A few new pics

Just a few pics!



This is my Meme and Pops!


Me with my Gran and Hoppy

Me and my daddy.

Mommy put a bow in my hair for Pop's birthday

Taking a bath a MeMe's!

Another Tooth

Just a quick update...Sydney's first tooth popped through just a few days ago and now she has a second bottom tooth.

Finally...a new blog!

I've been so wrapped up in Sydney that I just can't find the time to blog. Plus, I'm still trying to find a job. For those of you who don't know, when I went back to work in July after maternity leave, I worked 1 day and they told me they were "doing away with my position". I couldn't believe it was happening after working for the company for 7 years. I know several women who have either been "let go" during or after maternity leave or that have lost their clients while on maternity leave. It really sucks that women are made to feel like they need to choose between a career or family. I guess we should all quit working and live off welfare and WIC. But, enough about that...

On to more postive feelings!!!
Sydney turned 5 months old Oct. 11 and since she's had a cold for like 3 weeks, her 4 month check up was postponed until Oct. 12. She weighed 18lbs 10oz and was 26 3/4 inches long. My giant baby! Her weight and height were still in the 99th percentile for her age, but her head is in the 50th percentile, so at least she doesn't have a giant head! She's already wearing 9 month and 12 month clothes. She's outgrowing size 2 shoes! Her first tooth also broke through on Oct. 13. It seems like she's been teething forever. Little Miss Drool. She's also trying to crawl. She's scooting around on her stomach and is learning to pull her legs under her to push herself off the floor. She's so amazing and so much fun! Here's some new pics. Our wedding photographer Alison Bynum took some awesome pictures of Sydney last month and I've included a few of my favorites. Hope you don't mind Alison! I took the others.

New Pics

No time to post...just a few new pics! Check out those dimples!

Quick Update

I just wanted to do a quick update. I'll post more info about delivery, etc. once things settle a bit more. We are having our long sleepless days and nights right now, so when Sydney sleeps, we try to nap and get things around the house done, and when she's awake, we just like staring and talking to her. We are "camping out" in the den for now because I have to sleep sitting up because of my incision. So Jeremy is sleeping in here with me on an Aerobed and Sydney is in her co-sleeper. I'm still taking Percocet for pain, so I'm always a bit "drunk". Breastfeeding is very time consuming and painful, but going great overall. I never thought I would say this, but it's the most precious thing ever. The nurses told me I had really great "equipment" for it.

So, once I sober up and we get re-organized around here, I'll update. Here are some pictures of our little love monkey.








This is what we found on our driveway when we came home on Monday. Our neighbor's daughter, Carol, drew it for us. She will also be our babysitter. They are so awesome - they brought over Lasagna dinner and some yummy brownies for us Tuesday night. Thank you Tracie, Pat, and Carol!

It's a baby!!

Finally after much anticipation and an emergency C-Section, we had Sydney Laine on Friday May 11, 2007 at 6:33pm. She weighed 8lbs 11oz and was 20.5 inches long. I'm still pretty out of it and on lots of pain medication, so I've just picked out a few pictures to post and I will blog more and post more pics in a couple of days once we get to go home and get settled.

And for all of those wondering...She has 2 big dimples! (but I haven't gotten good pictures of those yet).

No luck...

The hospital sent me home. Apparently they weren't concerned about the slow leak of water that I was having this morning since I haven't started having contractions. I swear my Dr. is trying to see if I can have the longest pregnancy ever! They tell you in the labor and delivery class to come to the hospital if you have any kind of leak. But today the hospital told me to come back only if it gushes or if my contractions are 5 minutes apart. I'm still 2-3 cm and I'm about 65% effaced. Oh well...