2 years + 5 months

Late again…I know, I know…

Christmas was a marathon!  It took Sydney over 3 hours to open her presents and it wasn’t because she had sooooo many!  She would open one then want to open that package and play with the toy/game/coloring book before she would even be interested in the other gifts.  Maybe next year she’ll get into the spirit and rip into everything!  She did enjoy her kitchen and guitar/microphone set that Santa left her!

 

We’ve had some snow here.  There was enuff to play in a little bit.  Sydney really liked being outside and playing in it.  They are calling for around 5 inches or more today too!

Sydney started gymnastics on Jan. 11.  Steve and I were out of town for our birthdays so Granny took her to her first lesson.  Granny said Sydney loved it.  She wasn’t able to get any pictures because it was hands on for both the kids and adults. 

For Steve’s birthday, Sydney sang him a little song:

 

That’s all for now!  Until February….and I’m sure that post will come after Valentine’s Day J

2 years + 4 months

Gosh, you think I’d know I’m supposed to post something every month…I mean it is only once a month!  Sorry for the lateness!  Didn’t realize I hadn’t posted until I looked at the Blog myself, oops! 

Looks like I left off at Halloween…..so then came Thanksgiving.  We had dinner at my mom’s and Sydney helped me bake cookies to take with us.  She LOVES helping in the kitchen:

We visited Santa this year.  Sydney was not a fan of him.  She didn’t want to sit near him or look at him.  She did tell him she wanted a dog (that is because they were giving stuffed dogs as gifts after the children were done with Santa)….LOL…

We decorated our trees…yes, treeS.  I got Sydney her own tree she could decorate and have by her chair in the living room.  She would only help put two ornaments on the family tree this year.  The top left ornament is her fist hand-made one…..

She’s received a few presents to open before Christmas this year and she is soooooo excited about them! Christmas morning is going to be fun!

Isn’t she precious in this picture!  She loved looking at and playing with the lights.

We also baked some sugar cookies together…or cookie “shapes” as she calls them….

Other than getting ready for Christmas we’ve just been doing the normal things.  This past weekend was the last weekend of soccer.  I think we are going to try out gymnastics in January; time for a little change to see how she likes a different sport.

I’m sure I’ll have more to share about Christmas!  Until then Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

2 years + 3 months

I’m a few days late posting this month’s update….ooppssss! 

There was a BIG move in October!  We transitioned Sydney to a big girl bed!  She was so surprised when she saw her room.  We also moved all of her toys into the spare room so she has her own playroom (and mommy and daddy have their living room back!)

 

 

We visited the pumpkin patch in October too.  Sydney enjoyed riding the hay wagon and looking at all the pumpkins!

 

 

For Halloween Sydney was a pirate.  We only visited about 10 houses trick or treating but she enjoyed being out and walking around – especially since Granny was able to go with her.

Sydney is still in Lil Kickers.  She talks about going to soccer all week but when we get there she isn’t so sure about it…LOL.  She participates for most of the class but she also just likes to sit down and watch what’s going on.  This is how she likes to prepare to go to soccer:

 

 

2 years + 2 months

Not too many exciting things happened this month, just regular day to day activities really.  The entire Basham house did get hit with sinus infections…that was a good time…LOL.  Here’s her 2 year + 2 month picture:

Did you know there are only 71 days until Christmas!  WHAT?!?!?! I’m starting to plan for shopping sooooooo I started putting together Sydney’s list.  Here is a generic list and I’ll create Target/Toys R Us lists and post the links to those soon.  As you can see there is not any Thomas stuff on here....she has soooo many Thomas things I'd like to get her some other toys :)

 

Baby dolls

Baby doll accessories (stroller, clothes, etc)

Elmo toys (she only has Elmo books)

Stickers

Fireman Sam books/toys/movies (her current #1 TV show)

Mike the Knight books/toys/movies (her current #2 TV show)

Color Wonder paper/coloring books

Twist Crayons

3T/4T Shirts

2T/3T pants

5.5 (or larger) shoes

Slippers

Jammies with firetrucks

Mickey/Minnie (she prefers Minnie but likes both mice) Mouse toys/books

Any Disney movies

Play food

Tea party set

iTunes gift card (for aps on the ipad)

Full size sheet sets

2 years + 1 month...

I know I’m a couple of weeks late on posting but I wanted to wait until after our trip to PA so I could share some pictures of our Day Out With Thomas trip!  But before I get to that we have been on other adventures since her birthday too!

