Syd and her daddy
2 monkeys!
Loving and supportive friends
The sweetest sisters!
The best Baby-daddy any baby-momma could ask for!
There are dozens more, but mostly I am thankful to be where I am, with people I love. (P.S. I'm thankful for blogs too *wink-wink!*)
We also got a big suprise from Utah! Auntie Ginger came to see us along with Grandma. and once we got the house to ourselves Jess had to go to World Work Place in Atlanta. That left me at home with the two babies. We spent some of the time at the homestead in A-dale, and the rest of the time in C-town w/ Nana. Then I started back at work. It sooooo did not feel like it had been six weeks. Lil' Punkin-doodle has been growing like a weed and gaining tons of weight. We'll find out exactly how much next week at her checkup, but I'm guessing she weighs at least 10 pounds, judging on how fast she's outgrown everything!
Big Sissy Sydney is loving every minute of her baby sister. I have to watch her like a hawk though. She thinks Kiera is a baby doll and will try to play with her, resulting in a screaming baby and upset Syd. She's starting to have more tantrums, and has started randomly destroying things. Jess and I have tried to give her more attention, but this only works if we can both give her all of our attention at the same time. It's also suddenly turned cold here, which severely limits outside playtime. We figure she's just bored, and misses all of that undivided attention she's been used to getting.
I took this video a few weeks ago, but just now got it on here. This happens all the time, and it just looks so weird. I just hope that it doesn't mean this little baby it going to be HUGE! LOL
This was just too funny of a picture NOT to post! It's at our friends Arnold and Cathy's house. That's one of the sheds that is in their back yard, not their actual house. The pool is structurally sound whereas the foundation of the shed has made it to the point of almost falling over by itself. Gotta love the redneck priorities!
Helping is such a big job!
And here's a good clip where you catch a glimpse of the belly.
I'm going to have to get his girl some lessons when she's old enough. Three is the youngest they let into the dancing studio around the corner from us. That's OK, we'll just dance in front of the TV until then......
They were little....very little, and sea foam green, like from the 50's! But they were still comfy and in great condition. That didn't last. Sydney has spilled every substance imaginable on this furniture in addition to drawing all over it with everything she could get her hands on. And turned it into her personal jungle gym! 
The fabric has withstood some heavy duty cleaning over the past 2 years, since I've scrubbed the living daylights out of it on several occasions (red koolaid will come out if you're more stubborn!) And the seat covers have been washed more times than I can remember. Which is why now it has come time to get a new living room set. Upon removing the covers from the dryer this last time, everything fell apart literally. I may be talented with a sewing machine, but there was no saving this old dinosaur. We even lost one side of a zipper! The size of this set is so tiny that it's prevented us from being able to find a slip-cover that will fit, and I just don't have the time to make a custom one. We'll miss the sea foam green, but I think I'm looking forward to getting "big people" furniture for a change.
Cheesing it up! 
It was bound to happen eventually. I guess I just didn't expect it to happen just before bedtime. About 8:45 pm last night our little bouncy ball, was jumping on our bed and missed on that last bounce. Her arm looked like a little banana. Clutching my baby, we immediately drove to the urgent care up the street. She completely freaked for the x-rays, and a few minutes later we learned that the fractures were off kilter and at an angle that the Dr's on staff weren't comfortable with trying to reset. Off to the ER to meet the specialist. At the ER waiting room, there was a little activity center and a baby. She instantly forgot the pain and wanted to play with both. Then we had to deal with 4 attempts to get an IV in her, to put her out for the re-setting of the bones. (She inherited her mommy's veins, and they couldn't find one that worked the way they needed it to) When none worked they gave her a alternate drug that just made her high for a while. The hardest parts of this entire ordeal is that Jesse is not good with hospitals, and I wasn't allowed to be near her while they were re-setting the arm. They were using an on-going x-ray to make sure it was being set in the right way and there was no way a pregant lady was going to be any where near it. But Syd wouldn't stand for it with both of us gone, so Daddy had to suck it up, while mommy cried in the hallway everytime she heard Syd cry. The doctor put the arm in a splint for now, since the arm was swollen. A real cast will go on on Thursday. The best part though was when she was comming off the high and said "mommy". She bouced back so quick she impressed the observation nurse, to the point that we got an early discharge. 
