Valley Baby of the Month

I entered this picture of Sydney in the "Valley Baby of the Month" contest because everyone knows she's the cutest baby in the world! Her picture may be featured on the news one day...Please go vote for her! You can vote once a day & it only takes a second (literally!) The winner gets to be on the cover of Valley Babies, gets gift certificates & a photo shoot :)

Here's the website: http://web.waaytv.com/bom/profile.php?id=1454

Smiles from Sydney!

Sydney is 9 weeks old now & wow has time flown by! She is changing a lot every day, but the part I love the most is the smiles!! She smiles more & more everyday. She "listens" when you talk to her & will coo back. She is learning to hit at her toys (although her hands don't always go where she wants them to). She is the most precious baby in the world! I got to catch a few smiles on camera today to show everyone and I'm hoping to get more pictures soon!

Sydney on Tour Part 3

Next stop...the doctor's office! Sydney didn't mind GOING to the doctor...lol she fell asleep on the way there. However, as soon as they took her from her carseat she got mad! Her weight was 8lb 9oz which is really good! She was 22 inches long today. We found out she actually does have colic right now. Hopefully it won't last too long though! She had to take a liquid vaccine & she drank it REAL quick for them. She absolutely did not like being stuck with needles though! As soon as Ms. Linda finished with the shots Sydney got to eat which made everything better for her & she went to sleep before we even left the doctors office! We're hoping she doesn't have any bad reactions to the vaccines!

Just arrived...


Waiting...


After the doctor looked at her...


Going home...

Sydney on Tour Part 2

Yesterday we went to visit some family members. We wanted to go before her big day at the doctor. Justin, Rosey, Cameron, & Aunt Dorothy got to stop by and visit Sydney for the first time! Sydney also got her picture made with her Papaw Rikard for the first time! I think everyone likes her just a little ;)Here are some pictures from our exciting day. Unfortunately it ended with her being upset all night with a tummy ache. She finally went to sleep & slept 7 hours (YAY!)


Sydney & Aunt Megan


Sydney with Papaw


Sydney & Rosey


Sydney with Great Aunt Dorothy


Sydney & Papa Ricky


Sydney with Mimi on Mimi's birthday!

Sydney on Tour...

Our second stop on Sydney's tour was Mobile, AL. We went to visit Uncle Mark, Aunt Marsha, Katie & Austin. We had a great time! There is never a boring moment with Katie & Austin. While we were there Marsha found some time to take a few 6 week pictures of Sydney.


Mimi & her grandbabies


Katie & Aunt Heather


Sydney 6 weeks

Pensacola, FL

Well, we survived our first long trip. Friday night we drove down to Pensacola, FL, so we could go to Papaw's 80th birthday party on Sunday. I think it is safe to say everyone tried to spoil Sydney as much as possible while we were down there. Sydney learned that Nanny and Randi are good pillows, Papaw is going to teach her to like gold (I hope he is going to buy it for her when she starts asking for it), and Uncle Steve isn't very good at holding babies (but he has lots of hair to grab.) Enjoy the pictures below of some of the above and Sydney's first trip to the beach.


Nanny feeding Sydney

Uncle Steve right before his beard was tugged on...

Uncle Andy and Randi spoiling Sydney

Aunt Bev spoiling Sydney

Papaw getting his senior citizen's hat and vest

Sydney being herself and making faces

Face number 2

...and there is the third one

The family portrait

Momma and Sydney on a foggy beach

A family of beach-combers?? Maybe someday...

Sydney's First Snow

It's been a while since the last time we updated, so I thought I would treat you all to some pictures of Sydney's first experience with snow. It looks as though we ended up getting about 1" to 1.5" of snow this morning, but by noon, the only evidence of it was little patches here and there in the shade. As you can see by the first picture, the cold was a bit of a shock to her.







As you can see, Hypnos wasn't fond of the snow either.