Look What I Can Do!

Not only is Syd walking...she's climbing! Check this out. I found her on top of the train table, but she was willing to reinact how she got up there.

Ty learned a valuable lesson: If you throw a big enough fit, you get whatever you want. (We'll work on discipline later)

Happy 10 Months to Sydney!

Today our little girly turned the big 1-0, in months that is.
I thought it would be fitting to do 10 things about Sydney. Here is goes...

1. She responds to all of her names, (Syd, Siddy, Siddy-girl, Syd-ster, Peanut, Peach, Princess, Baby Girl.) You name it & she'll come.

2. She loves food, all kinds, doesn't even need to be edible.

3. She really likes her picture taken. No Joke! If you point the camera at her (mine in particular) she will strike a pose, or a grin.

4. She loves her bows. Wearing then, sucking on them, she is a big fan. I'm grateful that she appreciates all the hard work that goes into making them.

5. Her colors are a bright pink, white, blue & green. At least that's my opinion.

6. When she is excited she does her nose scrunches, snorts, ankle circles & wrist circles.

7. She is so happy. She's always laughing & looking for an adventure (like a toilet paper roll in reach). When she has some friends over she is the happiest. The outdoors make her happy too, even as a infant, stepping on the back porch would always settle her cry.

8. She likes to "love" on babies smaller than her. Some might view it as smuthering, but we are sticking with hugging & kissing.

9. She is REALLY good at going down for sleepy time. I just lay her down with her blankets & either a bottle or binkie. It's been a long while since shes made a peep (knock on wood!)

10. She is the most loved little girl ever! I know you might beg to differ, but Syd knows she is the most loved!

1st Day of Preschool

Today was Ty's first day of Preschool. He was excited about going. He was especially excited about his backpack of new school supplies, specifically his giraffe scissors. Ty is doing the Joy School program. Each of the 6 mom's involved will take a week teaching & rotate through. Here are some pictures:

~Getting Ready~

~Saying Goodbye to Siddy~
~Waving bye to Daddy~
~And he's off~ Ok...who are we kidding, we didn't walk there. It's like 105 outside




I thought Preschool ended at 11, so when I showed up 30 min early the kids all came to the door & Ty was excited to show me off. "It's my Bridgette!" he yelled. That is the same reaction I get when I pick him up from class at church. These days it's never mom, always Bridgette (when other people are around anyway). So when I realized I had 30 more minutes of free time, I left.
The child I returned to was a little monster. Thanks to this lovely Up & Down Roller Coaster Ride-on Ty wanted nothing to do with me. After getting him in the car he told-me-off the best his little vocab would allow him. Oh, this parenting stuff isn't always so fun, is it? SO, if anyone is looking to be Ty's best friend, you don't even need to submit an application. All it takes is one of these: Hopefully picking him up will go better on Wed. He's still mad, maybe later I'll get to hear about the good parts of his day.

Walking! Yes, walking!

Sydney has been taking steps in increments of 6 & 7 all day long. Sometimes she stops, then starts walking again. Sometimes she falls down. I think it’s official; a week shy of 10 months and she is walking!

Video of Sydney's First 9 Months

This is the first video I've put together. It was made for Sydney. My friend Brooke does one for her kids each year. I thought that was an awesome idea. We'll see if I can keep up with her pace. Here's to a great 9 months...

Keeping Posted

Just wanted to give an update on the kiddos.
Ty's latest is computer games. I put a link to Nick Jr's playtime on our desktop. Ty can navigate his way through & waste hours! It's been a nice break for me & some good learning for him. He has to actually listen to what the game is telling him to do in order to get to the next stage. Listening has never been one of his special talents. Some of the games he plays get him laughing so hard; then it becomes contagious!

This totally cracks me up -> "Play nice" is something he thinks we don't want him to do. I always tell him to "play nice" and the response is always "no." I just asked him if he was going to play nice today & got a polite "no thanks." At first I thought he was just being a disobedient little stinker, but now I think he's just confused.
Sydney is days away from walking. She takes steps, but they are quick forward leaning, I'm going to fall kind-of steps.
She is still small, but yesterday I put her in this larger 18month dress. (We were playing dress up, my favorite game.) It was her cute cousins a few years back. It makes Syd look like quite the southern bell...I just don't know if she can pull it off like Vanna did. Either way though, she found it tasty.

Speaking of tasty...Sydney totally has a thing for toilet paper. Make sure there is none in reach or it will be soggy & shredded to pieces in no time.

Last Lecture

On dateline this week was Randy Pausch's story of his life & his battle with Pancreotic Cancer. He gave this lecture on life lessons that was so powerful. When you have the time, it is well worth it.

Here are Jeff's favorites:

“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted”

“The Brick walls are there for a reason: They let us prove how badly we want things”

“Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you”

“Head fake – get people to think they are learning something else”

“It’s a shame you are perceived this way……. Because it’s going to limit what you can do.”

“Decide if you are a Tiger or an Eeyore”

Advise to his daughter “When men are interested in you, ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.”

How to get people to help you
1. Tell the truth
2. Be earnest
3. Apologize when you screw up
4. Focus on others, not your self

“When you do the right thing good stuff has a way of happening”

“Don’t complain just work harder”

“Find the best in everybody”

“Live your life the right way and your dreams will come to you”