Thursday, November 26, 2009

8 weeks old

Sydney went in for her two-month appointment and checked out perfectly.  She has grown just a little over 3 inches and is now 24.5 inches total.  She gained a pound and some change and now weighs 11.2 pounds. 

She is definitely a happy baby and is now smiling all the time.  We just can't get enough of that.  She is also starting to babble now, which is so wonderful too...  Becoming such a little person right before our eyes.

Her sleeping is still fantastic.  We know we are so blessed to have such a good sleeper.  She is averaging 8-10 hours a night.  She normally takes a couple of good naps during the day as well.  She is pretty content when she is up, just hangin' out on the floor or in her swing...or of course, her changing table.  She is so alert and loves to just look around and watch what is going on.  She is getting so strong too...she holds her head up, whether she is in our arms or on her tummy.

Sydney enjoyed her first Thanksgiving early this year.  We went over to Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's on Tuesday night for snacks and games.  Then we had friends over Wednesday night for turkey and games...  Brian has to work tonight so we got all the festivities in beforehand.  Papa Eddy wasn't here to make us french toast and bacon for breakfast while watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...I know Sydney didn't know what she was missing out on, but her mom sure did!  So, we just slept through the pain (waking up with only a half hour left of the parade) and will just have to move on I suppose.

Here are a few pictures of Sydney's first Thanksgiving.  She is so stinkin' cute!  I don't think we could love her anymore than we do already!





winter hat



Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sweet Girl

We have the sweetest girl!  She is so darn cute and such a good baby.  We are so blessed to have her. 

Quirky is one way to describe her at this point.  She just kills us with some of the things she does.  I know I mentioned her changing table before, but it is just the oddest thing.  It has now gotten to the point where if she is crying, we can just put her on that table and she calms right down and is just as content as could be.  She just stares at the ceiling and the bottom of her shelf that is right above her.  We don't know what it is, but it works.  The other morning she was crying and I put her on there and I got a load of laundry done, the dishwasher unloaded and loaded, and I vacuumed the whole upstairs.  Forty-five minutes went by before she was ready to get off.  It is so goofy! 

Some of her favorite things (can 5-week-old babies have favorite things?!)-other than her changing table- are kisses, her vibrating swing, and showers with daddy- Brian won't let me take a picture of that which is unfortunate because it is adorable!  :)

She has now started sleeping most of the night.  YAY!!!  The other night she slept for 7.5 hours!  I couldn't believe it.  The last couple of nights she has slept for 5 or 6 hours, gotten up to eat, and then went back down for another 3.  Can't beat that...at least not compared to what she was doing a couple weeks ago.  Granted, now that I have actually typed this, she will probably not sleep at all the next few nights!  :)

We fall in love with her more every day.  It's amazing how she just grows on us by the minute.  She is so beautiful and we just can't believe she is ours.  God has definitely given us a special little gift.

Here are some misc. pics...


Such hard work looking at all the fishies...



Daddy having a few words with his girl.



Awww...



Quiet time.



George, Sydney's new friend from her Papa!



Her changing table time...just looking at the ceiling...



Still there...hanging out with George...