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HEY EVERYONE! Yes we are still alive! So sorry for the delay, as soon as January rolls around so does an extra night taken away from us! So now our weeks night consist of mommie working late on monday until 7:30p, Tuesday night bible study, Wednesday night concert practice for Easter, thursday night yoga (although we are suppose to be at group prayer at church) that leaves friday and saturday night free...haha free... not quite! Where to start with Sydney's latest and greatest! oh boy! I give her another few months and she will be able to update this blog herself! Her speech has REALLY taken off! puting 3 and 4 words together at a time. And her newest good bye: "c-ya later, have fun!" And don't dare try to ignore her in a store or public place she will say hello to anyone infront of her...or not, if there's not a person in site for 30 feet she will yell HELLO! to the person far off! It's hilarious! People comment that she's just like me with the way she dances, or the funny faces she makes and the spunk in personality. I have no idea what people are talking about! hahaha I enjoy her more and more everyday. I never tought parenthood would be this spectacular! She is truely a blessing! My hopes of her becoming an amazon so far are coming true. She's got a head up on everyone her age and even some 6 months older than her. My not even two year old is wearing 3T. I always try to sneak a grab of her little friends to pick them up and compare and what a difference! My girl is solid! Oh! and for all you that don't get the amazon reference is I'm hoping she towers over all the boys in school so they are afraid of her. I know for me growing up tall that eliminated half the student body boys from dating. I didn't want to date someone shorter than me and they sure didn't want to date me! I figured let he meet a nice tall boy in college or in her career, you know when she's 35! haha I promise we'll try to get better at keeping you informed and hope to have more pictures of her too her soon! Love you all!

Christmas Day 2008

Well, Daddy tried really hard to upload a video on here, but it just wasn't working. We thought some of you would like to see Sydney in action.... oh well, maybe next time. Overall we had a great Christmas. It was so nice to Sydney trying to figure it all out! She just didn't know what to expect. But it didn't take her long...

As far as the rest of Christmas Day, Sydney learned how to open presents and was very eager to open them..... for awhile. Of course she got bored and wanted to play with her toys after awhile, so we just stopped opening presents and waited until she was ready for more. One of the big hits was a Pack & Play for doll babies. You've got to laugh at how a child's mind works! Sydney immediately tries to crawl in and lay down in the Pack & Play. Here's a look at her attempts!

After opening most of her presents, we got dressed and went over to Mimi and Papi's house for lunch. It was so yummy. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, baked corn, broccoli, Pillsbury crescent rolls (Daddy's favorite), and lots of desserts. It was like Thanksgiving Day all over again! The holidays are really starting to add up on the bathroom scale. Mimi and Papi went WAY overboard on presents, and so did Great Grammy. Sydney is going to be one spoiled little girl.

Christmas Eve 2008

Although last year was technically Sydney's first Christmas, this year is the first "fun" Christmas now that Sydney understands what presents actually are. This year for Christmas Eve, we once again went over to Bryan & Tammy's house. Sydney really likes her cousins Brett and Joey, and the new addition to their family, Sam the puppy. He's so cute.... take a look! Here Sam is opening his first Christmas present.

Sam is just a little puppy, and plays a bit rough with kids, so unfortunately when Sydney was in the kitchen.... Sam had to go into his cage. To some people keeping the dog in the cage may seem a bit cruel, but Sam did not spend ALL night in the cage. Sydney seemed to enjoy the cage quite a bit and voluntarily crawled in to play with Sam's toys. To be honest, this was a win-win situation. Sam got some time out of the cage and Sydney was content playing with Sam's toys. Overall, it was a very nice Christmas Eve. I can't wait to see what Sydney does next year! Oh, and I know you aren't suppose to feed the animals, but mommy couldn't resist feeding our little animal through the bars.

1st Day of School

Okay.... not really! Sydney is not quite ready for her first day of school, but Sydney did participate in Mifflinburg High School's "Baby Day" yesterday. She had an awesome time and as usual kept everybody entertained. I dropped Sydney off for school at 7:30 in the morning and I must say that I had my reservations. I was concerned that she would be "scared" and start crying for me once she realized I would be leaving. I was completely wrong! As soon as she saw the other kids. Sydney took off and started playing never looking back to see if I was still there. What an independent little girl!

