We Love Our Daddy!!

This past weekend was Father's Day and let me just say, Jayda and Sydney sure do love their daddy, a lot! Both of those sweet girls do not ever seem to get enough daddy time. Jayda asks for daddy every morning when she wakes up. That is actually the first words out of her mouth every morning. I always tell her that daddy is at work and he'll be home tonight and she always says, nooooooooo, I want Daddy!! Kind of our morning routine, can you tell? And, then when Jacob gets home every night Jayda runs up to him and says "Daddy, it's the weekend!!" Most nights poor daddy has to tell Jayda, actually no sweetie, it's not the weekend yet. She wants it to be the weekend so bad because she knows daddy is home on the weekends and that is when they get to play. It's so sad and breaks Jacob's heart everytime! But, when it really is the weekend Jayda gets SO excited and yells/dances with excitement. Although little Sydney can't talk yet, you can obviously tell just how much she loves her daddy too. Every time she sees him she gives him the biggest smile ever and loves for daddy to hold her. She actually laughed for the first time ever at Jacob! At night when I'm awake feeding her and Jacob is still sleeping she just stares at him. It is the sweetest thing and I always tell Jacob he's got a secret admirer.

So, this past Father's Day weekend was fun because we got to celebrate what a great daddy Jacob is, as well as with my dad and Jacob's dad. We went to Huntsville on saturday morning and stopped by Jacob's parents house for a little bit. After we hung out with Jacob's parents we headed over to my parents house. The girls both took good naps and then Jacob, Jayda and my dad went to the city pool. We hadn't been to that pool yet and had been wanting to go for a while. Jayda had a blast playing in the pool. She has been taking swim lessons for the past few weeks, plus mommy has been working with her and this past weekend she just started swimming on her own! I am SO excited about this! She can kick her legs and move her arms and come up for air. It is not real pretty yet, but she can do it. So, that is what she practiced all afternoon at the pool with Jacob. She would jump in and swim to him and then swim back to the wall. She was so proud of herself and wanted to do it over and over. She has been very motivated to learn to swim by herself because one of our neighborhood pools has a big slide, but you can not go down it unless you can swim to the side on your own. So, of course miss Jayda is bound and determined to swim on her own so she can go down that slide! Anywho, when myself, mom, and Sydney finally got to the pool after S woke up from her nap Jayda was completely exhausted from swimming non stop for 2 hours! I don't think I've ever seen her that tired, ever! Sweet girl. That night my mom fixed my dad his favorite dinner for Father's Day, Chicken A La King (have no idea if that is the right spelling, but oh well). It was very yummy and we were all so worn out we went on to bed pretty early.

The 4 of us after swimming at the pool.


On Father's Day morning we woke up and first thing went to get daddy donuts for breakfast. Jayda was super excited about going to get donuts! After we got back and had donuts we gave Jacob and Dad their Father's Day presents. Jayda had helped me pick out Jacob's presents, so she knew what they were for several days. She did so good all week and did not spoil the surprise! She kept telling Jacob that she had a surprise for him, but that she couldn't tell him until Fathers Day. She was SO excited to finally give him his presents! We got Jacob a new bathroom bag for traveling, some work out shirts and a new pair of Nike Shox.

Jacob with his 2 girlies on Father's Day morning.


Jayda giving daddy his new shoes!


Jayda with Oupa while he opened his cards.


Later that afternoon we went over to Jacob's parents house to celebrate Father's Day with Pawpaw. We enjoyed some yummy bbq and hung out with the family for the afternoon. We had a great Father's Day and so glad we got to spend it with our dads! We love you Daddy!!!

Jacob and Sydney on Father's Day!


Jacob and Justin with the girls!




*Sydney had her 4 month shots done last tuesday. I always take a picture of the girls on the changing table after they get their shots, so here it is.

Sydney @ 4 Months!

