My Sweet Sydney

Today is Sydney's fifth birthday. Lonnie and I took her to breakfast at Panera for muffins and quiche! She was quite surprised this morning when we woke her up at 7:30. Afterwards we went shopping at Target. She had birthday money from G'pa and G'ma. She had a great time spending that money without the influence of older sister!! Y'all know what I mean. Then we had a great time hanging out at the local aquatic center. At last, she choose to eat at T-REX cafe. For those of you not here in KC....If you have ever been to Rain Forest cafe....it is the same thing but with dinos! In fact it is by the same peps.

We have had a full day. It kept me busy "not thinking" of how fast they are all growing. But then it hit me at dinner and now that I am bloggin' about it, it brings me to tears.(tune in for future post). See below for "Sydney's story"

Me and my sweet Syd

Syd's birthday dinner.

A little bit on Sydney.

Sydney is a very sweet child. She cares a lot about other people. She is shy and stubborn. She has always been afraid of the carwash. She is the healthiest eater out of all of my children.(she has eaten salad since she was one).

Her beauty takes my breath away. Her eyes are as dark as ebony.

She was my hipster baby, you know the baby you could never ever ever put down.

When she turned three we had to put a stop to it. She has done well. She was my first child born at home and my only child born in the middle of the day. (others at night). Raegan was 2 1/2 when she was born. I had hyped up "baby Sydney" for months. Raegan had been swimming all the time I was in labor and then Sydney was born while she was napping. When she awoke. She came to see her new sister. She said "MY BABY, MY BABY!" . She was thrilled to have her. It was a real live baby "doll" to her. She did not let anyone but me and her hold Sydney. It was horrible how protective she was. Lonnie had to ask for permission to hold Syd. It was out of the question for my mom to hold her. It was cute. I was so proud of the proud big sister. She was sooo sweet to her. I remember having a feeling of such pride in the love she showed to her. Five years later.......it's a different story. They are still close sisters and I hope will always be that way.

I love you Sydney!

Good Mail!

I have been such a loser and I haven't been good about reporting my Good mail.
Sorry no pics

So thank you Tori for all the great Fourth of July propaganda.
Angel for the Good Mail!(click on her for a detailed description, I couldn't do it justice)

'til next time.......

V A C A T I O N

Okay for some reason it cut off a lot of my photos. On some of them you can't tell what the pic is of. Sorry.

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Just a taste...

Here are just a few of my favs

Getting ready for the zoo!

The Giant ball pit

the pic that only took one!

Positive Points

1. the Zoo was great! the kids had fun Esp the girls, they had a Build a Bear workshop in the zoo. Raegan got a Chimpanzee(what a huge surprise) Sydney got an adorable Polar Bear! IF they would have had a pink flamingo, that would have been her choice!


2. City Museum was fun!


3. The Magic house was awesome!!


4. Grants farm was fun! (free beer, for mom and dad) We only took a sip!


5. Hotel was great, staff was friendly and helpful!!(the beds were soooo comfortable)


6. Houlahan's was open late.


7. Einstein Bros., bagels and coffee hit the spot every morn!


8. Riding on the Metro link was fun (come on KC lets get busy getting ours built)


9. Fireworks under the Arch....was amazing!!


I'm really pushing it here to get 10....


10. The ride home wasn't bad. Nathan slept in Lonnie's arms most of the time.


It only took about 6 hrs.


11. our car was still in the lot!!!





Next post I will have pics

Vacation Update

So far not the best. We took the train from KC to STL. It was a 5 hour trip that took 8 hours. All the time chasing the "boys" trying to keep them safe. Thank goodness the girls are at the ages were they understand and can entertain themselves.
The following pretty much sums up day 1

*5 hr train ride turned into 8 hrs of "happy hours" for passengers behind and in front of us=$175

*Dinner at the only restaurant open at 10pm on a SUNDAY= $92
(btw: food was horrible and so was the service!)

*Child falling out of bed at 3 am and cutting eye open=effin priceless!
(just to top of the day/btw she is alright today, thank God it did not require stitches)

Day 2
Got better! But let me say, someone on that train must have rubbed some of their bad mojo on us. Their were still little things today that were just ridiculous. Im not being nit picky. It was stupid little things like a restaurant not serving us 45 mins before closing. For whatever reason. Then we finally get food and bring it to our room and there are no SPOONS! We freakin had soup!!
So if your stopping by tonight, leave me some good freaking positive energy! I need it for tomorrow!

I will end on a positive note. We took a family picture in front of a waterfall and it came out perfect with only one try!!! I am still amazed!

We're off.......

After a very stressful rainy week, we are off for vacation. We will be taking the train. This is a first. They boys should love it, esp. Nathan. He loves trucks and trains!
I will not disclose our destination at this time. However, I will be posting pictures soon!
Have a great week!