Changes

Lots going on around here! Jenna has two bottom teeth now. We FINALLY stopped swaddling her at night and for nap. And she FINALLY stopped napping in the swing. She falls asleep by herself at night, which is wonderful. We're trying to move Sydney to her big bed, but it's been a little difficult. Ok, we haven't tried very hard yet, but we need to. :) The obligatory diaper box shot

Talking on the phone and taking pictures with her play phone, one of my old Blackberries

You can barely see Jenna's teeth here, maybe if you click to make it bigger!

1/2 swaddle, on the way to no swaddle

Tiny ponytail!

Wearing Mommy's shoes

Sydney is so sweet with Jenna

Sydney made a feast for Gymbo

Here is a video- right after I turned it on, BJ walked in, so both of the girls were looking at him!

Video of Sydney playing pat a cake with Jenna

Winter Fun

Once again, long time no post! I have been very busy at work for the past couple of months, so I took a few pictures but didn't have time to post.

The girls are doing great! They are both so happy and cuter than ever. Sydney is now 28 months old, and she continues to amaze us with the things she learns and says. She is so much fun. Sydney is having trouble understanding that Jenna can put things in her mouth while she cannot. She will tell Jenna "that is NOT for your mouth Jenna!"

* She takes off her shoes and says she wants to walk like a "bear foot"
* She got dizzy spinning on a toy, and when she got off she said, "the house is falling over".
* We don't clean much... so cleaning items are a novelty! She was playing with the broom and said, "Look Mommy, I'm brooming!"

Jenna is 8 months old. She has a tooth coming in! She sits very well, babbles all the time, and just started clapping her hands together. She loves to play with Sydney.




Here is a video of BJ throwing a ball in the air, and Jenna was laughing a lot. Sydney was trying to get some of the attention too! This was taken in January. Click on the box below to start the video (53 seconds).




Snow day!!! Ready to go outside and play.

Sydney had fun but she didn't love touching the snow, even with gloves. She doesn't like to be messy!

Snow angels!

Jenna loves to swing

Ready to go for a ride around the block in the Mustang

Then it was time for a wash

Jenna loves being able to sit up and play with toys

And she loves her food now

Jenna can scoot around a bit now

And I had to take a picture of Sydney doing that too!

Happy New Year

We've had a lot going on the past couple of months, so here are pictures from November/ December. Picture taking is inconsistent these days- sometimes we take a lot, other times we take few or none at all, depending on how busy we are with the kids.

Cheers to 2011!

Merry Christmas and More!

December was full of Christmas fun. Sydney didn't really get what Christmas is about, but she had tons of fun and thought everything to do with Christmas was awesome!

Ready to go see Santa! Santa made an appearance at the neighborhood park.



Sydney still isn't a fan of the man in the red suit, so Jenna sat with Santa by herself

She did high five Santa though!

We made cookies with Christmas sprinkles, and I didn't realize the holes in the sprinkles cap are really big! Definitely a design flaw in the sprinkles container. So Sydney made this delicious cookie, and then I poured the sprinkles in a bowl.

Jenna started rolling over from her back to her tummy on Thanksgiving weekend. Now she rolls all over the place! She is so adorable, we could just eat her up.

Watching Sydney, as always!

Present time at our house. Neeme made these Christmas dresses for the girls, and they were so cute! We received many compliments.

Jenna lasted about ten minutes, then was hungry and tired. She still naps in the swing most times- hopefully she will outgrow that soon!

New jammies and slippers

We had a great week in San Angelo, celebrating Christmas. It was pretty busy with all of the family there to visit, but the girls had lots of fun. Jenna isn't a good napper at all, so the shuffling around was a little hard on her, since she was always getting tired and fussy.

Decorating gingerbread sleighs with cousins at Neeme's house. Sydney didn't really know what gingerbread or a sleigh was, but that didn't matter to her! If it's Christmas, it's fun!

An attempt at a family picture- most of the time it goes like this, with Sydney acting crazy and Jenna watching her.

So this is the best we could do!

Cousins on Christmas Eve

We were all trying to get the kids to smile, and Neeme gave a high pitched scream to get them to smile. All the kids laughed, except Sydney! She just didn't know what to think about that!

Christmas Day fun!

Dancing with Papa

Sydney has so much fun playing with cousins Laura and Josh. When we were at their house, they dressed Sydney up a few times!

Happy Birthday to Granny!

We gave Jenna her first food, just a week shy of 6 months old. We thought she would love it, but she was not impressed by the sweet potatoes.