Happy 10 Months

Sydney is 10 months old today, and she is all over the place! She just wants to pull up and stand all the time now.

"Helping" with the laundry

A couple of weeks ago we realized Sydney should be learning the word "ball" soon... except that she didn't even have a ball, so she wouldn't know what it is! So we got a couple this weekend, and she has had great fun.

"Hey, where did the pink one go???"

I've always put Sydney in the bouncer to contain her in the bathroom when I'm getting ready in the mornings. She is too big for it, but she never minded- just bounced away and played with the toys. Today I took a picture of her because she looks so big in it, then she tried to escape! No more bouncer!

We Have a Crawler!

Sydney finally crawled about a week and a half ago! Then she started pulling up, and now she wants to be standing all the time. She can almost stand up on her own without holding onto anything. Just this weekend she started walking when we hold her hands. We can't believe how quickly she is learning new skills now. Videos are in the next post- here are a bunch of cute pics.

Sydney loves to watch Raleigh through the back door.

Going for a ride in the diaper box!

Videos

Here are some videos from the past couple of weeks- including the much anticipated crawling videos!

Sydney laughing (50 sec)- BJ was hiding and then running out to "get" Sydney.

Sydney crawling, about a week ago (30 sec)- This is two clips. In the second one she was crawling on her toes, then gimping around with one leg straight and one bent. Crazy girl!

Sydney crawling yesterday (28 sec)- You can tell how much faster she is than last week!

Sydney says "uh oh" (23 sec)

On the Move

Sydney is still not crawling straight forward, but she definitely gets around by leaning, scooting, and going back and forth between sitting and laying down. She gets on all fours, goes from laying to sitting and back, does the "plank" and downward facing dog, and lots of other things that show she is strong enough to crawl. I guess she just doesn't feel like it yet!

We had a good visit from Granny- Sydney enjoyed all of the attention, and I enjoyed sleeping in!

This girl LOVES to be upside down! She's going to be our little daredevil.

Thanks for the new outfit, Neeme!

Checking out her new shoes. Sydney has the tiniest feet. I finally bought some shoes that are size 0-6 months, and they fit her now.

Sydney had fun playing with a box- much more fun than a toy!

Happy 9 Months

Sydney turned 9 months old last week! She weighs 19 lbs 5 oz now. Height- 35%, weight, 55%, and head size >95%! That's our smartie pants. :)

Sydney has been a very busy girl lately. She is still not crawling, but she is so close! Any time now. She manages to get around mostly by going backwards. She is also really trying hard to pull up, and she can almost do that herself.

Silly face!

Lake Weekend

Two weekends ago we went to Summer's lake house with three other couples and six kids age three and under. We had a great time! Lots of pictures, most of the kiddos.

The kids, I mean the guys, had fun with the slip and slide! It turned into a competition- BJ thought the victor should be on the featured video. Congrats to Beau for winning the water slide luge!

New Tooth and New Carseat

Sydney's second tooth came in on Sunday. Picture below!

Sydney can pick little pieces of food up to eat now, and she loves turkey.

Being silly (and messy) at dinner

Here are her teeth- both on the bottom. The second one is barely out, so you can really only see the first one.

Our little Longhorn


This is how I found her both mornings this weekend.

We put her new carseat in this weekend. She loves it!