Birthday Girls!

Last thursday, 8/11/11, was my 28th birthday and it was also Sydney's 18 month birthday! Yep, I'm getting old, hahaha! And, I can't believe my baby is already
1/2 way to 2 years old!! Me and the girls went to The Woodlands to meet my parents to celebrate this special day. We met at the mall and first had to take the girls on a ride on the carousel.

Jayda taking a ride on the carousel. She loves this!


Oma and Sydney going on a "riiiiide"!


Sweet little 18 month old, so cute!


After that, we walked down to the waterway and took a boat ride on the water taxi. The driver gave us a little tour of the restaraunts and buildings along the water. The girls had fun riding on the boat and looking around. They kept looking for the "duck-ducks".

The girls loved checking everything out while we took a ride on the water taxi.


Me and big sister on the boat ride, so sweet!


All of us on the water taxi, what a fun ride!


Once we finished the boat ride we headed up to eat dinner at Brio, one of my favorite restaraunts! Dinner was SO good and we all had a great time. After dinner we took the girls outside to play on the patio.


The birthday girls!!


Sweet little loves of my life!


The girls found a little place to dance to the music outside on the patio. They were having so much fun!


What a big girl!


Birthday desert at the restaraunt, yum! Thank you mom and dad for meeting us for dinner, we had a great time and I had a wonderful birthday. So much fun!


My sweet girls singing me happy birthday at the house! The yummy cheesecake was from my mom and was delish!


~Sydney @ 18 Months~
Oh, my sweet little Sydney! I can not believe she is already 18 months old. Although she is only 18 months old, she has already started to act somewhat like a
2 year old. Oh my, what are we in for?! She has started throwing little fits and temper tantrums when she doesn't get her way or has to do something that she doesn't want to. She usually starts crying and then lays down on the floor, face first, and cries for a while. We try not to give her attention and just walk away and after a few minutes she pops up and is fine again. It is actually quite funny! She has started talking a lot these days and copies anything you ask her to say. Her favorite words are "bebe" for baby, "wa-wo" for phone because that's how she says hello, "pesh" for purse. She carries these 3 things with her everywhere she goes! As soon as she wakes up in the morning she asks for these toys and goes to get them right away. She is such a little girly girl. Other words that she says a lot are "Jay-de" for Jayda, "bite" & "eat-eat" when she's hungry, and "dink" when she wants a drink, "ni-ni" for night night when she's tired, "dog-dog" for dog, "oosh" for shoe, "nak-nak" for snack, "bye-bye", and lots more that I can't think of right now. Sydney also loves to put on dress up jewelry. She always gets Jayda's jewelry out of the dress up box and brings it to me so that I'll open it for her. Sydney LOVES to play with Jayda and does all the time. They usually play very well together and are starting to have more and more fun together the older that Sydney gets. Sydney also wants to copy any and everything that Jayda does. She completely adores her and it is the sweetest thing. Sydney now has a total of 11 teeth. She only has one more of her 1 yr. molars left to come in, the other 3 already have. And, she sure does use those molars. She will eat pretty much anything, and generally is a very good eater. Jayda has even started trying new foods that she's never had before because she sees Sydney eating them, so that's been nice! Sydney is still taking one nap per day after lunch for about 2 hours. She also sleeps about 12 hours every night. It's so nice that she is such a good sleeper! Sydney definitely think she is a BIG girl! She thinks she can do anything that Jayda and her friends do and does not want to be a baby anymore! She will not sit in her high chair anymore, she only wants to sit (or more like stand because she's still too short) in the regular chairs. She now points at her high chair and says "bebe" for baby Aiden because that is his seat, not hers. Sydney still has a very laid back personality and just goes with the flow. She generally listens to us when we tell her to do something and doesn't get mad often. But, when she does decide to get mad, she gets really upset. She does get over it quickly though so that is good. Sydney also LOVES to be outside! She can not get enough of playing outside! She used to throw a major fit everytime we had to come inside, but seems to be outgrowing that some, thank goodness! For a long time every night when Jacob got home she would run outside to play. Then Jacob would have to bring her inside after a minute or two and she would get SO mad! So everynight daddy got welcomed home by Sydney throwing a major temper tantrum. Now she is still a bit hesitant to come back in, but usually does without much of a fuss. She also loves dogs! She loves getting to pet Harley and Nina and loves getting to see other dogs. She gets very excited when she sees a dog and starts yelling "dog-dog, dog-dog, doooog-doooooog!!" and stomping her little feet. It's so cute! Sydney is a water baby! Can't say enough about how much she loves the water! She goes under water like a pro and has never been scared of it one bit. She actually goes under water on purpose and stays under and looks around and then pops back up. Sydney jumps off the side of the pool all the time and loves it. We've had to teach her to wait until we are in the pool with her to jump or else she will just go on her own with no worries. She doesn't quite realized that she can not swim yet. Like I said, she thinks she can do anything Jayda does! Sydney is such a sweet little girl and we are so blessed to have her as our daughter. Happy 18 months miss Sydney!

A few pics of Sydney @ 18 months. And yes, I know she is down to her diaper in a lot of these pics, but it is HOT outside!

Playing outside together, sweet girls!


Little miss serious checking things out.


"Hahahaha!"


Sydney at the bowling alley with playgroup, and of course she had to have her "pesh" and "wawo".


"Peek-a-boo Aiden!" Sydney LOVES baby Aiden!


The girls trying to see and talk to the "dog-dog" next door.


Yesterday was the first time Sydney actually stayed in the barbie jeep with Jayda. She used to jump out as soon as Jayda would start to drive. She loved it this time, guess she is growing up!


Sydney this morning at her 18 month well check, what a BIG girl! She weighed in today at 22 lbs. 1 oz (25th percentile) and was 32 3/4 inches long (75th percentile). Little girly is becoming more long and lean these days and losing that baby fat, sweet girl!