10.21.2011

7 Months!

I can't believe Sydney is already seven months old. I feel like she is getting older faster than Macy did. Sydney is always smiley. We like to call her our big cheese. She just recently figured out her tongue and now it hangs out all the time. It makes for some fun times as she tries to copy our facial movements. 

She loves to play on the floor and just recently started crawling. (A good two months before Macy ever figured it out.)  She has one little bottom tooth (that came in while we were in Vegas). Her sleeping habits are all over the place. I thought she was going to be a good sleeper but she still wakes up a few times at night (I think mostly because she keeps losing her binky). She is a decent napper (she takes two fairly regular naps) during the day and probably just needs a better schedule. 

Macy loves to play with Sydney and give her lots of hugs and kisses. Macy's a bit rough but that will just make Sydney a tougher kid, right?  Sydney lights up as soon as Macy wakes up in the morning. She always has big grins for her sister. 

Sydney has started reaching for the people that she wants. It's really cute! She holds her bottle on her own now and it is heaven. She has been eating some baby food and really enjoys sweet potatoes, squash, and pears. Peas are a definite no, no and peaches are a bit too tart. She loves Mum, Mums and cheerios. We're working on her taking a sippy cup and she does a decent job when she is eating her baby food but isn't quite sure about water. 


Big Cheese!

My rollie pollie. I had the hardest time getting her to sit stil for pictures.  She was crawling towards me, trying to attack the camera, and rolling off the blanket. Silly girl!

Trying to show off her newly acquired tooth. 



I love her second chin and those chunky little arms. 

I love this little girl so much! I love her chubby little arms wrapped around my neck in the morning and her sweet grins. She is such a joy to us. We love you Sydney Rae!

Portland/Boise

Our trip consisted of more than just going to Vegas. We met my parents in Portland Friday night for my brother's band competition. (It worked out really well... they ended up dropping us off at the airport and then taking our kids and our car to Boise). It was great to be back in our old stomping ground and even better when we got to meet up with one of our old friends... Calie and Elliot. We haven't seen them since October last year when we went to Tim's last dental convention. Macy and Elliot hit it off like old buds and we spent an hour or so catching up between performances at the competition. 

Madison, Jennifer, Sydney, and Brittany
Calie, Brittany, Sydney, Macy, and Elliot
Sydney, Connor, and Macy

 The girls got to spend some time with Jessy while we were gone too. Macy was so excited to ride in Jessy's car and go to Jessy's house. During the last band competition (DIII in Boise), Jessy took the three grandkids to her house to play. Connor loves to follow Macy around and Syd is along for the ride. 

10.19.2011

Las Vegas

Tim and I got to spend the last week in Vegas (while he was attending the American Dental Association Conference), kid free might I add.  It was my first time to Vegas and we had an amazing time. We arrived in Vegas on Sunday and spent the whole afternoon walking up and down the strip. (I really didn't expect it to take as long as it did, everything looks so close because everything is SO big.)  The week flew by and I enjoyed days of sleeping in and lots and lots of shopping. I don't think I have ever seen that many stores in three miles before. Incredible! I turned 26. We saw two amazing shows and probably walked twenty miles.   

Some matters of amazement:

1. Cirque du Soleil's show: MYSTERE. Two guys balancing and doing handstands all on top of each other may not sounds all that fascinating (unless of course you are, um... never mind) but the Mystere Show may have been the highlight of the trip. Complete artistic renovation of circus celebration.    


2. The Fountains at the BELLAGIO. One of the perks of staying in Vegas is we got to check out all of the free, fun shows that the hotels offer in an attempt to get you to play at their tables. The Bellagio Fountain show was the best. We enjoyed it so much it convinced us to go eat at their buffet (we thought we needed to eat at a buffet to get the complete Vegas experience). 


3.  M&M World and The Coke Factory. Who knew that Coke made a line of slippers? We do now and they're about as amazing as the coke boxers or the coke stained glass windows. Pretty much any household items come in a coke version. But to top that... four stories of candy coated yumminess. Complete with personalized m&m's, m&m crayons, and much, much more. 


4. Hotels: Our top three favorites were...

- Venetian: Of all the Las Vegas Hotels, Venetian was our favorite. The ceiling was painted with blue sky and white puffy clouds and you felt like you were walking through some little italian villa. Every corner had a gelato stand and was completed by the gondola ride. Definitely a must see.  



- New York, New York: The hotel that was most fun was New York New York. Complete with new york style pizza , sky scrapers, and a roller coaster that makes me feel like I should be at Disneyland. 



- Bellagio: But we already talked about him so we'll add another...

- Ceasar's Palace: It is by far, the biggest hotel on the Strip. When you walk past it, you don't realize the complexity located inside. Eventually you are no longer able to keep track of the number of greek goddess statues that tourists huddle around for pictures. 

The circular escalator in Ceasar's Palace. 

"Paris"

One of the only pictures we have of both of us together. I forgot the real camera so all of the pictures we have are from our phones... Lame, I know.

"Paris" 
5. Pizza at Crystals. Perhaps the best pizza I have eaten. It was so Delicious. We found this little pizza joint on Yelp and I think that is the only place it is advertised. It was difficult to find and didn't have a sign out front but delicious!

 6. "The Lion King." It gave me the chills. You know the part at the beginning when all of the animals gather around... the antelope are bowing, the monkeys are going ape... that part kept giving me the chills. It made me want to do a rafiki dance. 


 7. American Dental Association Dental Conference: The real reason for our trip to Las Vegas. Tim had a great time in his classes (Held at the Mandalay Bay Conference Center) and was very impressed with many of the lectures. So much that he wants to find some of these lecturers again and take their classes. His last class of the trip was dissecting this pig mandible. Gross!

Syd's crawling

We got home from our trip to portland, Vegas, and Boise sunday night. Within half an hour of being home we got a wonderful surprise. Syd starting crawling! It's her own little version, it reminds me of a frog and a worm all in one. Super cute!