Ok here goes my update for now:
Our Big ole BayBay!
August 9th - This was the big Duke family party at the River. It was so much fun. We ate probably the best ribs of my life. Mother changed the way she cooked them and they were OUTSTANDING! Bay ate Fantastic. Aunt Kaye had gotten the pulled pork and it was soooo good! Bay ate a good bit of it which was so funny to see. She also loved the watermelon and strawberries! YUM. Anyway after all the food we loaded up the boat and headed out on a ride to Howtons to go on the rope swing. That ended up being hmmm stressful to say the least. Alan ended up going off it first because no one has told him he is OLD!?!?! Then Devin took his turn. By this time Me, Chris, Kaye, Syd, Bay, Alana & Bro were floating around like crazy in the boat because none of us knew how to drive the boat to move it out of the way so we were up against the bank and Chris kept saying she saw a huge bird which i never saw (was it her imagination or real??! who knows) This whole time Bay was being the best baby in the world asleep or laying awake being super quiet which was amazing. Anyway if this story seems crazy believe me it isnt near as crazy as it was to be there. Ok it was Lacy's turn...now if you dont know Lacy she is my precious baby cousin (19 years old) who stole my thunder in life by becoming the youngest granddaughter...Im not bitter anymore, anyway she was also a gymnist for YEARS and a cheerleader in highschool, and a bit of a daredevil. So we didnt think anything of her deciding she was going to go off the swing. Ok I have to say that there were a couple of HUGE rocks at the base of the hill and the whole bottom of the river there is filled with rocks. So Lacy goes off the swing and lost her grip and fell WAYYYY before she should have. She ended up hitting water but where she went in was only maybe 3-4 feet deep and totally rock lined. We about had a stroke. She ended up being ok other than being majorly scraped with severly bruised ribs. The nut even got up and said she was going to do it again...My Aunt Kaye very quickly convinced Lacy to get in the boat. Man...talk about scaring us to death...she was SOOOo close to hitting her head on that big rock...I love you and am so glad you are ok Lacy Duke and dont even think about ever doing that again! 
Sydney & two of her favorite boys!
O and as we were all leaving Mother & Daddy's Bay said "Bye" for the first time! She said it over and over. It was so cute!
August 14th - Bayley said Sissy for the first time tonight! Sydney was thrilled. Syd and Devin had Bayley and Devin must have said Sissy Sissy Sissy a thousand times and she finally said it. I think she said it just to get him to shut up but either way Syd was thrilled.
July 29th - I registered Sydney for school. Can you say BROKE! $266.00 ... I bought died! Sydney's schedule was about what we expected. They are doing this modified block schedule with A days and B days which is wierd. This is Syd's schedule:
A Day
Geometry with Ms. English
US History Honors Pre AP with Mr. Erreca
AP Biology with Mr. McCloud
Soccer
B Day
Health/Drivers Ed with Mr. Pnazek
English Honors PreAP with Ms. Shalaby
Chemistry Honors PreAP with Ms. McCloud
Soccer
After registration Syd had a dentist appointment. It went good and luckily was quick. Overall it was a decent day.
Here's a pic of Baybay and her favoite person "DADADADADA"
July 31st - Syd had a doctors appointment and had a test run which was fine. Then we flew to Jasper to eat lunch with Becky Rae & Emily and then headed to Daryls for eye appts. Sydney needed glasses to use when driving and to use in class at school. One eye is near perfect and the other is just barely bad enough to need correcting. She picked out some cute frames. After that we headed home for a few minutes then to Pams for a Devotional. It was fun. Syd got a good laugh out of Pam's Boo Sign. lol Bayley had a good time walking around and eating Susan's Birthday Cake! It was YUMMY!!! Sydney doesnt even like cake and she loved it!
August 2nd - We headed out and went to Maddie Randall's 1st birthday party! She is a stinkin doll! Bay had fun playing with her. Joe had grown up so much and was too cute. Kelly and I used to work together and we ended up both using Dr. Stradtman and we were only 2 weeks apart on our due dates. Who would have ever thought that would happen!
