Happy Memorial Day!

Poor Daddy. He is surrounded by women who want all of his attention :)

Happy Memorial Day (OK 2 days late) to everyone. When I think about how many families in our country sacrifice for my freedom, I am overwhelmed. Scott Eaton is home from Basic Training, and the poor guy had to grill out for all the girls on Monday and clean the kitchen afterwards! Sydney had a wonderful time with Emma and Elli and thought she was such a big girl. We are looking forward to many more play dates this summer!! Speaking of... 4 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and thanks to Julie and Aiden for the adorable dress!

Caught In the Act

Sydney's favorite drawer in the house is under the TV where Daddy stores the extra cords for the TV and XBox. She also loves dancing and "My Friends Tiger and Pooh".

Sweet Sydney

Showing the dog some "lovin"
Thanks Aunt Erin for our new dress!!! She was stylin' at church this morning!

And... Our first attempt at PIGTAILS!!!!

Don't worry, we just went to Best Buy and she had managed to pull one of them down by the time we got there ;)

MUCH Better!

The top picture was taken less than 8 hours after surgery, and the bottom picture was right before they took her back yesterday morning. I just noticed- she is pulling on her ear :(
We celebrated Mothers Day Weekend in Heber Springs with my parents and my handsome brother. This was the only picture I captured, but the weekend was very fun (minus a quick run to a storm shelter due to a tornado warning!)

Thank you everyone for your prayers, comments, phone calls, emails, etc. Sydney is doing SO MUCH BETTER. She has been in the best mood since about an hour after surgery. We got there at 6:45am, and I swear, I buckled her in her car seat at 7:25am! I was nervous, but so pleased with the staff and doctors at Arkansas Otolaryngology. Dr. Gardner was able to suction both middle ear cavities and get the tubes in in around 6 minutes. The sweetest thing- we were waiting in recovery when she came out from anesthesia and the first thing she did was say "Momma Momma". I will never forget hearing that sweet voice!!!! She was fussy for about an hour, but after a big breakfast, she was ready to play and she was her ole mischievous self all day. She dumped over a trash can and dug through it, climbed into the dish washer, found a kitchen butter knife, pulled out all of her dirty clothes and hangers from the floor of her closet, and more! Oh, and she took 4 or 5 steps!!! I have no doubt that not having a severe double ear infection feels SO MUCH better to her! Anyway, we are so thankful for modern medicine and are hopeful we are moving in the right direction on her ears.

Please pray for Sydney

Well, I have a prayer request. We took Syd to the ENT this afternoon because we have had 7 ear infections, but in the last 4 weeks she has had a "resistant to antibiotic double ear infections" (we have had to give her TWO rounds of oral meds for 10 days each set plus a big shot). Anyway, both ears still looked severely infected today and we are going for tubes... at 6:45 am tomorrow! I know that it is a common procedure, but when you have to sign that you understand the risk of anesthesia for children and that you won't sue if something happens... well, you can imagine. PLEASE pray for Sydney's safety during surgery and a quick recovery from these ear infections!

First Weekend in May!

OK, it is the last year of my twenties! Thank you for all the sweet emails, text messages, phone calls, cards, gifts, dinners... I am officially the most spoiled girl in the house tonight!
The family sang me "Happy Birthday" but in typical Sydney fashion, all eyes were on her and she clapped her hands and smiled as if it was all for her ;).
Oh, Sweet Girl! You are so close to walking and yet- so far! You love to walk behind this car, and you will even stand up and act like your ready to just take off, but so far, the closest thing we have to walking is maybe a little step into a face forward fall. I know you will when you are ready.

Gigi and Granddaddy trying to encourage her to take a step.

She must have just done something because she looks very mischievous

Gigi and Sydney (13 months)

Yesterday there was a shower for Megan Inman Bennett, and somehow we didn't get a picture of the OBU girls until after Megan left! It was sincerely so fun to celebrate with Megan and her family, and to get to see all of the new babies! Maddox and Addison were napping during this picture, but they are adorable. I got to have Pierce all to myself this weekend, and Georgia is so sweet and good natured. Great friends and great shower!

Look how pretty Megan is! I think she is almost 24 weeks along!

And a big "Happy Birthday" to my nephews Drake (April 28th) and Nick (May 5th). We got to celebrate with them a little on Friday night before they headed to the Travelers game