2 week check-up

Sydney went for her 2 week check-up yesterday. They said she looks good :) She has grown an inch (20 inches now) and has gained back up to 6lb 2 oz. They had to get a little blood from her for a test but as soon as they finished she stopped crying! She's a big girl already! She is eating really good and sleeping a little better (which makes mommy & daddy happier!) She got to have a "binky" today for the first time...and she took to it immediately. We're hoping it'll help her sleep at night! We go back to the doctor in 6 weeks to get started on vaccines. We will try to continue to update everyone!!

Visitors!

We (well Sydney) had a few more visitors this weekend. Everyone was so excited to see her! She got to see her Granny & Grandpa Gillstrap, Papaw Tim & Booney, Uncle Mark, Aunt Marsha, Katie, & Austin!! I think they all like her a little bit :) Marsha took a few pictures of Sydney (at 1 week and 2 days old) and I wanted to share my precious baby with you all. Hope you enjoy!




This is actually Katie's hand on Sydney...it shows how tiny Sydney really is!!

She's here!

Sydney Marie was born on Jan 28th. She was 6 lb 5oz and 19 in long. She is absolutely wonderful in every way! We already can't imagine life without her....She has her daddy completely wrapped around her tiny little fingers!

Sydney's Arrival...

Sydney will be coming this Wednesday Jan 28th. We will go to the hospital early that morning so keep us in your prayers & we will post pics as soon as we can!! We got a new car this weekend to bring Sydney home in & thought we'd post some of those pics as well :) I also put a picture of Sydney's beautiful cake from our last shower down below!

36 Weeks and Counting...

We went to the doctor Thursday and got some more pictures of Sydney. We actually got to see her eyelashes!!! She weighs about 6 lbs now and has turned into the head down position, so she's ready to go! We also found out that she has a lot of hair and chubby cheeks!


Her eyes, nose, & chubby cheeks!


Eyes, nose, mouth, chubby cheeks!


Profile shot: Nose & partially opened mouth


Her eyes, nose, & partially opened mouth


You can see her eyelashes in this picture!

Maternity Pictures - 35 Weeks

Last week Heather's mom took some (actually A LOT) of maternity pictures for us. She did a great job! We thought we'd go ahead and post a few of them for everyone to see.

Christmas

Below are a few pictures from Christmas this year. For more pictures you can visit our Picasa web albums here. We will post an update on Sydney on Thursday with more pics of her.

Heather holding Cameron Kash Rikard. From Christmas at the Rikards

Kyle and his dad playing with Kyle's gift. From Christmas 2008

Heather and Kyle. From Opryland Hotel Christmas