Sip-N-See... Come meet me!

What a fun afternoon! Trina, Trish and Vicki hosted a very sweet Sip-N-See for Sydney today, for people to drop by and meet her. Thank you to the hostesses and friends who came by! Oh, and thanks to Merrit for the precious outfit!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

The very best birthday present in the world!!!!

6 week pictures

I'm already a Parrot Head!!!

Brent and I celebrated our 4th anniversary on Thursday- HUGE THANK YOU to Erin for keeping Sydney on Thursday night while we ran to eat some dinner!!! You are the baby whisperer!! But to really celebrate, we drove to Dallas for another Jimmy Buffet concert! The Luces, McBroomes, and Perrys went with us and we all had a great time. HUGE THANK YOU to Scarlett and Jason for hosting us all and helping me with Sydney. HUGE HUGE HUGE THANK YOU to Poppa Gene and Nanny D for driving all the way down to Dallas just to keep Sydney for us during the concert!!! Yes, I know I am so spoiled. But wait- there is more. They took the chance to drive the Harley down to enjoy the great spring weather and had a great trip down. But, they got a flat tire once they got to Scarlett and Jason's and were unable to get it fixed until Monday! So my poor daddy had to stay in Dallas today and tonight until he can get it fixed while we brought Doris home so she could get to work tomorrow! Everyone please keep your fingers crossed that he has a very safe trip back home by himself tomorrow!

Painting at the Painted Pig

Sydney and I and Melissa and Jackson went to paint some pottery on Thursday. It was very fun and the babies were pretty great subjects. Thank God the owner Ally was there to help us! Stay tuned for pictures of what we made once we pick them up!

Dogtown Supper Club

Another wonderful night of Dogtown Supper Club. And the best part is no one had to clean house or do dishes afterwards! Sydney was pretty good at the restaurant, but I still can't seem to get a decent picture of us together!!! I'll keep trying...

Guess who is smiling!!!

On Sunday Brent leaned over and said "Hi Big Girl" to Sydney and she smiled at him!! We both thought maybe she had gas or it was just a coincidence. But last night I took her over to my moms and as soon as my mom started talking to her Sydney started smiling! This time I had the sense to grab the camera. Look at those dimples!!! Oh they are SO CUTE!

Spring Chick

Lunch with Friends

We had a great lunch with the Napiers, Boyds, and Wolfes. I swear that 10 years ago all we cared about was prom dresses and leaving NLRHS, and now here we are with kids!!! Not only that, we are the moms that have "playdates" over lunch and all 4 grab their cameras!!! Oh, who am I kidding- I am loving every minute of it!

A couple of firsts...

Sydney has been pretty busy over the last few days. She and I made a little visit to my office on Friday and she was a perfect little angel. We feel like the medicine is definitely helping her, so that is a praise! Then on Sunday we went to big church for the first time, and Sunday night we ate at Shotgun Dan's Pizza with JR, Gage, and Dana. I'm sure we looked hilarious, with our diaper bag and carrier fumbling around trying to figure out how to sit her carrier at the table!

One Month Old

Sydney is one month old today, and we "celebrated" by having her one month check up with Dr. Wilson. Sydney weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 3/4 inches long. That puts her in the 50th percentile for height and weight. Over the past week or so, we have noticed that she is crying more, and not in a "oh I'm a little fussy cry" but in a "I am hurting please do something" scream! She has also been coughing/choking some when she eats, getting the hiccups every couple of hours, and wakes up screaming (as though in pain) when we lay her down after she eats. So, we are going to try a trial run of Prevacid to see if reflux could be causing her some pain. She also got a shot in her thigh which I had to hold her down for!!! Oh the fun and hard times of parenting! Sydney is a trooper though, because she cried for just a minute after her shot and then cashed out in her carrier before Daddy could even get her into the car! Please keep your fingers crossed that the medicine will help her sweet little belly/esophagus feel better soon!!

