I have been a very very busy gal!

So much to blog about and so little time! LOL

I cannot believe it has been so long since my last journal entry! Syd has gotten into a much better napping routine but, with Pat working nights this week, getting on the computer during the day is pretty hard since I don’t want to wake him up and then, once Syd goes down for the night and I get some dinner into me, I am too pooped to scoop!

Syd got her second tooth this week and they are now both almost fully up and VERY sharp (like shark teeth). She finds it funny to chomp down on my fingers every once in a while and has come close to drawing blood on a few occasions. According to the teeth “charts” the two other bottom ones should be coming in next (making 4 bottom teeth) but, she has been drooling SOOO much this week and is showing some MAJOR discomfort that I am pretty sure her top two will come in first. They say the top teeth give them a bit more trouble since the gums are harder and it is more painful for the teeth to break through. So, I am checking religiously every day for signs however, it is getting harder and harder to do because the second I put my fingers in there she CHOMPS down! LOL

She is such a happy little girl and spends all day laughing and babbling away. But, she certainly knows how to dish out the “tude” when required. She is sitting now very well and rarely topples over now. I still fortify her with pillows (the nursing pillows I have are GREAT for this) but, when she does fall, she always manages to fall into one of the spaces between the pillows and has bumped her head on a few occasions. It is so hard not to react when it happens and she just waits for it and then will get pouty and start to cry! The few times I have managed not to react and simply speak to her with a big old smile, she carries on like nothing happened. Babies are such smart little things!

She is also now testing out her voice and her first combo was “ba ba ba ba”. She will do it endlessly and, in order to get her to start, I say, “Sydney, can you say baba?” and she will start up! LOL She also does this very cute laugh/cough. It sort of sounds like she is clearing her throat but laughing at the same time.

She had Cheerios for the first time this week (well, it was actually Nutrios which is the same as Cheerios but made specifically for kids and has less sugar and more iron) and she did really well.

She has picking them up down to a science but, getting them in her mouth is still a work in progress. She puts her hands up to her mouth but has not yet figured out how to drop them in. So, she picks them up, brings them up to her mouth, opens and then starts her “chewing” but, the Cheerio is still in her hand! LOL

We used the last little bit of her Waiting Game Gift Certs this week and got her the Leap Frog Learning Table. It is pretty great because the legs can be removed for now so she sits on the floor and plays with it. Then, when she is older and standing, you put the legs on and she can play with it that way.

It also has two settings…music and learning. In the music mode, activating any of the buttons plays music and in learning mode, it has things like ABC’s, 123’s and different learning items. I only had to show her how to activate each item once and she took it from there.

In other news, my mom had her 2nd chemo round on Thursday and so far, it is going as well as the first. It was COLD that day so, I got Syd all bundled up and got to put on her super warm winter hat for the first time:

I spoke with my mom this afternoon and so far, she is feeling even better with this round which is great because she did really well with the first one. She has however lost her hair. It was crazy how quickly it went. It started mildly shedding within the first week but last week, it started to come up in clumps one day and was completely gone a few days later!! It was a little shocking to see but, at the end of the day, it is only hair and will grow back when she is done with the chemo. After her chemo treatment, we came back to our place for the afternoon and had some lunch. Pat was sleeping as he was working nights but got up at about 3pm and sat with us for a bit. When my mom started chemo, he had said to her that once her hair went, he would shave his as well so they could be bald together. So, without saying anything, he went into the bathroom and buzzed it off completely!!!! I was in the bedroom when he came out of the bathroom to show me and it was a little bit of a shock! LOL My mom almost cried when she saw him…I don’t think she thought he would go through with it! Syd on the other hand was not as pleased. She took one look at him, started a pouty lip and then WAILED! It sounded like her daddy, it smelled like her daddy but it didn’t LOOK like her daddy. It was very upsetting for her. He put on a baseball hat and she was instantly fine but, the second he took it off again, she WAILED some more! We let her touch his head and explore the new canvas and by the time he left for work, she was better but still very upset. 😦 When she woke up this morning, Pat was already home and went in to get her. She looked at him, looked at his head, looked at him again, gave him a smile and then starred at his head some more! LMAO But, no crying. We then chilled in bed for a bit and she scratched and grabbed at his bald scalp and now, she is totally fine with it! All is well with the world.

I will be sure to take some pics of my new baldy and post them. Now that the initially shock of it has worn off, I actually like it…it suits him.

Well, it is late and my hubby is home tonight so, I am off to spend some quality time. He has a new schedule at work and I think it will be great once we get used to it. He is on a 4 day on (12 hour shifts), 4 day off schedule so he works 4 night shifts, is off for 4 days, works 4 day shifts and is off for 4 days! It will be nice to be able to plan ahead knowing the days he will be off.

I will be sure to update some more this weekend with pics of Pat and, I also have some video clips of Syd. Our digital camera does video..it doesn’t have sound but, it is better than nothing!