Catch up!

Alisha Siddoway, a friend of ours from church, is an AWESOME photographer. I had her take some pics of Sydney for us. I would totally recommend her to anyone! Here's her website: alishaphotography.blogspot.com

Here are some of the shots she got of Sydney










You can see that her toes are painted in some of these and I actually can't say that I'm responsible for that! I came home the other day and saw the nail polish out on the counter and thought, "hmmm... I don't remember getting that out." When I went to pick up Sydney, I saw that her toes were painted! I guess Travis has a more feminie side that I had realized! haha! He's such a good Dad, Sydney sure has him wrapped around her little finger:)

It is SO nice being a mom of a 3 and a half month old and instead a 3 week old. Holy cow, I have never been so sleep deprived, cranky or depressed than during the first two months of Sydney's life. I knew it would be hard, obviously, I just didn't realize how hard. I guess I had this unrealistic idea of how it would be. All my life I have loved kids and would melt when I held babies and all that jazz. Then when I had Sydney, I felt nothing! Not a thing! I wanted to feel those warm and fuzzies so bad and I just didn't. It took about 6 weeks before I had a moment like that. On top of feeling empty all the time, Travis and I were so sleepy (not good) and we're both pretty cranky and short with each other when we're sleepy. I just felt like my life went from happy to miserable so quickly. Hopefully, most people's experience isn't like that. I don't mean to complain or be negative, I just want to be honest. Especially for new or expecting moms who might feel like this, I just want them to know they aren't the only one's who feel that way! But on a happier note, 3 months + is a really fun stage. Sydney is sleeping really well, smiling and being pretty interactive. It's a good thing the first 2 months flew by because they sucked haha.

I hate that I can't keep up with blogging. Hopefully when I'm done with classes (less than 3 weeks away!) I'll be better at keeping up with it.

Speaking of being done with classes.... :)
I can't believe I'm almost done! So close! I can smell it:) Going to school while pregnant and having Sydney has probably been the most un-fun thing Trav and I have ever done, but now that it's just about over, we're so glad we did it. We'll be living in Georgia while Travis finishes his internship (ending in December) and if we find a job down there after the internship we'll stay. If not, we'll go wherever we can pay the bills! We're sad to elave Rexburg and all of our friends, but excited to be close to family and being down in the South:)

We got to hang out with Nick (Travis' brother) and his wife Jen the weekend of the 4th and had so much fun! They were down from Washington visiting Jen's family in Idaho Falls. We got to play a game of baseball with them and jen's family on the 3rd and played a games and watched fireworks with them on the 4th. We get so sad when we think about moving to Georgia and not being able to see them for a while. We would love to move to Seattle if we were able to find a good job out that way. The only thing we don't like is how expensive it is to live there.

The morning of the 4th we watched the parade in Rexburg. I've never been a parade person. I don't even think I've ever been to one. I've always thought they were lame and cheesy, but I really liked the parade this year. It was fun! There were these little boys in the parade that were on a float and on the side of their float it read, "Warning: obey your parents or you will have to do this next year." HA! haha





So there's our update. Hopefuly it wont be 80 years before I post again!