After Maddie's party we headed to the Galleria to shop. It was fun but SOOO busy! Syd got a good bit of stuff which she definitely needed. We tried out Bay's umbrella stroller that April & Jason gave us as a shower gift and Bayley LOVED it! She stayed in it for over an hour which was amazing for Bay! It was a fun day.
August 5th Bay LOVES her soccer ball that Syd got her for Christmas. The harder you play with her the better she loves it!
August 8th - I did a mini photo shoot in the front yard trying to get an end picture for a video I was working on. I wouldnt call it a huge success. lol
Here is a shot of Bay and one of her bestest friends PupPup.
Can you tell that she was done?!?!!
Our Big ole BayBay!August 9th - This was the big Duke family party at the River. It was so much fun. We ate probably the best ribs of my life. Mother changed the way she cooked them and they were OUTSTANDING! Bay ate Fantastic. Aunt Kaye had gotten the pulled pork and it was soooo good! Bay ate a good bit of it which was so funny to see. She also loved the watermelon and strawberries! YUM. Anyway after all the food we loaded up the boat and headed out on a ride to Howtons to go on the rope swing. That ended up being hmmm stressful to say the least. Alan ended up going off it first because no one has told him he is OLD!?!?! Then Devin took his turn. By this time Me, Chris, Kaye, Syd, Bay, Alana & Bro were floating around like crazy in the boat because none of us knew how to drive the boat to move it out of the way so we were up against the bank and Chris kept saying she saw a huge bird which i never saw (was it her imagination or real??! who knows) This whole time Bay was being the best baby in the world asleep or laying awake being super quiet which was amazing. Anyway if this story seems crazy believe me it isnt near as crazy as it was to be there. Ok it was Lacy's turn...now if you dont know Lacy she is my precious baby cousin (19 years old) who stole my thunder in life by becoming the youngest granddaughter...Im not bitter anymore, anyway she was also a gymnist for YEARS and a cheerleader in highschool, and a bit of a daredevil. So we didnt think anything of her deciding she was going to go off the swing. Ok I have to say that there were a couple of HUGE rocks at the base of the hill and the whole bottom of the river there is filled with rocks. So Lacy goes off the swing and lost her grip and fell WAYYYY before she should have. She ended up hitting water but where she went in was only maybe 3-4 feet deep and totally rock lined. We about had a stroke. She ended up being ok other than being majorly scraped with severly bruised ribs. The nut even got up and said she was going to do it again...My Aunt Kaye very quickly convinced Lacy to get in the boat. Man...talk about scaring us to death...she was SOOOo close to hitting her head on that big rock...I love you and am so glad you are ok Lacy Duke and dont even think about ever doing that again! Syd & Devin acting like NUTS!
Aunt Kaye & her BayBay
I finally got a picture of Chris with Bay when Chris' eyes are actually open so I wanted to put it in here! lol
Sydney & two of her favorite boys!
O and as we were all leaving Mother & Daddy's Bay said "Bye" for the first time! She said it over and over. It was so cute!August 12 - This was a good day. Sydney had an appointment at Childrens' for her kidney issues. We got what I consider either nothing we didnt expect and just really good advice. Ok so to the enlarged kidney... they said that her right kidney is enlarged but this is also the kidney with two uretors and they said the whole right system looks abnormal which is what we expected and the best scenerio. They said they didnt think it was anything to be alarmed at. We went over tons of reason why Syd could be getting UTI's and learned TONS of stuff. I have to say it was a very informative visit. They put her on a couple of different medicines and we go back in 3 months. We were super pleased about the visit.
August 13th - This was a very eventful day! Today was the first day of school. 10th grade!!
Sydney has had a few VERY LATE NIGHTS listening to Gone with the Wind on tape trying to get ready for the first day. She looked super cute and had a really good first day. She liked her A Day classes...that is gonna be hard to get used to. lol Today was also Bayley's Corrected 1st Birthday!!! Bayley was due August 13th and medically she is followed based on this date. When I got home from work we had a little fun with Bay. The night before Brian got out Sydney's little tykes cube for Bay to play with. She was hysterical. We had to put socks on her to keep her from going head first. Once she caught on she LOVED it.
