WE'VE MOVED!!!

Yes we've moved! If you're looking for new pictures and an update on the girls we've moved back to our family website. Our site already has some new pics and a little clip of Nyla doing her first belly laugh. 

We've loved doing this blog with all of you and we also love looking at your blogs that you've created. Keeping writing your comments and stay in touch!

Love 

Sarah, Ryan, Sophia & Nyla 

Visit up North ( Part 2)

A few more pictures of our trip. I love this one with Aunt Aim and Nyla. Of course Amy wants to just call her Rylan now since she looks just like her Daddy! :)  Love this picture.

  

Sweet Franklin with Matt and Amy and Sophia (who is trying to hide from the camera)

Big Blue Eyes in this picture. Nyla's almost 4 months old.

And Sophia and Grandma on our walk in the historic district downtown Indianapolis.  We were so exhausted but after a nice dinner we enjoyed a stroll around Cindy's neighborhood.  

Visit up North!

We had such a great visit up North. I made the decision to go up with both girls because it seemed like Mom and Dad were both falling a part at the same time and I've been missing family a lot.  So, I packed us up and took the journey home with both Sophia and Nyla. They were awesome!! I thought flying with both of them would be so much more work but honestly it wasn't. Grant it I would've loved to have had Ryan with us for some extra support and extra hands but we did it and I'm so glad we went.  Sophia was such a great listener and Nyla ..well she's so go with the flow that it makes things much easier :) 

Our first leg was to Dallas and then we had to switch plans.  After packing the girls up and going to the bathroom we started walking to our next gate and I looked at Sophia & said, " oh no..start walking fast." She looked at me and said, " why momma?" I calmly looked at her and said," because I just realized I left our tickets on the first plane." With no problem the lady at the next gate helped us out by printing out our tickets and we walked right on, whoow! I'm so glad that it didn't turn into something else. Everyone in my family knows all the stories that we have when we travel and I was just praying that this wasn't going to be another one of those. The gentleman that sat on the plane next to us chuckled a little and apologized to me for laughing while I was trying to appease Sophia and calm Nyla while she was crying and said, " sorry I'm laughing but I totally understand.  I have 4 kids." Thank you God!! It's so awesome to sit by people that understand what you're going through.  

Anyway, Grandma met us at the airport in Indy and was so awesome to provide us with car seats. Thank you Grandma! It was so nice to go to Cindy's house.  We ate pizza, read books, and ate some brownies before heading out to Mom's and Dad's house which is about an hour and 1/2 a way.  Once we jumped into the car the girls were fast asleep and Cindy and I were able to have a great talk as we drove.  After having a bite to eat with all of us and getting some fresh blackberries & tomatoes Cindy headed back to Indy. 

Our visit was soo great. We got to spend some great time with Mom & Dad and Amy & Brian and the kids, and we got to see Matt & Elizabeth & Franklin. This was the first time that my family got to meet Nyla so I was so excited for them to hold and squeeze her! Mom and Dad were here in Texas when she was born so they were excited to have us come home and just hang out.  

I loved that Sophia was able to play with her cousins and just hang out. How great! She loves them and loves being Emma's little shadow.  We weren't even there for 4 hours and Sophia wanted Emma to spend the night for a sleep over. Since we live so far away it seems like the simple things are the things that I treasure the most.  Grabbing some coffee with Amy uptown before her class, being able to take flowers to my parents, going swimming with Amy and all the kids, watching Nana and Nyla take a nap together, picking fresh blackberries at my parents, crashing at my sisters house last minute, watching the kids enjoy Papa's breakfasts',celebrating Emma's 11th Birthday with our whole family,taking Emma shopping for her Birthday and going swimming in Aim & Bri's pool..so many great moments with everyone. I'm so grateful for my family. I feel so blessed to have family that loves & supports one another. 

Mom and Dad are doing well. Mom is getting around just fine with that new knee and Dad is trying to not overdue it and rest more.  Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. 

