Yes, I know it has been a long time since my last post. I'm going to take the easy way out and just use the typical excuse...I've been busy! Yes, it is my excuse, but it's kinda true. So I'll try to keep this a little better updated...my goal is at least one time per month. So this post will cover stuff that happened since Sydney's first birthday. Unfortunately, there will be no pictures. I'm at work and don't have access to any. I will however, try to add them in my next post.
So Sydney's first birthday went very well. We had a great time with friends and family. We made a major announcement the morning of her birthday party. Actually Sydney made the announcement...She wore a very cute onesie that said "Shh...I have a secret. I'm going to be a big SISTER." Yes, we are expecting baby number two. In Februray, either the 19th or 20th (whichever day was a Friday), I went to a routine checkup at my family doctor and found out that I was pregnant. It was a surprise to say the least. Not a surprise that I was pregnant, but a surprise it happened so quickly. So I'm using this as my excuse as to why I haven't been keeping up with my blog :)
So after Sydney's birthday, I don't remember too much going on. April was a pretty quiet month. We did travel into PA to visit with Grammy and Great Gram and Grandma and Grandpa. In May we went on vacation to Jamaica. Sydney rode on an airplane for the first time. She did super. It was a bit of a challenge, but for the most part, Sydney was a great girl. She did come down with an ear infection while we were in Jamaica. That was not fun. But luckily she was feeling good enough to enjoy the pool, the beach, and the seasame street characters.
June was a pretty quiet month as well. I celebrated my 31st birthday on the 9th, Jason celebrated his second Father's Day, and we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on the 23rd. On the 24th, I went for my second sonogram which determined we are having another girl. So Sydney is going to have a little sister. We are very excited about that. As most of you know, we kept Sydney's name a secret until she was born...or at least we tried to keep it a secret. I don't think we were all that successful. But this time, we're not even going to try...it's just too much work. So baby number two will be named Savannah Madison Van Camp. Again, Jason and I couldn't agree on a boy name, so it's good thing it's a girl on the way. Oh...and I forgot to mention that she'll be arriving late October or early November. I believe my due date is November 1, but hopefully we'll plan on a c-section a week or so before then.
That brings us to July. Jason, Sydney, and I traveled to Newport, NC to visit Dennis and Cayce. We stayed there for a long weekend. We took Sydney to the aquarium. She enjoyed the sharks and the snakes. We also visited Fort Macan State Park. They had a cannon demonstration going on. By the time it started, Sydney was pretty unhappy, so I don't think she even noticed the loud bangs. Jason and I got to play on their big kid toys. Of course, Dennis wouldn't let us take the Harley out for a drive, but he did let us drive the dune buggy around. That was fun. Cayce tried to teach me how to drive a stick and of course, I was no good at it. Some day I'll figure it out!
So I'll summarize what's new with Sydney. She is running everywhere. She don't think she knows how to walk anymore. She is in a full speed run all the time. It's very cute! She knows 3 signs very well...milk, all done, and more. Her vocabulary hasn't changed too much. It's still mama, dada and the occassional word here and there like "duck" or "OK". She has a favorite blanket. It is a white, green, and yellow afgan that someone made for Jason when he was a baby. She doesn't go anywhere without it. Well, she does go without it because I won't let her take it everywhere, but if I let her, she would have it 24/7. She watches Blues Clues every morning. And cheerios are her favorite food. She has been getting very frustrated lately because she can't quite figure out the spoon. She really wants to eat with utensils, but has grasped the concept quite yet. Occassionally she gets food with the fork, but the spoon is a challenge for her yet. At Sydney's 15 month check up she weighed 20 pounds (with diaper and clothes). Our scale is still showing just over 19 without clothes. Someday she'll break 20!
That's about it. I'll put pictures up soon, but just in case I don't there are some recent ones on our family shutterfly page and some on my facebook page.
