excited to get her favorite toy!


Thought this was a cute picture too! Sydney pulls her bows off almost as soon as I get them on her little head! That was the hardest thing about taking these pictures. She wouldn't leave her bow in, for even 5 seconds at a time!!


Smile girlies!


Jayda wants/tries to hold Sydney all the time and this is usually the outcome.


Jayda wanted mommy to take her picture too, since Sydney was getting hers taken! Jayda is 3 years old, plus a few months in this pic. Doesn't she look so grown up?!


Sweet Jayda looking so big! Love this little dress on her!


Sydney crawled up on top of the bumbo the other day to get inside of the diaper box. She loves playing with the diapers! I caught her red handed and had to get my camera!


We had rehearsal and rehearsal dinner last friday for Justin and Lourdes' wedding. Rehearsal was at Kingwood Christian Church and then dinner was at Los Cucos mexican restaraunt in Kingwood afterwards.

Justin and Lourdes at their rehearsal dinner. So excited to be getting married!


Greg and Lauren at rehearsal dinner. So happy that our bestest friends were able to come down for the wedding! They helped us SO much throughout the weekend with the girls! Seriously don't know what we would of done without them! Not to mention we had a GREAT time hanging out with our buddies that we rarely get to see! We love you guys SO much and are SO thankful y'all came for the wedding!


Family pic, minus one at dinner!


Jayda at rehearsal dinner with her froggy balloon she had made!


Attempt #5 at a family picture, and that's the best we got! Just too much going on!


The only half way good picture I got of the girls that night in their matching outfits. They both looked so cute!


Justin and Lourdes' wedding was last Saturday, October 16th! We love them both so much and are so happy for them! The wedding turned out beautiful and we can not be more excited for Justin and Lourdes!

Jayda getting her hair done at the hair salon earlier on saturday! She thought she was such a big girl to get her hair done.


Me and my mom with Sydney just before the wedding got started!


The prettiest little flower girl ever! Jayda was SO excited to be a flower girl in Justin and Lourdes' wedding!


Jayda with her co-flower girl, Grace! Those 2 are something else together!


Me with the sweet little flower girlies!


Jayda walking down the isle with her flowers and Braden, her cousin who was the ring bearer.


The happily married couple right after the wedding! YAY!!!


Me and my hubby after the wedding!


Paschal clan in the holding room after the ceremony.


The first dance, how sweet!


Justin and Suzie during the mother/son dance!


Me surronded by a bunch of little girly girls all dressed up and wanting to dance on the dance floor so bad!


Eating the cake, yum!!


Ok, that is all I have time for today, whew! Had a lot of catching up to do! I'll be putting up some adorable pumpkin patch & pumpkin carving pics soon!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Lots Going On...And SO Little Time To Blog!

I have been meaning to blog for the past couple of weeks, but something always seems to come up. At the moment my only free time to blog is during nap time. For the most part the girls nap at the same time so that is great. However there are always so many things that need to be done during nap time, that sometimes "me time" gets pushed aside. Anyhow, that is just part of being a mommy of 2 little busy girls and I wouldn't change a thing!

There has been a lot going on lately, most importantly, Justin and Lourdes got married this past weekend!! We are SO incredibly happy for them and wish them the best! We know that they are going to have a great marriage and love one another unconditionally forever, because that is just how they both are.

However, I will go back in time about a month since that is when I last was able to post.

At the end of September Jacob and I threw a couples shower for Justin and Lourdes. We had it outside on the deck at Joe's Crab Shack. It turned out really cute and Justin and Lourdes seemed to enjoy it! We had some yummy margaritas to celebrate!

Jayda taking a picture with the decorations before the shower started.


Justin and Lourdes with our girls, so sweet!


Justin and Lourdes with their nices and nephews!


The centerpieces, I was very proud! The shower was beach themed because their honeymoon is in The Bahamas!


A little brotherly love!


Opening up their gifts, yay!


The happy couple with their delicious cake!


We have been taking the girls over to a nearby park lately now that the weather has cooled off. There is a pond there so we usually take crackers to feed the turtles, fish and ducks. Jayda loves feeding the animals and Sydney loves being outside and watching everything. Most of the time we take Jayda's bike to the park too so she can ride around and have fun.

