Habitats for Dinosaurs...

So, best $.50 I ever spent was this past weekend at Watsontown's yard sales on a Brontosaurus for Sydney. Sydney and her Brontosaurus (sometimes called her brother)have been inseparable since. last night, as we played in Mimi's bed, Sydney place her dino up on Mimi's desk. Mimi of course asked "Now what's your dinosaur doing up on my desk?" Never did she think she would be answered like this...Sydney says, "He's lost, he needs to find his habitat, his habitat is in the woods for lots and lots of trees." Reminder, Sydney is 3 years old. As soon as she says this, mom and I look at each other dumbfounded once again. The things that come out of this little three year old never ceases to amaze me....

Walking at 10 1/2 months...really?

Really? My baby's walking....really? Is what I keep asking myself. I CANNOT we are really at this point, if I blink, I'm afraid it will be September, what? It actually is September? You mean almost a whole year has passed since Daphney came into our lives? Wow, what a ride it's been. Fast and Furious is what I should have named my children...Daphney (AKA Fast) is into everything!! Fast you must be to change her diaper because she has NOOOO time for you if you decide to dilly dattle around with diaper cream. Fast at crawling, fast at walking, fast and putting things in her mouth that should not be there....and let's not forget Furious (AKA Sydney) furious with Daphney for stealing her toys, Furious with daphney for getting to Mommy quicker than her. Although she does seem furious at times with her baby sister, she is also as much in love as we are with her. Since Daphney started walking you can even see the proudness in her. Syd will cheer her on as she conquers the living room.

My girls are growing up so fast, there's not enough hours in the day to get me fill of them. As I sit here winding down for the night, all I think about is them, how I wish I could have gotten one more squeeze out of them. They consume my heart. How lucky we are to have them in our lives....

9 Month Comparison

SO...can any of you out there tell who's who? I almost can't...Daphney is in the top photo and Sydney is below.

Has it really been months since I updated here? Life is insane anymore, great but insane. Daphney started crawling about a month ago and has not stopped moving since. She is fearless, I was extremely spoiled with Syndey when she was at this stage. Sydney never pushed the limits and was never interested in getting into things that she shouldn't. Daphney has been a different story. The first week we kept her in doors for fear that we would be reported for all the bruises she had on her head for trying to head butt her way through things, like gates, chairs, ottomans you name it. Nothing too big stands in her way! Needless to say she keeps us on out toes between trying to find barracades large enough to keep her in to making sure there's not one single fuzzy, crumb, silly band laying on the floor within her reach. Because if we did leave anything on the floor it goes right in her mouth. For instance, we found a fully in tact silly band in her poop the other day. God knows what else she might have swallowed that we didn't find.

I have to say, I still wouldn't change our lives for anything! Poopy silly bands and all!

6th month comparison

See! There's a difference...right? In case you can't tell Sydney is at the top, Daphney is below.

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Miss Diva at her finest!

ROLL OVER MISS DAPHNEY!

Seriously? has it really been since February since I blogged?? Ugh Talk about life in Fast forward!!! What to share some news quick, last Thursday our Daphney has started rolling over! She's been working and working and getting frustrated but now has finally hit this milestone! And Daddy was SO excited because she was the one to witness it for the first time!

snow snow and more snow!!!

We were officially dumped on by the snow fairies!!! WOW what a storm. Tried to get to work today, what a joke, I slid for a couple miles then decided to head home, when I turned around, I got stuck...what fun. If the storm would have been over I would have chanced it, but the fact we were to get another 6 inches or so I decided to head home, better safe than sorry.... So we decided to make the best of our day, of course Jeremy was off. SO when he decided to head out to do the first round of shoveling, Sydney and I joined him for some winter fun! As I sit here and type, I'm thankful I'm indoors now, the wind is whipping like crazy out there...let the drifting begin! Should make it interesting to get to work tomorrow! Enjoy some pictures of the snow!

"Hang on to your Helmets!!!" and First tooth!!!

Sydney's quote of the day. I guess she had way too much fun snowmobiling with Pappy this weekend. Sunday night while we were still trying to dig out of the pile of clothes from out trip Syndey was occupying herself with the wastebasket and if that didn't get our attention she looks at us through the metal wiring of the basket and says "Hang on to your helmets!" What a kid. Seriously, never a dull moment with her around! Sydney got to spend a few days with Mimi and Pappy this weekend and had a blast! Only thing better than a sleepover is a sleepover with snow. Tina told us when Sydney woke up that morning she called her over to the window to see the winter wonderland and Sydney's response was "WOW! That's amazing!! Snowmobile" Since the summer when she first laid eyes on Pappy's other toys in the pole barn, she's been asking for a ride on the snowmobiles. And of course Pappy promised her when we had enough snow on the ground he will take her for a ride. Luckily that weekend finally came and what a perfect opportunity when Sydney got to visit for a couple of days. We are so greateful to have such great parents in our lives who love our kids!!! Although she had a wonderful time, when Mommy and Daddy came to get her, she was ready to come home. We walked in and right away she jumped up and started gather her things. I have to admit, it was a good feeling, knowing that she missed us as much as we missed her.