Sydney's First Easter

I love Easter!! I can tell that Sydney already does too! On Saturday we went to the Easter Egg Hunt at church, more for Mommy to get to visit with friends :), but Sydney and Elli had plenty of fun. We also got to see the Boyds and the Gerans, and Caroline was very interested in the "Baby" as she said several times in the cutest Southern accent!!! She wasn't to happy about her Sassy loving on Sydney, but I know that Caroline will be an excellent big sister in June! We also made a quick trip to Heber Springs to Brent's Nanny (no picture though) and then topped off our Easter with steaks at Gigi's and Granddaddy's. Gigi got her one of my favorite books as a child, Peter Rabbit! Oh, and Poppa Gene and Nanny D came by last night to start Sydney's collection of Easter Pez dispensers. Of course the Easter Bunny did not forget to stop by our house, and he brought her a Little Giraffe silkie and a few toys. I know she is too little to know to crave the silkie, but when I give it to her she grabs on for dear life!! Hopefully she can use it to calm herself down and be a comfort as she gets older. I told myself I wouldn't write a novel, but there I go again!

A nap in my big girl bed

March Babies!

Melissa + Jackson and Casey + Reese came over today for a playdate. Jackson and Sydney are "Birthday Twins"- he was born at 7:30 am and she was born at 7:30 pm on March 9th. At birth they were only 6 ozs. different, but he has been a growing baby boy in the past 3 weeks! Reese is so calm and quiet! It was really good for the soul to visit with other new mommies and their precious little ones! Thanks for the visits guys! Come back soon!

9 hours of "sleep"

Well, I am having a much better morning today! 2 nights ago, Miss Priss hardly slept at all, and all day yesterday was pretty fussy unless I was holding/rocking/swinging/dancing/singing/etc. to her. But last night I got 9 hours of "sleep", if you count 3 hours + 2 hours + 2 hours + hours, which I do! Brent gave her a bottle late last night, and I was supposed to sleep through it but I was too worried. Obviously Daddy had everything under control and I had to get a picture.

3 Weeks Old

I saw a couple of comments that people think Sydney may be looking more like me. I don't know... one of these pictures looks like Brent looking right back out at me! Praise God- I think Miss Priss has her days and nights sorted out. We are still waking up to eat every 3-3 1/2 hours through the night, but she goes right back to sleep most of the time. I got a beautiful email forwarded to me about motherhood- how much it changes you. I am so head-over-heals in love with Sydney, and I would do anything in my power to protect her and take care of her. I also love to "sneak up" on Brent while he is taking care of her and listen to what he talks to her about. Talk about head-over-heals in love- he is crazy about her! What a blessing the past 3 weeks have been! I can't wait for more!!!

Hey Mr. Spider

Just in the last few days I have noticed how much more alert Sydney is becoming. I laid her in her Baby Einstein "Gym" and she was just looking at the toys and turning her head. She really focused in on the spider, much to her daddy's disappointment-he is VERY scared of spiders :).

Aunt Erin is the baby whisperer

I swear all babies LOVE Aunt Erin. Sydney is no exception...

Sydney is 2 weeks old today!

She has been very busy over the last 2 weeks. Tons of visitors and great food have shown up at our door. What a blessing! Thanks again to everyone for helping out with food, phone calls, emails, and prayers. Here a few of the pictures from the past week since I couldn't upload them until now!

Technical Difficulty

Well, the Walkers have been having quite a bit of technical difficulty with our home computer. Every time I try and run a program, it freezes up. Brent has been working on it all night, so hopefully in the morning I can upload a few new pictures. Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful comments!! Sydney is doing great. She was weighed today and she is already 7 lbs, 11 oz, so she is getting plenty to eat. She does have her days and nights mixed up though, so "Thanks!" to Ashley and Keri, who offered some good advice. I'll try to feed her every 3 hours tomorrow and keep her up and active more during the day. Wish us luck, and at least a few hours of sleep tonight!!!