Sydney's Quirks

Sydney has some funny things she does. She has to be like Max in anyway she can. She's constantly trying to move to get to him and is starting to get up on her hands and knees trying to follow him. We'll see how long it is before she crawls. And fortunately Max is very tolerant of her. In the picture below he is putting letters on her head, but only because that is what Chris does to him. So really he's just trying to play with her.

Here she is trying to steal Max's sippy cup. Once again wanting to be like him. We can give her an empty one and she'll play for 15 minutes just because she sees Max doing the same thing. It's so cute. And he's good about just taking her hand and moving it away from his cup. In fact, when she first wiggled her way over to him, and before I could grab the camera, he put out his left hand and just patted her on the arm. So cute!

She also loves her toes and has since she first discovered them months ago. Max never did this and I think it's one of the cutest positions a baby can be in.

She also hates the sun and cannot stand to have it on her face. She's getting used to being outside though as Max and I both love it and she doesn't have much choice.

Making Cookies

These pictures are old. They were taken back on January 16th. I'm really behind in my blogging...
Max likes to help me make cupcakes and cookies. He helps me dump the ingredients and then takes samples to make sure they are turning out right.

I think these were okay. :)

I lied...

An hour ago I posted that Sydney's

other tooth was about to break through.

I lied.

It's here.

Hopefully that means a break in teething for a little while.

Sydney is Six Months!

Sydney turned six months on tax day (April 15th). She is a pretty serious baby. Her smiles are rare and giggles rarer. But she's starting to come more out of her shell and will give her parents big grins, squeals, and on the rare occasion, a giggle. Her bottom right tooth is sticking through and the the left one looks like it's going to cut through at any moment. She eats rice cereal only so-so and hasn't really liked any of the veggies we've tried yet. She's also not sleeping through the night yet but that's a whole different story. :) I got this cute picture the other day while Chris was reading her a book. I have a similar one of Max.
We went to the little water park/play area in the middle of town the other day. Doesn't she look adorable in her little sundress and hat?

She is so frustrated she's not crawling yet. I got a couple of pictures of her trying the other day. She's starting to squirm forward a little but nothing definite yet. She learned to sit up about a month ago though so that has helped with the boredom of being a baby that can't move. Especially with your older brother running around you all the time.

She likes her jumper when Max isn't trying to spin her in circles...

Her stats at 4 months:

Weight: 13 lbs. 50%

Height: 24 2/3 in. 55%

Head: 41.5 cm 55%

Her stats at 6 months:

Weight: 15 lbs. 3 oz. 30%

Height: 25 1/2 inc. 30%
Head: 44 cm. 90%

Just like Max, she's an orange on a toothpick :) Big head is supposed to be an indicator of intelligence, right???

The picture of Max with Chris: Cute, cute kids if I do say so myself.

(By the way, I know she looks like she's smiling in all of the above photos, but they are the five I got with a decent face out of the I don't know how many that I've taken of her!)

Max...

Last night Max had a cough so I gave him some cough medicine with some chocolate milk (nestle quik).
This morning Chris gives Max a sippy cup with milk in it and Max rejects it (read - throws a tantrum and yells). Chris thinks he's giving in and pours some Slimfast in with the milk, not just fake pours it either like we usually do but actually gives Max some. Max still rejects the milk (read - yells again at the top of his lungs) and points to the pantry. I see this and tell Chris I think he wants the Nestle Quik. Chris gives me an exasperated look and gets out the nestle quik. He pretends to pour some in the sippy cup with the lid still on. Max still won't take it (once again this involves yelling) and he points at the silverware drawer. I tell Chris that Max understands that you have to STIR the chocolate milk. So Chris gets out a spoon, with a look of "you've got to be kidding me" on his face, stirs the milk, puts the lid back on, and hands the cup to Max. Max smiles and starts to drink, happy as can be.
Chris says I created a monster.
I think we have a kid who knows what he wants, knows what is involved in getting what he wants, and knows exactly how to get his parents to do it. What can I say? I'm whooped. But wouldn't you be too by this face?

Sydney's Four Month Check

Sydney is four months (almost a month ago)! Two more months and she should DEFINITELY be sleeping through the night, RIGHT??? Sleep has been a real issue lately so it's on the top of my mind but maybe I'll go into that later.

I took Syd in for her checkup and the doctor said she had a little ear infection in both ears. So for the first time as parents, we gave our kid antibiotics. She's all clear now. Hopefully this isn't an omen of things to come...

Her stats:
Weight: 13 lbs. 50%
Height: 24 2/3 in. 55%
Head: 41.5 cm 55%

Average in everything and very perfect. She's rolling around when she feels like it and demanding to be held a lot. She doesn't always get her way but I can tell how much she got held by how much my back hurts at the end of the day.
She also demands you stand up to feed her a bottle. She doesn't care when I'm nursing her but for some reason likes to stand while you give her a bottle. She really has quite the little personality! Which you can interpret to mean she screams when you don't do what she wants and she has an opinion on everything :) We love you Sydney!!!

Funny Kid

Max is getting pretty cute with Sydney. He doesn't want to hold her but will sit on the floor next to her and reach out and hold her hand or touch her leg.
Yesterday at church, Chris was holding a sleeping Sydney and sitting on the end of the pew. I was holding Max next to him while the sacrament was being passed (a very quiet time of the program). A little girl, younger than Max, was going up and down the aisle and stopped when she saw Sydney. She reached over to pat her, not too softly I might add, and Max flipped out. He yelled "Baby! Baby! Baby!" in this angry voice before I clamped my hand over his mouth. Apparently, he does not like his little sister being touched. Funny thing is, he's the one who woke up Syd, not the little girl.
Another time Max was over at my friend's house with Sydney while I was out. My friend said he got very concerned when Sydney started crying pretty hard. She said he even went over to the door, like, Where's my mom? She'll fix it. He's a good big brother. Even if he did try to sit on her this morning.