Valentine's

Jason took us to our ward dance on Saturday. Sydney has so much fun! It was tough getting her down that night!

We had Papa Murphy's Sunday night. BBQ Chicken, yum!

Got Camera Back

We had to send our digital camera away for a few weeks. They had to keep resetting the MFG firmware and most of our Christmas pictures were blurry. They replaced the lens. I guess it got dropped a few too many times! No more little hands touching it! We got it back last weekend. YAH! I don't know who was more excited. Me or Sydney? She keeps wanting me to take pictures of the silliest things. Here are a few pictures...Sydney decided to try out potty training again. I got her some real princess underwear. After four accidents on Tuesday, I decided to print out a potty chart and use pull ups instead. She was dry all day Wednesday. Now she usually has two accidents a day. I love how excited and proud she gets when she makes it to the toilet. She can't wait for that sticker!

I finished Sydney's second nightgown a few weeks ago. I actually did most of it myself. My mother in law did pin on the sleeves and had to help once with the ruffle. I was doing so good and then I pulled the thread out of the last piece of thread on the ruffle. Then I begged for help! I'm proud that I could actually read and understand most of the pattern. I'm grateful for my mother in laws expertise! I did learn that I'm not a fan of sewing flannel. My thread matched too well, my stitches were tight, so it wasn't very fun pulling a few stitches out when I did the elastic around the neck. Flannels frays so easy! Thank good ness I could run up to my friend Vicki's and serge it!

Sydney loves being tickled by her daddy!

What we've been up to...

I finally got back on the treadmill after a month. I was able to finish a 30 minute weight loss workout program. Yah! It hurt my stomach a little, but it was much a bit easier than the last time I was on. It felt so good to finish. Now I need to commit a little and get on more often than every month or so.
Sydney just got over being sick. She's been throwing up in her sleep, Sunday and Monday night. Boy is that fun to be woken up to in the middle of the night! It was awful dragging her into the shower to clean her up. This is a time when short hair would be nicer, but we love her gorgeous locks to much to cut them. She had a really bad runny nose Tuesday. Today she is much better. It's nice to have her almost back to normal.
She is also getting better about going to bed, especially since we have gotten back onto her normal schedule again this last week. She's been staying in her bed and getting to sleep. It's been so nice!

Busy Busy

Sydney is a busy girl these days. She said her first prayer a few weeks ago. "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this day..." Most of the time we have to remind her to bless the food and she is annoyed when we help because she can do it by herself. Now she wants to say all the meal prayers. She does better at her nighttime personal prayers.
She loves to play hide and seek. Everything is hide and seek. I think she picked that up from a book we borrowed from the library a while back.
When I was taking a shower this morning, she did a little hiding. i kept calling her to get her in the shower after me and she wouldn't come. I knew I was in for a real treat when I saw both drawers in the bathroom wide open. i walk in our bedroom and she comes running out from Jason's side of the bed saying she was hiding. She had my lip gloss in her hand and had it on her face and hands. Little girl! Little girl! I should have known one day she'd be able to open that. As you can tell from the pictures, she was pretty proud! Oh the joys of having a daughter!

Fun in the Snow

We got about 8 inches of snow a few days ago. Sydney loves to sled in our front yard. She kept saying "I do it!". Here are a few pics and a short video...

New Toilet Seat

Our toilet seat broke a month ago. I wanted to replace it right away, but my wise husband said to wait. I was at my Primary Presidency meeting a few weeks ago, and I noticed this toilet seat. It is awesome! It's made from Bemis and is only $30 at Home Depot. Yes, I am getting excited about a toilet seat. It has a toddler toilet seat that is magnetically held in the lid when it's not in use. That means one less potty on the ground in the bathroom. I've been trying to rent potty movies from the library to encourage Sydney. She was afraid of the new seat at first, but because of these movies she loves it. She has yet to do anything yet, but she will when she is ready. It's a little frustrating when she did it for a few weeks in a row a while back. She just has to remind me that it's on her terms.

Christmas Day

Our baby girl was sick for Christmas. She woke up tons the night before and had a 103 temp on Christmas. Considering all that, she was actually a good sport! She just wouldn't each much for 48 hours. Now she's back to normal and eating like a horse!

Jason ended up getting up with Sydney at 3am and got her to watch some cartoons. The she fell asleep till about 7:30. he's really been great on his nights off to get up with her. I'm so blessed! I just need to show my appreciation more!

She loves her horsey! She found it a few times before Christmas. Every time we took it away to hide it, she got so upset!

My mom made Sydney's stocking. She did an amazing job! Thanks mom!

Sydney made Jason an ornament for Christmas.

I'm opening a keychain that holds digital pictures. I love it! I"m actually tryinh to get it going now!

All Jason wanted for Christmas was a tie with his MXPX band symbol on it. He kept bugging me about it. It was so hard to keep it a secret. My friend works at Bernina and was able to embroider it for me. Thanks Chris! I owe you big!

Sydney loves to vacuum in her new heels!