9 Weeks Old

Tyler loves when we talk to him and he is starting to smile and coo at us.
 

 

 

 

At his 2 month check up, Tyler weighed 9 lbs. 6.5 oz. 

 

Sydney is 6!

Our sweet, sassy, Sydney turned 6! I bought her this yellow dress for her birthday.  She is such a fancy girl.  She loves to wear fancy clothes and fancy shoes.  She is a great sister and loves to take care of her little brother and sister. 



Our daddy met us at Red Robin (Sydney's choice) after work.  When she saw him walking up, she shouted, "Whatcha got there?"..."Are those flowers?"...."For me?"  It was so cute! 

 

We offered to let her get her ears pierced for her birthday and she gladly accepted.  Here she is before the piercing.  She was very brave and only showed a little bit of worry right before it happened.  Kathryn told us she would decide if she wanted to have hers pierced after, "I see how Sydney reacts." 

Right after they pierced her ears, she burst into tears and I was worried that it had hurt her!  We asked her if she was okay and she said, "I'm just SO happy!"  Of course I couldn't help but to cry as well!  Kathryn decided that she did want to have hers pierced, but was disappointed when we told her she would have to wait for another day.  We didn't want to take anything away from it being a special experience for Sydney. 

 

Sydney requested a fairy birthday party so I made her this cake.

Her party guests who picked their bouquet from our yard. 

 

 

Gold sparkly shoes from her Nonnie!

 

Hungry Boy

I'm hungry!  Right now!  Feed me! (7 weeks old)
 

 

That's better.

Sleeping at church!  He looks just like his Grandpa Daly!

 

Monroe Visit

We love our visits to Monroe to visit our Morrison/McDaniel family. 

We love swimming in the pool!


Ticky Tacky soup!

Celebrating summer birthdays!

We visited the Duck Commander store in West Monroe.  We love to watch Duck Dynasty!

Blowing bubbles with cousin Madeline.


Grandpa McDaniel with his daughter, Karen, his grandsons, Mike & Matt, and 6 of his great-grandchildren!

 

Texas Visit

We spent a few days in Texas with Grandma and Grandpa Daly.

We visited the Discovery Zone in Tyler. (Kathryn has a bandage on her face because she fell off the bed and hit her face in the middle of the night!)


It was super hot and Tyler pooped on his outfit, so we just let him go naked! (6 weeks old)

We also went to Chuck E. Cheese in Longview.  This picture is significant because it's the first time she has ever ridden a ride!  She was always too nervous to do it before, but now she loves them!

Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of Grandma or Grandpa!  Our visit was cut short because Grandma's brother was very sick.  She needed to spend time with him, so we headed over to Monroe a few days early.

June Bonus Pictures!

I found some more pictures from June to share.  These are all from my phone.

5 weeks old with his cute Mommy and Baby Fox from Nonnie.


Watching Kathryn at swim practice.

Tyler and his cousin, Liam.  Liam is planning to be Tyler's mentor since they are the only boy cousins.

Goofy girl napping with her foot on the wall!

 

She loves to roll her big brown eyes.

6 weeks old with Daddy

 

O'Fallon Torpedoes Swim Team

We convinced Kathryn that she wanted to be on swim team this year.  It took some discussion, but she ultimately decided that she would try it.  Here she is at her first practice.


This is at her first swim meet.  Notice the look on her face.  That about sums up her feelings that first night.  She cried for about 20 minutes, saying she didn't want to do it.  But after her first race, she was feeling better.  She just needed to figure out the bullpen (how they line up for races) and swim a race to see what it was all about.

Her Daddy is her biggest supporter.  He loves to watch her swim and give her pep talks.

Here she is at another swim meet.  She is holding her time card that she has to carry with her through the bull pen and give to the timer before each race. 

At this swim meet, we followed the advice of some veteran swimmers and wrote her races down on her arm.

This was at All-County, her final swim meet, on July 28th. 

In the end, we are very glad that she participated in swim team this year.  It is a big time commitment for the whole family (night practices, 6 hour swim meets on Monday nights!).  Despite that, we are happy that she learned to swim better, got great exercise, practiced overcoming fear of new things, and learned to push herself past discomfort.