What Daddy forgot to post...

Last night on another one of her adventures, she conquered Mt. Daddy! Jeremy was laying on the floor and Sydney decided she didn't want to go around daddy anymore, she would just go right over him! She first stood up, using him for balance and then dove right over him and landed on the other side of the floor. It was too funny!! She is, as Geisinger would say, redefining boundaries!

And So It Begins....

We have now ventured into more challenging times of parenting where we must watch Sydney on a constant basis. Two days ago, Sydney was crawling back and forth between the living room and the dining room through our foyer. Now I think most of you know the rough layout of our house, but in case you don't..... our staircase is in the foyer. I probably don't even need to say anymore.

Needless to say, I was watching TV and keep one eye on Sydney. Well, I obviously am blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. Before you know it, I look into the foyer and see Sydney crawling up the stairs (when I caught her, she was on the 2nd step)! This pretty much gave me the biggest scare of my life. I gasped and ran over to scoop her into my arms before she went any further. All I have to say is.... uh-oh. We've got a climber on our hands!

What a Kid!

Everyone we run into always says how gorgeous Sydney is, and for the most part we agree. The only problem is that you all do not get to see the same Sydney that we see on a daily basis. I'd say that 95% of the time she is a perfect little angel. It's that other 5% that makes you wonder whose child she is. We still love her anyway. Here are a few pics of Sydney in that other percent of the time that nobody else gets to see.

Sydney obviously loves herself..... a lot. That's an open-mouthed kiss.

Here's a look into Sydney's serious obsession with pillows.... we've been replaced.

Okay, so we didn't want to scare you all, but... here she is! Don't turn out the light! She might get you. (By the way, Sydney had a little help from Mom on the costume)

9 Month Check-up

So, there's a game we play with Sydney where we say "How big is Sydney?" and she puts her hands over her head. Then we say, "SO BIG!" Well,....the truth of the matter is that Sydney is SO BIG. We had her 9-month check-up yesterday and Sydney is a big baby. She is 31 inches long (above the 95th percentile) and 20 lbs 14.5 oz. At this rate, I think we're going to have a girl that towers over all the boys..... which is fine by me. Maybe that'll be enough to scare them all off until her 30th birthday.

Anyways, with Sydney growing so fast we only have one more inch until she outgrows her car seat. Yippee!!! That means I get to install a different car seat into the minivan. -- There goes another hour or two of my life. I swear... car seat manufacturers deliberately design their products to be as difficult as possible to install. We even bought a larger baby seat so we wouldn't have to worry about her outgrowing it too quickly. So much for that idea.

On a slightly different note, we have never had a problem trying to feed Sydney baby food. Even when she'd make sour faces at the food we were feeding her, you could count on her having her mouth open right away for the next bite where she'd make the same face all over again. Not anymore! We just switched to 3rd foods that have chunks. She is not a big fan. Sydney actually turns her head and pushes the food away. I'm not too concerned.... I will prevail! Keep trying and trying and trying until success!

Well, I should get going. I hope you enjoyed the latest update on Sydney!

And the celebration continues!

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all had a great holiday!! We are right now celebrating the "Bingaman Christmas" get together. I'm showing Mary our Blog and while she's tempting me with scrab booking I'm introducing her to blogging!! When we get a chance, I'll have to post a picture of our beautiful Lexi's picture (Mary and Eric daughter) That another one of Sydney's cousins! Just wanted to send a quick note to say hi and Happy Holidays!!! Here's a quick picture of "the Fam"!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

So, it's been two weeks since our last post.... how time flies. There has been so much going on with the holidays and shopping and the crazy weather that there hasn't been time to update everybody on Sydney's progress. She is beginning to expand her language of babbling to include "da-da"....FINALLY! I was beginning to think she only loved her mama. I shouldn't get too excited, though, because she hasn't made the association of who "dada" actually is yet.

Since our last post, Sydney has become quite the crawler. In two short weeks, she has gone from crawling a few feet to crawling across the house. It's hard to believe how quickly they advance once they figure out all the moves. I'm thinking that Sydney is already getting bored with crawling though. She has managed to figure out that if she crawls over to an object, she can pull herself up. I guess that is the next coolest thing. Stay tuned for our blog on walking....I'm sure it'll be exciting.

Sydney has also managed to perfect the "silent" clap. She just started this a few days ago, but she can clap her hands. It's so neat to see.... and she gets so excited that she can do it. The only problem is that there is absolutely no sound when she does it. Who knows....maybe that's a blessing for mom and dad.

On a sad note, our poor baby girl has started teething again. Once again, she's an over-acheiver. It appears as though Sydney is getting 3 teeth in at once ...all on the top. She definately has to be in some pain. The poor thing... We knew something was wrong because her whole schedule was off. It's so frustrating when you think you have them all figured out and they change the rules. No fair!

Anyways, I hope that we get some time soon to keep you all updated on Sydney and what she has in store for us. We wish you all a Merry Christmas!!

It’s official!! Sydney’s crawling!

Last night I got to see on a few occasions, Sydney taking a few steps crawling in forward position! We would taunt her with her Binki or a toy by putting it just far enough so she couldn’t just lunge forward like she’s been doing for the past couple of weeks. It was so amazing to see. There’s nothing like seeing your child conquering their “firsts” in life! What a moment! I can’t wait to get home to watch it some more! She’s great! We are seeing more and more of her personality (and temper) everyday! Poor Bro Erb, we were at bible study last night and Sydney had almost everyone behind her their attention. Not to mention a few in front of her that kept turning around to see what she was up too! So when everyone was supposed to be listening to Bro. Erb, they were busy going “gaga” over Sydney and her funny faces. She is SO expressive, it’s hilarious. What a joy to have her in our lives, we can’t imagine life without her!