When I went to pick her up, Sydney was sound asleep. Evidentally she had played really hard all morning long and was exhausted. They had done some crafts and played games. Rather than wake her up, I went to the high school auditorium where the high school choir and band were performing for students and enjoyed the concert. After about an hour I went back and there was Sydney awake and eating a chocolate chip cookie. I don't think the day could have went any better for her. Here is a picture of Sydney's craft project for the day.

Thanksgiving 2008

We hope everybody had a good Turkey Day! If you celebrated anything like us, you probably need to start the "New Year Diet" in December. Daddy's pants are fitting a bit too tight for his liking... haha. But overall, we had a great Thanksgiving and ate lots of food. Sydney got to see some of her cousins which are growing just as fast as her.

It's so funny to watch Sydney interact with other kids. Since she isn't around kids on a regular basis, she always is a little cautious. I love to sit back and just watch her mind work. You can just tell she is trying to figure out how to play with the kids. But you what.... I don't think it would even matter. She ends up doing her own thing anyhow!

I uve you…

So we need to update you on some of Sydney’s newest milestones. There are coming on so quick it’s hard to keep you updated. There’s not a second that goes by that I’m not grateful to have her and Jeremy in my life. Even when I’m fighting with her at church stay in her seat. It’s funny, during one of Sydney’s break aways on Sunday night, she ran and then danced as though she won! “haha, mom I’m too fast for you” was the look in her eye. So as she dance Sis. Connie laughed and said, Oh Darla I prayed she would be just like you!” I of course fired off a “thanks a lot!” Did you realize what you were really asking for? haha I guess it’s pay back for all the time I misbehaved during Jeremy’s music practices… She becoming more and more curious of others and you can’t find an 19 month old that friendlier than Sydney. She got this thing about her that just draws people in where ever we go… and if their not drawn in…she in your face about it, sending out her loud and friendly Hi’s. Whether that person is 2 feet or 12 feet away for her she’s offering out a greeting of some sorts. It’s quite amusing to see people’s reactions when they are forced into being friendly with her. I hope she never loses her zeal…

Sydney is learning to play make believe with her toys. We had quite the conversation the other day with Mr. Potato Head! It was the neatest thing, Sydney was playing with Mr. Potato Head as usually, ripping off all his body parts and creating Picasso’s out of him with sticking his eyes where his left ear should be and his ear where his nose should be and so on. Well, once Mom put him back together as he should be, Sydney grabbed Mr. Potato Head little hand and shook while saying “Hiiiiii!” When I finally caught on to what she was doing (because mom can be slow sometimes or maybe it’s the fact that I can’t believe she gets it) I would interject (or speak for) Mr. Potato Head with a “Hi Sydney and how are you?” Not expecting a response of course, Sydney gives us a “Good!” Now of course Sydney vocabulary is still limited we spent a good 20 -25 minutes reciting this dialog:

Sydney (while shaking Mr. P’s hand): “Hiiiiii!”
Mommie (voice of Mr. P): “Hi Sydney, how are you?
Sydney: “Good!” ……… “Hiiiiiii!” (and repeat)

My other favorite new milestone is comprehending “I love you”
Up until just recently, whenever you told Sydney “I love you” she would always say “Bye!” Mainly because whenever we say good bye it would be followed with and I love you. So I made it a point to teach Syd to say I love and make sure we were doing it not only when we were leaving somewhere. So while we were playing Monday night, my efforts paid off. I was laying on the floor and Sydney was climbing on my back and all of a sudden, she laid down and squeezed me and said “I uve you.” Well, I just about melted.

We've Got A Climber

Sydney has never been a climber,.... that is until recently. On Saturday, Sydney had just awaken from her nap so I went to the kitchen to get a snack and a drink for the kiddo. As I return to the living room, I see Sydney sitting cross-legged on one of our endtables. Now those of you that don't know, our endtables are pedistals -- a round table top with one main leg that branches out into four feet at the bottom. How in the world Sydney didn't tip the whole thing over is beyond me. I tell ya.... you can't leave that child for a second.

Later that same evening, we made some popcorn and put the bowl on the dining room table out of Sydney's reach.... or so we thought. Our new adventurer pulled out the chair climbed up and onto the table and started eating the popcorn right out of the bowl! God help us!!!