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.

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"!