A Quick Update...

I've been reading all sorts of books on how babies develop and seeing what the monthly milestones are so I can tell if Sydney is on track with her skills. Every place I have seen says that babies don't develop many new skills at her age because they are preparing for walking. All I keep thinking is.... "Yeah, right!" Sydney seems to constantly be exploring her surroundings; however, now that I think about it...... she really hasn't done anything new since our last posting.

As of right now, Sydney can point to her nose and ears on command as well as play some other word associaton games like "So Big". She is still cruizing on the furniture although she is slowly getting more and more brave as the days roll on. Sydney is now starting to let go of these supporting objects so she can grab on to another object. It's so cool watching her grow up.

I've got to say that we've been pretty fortunate because Sydney has not gotten sick at all since she was born. Unfortunately, Sydney appears to be getting sick. She has been a little "sad" the past 2 days or so. I don't think it's anything serious. She's not running a fever or anything, but she just seems "down". The poor thing....

So what did you do on your snow day?

Sydney lounging on a lazy snow day! How cute is that!
Hopefully she will learn early what this is for and how to use it!
I love this one! She was doing everything possible to get up there. She's even on her tip toes! Soon she will be using the stove handle as a chin up bar like her little friend Joshua!

This child will sit for a good 15-20 minutes making sure there's not one single dry spot on this string. Soon it's going to stand up on end!

Here are some fun pictures we took of Sydney when we were snowed in for the past couple of days. Every day is a new adventure with her. She’s getting more and more courageous every day. She’s not afraid to pull her self up on to anything anymore. And yesterday I watch her contemplate whether or not to sit and crawl to the next obstacle or if she just reaches far enough she could eliminate a step. I caught her in the bathroom yesterday standing at the toilet which we now realized we need to start putting the lid down just in case! She was in front of the toilet and I watched her reach to the vanity as if she going to cruise to that next. She didn’t quite have the nerve to let go, or at least last night she didn’t. But today’s a new day, who knows what she’ll conquer today! Haha I do have to say with all the action she gives, we do get our down time too. Mornings are so great with her. Once she wakes up and has breakfast, she’ll either play by herself or sit and cuddle with you while she watches Mickey’s Clubhouse. And within 2-3 hours after she wakes up she ready for nap 1#. Mom jokes with us and says we really don’t know what it’s like to raise a baby because she’s so out of the ordinary, we are so lucky to have such a great baby! Even as she’s teething we haven’t had too many problems. Last night was alittle difficult but still nothing compared to some of the horror stories I hear. Syd woke up around 12:30am screaming like as if she was in pain. She seamed to cry more when I gave her, her binki which lead me to believe it was her teeth. So daddy gave her some yummy drugs and within 15 minutes she was back to sleep.

Batten Down the Hatches

It's been a bit crazy around our house recently with Sydney's new found freedom of being able to get pretty much anywhere she wants. This has proven to be a restless time for us. Especially since I have been sick battling some sort of unknown illness. At any rate, Sydney is pulling herself up to everything, pulling on knobs (and pulling some off), eating cords, licking windows, and pretty much anything else you can think of. If she's awake, she's busy doing something. The good news is that Sydney is such an independent baby. She is able to sit for hours playing by herself. Thank God for small miracles!

OH! Before I forget, ... Sydney has learned how to wave. It's so cute! The other morning when we were waking her up for the day, I said "Hi, baby girl!" She struggled to pull her head up and barely cracked her eyes long enough to give me a wave. That was enough for her... she immediately flopped her head back down and tried to get a few more seconds of sleep. It's so neat to see her learning to communicate. Supposedly, Sydney can blow kisses too; but I have yet to see that happen.