Miscellanious Pictures & Videos During the Week

Sydney was busted playing in the presents. Sydney loved playing by the Christmas tree during the entire trip.

Couldn't pass posting this picture of Sara.

Pops showing Sydney the Auburn snow globe. Already working on converting her the other side!

Betsy and I received a Wii for Christmas. Betsy hooked hers up and we got to play a few games. I have to say we had a lot of fun playing the cow racing game.

Of course we had to introduce The Irondale Cafe to Sydney. She loved it! She enjoyed eating their squash and macaroni and cheese.

Sydney was pooped after all the excitement at Gran and Pop's house.

Trip to Whitney's House

We went to see my friend Whitney and her husband on Monday. Whitney loves to spoil Sydney and had present waiting for her. She even tore most of the paper off herself. We met Ben for lunch since he actually had to work that day. It was so good to see them!

Arriving in Alabama for the Christmas Holiday

Brian, Sydney and I had a long day of travel on Sunday to get to Alabama. Sydney did really well on the plane ride. She took a nap on my lap during the first flight. We then had a 3 hour layover in Dallas - too bad Grammy was already on her way to Florida or she could have gone to the airport for a quick visit. Sydney didn't nap on the second flight but was happy the whole time playing on her daddy's lap.

We went to Betsy and Sara's house after we arrived so that the cousins could play together.

Betsy playing with her niece.

Sydney and Sara attempting to play together. You can watch the video below to see how well that went :-).

Christmas with Tracie & Brian

Tracie and Brian had us over for dinner before we all left for the holidays. She cooked us a great dinner and gave Sydney some great gifts - a homemade book and a CU bunny. Sydney keeps pointing at the bunny in her room and then will snuggle with it. Very cute!

Tracie had a Christmas duck that Sydney couldn't stop playing with.

Portraits

The whole family went to get pictures made while we were in Birmingham. It went suprisingly well with 2 kids under 2! The lesson learned was to get the first appointment of the day. We had a 1:00 but they were running late and super busy. We got some good pictures anyway.

Brian, Katie & Sydney


Brian, Katie, Sydney, Gran, Pops, Aunt Betsy and cousin Sara


Gran, Pops, Sydney & Sara


Aren't the cousins cute!


More pictures of Sydney

Merry Christmas!

We would like to wish a very Merry Christmas to our family and friends!

Play Date

Sydney had a play date with Sophia a couple of weekends ago. Sophia's mom was sick so we Sohpia sat for a few hours. Let me tell you - I am glad I don't have twins and have to look after 2 10 month olds all the time. We all had a good time, but not used to juggling 2 feeding schedules, 2 nap schedules etc.

Here are the girls playing by themselves.


They finally play together however Sydney is not used to sharing her toys :-)

The Office Trip

I took Sydney to the office yesterday. I know - not the smartest thing to do when it was 1 degree outside!!! Everyone loves to have a visit from her and she had a great time.

Our Christmas Tree

As many of you know, I LOVE to put up Christmas decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving. I decided not to put the tree up this year because I didn't want Sydney to take off all the ornaments or pull the tree down. All we have up are the house lights and this tiny tree.

Happy 60th Birthday to G-Pa

Happy big 6-0 to G-Pa!

Queen B

Sydney loves to sit in her new chair. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't last long before she is crawling out of it. She will actually crawl over to it and try to get in it. We have to help her sit up in it.

Ok Ok Ok - so she doesn't look too happy here, but she usually is. I will take another picture soon and update this blog :-).

Sydney Riding Her New Train

How To Pull Out Dirty Clothes

Sydney decided to take out all of her clothes one by one, put some back and then take more out one by one. It was so cute.

Sydney Learning Her Family Members