PICTURE HAPPY

I wish I could just upload picture after picture onto this site. I love taking pictures, I just wish I could keep up with my scrapbooking with as fast as I take them.  Although I've recently gotten into digital layouts and wow what a time saver. The picture at the bottom of this series is taken by the fabulous photographer Sophia George..hilarious. She's really getting into taking pictures. Sometimes I find pictures on my camera of the trees, pictures of our walls, or even pictures of Nyla looking scared to death because Sophia is a little trigger happy. 

So Nyla has reached another milestone that happened last week.  She's rolling over! The first few times she rolled over in her crib I think it scared her half to death.  She was laying there on her back just wailing and flinging her arms. Now she does her little squeal and is a little more relaxed when it happens.  I think she's more concerned about keeping her pacy in her mouth when she rolls over more than anything. 

Okay does Nyla look like Ryan or what? Someone asked me the other day if I had anything to do with Nyla and I just started laughing. Yes, Nyla is Daddy's little clone. Especially when you see Ryan's baby pictures. I don't think she'll have his blond hair that he had as a little boy but she might be keeping these big blue eyes! It's so neat getting to know her little personality. Ryan and I were saying that the only time she really cries is to let you know that she's tired or hungry. We call her sweet girl quite a bit and we might be biased but she truly is.  

I'm flying home with the girls this week so please pray for an uneventful and safe flight. My parents have not been in the best health so we're heading home to help & hang out. We're looking forward to seeing Grandma at the airport and spending some time with her as we travel to Ohio. Then we'll be spending time with Nana & Papa, Amy & Brian and the kids, and we'll see Matt & Elizabeth and Franklin sometime over the weekend. We're already prepping Sophia that she'll really have to be my big helper and she says," Yeah because Nyla has never been on a plane yet. " I think she's going to do great but please pray that things go smoothly. Have a great week! 

Sisters

I'm so excited that Sophia and Nyla are already friends. When I watch them interact I'm reminded of the blessing of having a sister and I pray that they'll become close friends like me and Amy. Of course they'll have tifts and stages with one another but I pray that they'll treasure each other and learn to appreciate their differences. 

Sophia loves to keep Nyla entertained and Nyla thinks she's funny so it works out well. There have been so many times that Sophia will be interacting with Nyla and Ryan and I will be on the verge of saying, "give her some space," but then we're stopped by the sound of laughter. They love making each other smile and Sophia takes great pride in making her little sister happy.  

      

Sleepy Saturday

I took these pictures the Saturday before Lollapalooza.  I couldn't believe it but everyone in the house fell asleep for an afternoon nap.  So unusual!! Ryan and Sophia were playing on the bed and next thing I knew I didn't hear anything, this is where I found them. Cuddled up and snoozing away.

As for Nyla, she's been sleeping great for the past few weeks.  Yeah!! 
She goes down to bed around 8 o'clock and then has one feeding at 4 a.m. I got this picture of her feet and legs while she was napping in the afternoon.  I love those little feet and legs! She just started sitting up in her bouncy seat last week. It's kinda funny because she pulls herself up and then it's like she doesn't know what to do so sometimes when you look over at her she's just laying on her legs. 

I can't believe she just turned 3 months old yesterday. Happy Birthday sweet Nyla!

Thank you Grandma for being with the girls while we were in Chicago.  They loved spending time with you and we're so grateful that you could come down and help us out. 

Lots of love...xoxo's 

Trying to get it out!

She's laughing. Yep and besides a smile there's nothing that could melt you more. Nyla will start to laugh and it's like she just doesn't know what to do with it. So you get one sound..maybe two but then she just stares at you grinning ear to ear. She's doing so great amidst the chaos of Lolla being next week, Ryan wrapping up all his shows & Sophia screaming or singing at the top of her lungs in the house. Beautiful chaos..this is what it's all called, right? It's so hard to believe that Nyla is going to be 12 weeks old this Tuesday. She's changed so much since she was born and she's really filling out..which we Love!! 

Well..I don't have our website updated yet but it's coming, probably after Lollapalooza.  Thanks for checking out our site. It's such a fun way to stay connected with everyone especially our family. We miss you guys, more than you know and can't wait to spend time with you.

xoxo's