How Cute!

I couldn't resist sharing this picture with you. It's such a cute picture of Sydney. She looks absolutely adorable. I don't think I can say it enough how God has blessed us with such an awesome child! She looks so big in this picture and so cute. Don't you just wanna squeeze her?

So, I forgot to tell you all that Darla surprised me on Sydney's Birthday by bringing her in to school over my lunch period. It was such a great gift for me to see my baby on her first birthday! Here's a pic of her standing at one of the desks in my classroom. I'm not really sure how to take this, but one of my students when she saw Sydney said, "Wow! Mr. Bing, your daughter is actually cute". I tell ya.... kids say the craziest things!

I also must say that Sydney is picking up some odd behaviors. So, here's the latest.... Sydney has a difficult time just laying and drinking her bottle mainly because she has to be moving and checking everything out. She has figured a way to crawl and take her bottle with her. Check it out! I tell ya, this kid never ceases to amaze me. What a great problem solver she is. What more could I ask for as a math teacher?

One-Year Check-Up

Just to fill you all in on Sydney's growth. She had her one-year check-up yesterday and she is 31.25 inches tall and 24 lbs 11oz. She is definately one healthy little girl. She also got two shots yesterday. She did cry for a little, but it did not affect her behavior for the rest of the day. What a good girl she is!

Here are a few extra pics I didn't know what to do with. Sydney has quite the array of faces with a personality to match each one! Every day she makes me laugh with her crazy antics. By the way, take notice to the teensie tiny pig tail Mommy put on top of her head in the picture above. Do you think Sydney likes it?

Happy 1st Birthday, Sydney!!!

I still can't believe it's been a while year already since Sydney was born! For those of you that were able to attend Sydney's Birthday party, we want to say "thank you" for celebrating with us. We have included a few pictures from the party for those of you that were unable to attend.

I must say, to my surprise, that Sydney was very dainty with her cake.....at first. Very carefully she touched the cake and tasted it with her finger; however, before too long Sydney was tearing into her cake and shoving handfuls of icing into her mouth (...thanks Mary)! When it was all said and done, we had cake on the floor and the walls, as well as up and down Sydney's arms and all over her pretty dress.

Overall, I'd say that Sydney's first birthday party was perfect. She got some awesome presents, and I think she really enjoyed herself even though she had no idea it was for her. Let's hope that the next year goes as smoothly!

This is how my mommy felt last year at this time!

I couldn’t resist these pictures when I was thinking about the agony I was in this day I thought this picture of Syd could best describe how I was feeling!

So today was the day, I was filled with emotion from tears to laughing! Happy to finally evict the tenant I’ve been carrying around for 10 months, and to finally see her beautiful face! That last month was a nightmare it was like all of a sudden a switch got flipped and I was miserable. Bye bye happy glow, hello red swollen face and feet for a month straight! Haha And like all mothers would agree, I would do it again in a heartbeat for that little bundle of joy! Boy, to think how fast that year went. It’s been one of the best years of my life! I can’t imagine life without her! We will make sure to load up the blog with a bunch of birthday pictures of our wonderful little girl!!

A note from Daddy....

Did you ever have one of those days where everything went wrong? That was me and Sydney last night. As soon as Darla left for play practice, the night went south..... quick. Withing 10-15 minutes, Sydney had managed to find my soda which was sitting on the end table by the couch. Somehow she reached up and pulled the entire glass of soda all over her head and onto the carpet. That means I had to not only clean the carpet, but then I had to give Sydney a bath. Unfortunately, Sydney wouldn't let Daddy alone to clean the carpet so I put her in her crib temporarily. It was at that point Sydney fell asleep with soda in her hair and everything..... yuck! After letting her nap for a half-hour or so, I figured I wake her up and give her the much needed bath. No such luck! Sydney woke up in such a bad mood. Nothing I did would calm her down! I gave her a bottle, which she sucked down like she hadn't eaten all day. I then tried to feed her some food, but she wasn't in the mood for that as she hit the spoon and sent food flying. At this point, I'm extremely frustrated with how the evening is going, so I decided it was "bath time". I strip her down and get ready to put my sticky baby in the bathtub. The second I put her in, she starts sobbing like I had just scolded her for something. After her bath, Sydney finally started acting like herself..... finally. Just in time for Mommy to walk in and see a perfect little angel. Figures.

Got Mail??

I had to share these pictures with you. For lack of a better place to set it. On occasion we will put the daily mail on the chair in the foyer until we get a chance to go through it. Well, we are learning that we need to head for higher ground. With Sydney able to pull herself up on to anything she decided one day to go through the mail for us. I know it shouldn’t surprise me when you have a room full of toys and she’s rather sit on the floor for a half an hour playing with the mail, but I can’t help wonder what’s so fascinating about a pile of envelopes! Haha And her new thing this week if velco. We got her a pair of velco sneakers and she will spend hours (literally!) opening and closing the velco on her sneakers. It’s hilarious!!

I also had to share this pic of Sydney’s bed head! She even still looks sleepy on the picture. This was of one morning when she first woke up. Her hair is growing so fast and is such a pretty color!