Little miss Sydney Anne turned 4 months old on June 11th. It is so hard to believe that she is already getting so big! It seems like just yesterday that I had her and we brought her home from the hospital! Sydney is doing very well at 4 months. She has gotten into a good routine these days, so that really seems to help. Right now she is taking a short nap in the morning, usually around 9 or 10 a.m. for about 45 minutes. Then, she takes a long nap after lunch time around 12 or 1 p.m. for about 3hours. She usually takes one more short nap for about 45 minutes around 5 p.m. She goes to sleep at night around 8 p.m. and sleeps until about 8 a.m., and wakes up only once at night to eat (usually around 5 or 6 a.m.). It is so nice having her in a good sleeping routine because that way we can do things when I know she's going to be awake and in a good mood. It also really helps that she is sleeping so good at night because then mommy gets sleep too and we are all much happier when mommy gets sleep!! She is still chomping down on anything she can get her hands on, but has no teeth yet. I'm thinking that is probably going to happen any day now. The other day she rolled over from her tummy to her back, but has not rolled over from her back to tummy yet. She is liking tummy time a little better these days and will stay on her tummy for about 5 minutes before she starts fussing. She would much rather be on her back so she can look around and see everything that's going on. Sydney absolutely loves her big sister Jayda, no surprise there. She smiles at her all the time and watches everything she does. Jacob and I keep saying she is going to be running around following Jayda and copying everything she does before we know it! Sydney has a very sweet personality and smiles all the time when we talk to her. She is pretty laid back, unless she is hungry or tired, and then she will really let you know! Sydney is also very observant and watches everything. Even though she is so small, I don't think she misses a thing that goes on in our house! Sydney also seems to like the water, guess it runs in the genes. She has always liked her baths and now she also likes the swimming pool. She just relaxes and floats around with us whenever we get in. Last night Jacob was taking her around the pool and she was kikcking her little feet like she was trying to swim. It was so cute! We are having so much fun with Sydney already, can't imagine wheat it will be like once she starts crawling around and walking!!

*In addition, Sydney had her 4 month well check today and weighed in at 14 lbs, 12 oz (75th percentile) and 24 " long (50th percentile). Sydney hated getting her shots! She was actually crying pretty bad before they even gave her the shots because she was mad about the oral rotavirus vaccine. Thankfully, she only cried for a minute and with some loving from mommy and big sis she was fine.


Jayda was showing Sydney and Sara a game on my phone and they both loved it. Too bad we couldn't get a pic of them both looking up at the camera!


Jayda loves to dress Sydney up in hats, this is just one of many!


Sydeny getting dressed up by Jayda, again. At least she likes it this time!


And Jayda had to dress up too, of course!



My sweet little girls all dressed up together!


This was Sydney in the morning on the day she turned 4 months.


What a sweet smile!


Little Sydney Pea!


LOVE this picture, Sydney at 4 months.


Sweet sisters posing for mommy.


Jayda with her cousins Andrew, Cecilia and Molly at Aunt Cheryl's pool party.


Jayda playing in her floatie at Aunt Cheryl's house!


Jayda all dressed up for church in her patriotic gear. Yes, I realize it is not July the 4th yet, but Jayda recently got this dress from Oma and just HAD to wear it. So, I figured we could go ahead and get some use out of it!


And Sydney went ahead and wore her patriotic gear too!


Jayda having fun eating lunch at Joe's after church on Sunday.


Mommy and the girls!

It's Pool Time!!

So, our neighborhood pool recently opened and since Jayda is quite the fish, we have been going down there a lot! She looooves to swim and has been having a blast. She actually just started her first swim lesson this morning. I feel kinda bad since I of course could teach her, but I figure it would be nearly impossible to do while holding onto Sydney at the same time. Plus, I think she'll listen better to someone else than her own mommy. Hopefully we have success with the lessons and she can start swimming for real soon! Mommy would be SO happy! Anywho, I've been taking a bunch of pool pics lately and wanted to share. Enjoy!

Riley and Jayda playing in the baby pool at our house.


Sydney's first time at the pool and in her swim suit.


Mommy with the girls all ready to go swimming!


Little sweet pea got worn out at the pool and had to take a nap with daddy!


Jayda swimming around in her "yellow boat", aka baby float!

Jayda at dinner the other night.


Oma came to visit us last weekend and took us out to dinner at BJ's Brewhouse, yummo!


Me and Jacob at dinner. Can you tell we don't get out much??


Sydney's first ride in the yellow boat. For about one moment she kinda layed back and looked happy, like this, but it quickly passed. We thought it was the floatie making her mad, but then realized it was that darn hat. Once she got the hat off she was perfectly fine and loved the water!


Jayda floating around in her new pink floatie! She loves this thing because she can swim around the pool wherever she wants to go "all by herself", with one of us close by of course.


The little bit out for some pool time. Thought this was such a cute pic.


Sweet little girl!


Trying to entertain Sydney with boxes while I unloaded groceries from the store. Actually kinda worked for about 10 minutes. She likes to look at colorful things like pictures, boxes, t-shirts etc.


And now she's had enough. "Get me out of here momma!!"


I didn't even mean to dress them alike this morning, but I put Jayda's swim suit on her for her swim lesson, then put Sydney in her monkey outfit. After they were both ready I realized they were matching and had to get some cute pics before we left the house!