So in other news, Daphney is getting her first tooth!!! 3 1/2 months and teething! If it wasn't for my good friend Lisa, we never would have known! I've always had an issue with letting babies suck on your hands. I always felt that's what binkys and teethers were for, not people's dirty hands....I don't know why, but it's a pet peave of mine...but again I need to say, if Lisa didn't allow her to do that, we probably wouldn't have found it. Seriously, who would be looking for a tooth at 3 1/2 months old? And of course we barely had any symptoms. I mean if she was fussy, or drooling, or ran a fever or runny nose I would know what to look for, but nothing. All I could say was anything put in front of Daphney, she took straight to her mouth. Hands, clothes and burp cloths. Looking back, Friday night she spent most of the night playing and chewing on her burp cloth. So here we are...is my baby really teething? Apparently the fast forward button is still stuck.....

Daphney Mae

So since we never gave her the appropriate welcome on Blogger I thought I was take some time to write my thoughts down. I never thought I could love anyone as much as my Sydney...I am utterly in love with this new bundle of joy! As I look back and reminisce of those first few weeks with Sydney I find myself savoring these moments even more. I'm not sure what it is, maybe the fact I know after I experienced these past few years with Sydney that the moment I saw Daphney for the first time I was head over heels in love with her! I guess the joy of having the privilege to take of this little one like I got to experience with my Sydney is just, well there's nothing like it. I am so lucky to be a mother. As Daphney is quickly approaching 4 months, I wish I could put life on slow motion. She growing and changing everyday. in a few short months we went from a glimpse of a smile (knowing it's only gas) to a full ear to ear smile with a little head shake when she sees me. She's already attempting to roll over and is holding her head up like a champ! We find that the car seat and the swing are magic. Daphney will sleep sometimes up to 4-5 hours uninterrupted in the swing. Speaking of sleeping my angel started sleeping through the night around 8 wks. Although we have had a recent set back, may be her cold. Since Thursday we haven't had any of those nights. She stated waking around 2:30a and is sometimes up until 5am. It's my fault she is up so long. I'm so paranoid she will get use to a feeding in the middle of the night,that I spend two hours putting her binky back in her mouth and not feeding her. I finally give in once it's around 4:30 -5:00a. So I'm hoping with the start of a new week well be a new restful one! haha

I knew having two children means double the work, double the baths, double the feedings, double the sickness if we get infected, double, double, double. By the end of the night, I crash...literally, I don't remember a time in my life other than first trimester of pregnancy where I would fall asleep in any place or any position. Where I'm so exhausted that I contimplate that I'm better off sitting on the couch is easier that walking up the stairs. There is seriously not enough hours in the day anymore...I think as of Oct 22nd, God must have removed like 2-4 hours from the day. haha

Apologies! I've been in a time warp

Seriously! Where did the past three months go? As I sit here only hours way of joining the realy world again, I am sad, scared, and sleep deprived. Sad because I am going to miss my little girls SO much during the day. I have enjoyed these past three month more than anyone will ever know! I am so scared that life as I use to know it, is gone. Will my bathroom ever be cleaned again? When will I have time to change the sheets on any of our beds? Or am I going to get so wrapped up in these trivial things like a clean house and miss out on the few short hours I have each evening with my children and husband. I prayed today, "Lord, please make my hours aways from my children feel like I'm in fast forward and let my evenings with them drag on..."

My apologies to all my blogger friends out there for not keeping you all updated. I found a new addiction to play with the last two months, facebook, which really fit into my schedule well lately. Although who knows after tomorrow what I will be able to have time for... But I did want to at least say hello, show off my girls and let you all know what's on my heart tonight. Hope to Add more pictures soon!!!

New Big Girl Bed!

It was like Christmas in September!!! Haha We had decided to get Sydney a new big girl bed in preparation for Baby #2 which will be here before we know it! October 28th is right around the corner!! Friday night Jeremy and I stayed up until 1:00am trying to get Sydney’s new bed together because of our crazy mommy thought it was a necessity to get done this weekend on top of having a house full of people the next day, fundraiser prep Saturday night and serving dinner for 90 people on Sunday at our church. Of course this needed to be done this weekend! Haha God love my husband, I appreciate more than he’ll ever know… mainly because all he normally hears anymore is can you do this, when will you do that! I think one of the worse symptoms on pregnancy is nesting. It not only affects you and makes you completely neurotic about things but it affects the people around you who have to deal with you! Haha But I think Jeremy can agree it was all worth it to see the smile on Sydney’s face the next day when she came into her room to see the “special surprise” mommy and daddy had waiting for her!!!

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I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL, THIS BROWN AND WHITE DRESS WAS WORN ON MY NIECE AT AGE 4. MY 2 YEAR OLD FILLS IT OUT QUITE NICELY!

PUZZLES!

