Sydney is almost a year old! She had her first Christmas, and loved it. We spent Christmas with Emily’s family and Sydney had a blast. She took her first steps and started walking. She loves to wave hello and goodbye to everyone.
It’s so different for us now with Sydney walking - and she just loves being able to walk! She just has so much freedom to walk around and not use us to hold her up. I suppose it means she’s going to be getting into everything now!
This is one of those proud, proud moments of parents (or at least, we are very proud of Sydney)!
We were down in Texas for Christmas, and Sydney just decided to take a couple of steps to her Uncle Aaron! We were pretty surprised, and Sydney was very happy and proud of herself.
Today we took her outside and let her walk to us - she walked all around, just loving the applause we were giving her!
Today we took Kari out for her birthday. We went to P.F. Chang’s, and Sydney got to drink water using a straw. When she was done drinking, she kept the straw and lifted it up with her mouth. We started cracking up at her, and she got so proud of herself. She thought she was sooo funny!
Wow - I can’t believe Sydney is 10 months old already! She got another tooth in, learned to crawl up the stairs, and can pull herself up on furniture to a standing position. She likes to pull herself up to her toy piano, start playing it, and then dance with the music.
It is amazing to look back each month and see all the new things Sydney learned or the new things she did.
This past month, Sydney got her first (and second) tooth. We didn’t even realize she was teething - all of a sudden we noticed a tooth! Another tooth came in soon after.
She also learned how to clap, crawl, and say “momma”!
Here’s a video of her saying “Momma”:
Here’s a cute picture of her this month playing with a leaf:
