Just Cuz I Love Em'

Would just like to know the future.............anyone have a crystal ball

11 Months Old Already (long post)

Time comes and goes too fast these days, I can't believe that Sydnee is almost one "1"

*This little girl is quite the character, she definitely has a funny little personality :)

*Has been walking for almost a month a half now, Early Walker

*Loves her binky and doesn't like to go anywhere without it, she actually prefers to have two in her hand because then she will interchange them, because I guess to her they taste different :)

*Loves to talk to her dad on the cell phone, whenever my phone rings those big eyes light up and run right over to grab at the phone...and knows its usually her dad on the other end and she will just jabber away with him, its the greatest thing.

*She likes to look at books, well mostly likes to pull every single one off the shelf and then she will flip through them (JUST LIKE HER SISTER)

*She says "uh-oh" all the time, its become the most frequently said word in our house ;)

*Still doesn't like to sleep at night, its obnoxious

*Her favorite toy is a "Balloon" surprise surprise

*Is a definite snuggle bug and I LOVE IT

*She and Rylee have started to play together, there is an occasional fight now and then but let me say this, Sydnee isn't always on the losing side (watch out Ry)

*Loves her daddy, even though Shane has been gone for a while, Sydnee goes to him just fine (there's two people that Sydnee lets hold her... Me & Shane) and she will run back and forth between the two of us laughing and giggling

*Sydnee is a sweet little girl who is growing up too fast

Ry is getting anxious to go outside and play, I wish the weather would make up its mind and start being warm for more than one day :)

*She loves to play outside, ride her bike, find sticks and rocks and put them in their own spot in the garage :)

*She plays better with boys for the time being, at the park she grabs a stick and wants to sword fight with the boys or play pirates, while the girls are playing princesses (oh dear)

*Has quite the imagination

*Loves to play hide and seek, she's getting pretty good at it too, Shane came home last weekend for a couple days and he couldn't find her, it was hilarious :)

*Is doing great at school, she still loves to go and comes home with a smile on her face. She can write her name pretty good and she's always wanting me to write words so she can copy them down ;)

*I love this little girl, she'll be 4 this summer and I can't believe it

*She loves to go and stay at her Grandma's and Grandpa's, I'm glad we've been able to live close to both sides so she can have so much fun with them :)

*Loves Sydnee and is a protective big sister (that is when someone else isn't being nice to Sydnee)

*We are all just waiting to see what happens next in this Crazy Military Life :)

Sydnee is 10 months old and Cruising

For a couple weeks now this little chica has thought it was so cool to get up and just start walking, she was a little wobbly at first but now she just gets up and goes whenever and wherever she wants to....its so cute to see :) Yay for Sydnee

Look At Those Eyes & Some Funny Pics Of Ry

What the world must look like through these tiny little eyes.....they have no worries or the stress of this world....just simple needs and all the love anyone can ask for :)

Syd had her 9 month check-up and she's in the 50th percentile in both height and weight...hmmm When Rylee was 9 months she was in the 90th percentile in both height and weight :)

This happens all the time around here...Rylee is in a stage of giving kisses every 5 seconds...Syd got really annoyed at first with having Rylee in her face all the time...But now this is the face that we get from Sydnee, she just looks at me like "Okay I will hold still" hahah
Rylee loves Sydnee A LOT :=)

My Little Chicas

9 months old Already....wow

*Loves to Smile at the Camera (obviously)
*Is Crawling and getting into just about everything
*Pulls herself up and will just stand without holding onto anything (early walker??, we'll see)
*Loves real food....Hates absolutely hates baby food (I don't blame her)
*Definitely a momma's girl
*Bobs up and down when music starts playing
*Loves Bath time, she will get on her stomach and just float
*Is getting better about sleeping at night, we still have the occassional crying session but she's figured out how to put herself back to sleep, well that is until 5:30 rolls around :(
*Likes to steal the toys that Rylee is playing with (well she attempts too anyway)
*Likes to look at books, especially when Rylee is trying to read her the story
*Definitely going to have to keep my eye on this one