Syd's getting more independant. She has now decided absolute nakedness is THE best thing ever! That roll of duct tape in the closet is looking like a great solution right now. But to my great relief she is talking more now. Less chinese, more real words. Her favorite new word is popcicle, and demands about a dozen of these a day. (Not that she gets them...) Now if I could only get her to keep quiet while mommy needs a nap......Guess I can't have it both ways, oh well. The terrible twos are in full swing at our house and "No" is the "on" switch for them. I ignore most, since she gives up easily, but something a little more is needed when she keeps going. Mommy's so mean. She is really sweet though. She loves mommy's belly, and affectionately rubs it and says "baby". She also bumps it with her nose and says "gonk!" but we think that's cute too. She really is a good little girl........most of the time.
She fed Chrissy, the giraffe, and the goats. 
She also just loves the statues around the place, since she got to crawl all over them. In the aquarium, she ran from tank to tank and pointed out every "shish" or said "wow!" when she didn't know what it was. She especially liked the owl at the bird show. 
Sydney liked the Lorekeets until one landed on her head. 
One of the Lorekeets that landed on me loved my camera and didn't care about the treat I had in my hand. 
The wallaby exhibit wasn't going to open until this Saturday. Of course we didn't know that until we actually got there! Well as we were walking past the wallabies, a group of Zoo directors were being shown how the exhibit was supposed to work (it's a walk-through where you can go inside and walk around with the animals, so cool!). One of the Staff saw us and asked if we wanted to try it out. Of course we did!!! Sydney was beside herself and wanted to run right up to them. Unfortunately we had to stay on the little trail and couldn't let her go over to them. But we got some cool pictures of them. 
I've decided to pick and choose my battles so she can be naked at home, but she understands that she has to wear clothes when we go places or outside. This has made it infinitely easier! So far we've got a potty and a reminder timer and books to read while we are waiting. She thinks it's great and understands what the timer means and what the potty is, but doesn't quite get that "things" need to go in the potty. 
Still trying.........we'll get there......eventually........
Well Jesse has killed his first turkey of the season! The birds were out in rare form on easter morning. My dad -the expert (he does this for a living!)- called the bird in and Jesse got him just as he was running into the clearing. I don't know who was more excited though, my dad or Jesse. Jess says my dad jumped up and was halfway to the dead turkey before he could even put the gun down! LOL We are very proud of our men. 
This was a very good sized bird. I could go into details about how old it was, if it was a good fighter, and how much he had been breeding this season, but that might reveal exactly how much of a redneck I am, so we won't go there. 
When they brought the big boy home we took some pictures (as you can see) and my sister Beka (aka Carson) ripped some wing feathers out-southern girls, what can we say?
My dad took off the tail feathers so we can dry the spread and save it. No we aren't going to mount it. I'm not that redneck. Then he cleaned it. In a few weeks, when Jess gets back from some of his trips, we're gonna have fried turkey breast. (The breast is about the only edible part of the bird, the rest is too tough.) I can't wait. This is one piece of wild game I can have while pregnant, so i'm gonna enjoy all I can!
Syd donned her pretty new dress and grabbed her basket and all the kids took off. Sydney really got into this whole egg hunting thing. 
She even gathered eggs from an abandoned basket after all the eggs had been found!!!
Later we played with the basketball and Daddy helped her make some slam dunks. 
Then we got on the fourwheeler and rode around the yard a little bit. 
Aunt Cera even got in on it and tried her hand at stump pulling. This just started as a whim, but has now escilated to include more veggies than I originaly planned. We're going to run out of room if I don't pull in the reigns on these projects!
