Sydney's Shoe Fetish

Sydney loves shoes.  Perhaps it started when she saw Bailey's ruby slippers.  I was getting the girls ready for a bath and Bailey's ruby red slippers were in the bathroom.  Bailey was running around down the hall and taking her clothes off.  Sydney (at ~10 months) saw them and crawled toward them.  Just as she picked one up, Bailey came running into the bathroom and Syd held on to that ruby red slipper and made a bee-line to me for safe-haven.  She was keeping that shoe!  Ever since then, she loves to get a hold of a shoe - Crocs and sparkly shoes are her favorite - and proceeds to put them in her mouth.  The sole too.  Best part.  Mmmmm.  We have to keep our shoe closet by the garage door closed at all times.  When she notices it is open, she now walks very fast to that blue shoe bin of Bailey's.

Bailey Quotes

Our Bailey is quite a pip! While hanging out with Daddy in the morning as he was getting ready for work, she put on quite an act. All of a sudden she runs out of our room saying "don't go...don't go...don't go...".  She was headed to her room to get her stool.  She brings it into our bathroom to get on the toilet.  As she sits down, she says, "ok peepee, you can go," with a sigh of relief.  Explaining why she can't go to the bathroom in the middle of the night: "so tired....I have lots of yawns."

"If you want to lift a head over your chair, you have to be very strong.  See?" She flexes her biceps for me.

Racing to the mailbox one afternoon: "Look how run I can fast!!!"

Sydney's First Bike Ride

Monday May 7th  - We decided to take a picnic dinner and ride our bikes to Municipal Park along the Greenbelt.  It's a quick ride from our house.  Ten to fifteen minutes.  We put Sydney's new helmet on and got the girls loaded up.  It's fun to see the picture of both of them in the Chariot.  Almost 3 years ago we started Bailey in the same carrier.  Syd gets to have a buddy next to her.  She did great on the ride to and from.  Trying to feed a one-year-old while she has free rein on a blanket is very difficult (and messy) to do.  After we ate we let the girls play on the playground for a bit.  Syd had fun going on her belly down the slide.  She sure was giggling.

Sydney Turns ONE!

Sunday night May 6th - Sydney turned ONE on Friday the 4th.  Wow, this year has gone fast.  TJ was in Sun Valley with the Coughlin Fellows for a retreat over the weekend, so we celebrated tonight.  We made things pretty simple.  We ordered pizza from Smokey Mountain Pizza and I made white cake cupcakes with chocolate frosting.  Nana & Papa, the Bells, the Kelsos, and Grandpa and Jason helped celebrate.  The kids played outside and rode the Jeep around.  We opened a few presents, had some cake and ice cream, and took some pictures.  It was a great night.  Time for whole milk and to lose that bottle Syd!  We look forward to this next toddler-stage in your life.  You walked before your first birthday (about a couple of weeks ago).  We had your 12-month checkup today and you weighed 20 pounds, 11 ounces (45th %). You were 30 inches tall (80th %) and your head circumference was 18 &1/4 inches (80th %).