First Steps

So, Sydney has almost got the hang of walking. She took about FIVE steps yesterday. And she repeated it a few times. Crawling, of course, is still her preferred method of transportation though. Unfortunately, I couldn't click the camera fast enough to capture her stepping while trying to coax her toward me. So I appologize for not having any pictures this time...you'll just have to take my word for it. In addition, to taking her first steps, Sydney also added a word to her vocabulary...ABE. Yes, we yell at poor Abe so much that Sydney can now say his name. Well, it sounds more like AAAAHHHHH, but she points too. That's how we know she's saying Abe. So Sydney's vocabulary is now up to "mama", "dada", "ba" (I think is bottle), and "Abe" (or her version of it).

Big News!!! Teeth on the Way!!!

OK...So I have some amazing news to report today. The Booz Allen Holiday Gala (aka Booz Allen Prom) was Saturday night. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a huge PARTY hosted by my company!!! Last year I missed it because I was living in NY and was not about to drive 6 and half hours while 8 months pregnant. And what fun is an open bar when you're pregnant :)

I was totally bummed that I didn't attend. So this year, I was soooo excited about it! Well really excited, but very nervous at the same time. What was I going to do with Sydney while I attended this awesome party?!?!?! Jason talked me into letting Sydney stay at our very good friend's house (Tim & Nan). But not for just one night...TWO nights! We put Sydney to sleep on Friday night and she spent all day Saturday with Tim and Nan. She had a blast!

And we had an awesome time at the party! Below is a picture of us right before we left. I have to say we look pretty damn good! We had such a great time!


So we met up with Sydney at church on Sunday morning. So how much could Sydney change in 2 days...Well you wouldn't believe it, but during her visit to Tim & Nan's she got her first tooth. I have to tell you the story about how I discovered it. It's quite funny. For those of you that don't know, I have been checking Sydney's mouth every day since she was 4 months old looking for teeth. I, of couse, have been unsuccessful....until Sunday morning. About 40 minutes into the service, I realized I hadn't checked since Friday. So I stuck my finger in and felt a TOOTH!!!!

I was exstatic! I started telling everyone who was sitting around us. Then it came to announcement time....It took everything I had not to stand up in church and announce to the congregation that Sydney got her first tooth! But I held my composure and didn't act like a total fool. Of course when the service was over, I ran up to Nancy and let her know that Sydney got her first tooth while at her house. Then we all embraced, jumped up and down, and screamed "Sydney has her first tooth"....So maybe that was a little over the top, but you have no idea what it is like waiting TEN months for her first tooth!

Happy Belated New Year

Yes, I know I'm a little with this post. I had all the intentions in the world to update this site while I was on vacation ALL of last week, but things just didn't quite work out. In fact my week and a half off of work wasn't all too relaxing. I guess that's just how it is when you live 300 miles from family and you have to visit everyone in a week.

So our trip started out pretty well. We got up at 3:30 A.M. (NO, I am not lying!) We were on the road at 4:07. It was a long trip, especially being half asleep. We made it to Pat's house by 10:30. Sydney is such a great traveler. No problems during the trip at all.

Our visit at Pat's was awesome! Unfortunately it was cut a little short when I had to leave early to meet my Gram at the hospital. She spent Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights in the hospital. Definitely not fun. But she's OK now. Luckily it was nothing serious. On New Year's Eve we headed to Jason's parent's house. Sydney had a great time hanging out with her cousins....all 5 of them! Yes, she was a little overwhelmed, but had a blast!

So overall, our New Year's was pretty quiet. Just hung out at the in-law's house and went to bed shortly after midnight. Sydney was asleep by 7:00 (what a party animal).

The trip back to MD was great. There was hardly an traffic and as always, Sydney was so good. In fact on the way back, she was belting out some tunes with Dad. My intentions were to rest up on Sunday before going back to work, but it didn't work out exactly how I planned. Turned out I got terribly sick. I spent the entire day in bed. So I did rest up, but not quite what I intended.

So let's do a quick recap of 2008...

In January we moved back to NY (from MD)
In February we remodeled our kitchen
In March Sydney was born (and our world as we knew it was over)
April and May were a blur
In June I celebrated my 30th birthday
In July we sold our house in NY (along with my beautiful kitchen)
In August Jason moved back to MD
In September we bought a house in MD
We spent most of October unpacking
Sydney got baptized in November
And December was all about Sydney's first Christmas

So here's to an action packed year full of many awesome memories. Let's see what 2009 has in store for us....maybe baby #2 :)