Practice, Practice, Practice

Sydney got some practice holding a friend's baby over the weekend. Sydney loved it and I think she could have sat like this all day long.

Sydney was excited to play with her rain toy yesterday.

Baby Brother

Another belly shot of the little guy. He's already way more active than Sydney was and causing sleep problems for Maggie.

Belly Shots

Sydney was finally kind enough to let me grab this shot of her kissing soon to be baby brother.

Her first swim lesson! She warmed up very quickly.

Father's Day

This was a great present from the little one :)

Fun at G's birthday party!

Grown up

She just looks way to grown up with earrings on. Then I saw the dress and wasn't as concerned.

Enjoying a morning coffee?

Sydney enjoys watching the morning news with a piping hot cup of coffee...or maybe it's Diego and oj, but still a nice way to start the day!

Garden pests

My garden fence keeps out rabbits, deer, and small children.

New Friends

Our friend, the johnston's added a new family member this week! Sydney got a sneak preview of what a little brother will look like.

Snow White

She does look a little like snow white...except with a worse temper.

Birthday Presents

Some good shock and awe reactions at this age.

Cupcake

...and the obligatory post haircut cupcake!

Haircut...finally.

A second haircut after we procratinated way too long. She warmed up after a while.

Multimedia message

And she's almost as crazy as Van Gogh too!

What?

I don't even know where to begin.

Colors in the Trees

I just love spring.

The Beach

For you Dee Dee, I'm back on the horse and here's the first picture from the beach...or well, aquarium. Sydney just could not wait to touch the horseshoe crabs. That is until she realized she might actually touch a horseshoe crab.

Three Footer

When there's this much snow, everyone pitches in to help! I wonder if Sydney will remember this crazy winter...probably not, but we've got the pictures for her.

Packing Up

This is why it takes us so long to get out of the house.

Christmas 09

We keep reminding Sydney of the true meaning of Christmas and there is nothing cuter than a two year old saying "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus" :) She's now recovering from days and days of family time, presents, and more hugs than she can count. Did we ever wear out this little girl. This was a cute picture at the top of stairs Christmas morning while they waited to run down stairs and see Santa Claus presents. Sydney was so excited she couldn't help but give her little cousin Lauren a big hug.

Buried

Sydney really enjoyed getting out in the snow this time. We had trouble finding a hill to sled on but managed to pull her along on a saucer and had a fun time playing with the massive mounds of snow. Our mailbox says it all and I think we can expect delivery to resume in June next year.

Christmas Decorations

I think we got the last decoration up and I risked life and limb to do it so of course I had to post a picture. It's the wreath on the railing over the door and I just tried not to look down while I tied it up there. I'm really looking forward to taking it down in 20 degree weather in January!

Sydney is really taking to the snow as well and we went out and had a snowball fight while Maggie was out of town this week. I'm slowing turning her into a cold weather lover! Here's another shot of her new boots and I think the reason she's content walking in the snow now.

O Christmas Tree! (part 2)

The snow couldn't have been better timed with our annual trip out to the tree farm where we do not in fact cut down a tree but watch the rest of our family do the honors. Sydney was cold but it was beautiful out in the forest of trees with all the snow. Some new boots, care of Poobah, came in handy.