Easter 2013

Sidney Rose is 1 month old!

Well, my baby girl is already one month old and that means time is flying. How is it already more than halfway through March?! It also means I no longer have a true newborn..Sidney has already changed so much, she is filling out and a lot more alert. She is cooing and even rolled over from her tummy to back. She is soooo advanced!
At 1 month Sidney Rose is:

Clothes: a few newborns but mostly o-3 months
Diaper: size 1, since about 3 weeks
Sleep: pretty good, but in our bed with the Boppy. Hoping to transition to bassinet soon. She likes her Nap Nanny during the day and her car seat (thank God) to sleep in as well!! Her usual (which means maybe 3-4 nights/week) is bed around 10:30 and will go til 4-5. She takes a good nap around 9 a.m. also.
Eating: She is up around 4 a.m. to eat, then again around 6-8 a.m. Throughout the day, she eats on demand, but it is usually around 2.5-3.5 hours in between. She rarely spits up and is a happy camper for the most part. She also will take a bottle, though has only had it 3 times. She does seem to like her paci, which is fine with me!
Weight: 9.8 pounds, I think..it is not very definite on our scale and she doesn't go to dr. until 2 months.
Milestones: Sidney has smiled at me!!! She doesn't do it often while awake, but she is starting to! She can also hold her head up a lot better and is more steady for longer periods of time.
Sidney has been quite the traveler too! She made her 1st long car trip with the family during Spring Break to San Antonio for a few days. On that trip we saw lots of friends and family. We also headed south and spent a night in New Braunfels and Austin. She did really well in the hotels and made it seem like a piece of cake to have a newborn on the road! She met Uncle Toodge, Aunt Natalie, the McLeans, the Sullivans, and cousin Grey and Olivia Mayfield! A very fun trip!
My favorite thing that she does is stretch..she still loves to curl up in a ball and snuggle, so when she is waking up she stretches and makes so many cute faces and noises. She is truly like a sack of potatoes!

Sidney has been a wonderful blessing to us..she is a great baby, rarely cries or fusses and loves to be held! Lucky for us we have had plenty of visitors and there are 5 other people in her family that sometimes are fighting over who gets to hold her!

Spring Break

This year our Spring Break was fun but low key. The Tices decided to come visit us and we also celebrated my baby girl's 6th Birthday. It was kindof cool and rainy so we didn't do much outdoors. The kids swam once but the adults never got in. We went bowling, watched movies, played gamesSo glad the Tices came to see us!! We love ya'll!

Emmaline Jade is 6!!

My 1st Baby Girl is 6 today. The time sure does fly by.Here is Emmaline at 2 weeks old, her 1st Easter! I am so proud of her and have really loved seeing her mature and change over the last year. Kindergarten has been really good for Emmaline and she has made some great friends. At her school she got to celebrate with cake, punch and 6 gifts in the birthday box from her teachers! She was so excited. Some items in the box were compact, lipgloss, glow bracelets, sticky handShe also got 3 hugs from Ms. Brooke and 3 from Ms. Randa. They said a special birthday prayer for her that was so sweet! I love her school!
Here are some of E's favorites this 6th year of her life:
1. What is your favorite color? pinkEmmaline's 1st birthday!
2. What is your favorite toy? Wuggle Pets
3. What is your favorite fruit? grapefruit
E's 3rd birthday!!
4. What is your favorite tv show? Shake It Up
5. What is your favorite thing for lunch? PB&J, oranges

6. What is your favorite outfit? Big Sister t-shirt and jeans
7. What is your favorite game? Soccer & Frisbee

8. What is your favorite snack? apples
9. What is your favorite animal? Elephant
10. What is your favorite song? Shake It Up
11. What is your favorite book? Brave read along
12. Who is your best friend? Hadleigh
13. What makes you happy? Friends helping me get happy

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? swing
15. What is your favorite drink? grape slush
16. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween
17. What do you like to sleep with? My pretend dogs, butterfly blanket

18. What is your favorite thing for breakfast? cereal

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? Chunk E Cheese
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor or a designer
21. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? play your DS with him

22…with Mommy? paint our nails

23….with Georgia? Play with her in our room

24….with Hayes? play trains and Disneyworld
25….with Sidney? hold her and give her big kisses
We are celebrating Emmaline with a gymnastics party. We also had the Tices come visit us so she got to have a sleepover for 2 nights with Tai (one of her favorite things). Our end of the night fun was glow bowl! The kids loved it and did really well..Sidney slept the whole time and Hayes was really into running and throwing the ball!
Emmaline, we are so lucky to have you in our lives and thank God that you were born to us! I am proud of you as a big sister, willing to help, love and play with your brother and sisters. You are definitely a people pleaser and have a light in your heart that shines for Jesus! We love you!Emmaline picked out her sister's outfit and hat and the 1st thing she wanted to do (after her cinnamon roll french toast breakfast) was hold her!