We've had another wonderful month full of leaps and bounds as far as Miss Sydney is concerned. She has tons of tricks up her sleeves these days and has made a major transformation from a sweet little baby to a happy, sassy, big girl. :)
We'll go to the doctor on Monday to get all of her measurements but we're pretty sure she's hit and passed the 20 pound mark...at least my back tells me so every night after lugging her around all day. We do think she's starting to slim up a little bit. She seems to have a couple less rolls of baby fat in her legs...but I LOVE baby rolls! :( 12 month clothes are really fitting good and she's still in size 3 diapers. I think the slowest growing body parts are her feet. She still wears a size 2 shoe which I LOVE because we have been able to wear the same shoes all fall and winter so far.
Our vocabulary hasn't changed much in the past month but she IS saying her favorite 3 words a whole lot more! Bye-bye, Uh-oh (every single time she drops something) and Mama. We're still really working hard on Dada.
I am so happy to say that she has LOVED every singe type of food we've put in her mouth. I realize this could all change but I'm crossing my fingers for a non-picky eater! She's still eating cereal and fruit in the mornings, vegetables and fruit at night and nursing throughout the day PLUS little bits of tablefood every time we sit down. She does NOT like to be left out at the dinner table! She's tried biscuits, noodles, cheese, peas, carrotts, lima beans, whipped potatoes, french fries, rice, ice cream and pudding and loves all of it! She also is very much in love with Cheerios for snack! She's definitely a Thurmond child...her Aunt Nat and I grew up on dry Cheerios!! Hopefully all of this is ok with doc!?!? ha!
Like I said earlier she's FULL of tricks. She'll "give five", SOMETIMES kisses (open mouth right to your nose...it's great!!!), stick out her tongue (not being ugly...just playing...her Daddy taught her), make this hillarious "surprised" face, wave bye-bye, clap every time you say YAY (I have realized I say YAY all of the time), put her chin down to her chest for "yes", and "pretend" cough with Grandad. Did I mention how much fun this sweet child is?!?!?!
Something totally new this month is her being clingy...shew, it can sure wear her Mama out fast...but I secretly love it! She likes to be right up under my feet and most of the time in my arms. And don't even think about letting us get out of her sight....are you CRAZY?!? She is still happy and smiles at just about everyone we see, whether she knows them or not, but don't even think about reaching for her if she's not in the mood. ha!
We're still army crawling at like 90 mph. She'll get up on her hands and knees and rock back and forth for momentum, I guess, but when she takes off she's back on the ground. She's also really putting a lot of weight on her legs standing up against things (versus the jello legs of last month) so we're waiting for her to start pulling up on things any day now.
Some of her favorite "things to do" these days are...dance anytime music comes on (she automatically starts kicking her legs like crazy), of course watch Sesame Street (I'll admit, sometimes multiple times a day BUT all other shows/cartoons bore her), play in a tent (she LOVES playing under a blanket), open and close doors, play with her new bath toys, and spend time in her exersaucer. There's never an idle moment for this child...she's ALWAYS moving and into something! Sometimes that's not such a good thing but we're adapting!
We've had some major "gear" changes too over the past month. She's gone from her baby carrier/carseat to a big girl carseat. What an adjustment that is for Daddy and Mama. It means it takes much longer to get her strapped in the car these days AND there's nowhere to confine her once she's out of the car...but we DO love it! She's also outgrown the Bumbo seat in just the past couple of weeks. It's not very useful anymore when she can lean over and topple out of it...not that we speak from experience. ;)
Of course she's celebrated LOTS this month with Christmas and New Years! Since we already posted about Christmas I won't even get into that GINORMOUS holiday BUT I didn't post anything about New Years. It was a treat for us all! Mama and Daddy went and stayed the night in Nashville and Sydney spent the night with Grandad and Grandma. Grandma had to cater a dinner so Sydney spent the majority of the evening at home with Grandad and I'm pretty sure they had a BALL! That's who most of her new tricks came from, actually. Imagine that! She absolutely, positively adores her Grandad and Grandma so much and that makes us sooo happy!
I KNOW I've left something out and that really hurts my heart because I know I won't remember these days for long, especially if she keeps changing so much each month, and I want to have this to look back on! Maybe I've covered it all but I'm sure there will be something new tomorrow. :)
Sissy (we call her this lots for some reason?)...you're growing up too fast little missy!!! I always thought people were crazy when you were born and they said to us, "I can't remember when little so and so was that small!" Well, now I don't think they're so crazy! You've grown into such a smart little "big" girl right before our very eyes. I just don't want to miss a single second!!! I guess it's a good thing you don't want me out of your sight cause we don't want you out of ours either! We can't explain how but we absolutely fall more in love with you every single day, and that's a whole lotta LOVE!
Love Always, Daddy and Mama
