Keeping Sydney

Well, it's official.  We have decided to keep Sydney around a while longer.  She has become our pride and joy and we just can't get enough of her.  She is now 10 1/2 months old and getting bigger by the day. 


We have been working so hard on crawling, but she just has no interest in it.  She would rather be walking.  I know, I know...developmentally it is better for their brain and so on to crawl, but I don't know what else to do to get her on all fours.  She can get from one side of the room and back on her butt or on her feet if you lend a helping hand, but you put her on her hands and knees and she just looks at you as if you are crazy to think she would even consider that as an option.

With scooting in full swing, the bright lights on the electronics, the magical prong holes on the outlets, and my knitting basket are actual destination points in the living room.  She has managed to make both Brian and I say a choice word or two about our cable connection thinking it was going out, when in actuality, she got ahold of the clicker and decided to see what buttons do what.  That's always a fun game.

She has added a new word to her vocabulary, Papa.  (although you try to get her to say it to the actual one and only and she clams up)  She tends to say Mama when she wants something...Dada in a wistful tone...and Lalalala when in her own little world...which is much of the time.  She is a pretty independent little girl and will sit and play until it is time to eat or nap and is just as content as can be.

She cracks us up all the time now.  Whether it be a look, an action, or just her plain talking, she is just so funny.

She really never warmed up to 'Spaz' the penguin pal.

Yes, definitely 'one of a kind'...or at least one of something...

Tucker was not in the mood to play...

Helping Mommy in the kitchen.

Tucker LOVES the new cheerio container and Sydney LOVES dumping them out just to get him to come 'round.  Gotta keep that cholesterol down!

New stuffed animals from GG!

Mommy won't.  Daddy might...  Nana and Papa WILL!  Gee, who is this shirt from?

She still has to have her diaper-changing pals, good ol' Larry and George.

Saturday morning with Grandma and Grandpa.

Grandma and Sydney playing Pat-a-Cake.

She is just too cute.

 

 Bedtime stories with Daddy.

She used to freeze when the camera came out.  Now she totally just hams it up.  I'm surprised the pictures came out semi straight, I was laughing so hard.

Another ham face.  She broke out into laughter right after the shot was taken.