Christmas...

Well, Sydney turned 12 weeks on Christmas Eve.  Three months...hard to believe.  All is well.  Our girl is definitely growing and changing every day.  She is still sleeping about 10 hours every night.  (Thank You Lord!)  Sydney loves to talk and smile...even if it is only to herself.  (Although if we get Nanna on the phone to listen, then of course the talking stops and the phone stare-down is on.)  Her first Christmas came and went without too much excitement.  She's three months old; not much you can do with that.  :)  We spent a little bit of the day at Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's (once she finally got up at 11:30!) and then Brian was off to bed as he was working the night before and the night of, so Sydney and I just relaxed and enjoyed the day (with a few naps in there as well).

"Where's the popcorn, Mom?"

This is what Brian and Sydney were doing while I was slaving away in the kitchen making my annual Christmas Cookie Plates.  Thanks for the help you two!  :)

Grandpa and Sydney on Christmas.

Grandma spoiling Sydney...

Uncle Carl can't get enough of his little niece.

And she's spent...

Can you tell that I was the only one who cared about getting a family photo on Christmas???

Sydney meets Santa for the first time...

This may look like Sydney was upset by Santa, but really she was upset beforehand and just would not quit crying, so we decided to stick her on Pappy's lap anyway.  O-well, such as life.  :)

Grandma Wilson and I decided we wouldn't get a better picture, so with Sydney still crying, this would just have to do.

Kalei hugging Santa, even though he told her she had to clean her room to be a good girl.  She compromised and said she would clean it on Christmas Eve before he got there with her presents.  Oh to be 5 again.  :)

Just a few pics...

Sydney's auntie Gretchen used to suck her thumb like this with her finger up over her nose...

Sydney's "big sister" Kalei.

"Helping" Grandma work.

Getting so big!

Thumb sucking update...

I mentioned the other day that Sydney was sucking on her thumb and finger, well, as of this morning, she has now figured out how to suck on just her thumb and she now calms herself down.  I had a proud mommy moment when she first did it.  I was so proud it was a little ridiculous really.

It was nice this evening to not have to play the pacifier game with her as she just went right to her thumb. 

Now...let's hope she isn't like her auntie Gretchen and sucks on that thing like there's no tomorrow and empties our pockets dry with orthodontic work!  :)

Thumb sucking and smiles...

Sydney is just the cutest little thumb/finger sucker.  A couple of weeks ago I had put her down and a few minutes later I heard her pacifier drop and was waiting for her to start crying.  The crying never came, but this strange smacking noise started.  I wasn't really quite sure what it was and when I went and checked on her, she was trying to suck on her thumb and pointer finger.  It was the funniest thing.  Her little fingers are so much smaller than the pacifier, so she can't ever get a good hold, but it satisfies her, so more power to her.  She now sometimes prefers her thumb/finger to her pacifier.  You know when adults grab little kids' noses and they hold up their hand showing their thumb in-between their fingers, trying to pass that off as the nose?  That is how she holds her thumb when she puts her little digits in her mouth.  So sweet. 

Anyway, between that new treasure and her smiles, we are just head over heels for her.  We get frustrated sometimes when she is crying and we can't figure out why, but as soon as she looks at you and smiles, it's all over. 

She has been fussier than usual lately.  We took her in to the chiropractor last week and mentioned to her that my mom had thought that maybe Sydney was starting to teethe.  The chiropractor, along with another practitioner and a mother sitting in the lobby, all said it was way too early and we still had a few more months.  (Sydney was only 8 1/2 weeks at that point.)  But, when Treeka started working on Sydney, sure enough, she said she couldn't believe it, but Sydney was starting to teethe.  So, here goes I guess.  :)

Despite that, she really is such a good girl.  Even when she is fussy, we know we can't complain as we have it better than most I'm sure.  Her sleep got messed up for a couple nights, but she has been back to sleeping all night again and that is so nice.

Here are a few more recent pictures...

The ones of Sydney in bed... Brian was going to bed and we were tucking him in. I had to pee so I put her down beside him and this is what I came back to. She was just too cute to move...and she was actually sleeping...so, I guess this is the one exception to her sleeping in our room!  :)