Paityn Grace Hannah was born on January 5. Everything went pretty quick - Emily started having contractions around 5am, we started getting the grandma's involved, made it to the hospital at 8am, and Paityn was born at 10am! Sydney was born in the middle of the night - I have to say I prefer a morning birth much more! She's such...
For a while now, when Sydney wants something, she flaps her arms really fast
I was looking for a video that showed her “flapping her arms” and this is the only recent one I found (she flaps her arms when she wants another bite):
Sydney turned 8 months old today – it really goes so fast. A couple of days ago she sat up all by herself when she was laying on the floor. Now that she knows how she is doing it more often – Emily went in to get Sydney up from her nap, and Sydney was sitting up in her crib with a huge smile on her face – she was obviously very proud of herself!
Here’s a few shots of her this past month.
Sydney just loves to eat apples – When Emily is eating an apple, she usually lets Sydney take little bites here and there. We thought taking her to an orchard would be a lot of fun for her – we took her to Emma Krumbees apple orchard and she had a blast. She just loved taking little bites out of all the apples.
Here’s a few pictures of Sydney at the orchard:
Sydney is learning to play peek-a-boo, and she thinks it is pretty funny. She’ll hold her blankie over her head for the longest time, and then slowly bring it down until her eyes are barely uncovered. She has a smile on her face every time she peeks.
She is also really starting to love it when I come home from work. Emily brings her to the door so she can see me when I come through the door – she is very excited to see me. She has an excited scream that she does that I can hear when I’m unlocking the door. It’s pretty special to have someone want to see you so much!
She really likes to jump too, with our help. I’ll hold onto her waist and she’ll push off with her legs and I’ll give her a little boost. She thinks it is so fun, and usually giggles the whole time.
The other day she realized that she could pull her feet up to her mouth and started putting her toes in her mouth. She was so funny – she kept putting her toes in her mouth and then looking at us to see what we thought. Here’s a picture:
It really is crazy how fast time with your children goes – it sounds so cliche, but it really is true. Sydney can roll around pretty easily now – it is her main mode of transportation. You can tell when she sees something she wants that she is thinking really hard how to get there, and then she just starts rolling towards it.
She loves to make noise. Pretty much anything she does that makes noise, she will try to repeat it, and if it keeps making noise, she gets a huge smile on her face. She is obviously very proud of herself. Her favorite thing is to shake something that rattles (like a baby rattle or some kind of a container with something inside) and shake it as fast as she can.
She also loves to look at her books. Usually we will sit with her and read books to her, but she likes to look at her books by herself. Maybe that means she is going to be smart!
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