Just having some fun

Like I have said before in a previous post, I love dressing up Sydney. It really is one of my favorite things to do with her ( beside play and sing songs with her). But my Aunt gave Sydney some really cute sunglasses and of course I had to try them on her. I was laughing so hard the minute I put them on her. I think she as not as excited as I was but I had fun. Hope you like the pictures of our little Sydney ( she is almost 9 weeks now, can you believe it!!!).

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Quinton and I both hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving, I know that we did. Quinton,Sydney and me all went over to Quinton's parents house for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun and the food was wonderful ( I love mashed potatoes and stuffing...so good) but it was fun just spending the afternoon with Quinton's family. His older brother Ashley, wife Bianca and their two boys Addison and Aaron we there along with Quinton's younger brother Colter and of course Quinton's Parents. So the house was not quite with all the little kids their. After a wonderful meal we sat around the table and played Apples to Apples, which I do have to say is one of my favorite games. It seemed like we played for hours and hours, it was just fun sitting around the table with everyone and laughing and having a good time. After being at Quinton's parents house most of the day Quinton and I came home and just crashed on our couch and feel asleep at 9:30 pm. I know it is embarrassing but we were exhausted. However, I do have to say that we had a wonderful Thanksgiving ( and Sydney as well even though she just had milk) filled with love and laughter and family. We both hope that you all have a wonderful Holiday season as well.

Sydney's Frown

One of the cutest things Sydney does is her frown. Every time she starts crying she does this frown. It is kind of hard to take her seriously because she looks so cute and I start laughing every time. But we hope you enjoy the video!!!

Playing Dress Up

Okay, so the fun part about being a mom is playing dress up ( especially with little girls :-) And since Sydney is now getting bigger more of her clothes are fitting her...I am so excited. Speaking of getting bigger, Sydney was just weighed a couple of days ago and she weighed 1 ounce away from being 9 lbs. Yep, 9 lbs I can not believe how big she is getting now ( well I can sort of believe it by the way she is eating ALL THE TIME. But going back to the dress up, the Santa Dress was given by my best friend Jennifer and the other one by a lady in our ward. But I think she looks so cute, however I think that Sydney was not as thrilled as I was by looking at her facial expressions. But I hope you all enjoy the pictures and have a great Thanksgiving.

Another video

For everyone that does not get to see Sydney all the time here is a video of her talking ( or her interpitation of talking) but it is really cute. Hope you all like it.

6 weeks old

Can you believe it that Sydney is already 6 weeks old and she is growing like crazy. Sad to say that our little preemie 6 lb Sydney is no longer here. She went through a crazy growth period and gained almost a pound in a week, yep a week. It seriously seemed like she was eating every hour. But we think Sydney is about 7 1/2 - 8 lbs now. Too bad her next doctor appointment is not till the end of November so we are going to have to wait to see how much she really weighs. However, Sydney is getting bigger and bigger and makes new discoveries everyday. She now is starting to hold her head up and use her legs more often now. But the cutest thing that she has started to do is SMILE!!! Yep, my little girl smiles now, and I am not just saying this because she is my daughter but she has the most beautiful smile in the world. However, getting a picture of this smile is proving to be a little bit more challenging, so far she is a little camera shy with her smiles ( which we'll have to change being that I am a photographer). But we love having her in our lives and still can't believe that she is ours and she is finally here. Quinton LOVES to hold her ( and I think that might be an understatement) it seems like he can not get through the door and shower fast enough so he can hold her. If this continues she might never learn to walk. But I love how wonderful of a father Quinton is to Sydney, even though he seems to be more sleep deprived then I am. He changes her diapers, feeds and burps her. Yep, he does it all ladies and sorry he is taken. But sleep deprived or not we both love being parents to this wonderful little girl that has blessed our lives in so many ways.

Sydney's 1st Halloween

Sorry that it has been a while since I last updated our blog, but who knew that having a newborn would be so time consuming. Time consuming or not I love being a mother and Sydney is a wonderful baby ( If I do say so myself). Our ward had a Halloween party and being such a new mom I had to dress Sydney up in a costume. However, finding Halloween costumes for preemie/newborn size is not the easiest thing in the world. Thank goodness Quinton's mom found a preemie costume at ( where else...) Walmart!!! But I do have to say that Sydney was the cutest little pumpkin that I have ever seen. She loved the Halloween party, even though she slept through it all. And to make that night even more special Sydney's best friend Avery ( who is 4 months older then Sydney) dressed up as a tootsie roll and her cousin Addison went as a nija. Thank goodness Avery was not older because I don't think that her cheeks would of fit into the costume. But it was a blast having our friends Tiffany and Justin there with little Avery.I still can't believe that Sydney is now 6 weeks old and we are now entering November. Where does the time go. But we hope you all had a wonderful and safe Halloween.