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!

Weekend Fun!

This past saturday we went to Dewberry Farms. We went last year for the first time and decided we'd try it again this year. We had a lot of fun, however we didn't get there until right before dark, so several of the rides had shut down. We did have a lot of fun making our way through the corn maize in the dark and looking at the 500+ lit carved pumpkins on the pumpkin stroll. Jayda loved swinging, sliding and playing with her cousins Cole and Caitlyn that also came with us. I'm not sure if we'll be going back again next year because it is a little pricey, but it will be something fun to do in a couple of years!

All 3 of us at Dewberry Farms!


Walking through the corn maize. Jayda wasn't scared a bit!


Swinging on the big swing with Cole and Caitlyn.


Daddy pushing Jayda around on the bean bag swings.


I actually got a picture of Jayda dressed up for church (very rare) because I told her that if she smiled and let me take a picture of her, then she could take a picture of mommy. Worked like a charm!

All dressed up for church, silly girl!


Yesterday Jayda and Riley played dress up for the first time. It was so cute seeing them put on all of the jewelry and high heels and then dance around together. I'm sure there will be many more of these types of pictures to come in the future!

Jayda helping Riley get her high heels on!


Dancing to Christmas music while playing dress up!

2 Birthdays in 1 Weekend!

This past weekend we went to Huntsville to celebrate Pawpaw and Oupa's birthdays. Pawpaw's birthday was last wednesday, November 4th and Oupa's birthday is this thursday, November 12th. So, we always like to celebrate over the weekend in the middle of both of them. We drove up saturday morning and stopped off to see Oma and enjoy some delicious food at the Taste of the Holidays at Brookshire Brothers. The food was great and we got to sample all kinds of food for free (turkey, ham, sausage, dressing, shrimp, pies, muffins, cheesecake, ice cream, cheeses etc, etc.) I would highly recommend this event to anyone that's never been. It sounds like they have it every year on the 1st weekend of November. Oma, Jacob, Jayda and I had lots of fun sampling everything in the store! We headed over to Nanna and Pawpaw's house that afternoon and all of Jacob's brothers and their families came over for Pawpaw's birthday party. We again had lots of delicious food, sang happy birthday and opened presents. Jayda had a ton of fun running around and playing with her cousins, and handing out tootsie roll pops to anyone that would take one!

Pawpaw with all of his grandkiddos.


On sunday morning we got up and played outside at Nanna and Pawpaws house for a little while before heading over to Oma and Oupa's house. Once we got over to Oma and Oupa's house Jadya decided that she just had to help Oupa plant some new plants in flower pots. So, she got her gloves on and went to town. After they planted the plants Jayda helped Oupa water all the plants in the front yard. She even got her own bucket and would have Oupa fill it up for her so that she could water them on her own. She loves to help do things and she loves to be outside, so she had a great time! After working hard out in the yard Oma, Jacob, Jayda and myself went to the lovely Wal-Mart to get Oupa a birthday present that he was wanting. Well of course we had to look around at all of the adorable Tinkerbell stuff there, plus the huge toy section that they have. Jayda found LOTS of things she would like to have for Christmas at Wal-Mart. She and daddy were riding bikes around the store and she was pointing to all of the cool things. The funniest thing is later on that night when I was giving her a bath out of nowhere she says "Mama, I want to go to Wal-Mart!" I was laughing so hard and called my mom in to tell her. Since Oma loves Wal-Mart she thought that was hilarious. I don't usually shop at Wal-Mart back home, so she discovered that was a pretty cool place. Anyways, after our exciting trip to Wally World, Jayda went down for a nap we all enjoyed a nice homemade meal by Oma. Everything was really yummy and later that evening before heading back home we sang happy birthday to Oupa and celebrated with angel food cake!

Jayda and Oupa watering the plants together.

Halloween 2009!

This Halloween started off last wednesday morning with a Halloween party at one of our playgroup buddie's house. Jayda got to wear her Tinkerbell costume out for the first time. She had fun trying out the delicious snacks and cookies and playing with all of her other buddies that were dressed up as well. Unfortunately that afternoon she came down with a yucky virus and ran a fever until sunday. Poor thing wasn't all that much into the Halloween spirit since she was sick. Thankfully she was pretty much over it by Halloween night and had an absoulute blast trick or treating with daddy and Riley that night!

Jayda all dressed up as Tinkerbell for her Halloween party with playgroup.


Jayda and Matthew chowing down on all of the yummy Halloween snacks!


Playing with her buddies at the party.


On Halloween morning we went up to the park to play since it was such a beautifuly day. Jayda spent most of her time swinging with daddy at the park. That is one of her favorite things to do.

Swinging with Daddy on Halloween morning.


So happy to have daddy home to play with for the weekend!


On Halloween night we went trick or treating around our neighborhood. We started off with me, Jacob, Jayda, Oma and Oupa, then Scott, Michelle and Riley came a little later. Jayda loved going up to everyone's house and getting candy. Jayda and Riley had so much fun together I think they would gladly trick or treat every single night if they could!

Daddy and Jayda ready to go Trick or Treating on Halloween night.


The whole fam on Halloween!


Sweet little Tinkerbell with her pumpkin.


Jayda and Daddy out Trick or Treating in our neighborhood.


Riley and Jayda ready to get some candy!!!


Abby and Tinkerbell waiting for someone to answer the door!


Sweet girls posing on someones front porch with the adorable carved pumpkins.


The loot! Jayda was SO excited about all of her candy! She had a little bit of a hard time going to bed that night, imagine that!


On sunday evening our church had a really fun Fall Festival that we went to. They had trunk or treating, games, booths, bounce houses, hot dogs, sno cones and all kinds of cool stuff. Jayda had the most fun jumping in the bounce houses! We had a great Halloween weekend, despite little missy being a little under the weather. She is still trying to catch up on sleep and rest!

All of us headed out to the the Fall Festival at our church.


Jayda playing plinko at the festival.


Going down the slide in the bounce house at the fest!