8 months of cute…
Feb 1st
As you can see, she is getting to be a little order these days. As of a few days ago, she is now 8 months old. She is getting to the point that she is noticing things, interacting more, and finding a lot of things quite funny. Between laughing and copying you on whatever she can, she has become quite the little entertainer. Fine by me, when they come this cute, who’s going to stop them?
Nap time…
Feb 1st
As I got caught up on some picture editing that I have been putting off, I recently found myself seeing a common trend on all pictures related to Sydney. She always is sleeping. Thats not the case in real life, she does wake up, but something serene about her when she is sleeping. In this picture, she latched on to the sock (which she pulled off moments before she fell asleep of course) and was out cold. I figure socks are cheap in comparison to dolls and teddy bears other kids need to fall asleep!
Furniture at this age!
Feb 1st
Yup, at just 7 months (8 months now) she already has furniture. Thanks to Michelle and Dallas, she has her own pink chair. Although she just really started to sit by herself, its now part of the living room setup, and I don’t think she will put up with the dog trying to lay down for the afternoon on it.
Xmas 2009
Feb 1st
Sydney Xmas 09-4, originally uploaded by HackerJL.
Sorry for the delay, but things have been busy in the personal life…more on that in the future. None the less, I have finally finished the picture editing off of her first xmas. You can find the entire set here. Some of them look familiar, just hang tight, the new ones are at the end – in the order they were taken.
Thanks Uncle Stephen
Feb 1st
Yup..thanks. Dough-head.
Just after Sydney was born, my brother Stephen thought this was the perfect gift for a new one. Dont get me wrong…its funnier than hell, but still, I feel as though letting her use it is just wrong.
Christmas 2009
Dec 29th
Well other than pictures showing some christmas related activity, I havnt really said much about what actually happened this past Christmas.
For those who dont know, this was our first christmas for both us, and our daughter Sydney. I really didnt know what to expect, at 7 months old, I knew she wasnt going to tear open the gifts, know what they are and be able to thank the person for them. We do Christmas at Jamie’s mom on the 24th, which involves going over in the afternoon, having a few drinks, eat snacks and try to help with supper (I am not really good in that situation – Kathy is REALLLY organized). After supper, we retire downstairs where we have more drinks, and open presents. Sydney did well with the presents, she was very happy, and for the most part, just wanted to bang on the boxes, or eat the wrapping paper. Thats expected. Between Jamie and her mom, I got some really great things. On the christmas list, I asked for a Wacom Bamboo tablet (for picture editting) and a spyder3express (for color calibration – pictures again). Kathy got me both of those! Jamie got me a gaming chair. It has a subwoofer and speakers built into the chair – its amazing. We got it home a few days ago, and tried it out. Wow! Now I need to get the basement finished for permanent placement of the chair. All in all, the night went great, ate too much, drank too much, got too much. Good problem to have right?
On the 25th, we headed out to my family farm. We had made plans to be there around 8AM, but didnt make it out there till about 8:30 after bathing and feeding Sydney (which we were planning on doing out there). Once we arrived, we found pretty much everyone still sleeping. Once we got them up, had a cup of coffee and ready to go, we all openned presents. After that, we had dinner, relaxed all afternoon, played a few games, and then had supper. At the end of the day, I once again drank too much, ate too much…but had a great time. Jamie and I headed her home early to get Sydney to bed, and we went shortly after.
I think at christmas, we realize that its rush rush rush to the big day, and its great and all, but just sitting around eating, knowing that we are all in good health, good company and love one another is the best thing that I can ask for. The presents are nice, giving and receiving, but the company beats it all. I am kind of happy its all over, just for the stress being gone, and knowing that its a while before the next go round.
I have this weekend off, due to Jamie and her mom going to Las Vegas to go see Garth Brooks concert (our gift to Kathy) so I am home with Sydney Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Its going to be great being home with Sydney for a while. Its rare that I get a chance to spend that much time with her without work or something coming up in between. Hoping all goes well.
I will have some picture of Sydney up here shortly!
Blog Facelift
Dec 28th
For those coming here for a while, you will have noticed that it got a small facelift. Nothing really fancy. Upgraded to wordpress 2.9 and updated to a very nice theme. So far, I like it. But I can always go back if needed. Love it? Hate it?
Chow
Happy Christmas Baby
Dec 15th
LaintonXmas2009-6, originally uploaded by HackerJL.
Part of the previous photo set, Sydney was just happy as hell playing on the floor in front of the christmas tree.
Full picture set is here
The three of us..
Dec 15th
LaintonXmas2009-4, originally uploaded by HackerJL.
Full picture set is here
Christmas with Baby
Dec 15th
LaintonXmas2009-9, originally uploaded by HackerJL.
Yup, this year is the first year Jamie and I have spent with our little bundle of joy. She is getting old enough to appreciate the lights, the wrapping and seems to have fun doing it too. Jamie and I sat down to do some photo’s with the three of us, and Sydney decided that she was happy by herself….then we gave her a present, even more happy to play with something…
cuuuute!
Full picture set is here