4 Months Old!

Sydnee is 4 months old today and I can't believe how fast time has gone by. She brings so much joy to our lives. We look at her all the time and say "Isn't she beautiful!" or "She's so sweet!". I can't imagine life without her.

At 4 months old, Sydnee is babbling all the time. She loves to "talk" to her toys, the dogs, mommy and daddy, and anyone who will pay attention to her. She laughs out loud when you tickle her belly or make funny noises. She still loves her swing and it is the "magic cure-all" when she's tired and fighting sleep. She started eating rice ceral and loves it. She loves to sit up and stand with support. She also enjoys playing with her friends that are in our Small Group.

We feel so blessed to have a happy, healthy daughter!

Small Group Kids

(Isaiah, Sydnee, Kayla)

Christmas Card Pictures

It took us several attempts to get the perfect pictures for our Christmas cards this year. These were a few of the pictures that we took. Sydnee was pretty tired and wasn't too excited about being posed for the pictures, however we managed to get a few cute pictures!

Bath Time!

When Sydnee was little she hated her baths and would scream through them but now she really enjoys them. We put her bathtub on the bathroom counter so she could see herself in the mirror. The moment I walk her into the bathroom for a bath she gets excited. She loves to kick her feet to splash the water, suck on her wet fingers, and watch herself in the mirror. She even makes an "ooohh, ooohh" sound to show her excitment. Bathtime is one of my favorite times with her!

Yummy, Yummy to My Tummy!

After several days and nights of wanting to eat all the time, Sydnee had her first taste of cereal for the first time on November 28th. She did really well with it and it seemed to satisfy her for longer periods of time, which meant more sleep for Mommy too! It's hard to believe how fast she is growing!

A couple of days later Daddy was feeding her cereal again and I told him to taste it and without thinking he did...then I started laughing because I reminded him I mixed it with breast milk! He didn't think it was so funny after that!

OPEN WIDE for another bite!

Happy "Pork Loin" Day

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Corpus with the Miller family. Instead of turkey, we had a delicious pork loin! We also celebrated Christmas a little early since we won't be together this year. Sydnee was quite fussy so we didn't get very many pictures, but here are a few.

Josh with Makayla and Steve with Sydnee

BOWS!

I started making bows for Sydnee because I hated paying so much for one bow. I played around with them a little to figure it out and it turns out that it is not all that difficult to make bows. The only thing that is difficult is finding the time to make them. Here are a few bows that I made for her.

San Antonio

Sydnee and I took a quick trip to San Antonio while Steve was in Tucson for a business meeting for the weekend. We left early Sunday morning (since Sydnee travels better in the morning...she is not a fan of being in her car seat or in the car) and came back early Monday morning, just in time to meet Daddy at home before he had to go to work again. We always love visiting family, no matter how long we are able to stay. These are a few pictures taken from that weekend.

4 Generations of Beautiful Ladies

Grammy and Great Grandma (Meemaw) with Haylie and Sydnee
Aunt Nancy and the girls

Aunt Lisa & Sydnee
Haylie playing with Sydnee

Random but too cute not to post

These are just some random pictures I took and they were just too cute and I had to post them.

Sydnee loves to "talk" now and Daddy really makes her smile!

She loves looking into Daddy's eyes
Scrub-a-dub! Sydnee getting a much needed bath at the hotel.

She discovered her tongue and loves to stick it out!

Love the smiles & coos!

Grandparents

These are a few pictures take awhile back and I am just now getting to post them.

September 26-Grammy loved having all her grandkids together to play with.

Early October- Sydnee with Mema & Papa in Corpus

Happy Halloween

For Halloween we went to Parkway Church's Family Fall Fest. There were tons of games and some good food as well! Sydnee went as a pink poodle and she loved looking at everyone and all the action that was surrounding her.

Callee with Isaiah in his "My Buddy" outfit and Steve with Sydnee in her pink poodle outfit.

10 Little Fingers, 10 Little Toes, The Sweetest of Smiles, and a Cute Little Nose...A BABY is the greatest of gifts that life can bring!

These pictures were taken when Sydnee was 2 weeks old. We had Jason & Paige Stringo (Leading Edge Imaging) come over to our house and take some pictures to create her birth announcement. They did a fabulous job and we were so excited with the way that captured these sweet moments with our precious baby girl. Here are a few of the photos from the session.

This was one side of her birth announcement I love her sweet little feet!
This is my favorite...these two are the love of my life!

She is so fun to cuddle with!

Sydnee's Baby Dedication

Steve and I had the wonderful privilege of dedicating our sweet Sydnee to the Lord on Sunday, September 20th at Parkway Church. What made it even more special was the fact that we had a lot of family here to celebrate with us.

This same weekend, we had a mini-reunion at our house with the "Houston bunch". We've decided Victoria is a great meeting spot for everyone from San Antonio and Houston and I'm sure this is just the beginning of the get-togethers! Here are a few pictures to highlight the fun weekend that we all had.

Sydnee's baby dedication at Parkway Church

(This picture turned out a little blurry...sorry!)

The UT v. Tech game was on Saturday night so we had to watch it and support our team!

Go Longhorns!
Our Little Cheerleader!

A little rivalry & a lot of fun!

Grammy had to get some baby sugar from Max

Lisa & Haylie...beautiful smiles and gorgeous eyes!

Macee had so much fun in the Super Seat!

BIG SMILES from MAX!

I'm not sure who had more fun...Max or Phillip!

All the sweet babies filled the house with lots of laughs & love...
Max & Tina, Grammy & Sydnee, Aunt Nancy & Haylie, Michelle & Macee

Meemaw finally was able to meet Sydnee (who she sometimes calls Stella or Robin...it's hard to remember all the great-grand kids names!)