A couple of weeks after Sydney’s birthday we took our second annual family trip to Nags Head.  Yes, I know, we go to Nags Head a lot but we wanted to start a family tradition of going to Nags Head every year around her birthday that way we can always plan for it and look forward to it.  Sydney loves the beach and water so it’s a win-win. J 

No suit, no problem!  We were on a drive and stopped at the water, couldn't keep her out of it!

 

We were able to get in the pool a little bit towards the end of summer (our pump broke so we had to wait for a replacement to be shipped) and Sydney decided she wanted to be independent in the water….and SWIM!

We also went to Sydney’s first fair.  She really enjoyed the Ferris wheel and all of the other rides.  I think she is going to like roller coasters like her mommy! J

 

Our trip to PA was fun!  We were in the area of Lancaster, PA.  The first night we stayed in a train caboose and Sydney slept in a big bed for the first time.  We rode Thomas at the Strasburg Railroad.  Thomas was the engine for our 20 minute train ride!  Once we were done with the Thomas ride Sydney got to meet Sir Topham Hat!

 

After our day out with Thomas we decided to ride up to Hershey and check out how chocolate is made.  That was a neat place and I want to go back to visit Hershey Park! 

First Hershey chocolate bar!

On our way home we decided to take the scenic route and stopped in Harpers Ferry, WV.  We walked around a bit and took in the scenery.

She's got toddler swag!

Other than our adventures, Sydney has been going to soccer each Saturday and she really enjoys running around and playing with the other kids.  She has apparently decided she doesn’t like her Kindermusic class (and by decided I mean that she didn’t even want to go into the room today and last week she only stayed in the room for about 15 minutes) so we’ve decided to try that class after she gets a bit older.

PT is.....

OVER…oh I mean, over J  We took Sydney to PT this past Wednesday and she was released with exception.  The exception being that I call in about 6 weeks and let them know if we feel she needs to come back in for more therapy or if we feel she is remaining in mid-line most of the time and isn’t having any troubles with activities. 

The therapist said that she could go either way with our situation.  She said that there are things that can still be worked on in PT BUT it would have to be more aggressive (like 4-5 days a week) to make an impact.  Sydney continues to have a 2-8 degree tilt and tilts more when she’s tired.  She also has a slight bit of muscle weakness on her right side.  These are things we will continue to work on at home just as we have been doing.  Since we have Sydney enrolled in physical activities (soccer and kindermusic) the therapist said that should help with building her muscles so she was comfortable with us continuing with our “home” program and discontinuing going to PT but to call and let her know how she was doing.  So, unless something drastic changes between now and 6 weeks from now, we consider ourselves released!

2 Whole Years!

Sydney turned 2 this past Monday!  Time has flown by!!

This past Saturday we had Sydney’s birthday party….it was train themed of courseJ!  We had a “food train” with a Thomas cake as the engine and RR themed cake pops as part of the caboose.  Each car of the train held a different food item.  The goody bags for the kids had a Thomas cup, train whistle, Thomas crayons, Thomas doodle pad, silly straws, glow in the dark bracelets, and a train shaped cookie cutter. 

Sydney actually opened her gifts herself this year!  She liked tearing into the paper but didn’t like it so much when the paper went everywhere (she’s a little OCD like her mom and Granny).  She’s been playing with all of her new stuff ever since she opened her gifts!  She was really shocked and excited when she saw that she got a big ride on Thomas! 

Today was her 2 year well check.  She weighs 28 lbs 10 oz (near 75 percentile), she is 34” tall (near 50 percentile), and her head measures 51.5 cm (upper 98 percentile – which is normal for her).  The doctor said that Sydney looks good and is really ahead in her skills (she speaks well for her age, she can recognize certain shapes, she can pick out colors).  The doctor said that based on her current skill level she feels that we have one smart cookie on our hands!!

Our next PT appointment isn’t for two weeks so I’ll update once that happens.  Hopefully it will be out last monthly visit J

We signed Sydney up for Lil Kickers (soccer) at Fredericksburg Field House.  She goes every Saturday morning for about an hour and she loves it!  She loves being with the other kids and running around the field.  They play age appropriate games that teach listening skills, colors, and basic soccer skills like kicking and waddling (dribbling).  I’ve also signed her up for Kindermusic and Tumbling.  She doesn’t start that until September but I think she’s going to enjoy it.  She loves music and loves to dance too.