3 1/2 with some definite Sass

*I just love this lil Girl
*She is getting so big, toooo fast
*Started school again today after the Holiday break and was so excited
*Loves school, she loves tumbling and she loves swimming
*She's never let water touch her face and now she will actually put her face in the water (its a miracle)
*Loves learning her letters (Especially the letter "R"...hmmm wonder why)
*Loves Disney Princesses and Horses
*Such a good helper, she loves to help cook and make things
*Still wont eat anything AT ALL (even the crackers aren't gaining interest)
*Was super excited to have her dad home for a couple of weeks
*Sleeps better in my bed than her own (a problem when Shane is home..haha we aren't little people)
*Has such a sweet little spirit (my brother got us a picture of Christ and Rylee asked if we could put it in her room.....)

I completely love and adore my little girls
Rylee and Sydnee I love you!!

Christmas Catch Up

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Thanks to a friend I figured out how to put a whole bunch of pics on here all in one bunch, so you can just click on it and it will make it bigger!!!
We had a great Christmas and it was so nice to have Shane home for a couple weeks!! Rylee was in Heaven having her dad home, Sydnee gradually warmed up to him and I was glad just to have another adult in the house ;)
It was a another traveling/crazy holiday season. We drove to Salt Lake for Christmas Eve and visited a bunch of family and then we drove back to Logan that night so we could spend Christmas morning at our house!!

Ry and Syd opening up some presents that Santa brought..Rylee was so excited and I need to somehow download some video to show her reactions to some of the Disney Princess stuff she got it was hilarious. Gotta love having Girls :)


Sydnee loves the camera lately, Rylee would rather avoid it (I dont blame her) hahah
Just a few candids of the girlies playing with their gifts.


We had Christmas Eve with my mom and my brothers. Ry got some pretty fun stuff and she was super excited to get some fun games and little horses...Thanks everyone :) Then we went to my Aunt Annie's house for a yummy yummy dinner!!


Then on Christmas day we headed out to Dayton for a yummy dinner and spending time with the Smith Fam :) Rylee and Syd got spoiled by Grandma Liz and Grandpa Shane, thank you so much :) All in all we had a great Christmas and it was very nice spending time with all of the Family!!!

Annual Saturday of Fun :)

I haven't been in much of a blogging mood lately (obviously) but I just wanted to share a few cute photos that were on my phone :)

This is Princess Hattie (my cousins little girl) and Princess Rylee, (this is what they call each other)...Earlier in the summer when we went to Yellowstone with my mom's whole family, these two got to play and spend a lot of time together!! Now, you may ask yourself why they refer to each other as Princess Rylee & Hattie, well that is because my mom told them a story one night about two Princesses named Rylee & Hattie and how they had to be rescued by a Prince named Edward (hahah I know) from the Dragon that stole their crowns!!! To this day Rylee still will tell me the story, its so CUTE!!
My cute Grandma does an Angel Tree activity every year with all the grand-kids, its such a fun and neat experience to be able to know that these kids are going to be smiling about something on Christmas morning!!
After the Angel Tree Shopping my grandma takes everyone to bowling and pizza.... I have the greatest Grandma in the WORLD!!!


They had the cosmic lights turned on when we first got there and Rylee was loving that her shirt was glowing and she couldn't stop talking about bowling all week long, I'm glad the weather held out so we could drive down :)

This is Rylee and Cole (my cousin) they are 3 months apart and have the greatest time playing with each other...I cant even explain how fun it is to watch these two play, they were helping each other carry the bowling ball to the lane, they were dancing around everywhere and just having a great time!! It's so fun for Ry to have these cousins that are her same age :)

And we couldn't forget about the little Sydnee bug, she slept most of the time during bowling so she didn't get in on too much of the bowling excitement :0 But here is her new thing she does, She loves to stand up in the bathtub (ya we are destined for a lot of bumps and bruises) She thinks she's doing something pretty amazing when she pulls herself up on the side of the tub and she just laughs and gives me the biggest smile, until she slips and goes back down :O
All is well just gearing up for Christmas in a couple weeks (can you believe that) Shane gets home next Saturday and is here for 2 weeks, Yeah!!!
Hope this Holiday Season is treating you all Well....