Sydney Steps

Rise and Shine!!!
She is so cute when we go in to get
her up from sleeping. Often times
her binky and blankets are thrown
overboard

A little time to relax!!

Cheers!!

Dave here-

Just wanted to update people on a few of the little things that have happened over the last few weeks.

Let's start with Sydney. She's getting in her top two teeth and has been a little more fussy than normal. She's also took her first steps last week and is attempting to walk all the time. She usually takes about two or three steps before turning into the drunken sailor and falling down, but she has made it up to about 5 or 6. She had an appointment with her pediatrician about two weeks ago and is weighing in at 17lbs 11 oz and in the 10th percentile for her weight (skinny girl) and 29 inches long and 60th percentile for heigth. She has recently taken to waking up at around 6 am, much to our dismay, which means we have to trade off on who gets to sleep in..... She has turned into quite the little joker falling down to get tickled, running over Toby with her walker, and imitating our coughs. I am not sure we need any more jokers in this house. Hard to believe it's almost her 1 year b-day! Crazy.

Amy is continuing to work towards becomming a stroller-strides instructor. She's says it's a butt-kicker and I believe her. She is trying to find time to study for the certification test, that she takes in August, but It seems like there are never enough hours in the day!! (between naps)

As for me, I finished school the 3rd week in June. It was tough to say goodbye to the kids, but it was easy to say hello to a break. Althought the first few weeks were anything but restful. I was busy filling out an application packet for George Fox University's Education Program. It was an extensive project, but the hardest part was the essay that I wrote, it turned out to be nine pages long. Phew! That was a bugger. After that we painted our house. We had no idea just how much work that was going to be. Finally, last week, we were able to start Summer. We traveled to Bend to visit my parents for a couple of days, then stopped off in Black Butte Ranch to visit the Sumners for a couple as well. That was fun to see all of them. This week it's back to just filling the days with busy tasks while Sydney naps and then just playing with her when she's awake. Next week we are heading to Eagle Crest with some friends. After that, I have just a couple more weeks before inservices and then back to school! It always flies by!

Well, that's the happenings. I'm looking forward to Fall and Duck football starting, but hoping that these Summer days don't go by too quickly.

Dave

Sydney Steps

Sorry for any motion sickness!!

Father's Day

Happy First Father's Day Daddy!!!

Lord, please bless our fathers, these men who mean so much to us, who are greatly responsible for who we are and who we are becoming.


Bless them for having the courage to do what’s necessary to keep us out of trouble, for making us do the right thing, for helping us build our character, and bless them for pushing us to do our best, even when they just want to love us.


Bless our fathers for being our protectors, for leading us through stormy times to safety, for making us believe that everything will be all right and for making it so.


Bless our fathers for quietly making a living to provide for those they love most, for giving us food, clothing, shelter and the other material things that really matter, for unselfishly investing time and money in us that they could have spent on themselves.


Bless our fathers, Lord, for saving some energy for fun, for leading us on adventures to explore the outer reaches of ourselves, for making us laugh, for being our playmates and our friends.


Bless them for being our secure foundation, our rock, for holding on tight to us...until it’s time to let us go. Lord, bless these men we look up to, our role models, our heroes, our fathers.

BEACH BABY

Last weekend we decided to head to the beach to escape the heat!! Well escape the heat we did! It was a balmy 66 degrees in Lincoln City with a thick layer of mist along the beach! It was a wee bit chilly at first, but we survived. Sydney had lots of fun crawling around in the sand. Even with our best efforts to keep her hands out of her mouth, she managed to eat quite a bit of sand. I can't imagine that it tasted good..... It was a nice little getaway, and we can't wait to bring her back this summer!

The many faces that make Daddy laugh blog.

Hi- My Daddy thinks I'm pretty cute and he laughs at all of the silly faces I make. I thought I'd share with you some of my best ones and see if you laugh too. Enjoy! Sydney.

Mommy Says NO!!!

"Sydney, Mommy says NO playing in the dishwasher!!!"

"But Mom......" (Translated from a squeal)

"Well at least smile, so Mommy can get a picture of her defiant little girl......."

Too cute for her own good!

It's finally my turn to use the phone......
Easter Re-takes

She loves the tub!

Safety First!!!

There were too many cute pictures for just one post so here are a few more!!!

Hauling tooshie, Hot tubing and Holidays

Cover the outlets and put away the sharp objects Sydney is crawling. It's been about two weeks since she converted from her arms only scoot, to getting those cute little legs underneath her. Within a day she also discovered that she could pull herself up on things. Her poor little head has gotten quite a few bumps as she gains her balance, and she has definitely earned an Emmy for the tears and bottom lip after the falls. Besides crawling all over the house Sydney has also taken a liking to our hot tub. She loves to splash and play with her rubber duckie. David is a fan because during baseball season the hot tub is his happy place!!! David just started his first week of games, and he is anxious for his young team to get some experience.

Along with all of Sydney's moving we have also been on the go!! We spent some of Davids spring break with friends in Eagle Crest and then a couple nights with more friends at Black Butte. It actually snowed some while we were there. Gotta love the Oregon spring break!! We had lots of great food and enjoyed time in the pool and several walks! We were reminded how sleep can be compromised during travel, as we ended up cuddling in a twin bed the first night nestled in between two rooms with crying little girls. Besides the sleep loss we loved every minute of some much needed fellowship and time away! The following week Davids mom came for a visit and got lots of time with Sydney!!

Sydney celebrated her first Easter last weekend, by sleeping through most of the festivities!! I had to do some Easter re-takes of her in her little dress. For some reason we never get pictures of her on holidays. It could be because we are too busy eating....... Sorry Sydney. Easter is always a special time to celebrate Christ's ultimate sacrifice, and enjoy time with family.

Here are a couple updated Sydney pictures for you to enjoy.

We hope you are all as excited about this sunny weather as we are!!!

The Sheldons