My last post was Sydney's 1st birthday, so I have some catching up to do! Syd was taking steps at 12 months, but fully started walking at 13 months. Now she's practically running and causing trouble where ever possible, like toddlers do. She likes to be outside and explore. She's very inquisitive still saying "wa-is-at" about EVERYTHING! :-) Although it can be tiring to explain what everything is at times, it's so cute and amazes us that she is so interested in learning about the world around her. Her vocabulary is growing with lots of new words like: hi, egg, up, shoe, teeth, beep beep (her word for car), cheese, dedie (Pedie), bubble and of course NO which she says more and more now. She has a lot of half words that we recognize but aren't fully formed yet. We do lots of animal noises and my favorite one she does is "roar" for a bear with her arms up over her head and also "ee-ee" with her hands under her arm pits like a monkey. It's pretty cute! She's off and on with teething, currently she's got about 20 teeth. More of her back ones are coming in now, so she's been a little fussy this week, but not too bad. Sydney has become a little more of a picky eater, but all in all her diet is pretty healthy so that's something we're proud of. She eats a ton of fruit and does pretty well with veggies. We found these all natural broccoli bites and spinach bites at whole foods, that are frozen and easy to cook in the toaster oven. She seems to like these. Her favorite food is cheese, of course. She wouldn't be my daughter if it wasn't. We don't feed her junk food or overly processed foods. As far as sugar goes, we keep it at a minimum for now. She gets a little bite of ice cream once in a while or a little piece of cookie, but not too much at this age. For fun, we do dance parties in the living room. Her signature move at this point is the up and down bop and an occassional swirl around in a circle. She just started to get into dressing up a little and likes to wear her tutu skirt. :)
Seth and I are doing well too. Nothing really new to report with us. Jobs are going good and we're just enjoying life with Sydney right now.
Below are pictures from the past 3 and a half months starting with the most recent ones first and going backwards from there. We hope you enjoy!
3/13/11
Hanging with Farrah and Louis, reading books!
This was at the Purim Carnival and Syd was a Pixie! She reminds us of her cousin Madi in this photo.
Such a big girl! She loves to push this little stroller and also loves her ball. It was a great family day!
It's hard to see, but Sydney has blue eyes. Seth and I both have hazel eyes. They say whatever her eye color is at this age is most likely the color they will stay.
Sydney playing dress up in her 1st princess dress. These pics were from last weekend too.
Wearing an outfit Nana got her before she was born. It finally fits and looks adorable. Thanks Nana!
She's starting to learn how to use her spoon. As you can see from this pic it's a work in progress. These suction cup bowls are great!
This was at the beginning of March. Her hair is really curly now with perfect ringlet curls. Most of the time we clip up her bangs to keep her hair out of her face, but Dada likes the wild look.
Ok, that is a big belly. Syd had a really bad stomach bug for a couple days and didn't eat much. Seth took this right after she finally ate a full dinner and was getting ready for bath time. I love this picture!
The next few pics are from February.
On Saturday morning there's a drum circle class for kids about 15 minutes from us. It's awesome! It's in a big warehouse put on by a drum company and there are easily 30-40 kids there. There are hundreds of drums and shakers that they can play with. We sing songs and play drums. It's a lot of fun and it's free! Syd really enjoys it.
With a big bite of cheese in her mouth. Couldn't be happier!
I can finally get Sydney's hair in pig tails, although like it better when it's just down and curly.
The next few photos were a rare date night out for Seth and I. It was my dear friend Farrah's birthday and we went to the Foundation Room which is a private club at the House of Blues on Sunset. It was SO much fun! Mama and Dada deserve some me time once in a while too! :)
Eric and Farrah
Anita, Farrah, me and Molly.
Eric, Seth, Kevin and Matt
More drum circle. This was our first time there in January.
Syd and a piggy at the Farmer's Market by our house on Sunday mornings. She wasn't really feeling the petting zoo this day. I think she's trying to get away from the poor piggy in this pic.
Sydney some how picked up that a smile looks like this....mouth wide open, nose scrunched up and eyes squinted. So every time we would go to take her pic this was the face we would get. Now she does a true smile, but this was it for a while.
Just a sweet photo taken in early Jan.
This was on my birthday, Jan 4th. Sydney looks like such a big girl in this photo.
This was in January. We had a little get together at our house for Dave and Brooke Synder who were in town from Indy. We were all hanging out in the living room watching You Tube videos on our TV when Sydney ended up on our friend Peter's lap, who is about 6'5. They were just chillin watching TV and Peter's wife Allison took this pic. He makes her look even smaller than she already is and I love how her feet are crossed!
This was late December. Syd took her naps in her swing but finally out grew it shortly after this pic.
Christmas Eve 2010. We were with my great friend the Mayor at her daughters house. Shannon and Glen's daughter, London, is the only little girl Syd gets to hang with so it's really sweet to see them together. London is a little over a year older than Syd. She was very watchful over Sydney and in this pic they are sharing some Cheerios. I love how London is making sure Sydney is ok.
Syd and I with London and Mema Mayor!
Syd checking out our Christmas tree. She liked holding the ornaments.
So there is a little story behind our holiday card picture last year. The above is the first time we tried to take the picture. We had our friend and neighbor Sharon come over to take the photos for us, but Syd wasn't having it. She was in a horrible mood and we tried and tried and just couldn't get a good family pic. The above is one of the better photos we were able to get but as you can see she was not a happy baby.
So this is a week later, take two. Same outfits, same mood only worse. Syd was again was not having it AT ALL. She screamed, threw a fit and looked like the above in almost all the photos.....
Finally we were able to get a decent pic. She still wasn't her normal happy self, but this was pretty good considering.
She's getting more beautiful by the minute Dalhia! And...I think she's starting to look like her Mama. :-) I love all the new pics. Syd and Georgea definitely have "twin" bellies. Love it!
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