Sydney has had a few VERY LATE NIGHTS listening to Gone with the Wind on tape trying to get ready for the first day. She looked super cute and had a really good first day. She liked her A Day classes...that is gonna be hard to get used to. lol Today was also Bayley's Corrected 1st Birthday!!! Bayley was due August 13th and medically she is followed based on this date. When I got home from work we had a little fun with Bay. The night before Brian got out Sydney's little tykes cube for Bay to play with. She was hysterical. We had to put socks on her to keep her from going head first. Once she caught on she LOVED it. 
Today was also Brody (and Addi's) first day in Kindergarten. We talked to him tonight and he said he liked it. He rode the bus home which he was especially happy over. We love you Brody Man and cant belive you are growing up so fast!
We celebrated Bay's corrected 1st Bday tonight with her favorite thing..A LEMON PUDDING CUP. She loved every bite of it. You have to love all the Lucky Charms around it. She only eats the marshmellows by the way! lol
Anyway our day went MAJORLY south after this! My neighbor Tammy called me to tell me that one of my neighbors pled guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Child less than 12 years of age on Monday 8/11. I just cant tell you the panic that went through my head. Mr. Jordan lived across from us and two houses to the left. He was on disabiltiy and always home. We had a casual relationship with him and he did watch our house for us and tried to "keep our neighborhood safe." wow that is a stretch! To be safe I called the Sheriff's Department and spoke with a Detective Reach with the Sex Offenders Division and verified all of the following information. Mr. Jordan was charged in January 08 with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor child. He apparently missed a court date and was escorted to court on Monday where he pled guilty. He received 10 years suspended sentence and will serve a maximum of ONE YEAR but with good behavior he could be out in as little as six months. This was VERY concerning with Det. Reach telling me that it takes approximately six months to even get letters out saying you have a sex offender in your area. The good news is we live within 2000 feet of TWO daycares and therefore he will not be allowed to return and live in his house as this will violate his probation. I have to say Sydney was Right!!! She has said for years that Mr. Jordan gave her the creeps! If you havent already you need to be checking the Sex Offenders web site and warn your kids about not just talking to strangers...unfortunately these days its just about everyone because according to Det. Reach it is most commonly someone the child is very familiar with.
And last but not least .... 436 Days have passed and my time of feeding Bay has come to an end! WHEW! I cant tell you what it has meant to me especially when she was so little and I couldnt touch her much less do anything else for her. It has been a blessing to be able to pump this long. Although we did start supplementing at 10 months to try to increase weight gain I still pumped for the enzymes until Bays corrected 1 year. I will not miss carrying this bag and a freezer bag with me everyday! Goodbye little black bag...you served your purpose well and I would like to say you will be missed...but I dont wanna lie!
August 14th - Bayley said Sissy for the first time tonight! Sydney was thrilled. Syd and Devin had Bayley and Devin must have said Sissy Sissy Sissy a thousand times and she finally said it. I think she said it just to get him to shut up but either way Syd was thrilled.August 16th - Today has been a good and lazy day. Lots of naps and tv watching. Only bad news is that Bayley has a fever very slight just 100.3 we are hoping it is just teeth...cause she still has NONE of those!!! More later.
2 comments:
sounds like you have been busy. miss bayley sure is growing up. congrats on the year long pumping! i wanted so bad to nurse daniel but he was always a weak eater. i pumped for several months but we were having to supplement so much i gave it up. i have been able to nurse caden and i am also pumping. any advice/suggestions on making it last a year?
Wow you have a been a busy lady! I am glad things are going good. That no one got hurt at the lake. The nursing thing... I am SOOO PROUD of you. I know most people probably don't have as rough of a time as I did but I know that pumping can get old so quick. I am proud to say I am on what I would consider the down hill slope of feeding. Blake is 9m now and I plan to have him weened and on using a cup exclusivly by 12m. Wish me luck!
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