LOVE, love, love this picture of them together!


Sweet sisters!


Cracks me up when Jayda tries to hold Sydney like this. Sydney now weighs 1/2 as much as Jayda and is getting to be a big little baby.


Little sis watching big sis play in the water.


Jayda playing at the splash park this morning!


Jayda getting a back massage, haha!

Time for an update!

So, it is definitely time to put up some more recent pictures! I would have done this a lot sooner, however our computer broke. We finally just figured out it is the monitor (on the laptop) that has gone out, so for time being we have rigged the laptop up to a t.v. screen so that it can still be used. And, if you see lots of typos or misplaced pictures or titles in this post, it is because I can only see part of this screen! Jacob is still shopping around for a new computer, since this is not too cool, so if you have any suggestions on new laptops, fill us in! Hopefully we find a new one soon!

Anywho, not too much has been going on around here lately. One big thing was Sydney turned 3 months old on May 11th! I took her to get her pictures done at Portrait Innovations a few days after that and I think they turned out SO cute! I also got some done of Sydney and Jayda in matching ladybug outfits(courtesy of Oma) so that was super cute too. The little S is doing well and still teething like crazy. She will chomp down on your finger for as long as you will let her! She also likes to chew on teething rings, but she can't hold them yet. We recently got her a high chair/booster seat combo to put in one of our chairs at the dinner table, so it is fun to have her sit in there with us like a big girl. She doesn't last too long before she wants out of it, but I'm sure she will get more used to it. She is still not a big fan of the carseat and if she is in there and becomes hungry or tired, LOOK OUT because she is going to scream her little tiny head off! She is still cooing and smiling a lot and almost rolled over from her back to her tummy yesterday for the first time! She didn't quite do it, but I think it will be any day now. She was laying on her playmat and got tired of it and started fussing. She started arching her back because that's what she does when she gets mad and nearly flipped herself over! It was pretty funny because of course crazy momma had to run and get the video camera because I thought I might be able to catch the moment of video tape and poor little thing was just crying and wanted to be picked up while I just kept on video taping her. I could tell Jayda was like, mommy what in tne world are you doing? So, finally I turned off the video camera and picked little bit up. Maybe another day!

big news with Jayda is that she is now officially done with the paci! Yay, I wasn't sure how we would ever get rid of that one! It wasn't that big of a deal (to me) because she would only get it when she went to sleep, but I knew it was time to get rid of it. So, when we went to huntsville one of the last weekends we took Jacob's truck to get some stuff worked on at the car dealership. We accidently left the paci in his truck, so for nap time that day we didn't have it. I was able to put her to sleep without it, so I decided that would be a great time to "lose" the paci. So, after that we just told her that the paci got lost at the car dealership, but that it was ok because big girls don't need pacis. She asked for it for a few days, but since then has been perfectly fine without it. Yay!! She does still cuddle up to her teddy bear and blanket when she goes to sleep and has been doing really well! Also, my parents just recently gave Jayda my old bedroom suit from when I was little. We brought it to our house and set it up and Jayda just started sleeping in her new big girl bed about a week ago! It's a twin size bed and she loves it! Last weekend we went to Target and picked out a new comforter set, so she has been very excited about all of this. Even better, she sleeps really well in her new bed, so that is super exciting!! I think that is about all the excitement around here for now!

Sweet sisters! Jayda said we had to take a picture of them because they were mathcing!


FMom and I on Mother's Day at Olive Garden!


Sweet Sydney with Daddy doing some couch shopping.


We went to Ashley Furniture to shop for Oma a new couch, looks like we found her one, haha!!


So I only thought Jayda looked like her daddy! Now, I realize that Sydney is his mini-me! How can this be??


Jayda all dressed up for church on Mother's Day morning, so pretty!


Jacob and I with the little one on Mother's Day!


Jayda likes to hold teething rings in Sydney's mouth for her. What a sweet big sister!


This is what it looks like every morning when Jayda and I go in to get Sydney
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Chewing on a fishy!
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Sydney smiling so big for the camera! She was 3 months old on the day I took these pictures!


Say cheeeeese!


My little sweet pea! Just wanted to take a picture of her all wrapped up. This is how Sydney always sleeps!
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All dressed up in blue for church!


This is a signature Sydney pose! And, don't you just love the adorable bow she has on? My neighbor Michelle made this (and a bunch more) for the girls and they are SO cute! If you want to buy any let me know and I'll pass it on to Michelle!