Gummy Grins

Now that I have been a mom for 5 months I have learned a few things from Sydney.

#1: No matter how tired I get somehow I manage to get up in the middle of the night and feed her when/if she wakes up. I think the reason is because she is just so happy to see me when I get her out of her crib. If you have not seen her little gummy grin you are missing out.

#2: I have never felt so helpless as I did when I had to take Sydney to the hospital in the middle of the night. Nurses are amazing! They make a mom so mad for making the baby cry, but then make you feel like a hero because you get to snuggle your baby and make them feel better.

#3: I was once told that I could do anything, hard things included. Being a parent proves that to me. I have to work, so I rush to get Sydney everyday just so I can see what she is doing that day. When she rolled over fro the first time, I was cheering from the sidelines. Now that she is sitting up on her own for the most part I continue to cheer her on. What will she do today? Who knows! What I do know is I can't wait to see it.

#4: I have a feeling that Sydney will be a sports fan. She loves to watch football and baseball. I am sure that Daddy will teach her all about Soccer, Grandpa Tom will educate her on the ways and rules of Hockey, Aunt Cristi will have her a basketball fan in no time and Uncle Schuyler will teach her the ways of Nascar. Then there is softball and Aunt Lindsey, oh wait we have volleyball too..Aunt Saundra is all over that one!

Nick and I have started feeding her baby food over the last few weeks. So far she has been ok. Sometimes the tastes surprise her. In the baby food picture she is eating bananas. Not sure how she felt about them.

I don't think it is possible to love this baby more than we do. But each day we find that we do.

4 Months!

Big smile!

I love this picture so much.

Don't you just love those eyes?

Wow it seems that lately this has become the Sydney update blog. Sorry folks. Well Sydney is now 4 months old and weighing in at 12 pounds 10 ounces. Way to go! It is crazy to think that she was once 5 pounds 9 ounces. She is starting to get her own little personality and Nick and I just love it. Having her give me a good morning smile makes my day. Here are a few pictures we took of her the other day. Enjoy!

3 years and counting

Wow has the last three years flown by fast. I have so much to be grateful for.

A wonderful husband, a nice home, jobs and a beautiful healthy baby daughter.

My cup runneth over!

3 Months Old!!

Sydney is now three months old! Holy cow that went so fast. Now at 3 months Sydney has leaned to laugh and smile. And she is really good at holding up her head. We took her on her first camping trip this last month and I think she did really well on the 12 1/2 car ride. She got to meet lots of family and had a great time. Here are some new photos of her. (Thanks Aunt Lindsey for taking them!)
Look at those strong legs!

More Sydney

Sorry folks... I am a proud mom. Here are a few more!



Bandit loves Sydney.

I think Nick was a little sleepy.

This was how tiny her hands were when she was born.

This was after getting her shots. Just wanted to snuggle with mom.

Oh poor baby. Those bandaids are where they gave her the shots.

2 months old!!

So on July 1 little miss Sydney turned 2 months old and I couldn't help but ask where the time had gone?! Today we had to take her to the doctor for her two month shots. They told us to give her baby Tylenol to help "ease the pain." Ok I think that was a nice thought but it didnt seem to make her not feel the pain. It put her into this drug induced coma it seemed but she of course woke up when the dear doctor started pushing on her tummy and her legs and doing all the regular check up stuff. The came the wicked witch of the west valley. The Nurse! She came in with her needles ready to give Sydney the shots and give her a medicine she drinks. I think Sydney must have been on to her game because she was not about to swallow the nasty stuff. So the nurse kept trying, she must have tried to hard though because Sydney threw up ALL over her. The poor nurse had enough time to sit Sydney up before getting the full blow of it. I was laughing, and so was Nick. So we cleaned her up and got her calm then the nurse finished the job. Oh my my my... poor Sydney has never cried like that. It brought tears to my eyes because all I could do was pick her up and tell her it was going to be ok. But she is doing ok. I think her legs still hurt but she is a tough kid and is sleeping it off.
So how big is she? 10 pounds and 22 1/2 inches long.
Here are some pictures of her over the last two months.

Just home from the hospital. Look how tiny she is in that car seat.

One week. This was at her baby shower.

One month old.

Two months old and trying to hold her head up.

Happy 4th of July!



Carri and Nick

The land of the married

Hello all! Things are going crazy in the land of the newly wed. Schuyler I am happy to say is working again which he is extremely happy about. First of all I think I better start out by introducing the member of the Schuyler Lindsey family... (some of these you will have heard me talk about quite a few times) First of all are my doggies... Panzer is our newest addition in the world of dogs. He is the big white one in front and Keeta is my little princess in the back. They are getting along well now after quite a few little battles. They are as different in personality as they are in looks. Panzer who at first wont come near you if he doesn't know you will after he knows you not leave you alone. It is amazing how that big nose can maneuver its way into the smallest of places. He is a big lovable dog and Keeta who has lately taken to entertaining herself by the reflection of the sun off her dog tag will come over get her loves and then leave and be by herself. She has always been this way and Schuyler and I keep saying we wish that they would rub off on each other and become a middle ground.

Keeta pretty much thinks she runs the house. Schuyler has been having a hard time adjusting to her and her adjusting to him. But they are doing really well and I just love my doggies so much.

And now for the horses...

This is Honey... She is our big beautiful blond girl. Very lovable and friendly and will eat pretty much anything you put in front of her. She is also a brand new momma... Introducing Bronsons Royal Ace "Ace". He was born on Mothers Day around 9 o'clock at night.

He is a spunky little guy and is starting to trust more and more. I am looking forward to getting to know him and figuring out what we are going to do with him.

This is Jazz. She is my fiery red head. She is going to be a big beautiful horse and I look forward to the time when we are able to ride her. Which will hopefully be soon!!

So there you are... there is our family. We are doing really really well and are loving married life. We absolutely love our house which is coming along really nicely now that we finally got the carpet put in. We have been married for three months now and it has been fantastic. Sorry this blog isn't exactly a very entertaining one but I thought I had better introduce our new members of the family!

With love from Schuyler and Lindsey Brandol!