Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Post that Almost Never Was

...It almost never was, because I started writing this on April twenty-something...I saved it as a draft and it got lost among all of the other posts I had going....I happened to see it hanging out there and thought it might be fun to put up, since my sweet little girl is 6 months old now, and its its a perfect seguay into my next post!

Can't believe how much they've BOTH grown!

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ORIGINAL POST...

When Sydney was just 16 days old we had some 'newborn' pics taken of her. So fun to look back on these and see just how much she's grown!

Sweet little girl, all in pink...





I love her face in this one...


sweet peanut...

Littles in the hat 'she came in' (the one they put on her right after birth) and laying on a blanket made by her great-great aunt


a baby hammock!

mama's little girl...

i love her little forehead wrinkles


her sweet brother loves her...


the whole fam...


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Hope you enjoyed looking back on the newborn days of Sydney as much as I did! :)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Six Months!

Sydney Charlotte is six months old! I feel like I need to start lumping some of these monthly milestones into the same blog post rather than doing a separate one for each month, I just put her five month one out there!!

Syd is growing sooooo fast! Here are her six month stats:

15lbs 10oz – 50th percentile

26” long – 50th percentile

Head circumference – 90th percentile!

Here’s a growth comparison from 3 weeks to 6 months on the same blanket

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IMG_5822 She had her six month checkup today and did great, she cried after shots only from the time it took them to put the band-aids on and for me to pick her up – so only about 10 seconds and then she was just fine – what a little trooper!! :)

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So what else goes on in that little life of hers?

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IMG_5842 She just started wearing size 2 diapers, wears size 6-9 month clothes

she has taken quite kindly to her exersaucer!

IMG_5908 She is still pretty much on the same eating/sleeping pattern as I posted about last month, though she will sleep in later on the weekends! Just let us sleep in til 8 am this past weekend!!

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totally zonked out on the floor after some fun play time with papa and the cat (and, yes folks, our cat IS bigger than our baby!!!)IMG_5929 IMG_5937 She has now tried sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans, and pears! IMG_5799

She is sitting so much better - she even tries to pull herself to sitting when she’s laying down or in her carseat or bouncy! She also tolerates her bumbo much longer, she will sit there for 10-15 min without getting tired!

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She still loves getting dressed up! Here she is ready for the gym!

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and with a cute new bow she got for her 1/2 birthday!

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and she loves all her cute little dresses

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Still loving those feet – here’s quite the classic shot…I stuck her in her little bath chair on the floor while I went to chase Owen down so we could get ready for a bath. When I came back in I discovered her like this…her chair had collapsed in on her and she had perfect access to her feet, she couldn’t have been happier!! She’s actually trying to jam her foot in her mouth along with her paci!

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She’s becoming more and more aware of things

She is developing some stranger anxiety – she freaks out when someone she doesn’t recognize comes too close

She rolls over ALL the time to her belly but still can’t figure out how to flip back over! When she’s on her belly she scoots a little bit to try to get to something out of reach.

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IMG_5829 …and basically, she’s just a happy, happy little girl!

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Here she is with froggy and her bear

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We love our little lady!

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Monday, September 13, 2010

All About Owen

He’s an original, outstanding, opinionated, little guy, that Owen!

And we wouldn’t have it any other way….

Here’s a little of what he’s been up to lately

Fishing with his homemade fishing pole (bobber included) He’s sitting on his ‘boat’ here, trying so hard to catch some fish! :)

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Here he is super smiley one morning, getting ready for school!  He loves school! When he gets up he always asks me “its school time?” then we get dressed, he runs out to the kitchen, grabs his juice from the fridge, and runs to the door! IMG_5786

super stud with his hands in his pockets (he’s got money in there too! $.25 that papa gave him!)  IMG_5793

standing in the corner trying to pump (he just saw this pic and he said, “Owie really funny!” ) This was after he already tried to pump baby Sydney’s bellybutton! :) 

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Building a “huge, huge, giant, really big” (in his words) tower….

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Can you tell someone is a little proud of himself?  IMG_5815

hanging with Uncle Nathan

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cuddling with mama! 

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looking really cute and getting ready to go to the apple orchard!

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walking with papa to pick ‘lotsa apples’

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picking the first one!  IMG_5856

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Helping put them in the bagIMG_5855

After the orchard we went to our property to explore!  Owen loved running around in the woods! He loves to grab sticks and say “poke, poke'”

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  Hangin near where our future home will be built!  :)  IMG_5875

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Love this incredibly energetic, dynamic,  loveable, unique, generous, happy little guy with all my heart!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The Next American Idol?!

Ok, so my videography skills need a little work – but Owen ‘performs’ better when I flip the screen around so he can see himself (which means I can’t see what I’m doing) and I didn’t want to move or do anything to jeopardize this moment, because usually he stops or doesn’t want to sing at all….

So without further adieu…..

Ladies and Gentlemen, this………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. is American Idol…

Our first contestant will be singing an old time favorite that I’m sure you all will recognize…..

Owen Kole sings Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star…..