Sugar Babies

We were approached by a mom of one of Zach's tennis students about being in a documentary that she is filming called "Sugar Babies." Jenny Mackenzie is a fabulous documentary filmmaker with one of her films currently on HBO, winning numerous awards. All the films she has done so far have been short films, but "Sugar Babies" has been in production for 3 years and is going to be her first full length movie. The goal is to finish it this fall and hopefully get it into Sundance. It is about Diabetes in youth today and Caidence is one of her subjects. Lizzy is Zach's student (seen in the picture below) and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 4 and she is now 13. We met her down in St. George last weekend for a tournament and her and Caid instantly clicked. She told us she would love to babysit anytime which would be nice to have someone watching her that knows so much about how to take care of her.Jenny came over to film for a few hours yesterday and I got Caidence all dolled up for her camera time. I told her not to take her hair out until after she is done filming and please stay clean and pretty for at least an hour! The second Jenny left, Caid ripped that bow right out of her hair. At least she did what I said and left it in during filming. Jenny interviewed me and Zach and got our stories and then we left and gave her some time alone with Caid so that she wouldn't try and be goofy in front of us and actually answer some questions. Jenny said she did great, but if she ever reasked a question because she couldn't hear her or something, Caid would say "I already told you" and would refuse to answer again. I'm excited to see the finished product because we weren't around to see Caid at all so it will be a surprise for us!

Jord was great and slept thru the whole filming process, until we woke her up so we could be filmed "eating lunch together as a family." Awkward eating on camera...

After a few hours of filming, I felt the same way.

jennymackenziefilms.com Here is the link to Jenny's website which talks about some of her documentaries.

sugarbabiesthemovie.com The official "Sugar Babies" website where you can see the trailer to the film.

11 Months

*Waves, claps, blows kisses, high five, but ONLY if she feels like it. She doesn't want to show off so she only does those if she's in the mood
*off the bottle. Hello sippy cups and milk!
*SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP! The last few nights she's gone to bed between 7:30 and 8:00 and slept in until 10:00 the next morning.
*When she wakes up, she doesn't cry, I just hear her toy octopus that she sleeps with start to play music and when I go in to check on her, she is standing there smiling waiting patiently for me
*Sucks her thumb if she's tired and only if she's holding a blanket. Or a sock. Or a wad of my hair. She has to wrap her hand around something or she won't suck her thumb.
*Does not like to be strapped down in a car seat! Short errands aren't a big deal, but coming home from St. George she cried from Cedar to Salt Lake.
*She loves to eat, but only if she can do it herself. Seriously, she won't take anything if you try and feed her. She has to pick it up herself. Last night she had a bowl of oatmeal and I would have to get oatmeal on the spoon and then set the spoon down and let her pick it up and try and make it in her mouth.

My sister keeps saying Jord looks like me. I don't see the resemblence. :)

1000+ Diapers

4500+ Wipes

Jordy's gonna have a dry bum until she's two! I love that feeling! (Of being stocked up. A dry bum is a pretty good feeling, too.)

Part 2: Spoiled!!

First of all, we are spoiled having my dad cook dinner for us every night since we live next door. But Valentine's we were extra spoiled! We showed up to streamers, balloons, candle light dinner, steak, shrimp, asparagas, potatoes, and jello in the fancy cups!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Caid has been obsessed with Pillow Pets. I have no idea how she even knows what they are, but every time we are at the store she finds them and begs for a Pillow Pet and carries it around the whole store. I finally got the girls one for Valentine's Day. As soon as I gave it to her, she wouldn't touch it. She told me to take it back and she didn't want it. (That's what I get for giving it to her when she hasn't had a nap.) I later heard her in my dad's music room singing "I don't want my pillow pet. I don't like it. Take it back" into the microphone while dancing in front of the mirror. This was Saturday. By Sunday she was in love with her Pillow Pet. She told the family sitting behind us at church that she got a Pillow Pet that's a ladybug. And she named her Ladybug. Her song on Sunday was "I love you, Ladybug! I miss you so much! Don't you just love my dress? I'm so pretty, Ladybug!" Jordy likes hers, too. It's a great chew toy.

And for breakfast on Valentine's, I took the girls for a Slurpee and donuts (with pink sprinkles.) If that doesn't say "I love you," I don't know what does!!

This is the face I get after every nap, first thing in the morning, or any time someone says her name. Jord doesn't just smile with her mouth, you get the whole scrunched up toothy face! And remember how I said she's my mellow child? It was a trick. She is the feistiest little thing I've ever seen! She screams, throws full on tantrums (already!), and is into everything! But she still sleeps like a champ so that makes up for everything in my book!