Cute as a Cupcake!

Our sweet friends, Jeff and Becky Leach, gave Sydney this adorable apron for her birthday. She loves to be in the kitchen with me so I know we'll get many, many uses out of it!

Texas Storm

I knew we were supposed to get some storms overnight. Well at 4am, Sydney's monitor started beeping which it does when the signal is bad. So I picked it up and turned it off. That's when I heard the wind and rain and thunder. I told Craig to get up and get the dog...took me two times but he finally got it. I ran to grab Sydney and we all went to the bathroom and sat in the tub. Craig was so out of it because he had taken nyquil before he went to bed. As soon as we got in the bathroom we lost the electricity so Craig had to stumble around in the dark to find our flashlight. About 15 minutes go by and Craig suggests that we take Sydney and get back in our bed. Right about that time, the tornado sirens start going off. So everyone got back in the tub...we were there for another 25 minutes before it finally sounded like it was settling down. We took Sydney to bed with us (which she doesn't do good with) and about 10 minutes later the electricity came back on so I put her back in her bed and we went to sleep. I woke up this morning and from what I could see from our front door, there were about 5 trees on the ground (not limbs, trees) and shingles everywhere!! We live in a townhome on the bottom floor so the shingles shouldn't effect us since we have people living above us. When I tried to take Sydney to daycare I drove by 2 churches that both had their steeples ripped off their roofs. One was on the lawn and one was no where to be seen! The news said the winds were 80mph but no confirmation of a tornado. It was pretty scary anyways. Sydney was amazing the whole time! I thought for sure she would scream when I scooped her out of bed but she was so happy. She just played with her bathtub toys and went right back down after all the activity without a peep. Here are some pictures I took this afternoon:

Trees outside our front door

Playing outside

We've had some very pretty afternoons lately so Sydney and I will go play outside when I get home. Sometimes we go for a wagon ride and sometimes I just let her walk around. She's so impressed with her walking skills lately that she wants to walk EVERYWHERE!

Easter Dress

This year Sydney was running a fever on Easter (what else is new?) so we had to skip church and cancel our brunch plans with friends. Last weekend I decided to put her in the Easter dress for church since she hadn't gotten to wear it yet. She looked like a little princess!

Sydney is ONE!!!!

I can't believe the day is finally here! Sydney is officially one now and is looking more and more like a little girl and less like a baby. For those that don't know, Sydney caught pink eye the day before her big birthday bash, and we had to cancel it. Yes, I cried. I was so upset...as soon as the pediatrician said pink eye, I knew what that meant. Both of our families were either already in Dallas or already on their way to Dallas. So we decided to just have a small family party at our place instead. Sydney got some really fun toys and cute clothes. Uncle Josh and Beth gave her a wagon and she LOVES it. I take her out in it every day that we have nice weather. After her little party, we went to dinner at Snuffers with everyone and then went home and Sydney clonked out for the night. Even though it wasn't the big party I had planned on having, it was still really fun and it was great to get to celebrate with our families.

On to what she is doing now. She is walking everywhere!! It's still so surreal to see her walk around the corner, or walk after us. Her vocabulary is expanding everyday too. She can now say Duck (she calls everything a duck), Dog, Bath, Ball and Hi. Hi is the cutest thing that she says...she draws it out like this "Hhhhhiiiiiiii"...and she says it in the sweetest voice. I love it!! We're still working on the sippy cup and she is getting better at drinking from it everyday. She got her first "non" ear infection today. We noticed that her ears were draining and although it's kinda gross, we are so thankful to avoid the ear infection!! We go to the pediatrician tomorrow for her 1 year checkup and I fully expect to get the go-ahead for whole milk, eggs and honey. I'm excited to get her on milk and be done with formula.

Here are some pictures from the festivities as well as some other random cute Sydney pics.