November

Okay, I just put up pics from September, October and November.  I have been so terrible at keeping up with the blog lately.  I feel badly as things change by the day around here and so what excited us a couple months ago, is now old news.  So, forgive me if there are things that I just skim over, or don't even mention at all! 

Anyway...Sydney is just growing up so fast!  She is now almost 14 months old and we just can't believe it.  We are so in love with her it should be illegal.

She started crawling in September sometime, just before her birthday.  We thought she was going to be a scooter for life!  Shortly after that she became a pro at pulling herself up on anything that was near her.  She walks, but only if she is holding onto something or someone.  And just now in the last couple of weeks she climbs- see below.  Oh, and of course, we can't forget the stairs.  One day after her nap she crawled over to the stairs and just started going up them.  I was in the other room and Brian called to me saying she was going up the stairs.  I assumed he just meant that she was trying to get up on the first step, but by the time I came over, she was already up to the middle landing!  We had never practiced or anything.  It was as if she had been doing it all along!  The fact that things just "click" and come together without any warning is just crazy and so cool.

Silly Mom that I am...I asked her to help me with laundry and then left the room for less than 2 seconds...and this is what I came back to...all the folded clothes on the floor!  As I said, silly Mom!

She is so beautiful!  We are so blessed!  She is just so beautiful on the inside and out...we couldn't have asked for a better little girl!

A good girl still has her moments I suppose.  :)  Auntie Alissa, Buku (Uncle Buck...haha), and little Rudder came to stay with us for a few days before leaving state and Sydney wasn't sure how to handle Mom holding another baby.  She eventually got over it, but until she did, it was pretty comical.  Lil' Rudd Rudd could have cared less!

I can climb now!

 

Rudder left his vibrating chair here for Sydney to play with.  She loves climbing into it.  I was watching her one day and she climbed in and sat back, then leaned forward and pushed the button that makes the chair vibrate.  It was so funny!  Now we are working on trying to get out of it with no additional assistance!

Playing Daddy's new Monopoly Wii game.

 

Oh, camera's out...gotta take a break to be center of attention.

"Hold on, Mom...Daddy's eyes are closed...now's my chance to get ahead!"

This video below is about 4 minutes.  I wasn't going to put it up as I'm sure not everyone will find it as hilarious as we did/do, but I decided to let you be the judge of that.  Anyway, Sydney lately will grab any item of clothing or towels...or in this case a few wash cloths, and put them on her head, or over her head, and will crawl around like that all day, every day.  It is hilarious to say the least.  I didn't think about it at the time, but after a few people saw it and remarked on her simulating putting on clothes, it dawned on me that that is probably what she is doing.  Who knows though...  She is a little weirdo, but she is our little weirdo and we are okay with that.  :)

Oh, and the video is sideways, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to turn it rightside up.  Sorry!