Sydney @ 20 Months

Sydney turned 20 months old yesterday! I can not believe she is creeping up on 2 years old! I got a little sentimental yesterday thinking about how much she is growing up, which explains the ton of pictures I took of her at the park. It seems like the 2nd ones grow up 10 times faster than the first, it's amazing! Just crazy to think my "baby" is already becoming a little toddler, sniff, sniff. Ok, enough of the sappy stuff, Sydney is such a wonderful little girl and so happy all the time. She is such a joy to be around and so easy going. Sydney LOVES her big sister more than anything! The first person she asks for whenever she wakes up is "Jay-ja". She always wants to know where Jayda is and loves playing with her all the time. It is so sweet. And big sister loves her just as much! They love being together, playing together, laughing together, getting into mischief together, you name it.

Sweet sisters going down the slide together.


Sydney @ 20 months playing at Pecan Park







After Jayda, the next thing Sydney loves is being outside. She would stay outside ALL day long if I let her. She always gets so mad when we have to come inside. And then, after Jayda and being outside, her other favorite thing is horses. She absolutely loves them! I think it all started when Nana and Pawpaw got Emma Lou. She asks for horses all day long. She looks for horses in books, she plays with toy horses, she looks for them when we are driving in the car, or when we are at home, she even pretends that the little airplane at the park is a horse and rides it. She is crazy for horses and it is so darn cute. It is very fitting that her and Jayda are going to be little cowgirls for Halloween, definitely going to have to get her a stick horse to go along with her costume.









Sydney has started talking a lot more lately. She is learning so many new words and copies anything you say, or says anything you ask her to. Whenever we sing the abc song she follows right along with us and sings too. She also mimics Jayda when she's spelling out words with foam letters in the bathtub. Another funny little thing that Sydney has been doing lately is getting a blanket and wanting me to wrap her up in it and rock her while singing Rock a Bye Baby. She usually brings the blanket to me and says "rock-rock' It is the sweetest thing and of course I can't resist. She has also started sleeping with a blanket and loves it, so sweet. Whenever I ask her "what's your name?" she always says it's "baby" not Sydney. It's so funny! And, if I ask her if she's mama's baby she tells me, "no, da-da's!" She is quite the silly girl!









Sydney really likes reading books. I love getting to read books to her, and she actually sits there and listens. It is so nice! She loves any book with a horse in it, of course. Another favorite right now is a book of nursery rhymes. Her favorite nursery rhyme is Hush Little Baby. She smiles so big when we sing her that one and sings along with us. Another favorite rhyme is Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear. She thinks that one is so funny. Sydney also likes to color these days. Whenever big sister gets out the coloring books and crayons Sydney always wants to join in to. Sydney's favorite are the markers. She always says "mark,mark,mark!" so that she can have a marker when we get the colors out. She actually does a pretty good job especially for being so little.







Had to throw in a few cute pics the best big sister ever!!