Our newest fascination! Recently we found a 25 piece regular puzzle that we decided to get out for Sydney. Not having any expectations since the age on this was for 3 + we thought it would be something new to look at. I figured mom and dad would sit there and put it together while Sydney watches was not what happened. She dove right in putting the pieces right in place, we managed to find two more puzzles, which were left over party gift from her first birthday, so we cracked those open and she went to town! This has now become our newest fascination, hours upon hours have been dedicated the past few weeks to putting these together. We decided to kick it up a notch and whip out a 63 piece one, again no problem. It’s amazing what this kid can do! Only bad thing in all this is that we are finding she has dad’s determination and mom’s patience. She up for the challenge but get quickly frustrated if things aren’t fitting in place. She sometimes quick to give up and yell “no mommy, you do it!” As she holds the piece out sternly. But overall, she’s does really well on her own.

Painting...

“Help daddy? Help daddy?” is all we here now since we have left her do what you see here. Most of you know how neurotic I am about having a dirty kid or a smelling kid…thanks to Lori my coworker, she taught me right! She always said…”nobody likes a stinky baby!” Which is SO true! Have you ever held someone’s baby and they were dirty, or smelled like puke? Or another pet peave, is when their nose is crusted shut from snot build up! Man I hate that. All I what to do is go to town cleaning that kids nose so they can breathe! I’m sure the mom wouldn’t be offended at all right! So I don’t dare… SO needless to say, whenever I take Sydney out, she dress properly, hair’s done usually with a bow in it (marketing opportunity), her face is washed, we do a nose check, and we slap on some good smelling baby lotion if need be. I guess from Lori teaching me that it’s now a reflex! Haha Whoa now there’s a tangent at best! Haha My WHOLE reason for saying this was because here’s some pictures people rarely see of my daughter, in scrubby clothes full of paint! It was great! Jeremy was priming the walls and we went in to see him when Sydney asked “help Daddy paint?” so we looked at each other pondering the situation. And Jeremy says “well now’s to time to let her help, she can’ t ruin anything with primer?” So off I go to find clothes that she can paint in…which let me tell you was hard to find! We don’t have what people would call “play clothes” She plays in what ever she wears…and rarely get dirty so therefore we are missing that category from out wardrobe! So I found and sweat shirt and stretch pants that were Chloe and Emma’s and a pair of “older” socks. And we had a ball! So much fun that even Mimi had to get in on the action! Haha Sydney has SO much fun and so did we watching her!

Tuesday night was "financial services night" at the Williamsport Crosscutters Game. Thanks to State Farm, we got free tickets for the game! Great opportunity to spend sometime with my nephews! These boys are the best! So well behaved, so funny and so sweet to their cousin Syndey. We had SO much fun and looking forward to doing this again sometime!
Thank you Aunt Tammy for my new hat and pom poms!!

This is Boomer, Sydney's new best friend. If Boomer was not in sight, Sydney was asking for him. She was funny, she loved him from a distance but as soon as he got too close, her "where's Boomer?" turned in to "No Boomer!" haha

church camp

This is where Sydney spent the week of Church Camp, in the passenger seat of a golf cart or on Toby's four wheeler. By Wednesday people just started to pick her up. They knew if she saw them she would ask for a ride so they didn't even hesitate they just picked her up. I started to think that the drivers enjoyed it as much as she did! Above is Bro Cluster from the State College area, him and his wife areto of the sweetest people I know! They would drive up and ask her "go for a ride?" Sydney would hop right up and off they went!

Inner Harbor

What a fantastic time we had at the aquarium! Sydney was in Fishy Heaven!!

It's been awhile!

So sorry everyone! Boy how time flies! As you can see she's changing from month to month! We've just been overloaded with activities and life that I haven't had a chance to check in! But I couldn't wait another day to get you some pictures and tell you about our recent success! About two weeks ago we made a drastic change in Sydney's bed time routine. Which consisted of Mommy and Sydney passing out on the couch watching whatever may be on that night! What a great routine huh? We have found over recent weeks that the television was no longer soothing but now a stimulant that kept her little peepers from closing. So one night when I had it. Daddy took our little girl upstairs and put her in her crib awake. I was terrified, not knowing how long he was going to have to endure the screaming, whining and negotiating. yep, negotiating, I think that night she asked for everything under the moon! haha Milk, crackers, candy, couch, tv, hugs, kisses, and of course mommy and daddy's bed that I have recently given in to. So after about 35 minutes of this, I assumed it was success due to complete exhaustion. Since it was 12:00 am when Jeremy was able to sneak out. When Jeremy said we are going to take her up from now on and put her to in her crib awake I thought he was nuts. So of course I agreed only if he would take her up each night. Which he did, consistently now for two weeks! I am SO incredibly lucky to have a partner in my life, not just a husband. Last night was the topper, Jeremy was running late from music practice and at around 9:30p Sydney turns to me, kisses me and says "night night mommy, sweet dream." So I asked her, "Sydney, do you want to go up to your bed?' She said, okay mommy and proceeded to walk towards the steps!" No crying, no yelling, no need to pry her from my arms! So I at least asked her, may I carry her up so I could get at least one more squeeze in before she goes to bed. I asked Jeremy..."why have we waited until now to start this?" Why do any parents? We so often find excuses as to why, well she's not ready, it's not convenient, she won't we tried once. Well, I'm now up to try anything!!!

Fun With Markers

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