Pretty Easter Pictures

Watch your mail in the coming weeks because one of these darling pictures below is headed to the mailboxes of all our family and friends! Chris and I took Sydney in today to get some professional pictures in her Easter dress. Normally I wouldn't do a special professional picture for an Easter dress, but this was a special flower-girl-turned-Easter dress, and she was so darling in it that I just couldn't resist! Dresses and occasions like this are one of the million reasons I am thankful to God every day that He blessed us with a daughter. Sydney is so sweet and she looks it in this gorgeous dress.

Sydney's Room

Finally, after living in our house for almost 10 months, Chris and I have finished Sydney's room! We painted right before we moved in, but we could never decide what we wanted to do for the rest of the room. We wanted something bright and pretty, something that would be perfect for a baby, but something she could grow into as well. It's finally done! Enjoy...

These letters took Chris so long to put up, but it makes it so pretty! We just selected the border last month, and it matches the table and chairs my parents got her for her first birthday.


Sydney's bed and shelf with her baby bonnets.


Changing table and dresser. This dresser was Chris' mother's, so we're proud to be able to pass it on to Sydney.

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to all our friends and family! We hope you all had a wonderful Easter day celebrating the miracle of life that is possible from Christ. We had a great Easter weekend. We went to church and saw the choir perform, and we had a fantastic ham dinner with my family. It was extra special as my sister, Abbie, just made it home in time. Abbie is in the band and U of O and was playing in Arkansas for the March Madness tournament. Sydney had a great time this Easter! Last year we got her all dressed up and she didn't really understand what was going on. This year, she loved getting her Easter baskets! She was absolutely beautiful in her flower girl dress that she wore last month, except we replaced the purple petals for pink ones. She even had a matching purse and hairbow! It was such a blessed day!

Beach Trip

This past weekend we went to the beach with friends for my birthday. We rented a house in Gearhart and had a great time! The weather wasn't the greatest, but we had lots of fun staying in and playing games. We went to the Seaside boardwalk one day, and shopping another day. Because of the rain, we didn't get to make smores outside, so we lit a fire in the fireplace one evening and made smores inside! We had such a nice weekend and can't wait to go back this summer when the weather is nice!

Sicko, Part II

Sorry it's been a while since we've had an update. We have been dealing with, as some of our friends have been calling it, the Bubonic Plague. In other words, that nasty GI sickness that has been going around. At last count, we were one of ten families, all of us good friends, that have it. Poor Sydney has had it the worst. She woke up Friday throwing up, but seemed to do great the rest of the day. Then, Saturday it hit her so bad, and she has been miserable ever since. Today, however, she has kept everything down (I am mentally knocking on wood, the day is not yet over), although we haven't given her much except lots of fluids. Today it also hit Chris, so now he is doing his fair share of puking, also. It's been lots of laundry and worry here. Our couch looks like a horrible garage sale find as it is currently covered in many blankets to prevent any puke from staining it. Hopefully tomorrow Sydney will be better (all of our friends say the fourth day is much better) and maybe this will short-lived for Chris. Please keep us in your prayers, especially our dear little Sydney. She is so thin already and she doesn't have much in the way of reserves. It is always a challenge to keep weight on her, so please pray that she will recover quickly from this illness. She has been so wonderful during her sickness, still smiling and sweet, just very tired. We'll let you all know when this is over.

Sicko

Hello everyone out there. Well, it's been a crazy week. I thought I better get on here and let you all know that I am fine, but I had to spend 2 nights in the hospital this week. Last Sunday I went to bed feeling completely fine and woke up in the middle of the night with a horrible GI upset. I didn't think much of it, but Monday it just got worse and worse, so I called Chris home from work and we went to the ER. After waiting 4 hours in the waiting room with my giant stainless mixing bowl/barf basin, I finally was seen. At that point, it had been 24 hours since anything had gone in and stayed down. They gave me a few liters of IV fluids and a bunch of meds, but nothing was helping. My heartrate was REALLY high because of the intense dehydration, so I was actually admitted to the cardiac floor on a heart monitor. This is really ironic since I work on a cardiac floor, so I totally knew what was going on. I got a total of 6 liters of IV fluids and still couldn't keep anything down for another day, but after 2 nights in the hospital I finally got to go home. I am feeling much better now, but had to take the weekend off from work to rest. Sydney did great the whole week. Chris and my mom brought her to the hospital very often to visit me. She couldn't understand why she couldn't play with my IV or the heart monitor wires, but other than that she was amazing, as always. Thank you to all your prayers for my continued recovery.