Jayda playing outside at Pecan Park, her favorite spot!


Right around the time that Sydney turned 7 1/2 months she started crawling! Jayda was at school, so it was just Sydney and mommy at home. She saw a fake chicken wing (some of Jayda's play food) and crawled her little self over to get it! After she did I started moving the toy all over the place so that she would crawl over and get it. Sure enough she did! I was so excited for her so I of course busted out the video camera to get this precious moment caught on tape! The way she crawls is by using her hands/arms and pulling herself up and pushes forward with her feet/toes. She looks hilarious, but it gets the job done. She has gotten much faster the longer she's been crawling and once she figures out how to pull her knees up under her she is going to be super fast!

Sydney started crawling at 7 1/2 months! Yay Sydney!!


"Hey Mommy! Why do you keep moving that toy around to make me crawl?!"


A few weeks ago we went to playgroup at a place called "A Bunch of Fun" out in Katy, TX. The kiddos had a great time! It was like a mini childrens musuem. Lots of pretend kitchen stuff, baby dolls, dress up, coloring, slides, sand pit (with moon sand), and toddler area. This was the first time Sydney was able to participate in playgroup, so that was very exciting!

She loved drawing/painting/coloring on the paper!


Coming down the slide at playgroup.


OK, so now of course that I have some time I have to blog, the internet or blogspot is really messing up! Unfortunately, this always seems to happen!! I have spent forever just trying to get the above pictures posted, and now it will not let me do anymore! Guess we'll have to do a "To Be Continued..."

Monday, September 13, 2010

New Playhouse/Jayda Starts Pre-School/Rivera Visit/Sydney Turns 7 Months!

A lot has been going on around here so I figured it was time to do a quick post. Unfortunately both of the girls are battling a stomach flu, so I don't have much time or energy to write on here. I will put up some pics, but that may be about all I have time for!

First, Oupa finished the girls playhouse a couple weeks ago so we took the girls to Huntsville to check it out. Jayda absolutely loves her new playhouse!! Oupa did a wonderful job building it and it looks amazing! The girls are going to have a great time playing on it for the next several years and we are so thankful to Oma and Oupa for that!

The new playhouse! Thank you Oma and Oupa!


The little bit enjoying her new swing!


How sweet!


Jayda and Molly having a picnic lunch in the playhouse!


Out to dinner with Oma and Oupa to celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary!


Second, Jayda started pre-school last week! Yay!! She loved it and so do I! On the first day it was a little girls birthday so they celebrated with cupcakes and sprite. That was Jayda's favorite thing about school, go figure! She has been getting very worn out at school, but seems to really like it! It is so cute to see her walking into school with her backpack and lunch box. She's getting SO big! I think it is so great for her, in lots of different aspects!

Daddy walking Jayda up on her first day of pre-school!


Jayda and her BFF Riley all ready for pre-school! Their classrooms are across the hall from one another.


Jayda was a little nervous at first. But after a few minutes she quickly warmed up.


Thridly, the Rivera family came to visit us this past weekend! They have 2 little girls, Elizabeth (2) and Kathryn (9 months). So, our girls are very close in age to their girls which is really neat. We had lots of fun hanging out at the house and letting the girls play. We took them to an indoor playground on friday to play and then to the Aquarium downtown to play and have dinner. We had a blast and are so happy they came all the way down from Waco to visit!

Sydney and Kathryn playing together one morning.


Jayda and Elizabeth being silly with the grocery cart. Jayda thinks it is so funny to ride in the cart, and she finally found someone to push her around in it!


Jacob with the girls in the "shark tunnel" on the train ride at The Aquarium.


Jayda riding on the carousel!


Mommy and Jayda!


The babes hanging out together at The Aquarium.


Jayda and Elizabeth posing with the white tiger!


The boys with the big girls touching the sharks and sting rays!


Lastly, Sydney turned 7 months on saturday so I got a few cute pics!

Sweet Sydney at 7 Months!


Say cheeeeese Sydney!