Osh Kosh Squash

Ok, it's actually a Butternut Squash, but more importantly it is Sydney's first food beyond milk and cereal! And, much as i was anticipating 'eww' faces and big ol' tears, she actually enjoyed it (as you can see in the pictures).

just thought these were pretty funny. enjoy!

meany head computers

i've been trying to upload a couple new video clips, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the computer is such a meany head. :) anyway, hopefully soon i'll be able to get some new pics and video up and running

changes

dear faithful bloggers - all two of you

just kidding
a lot has happened in the last couple months. Wayne and I, and of course Sydney, recently moved to Hartford, my home town. We are staying with my parents while Wayne finishes up his Assoc. Degree at the local UW center. This came up fairly suddenly. I had just returned to work from maternity leave and after taking multiple looks at our finances, we realised we were in a bit of a bind.

dont get me wrong, we know what it means to live by faith. Wayne lost his job Jan 07 after continual problems with his good arm. (we found out he lost his job the same day we found out we were expecting sydney...talk about excitement). ever since then, we lived off my salary as an assist. teacher at a YMCA child care center. talk about a tight budget. actually, after tighting the financial belt, we were still didnt have enough to survive. but we pressed on where we were, watching God bless us beyond belief. He truly is our provider.

that being said, once Sydney was born, we figured with the additional child care, diapers and rising gas prices, i would need a 4+ dollar raise. i got 28 cents. nice.

well, God opened up a window for us to move in with my parents, which will allow us to save for seminary for wayne and take away alot of the concern of day to day living...aka rent.

now, it looks like both wayne and i will be getting a job at a soon to be opened walmart. hopefully we will be able to work opposite hours so that one of us can be home with sydney and avoid child care.

so, here's to a new year, new home, new jobs and lovingkindness that is new every morning.

hard work

poor sydney. sleeping on the floor. we recently moved and i (naomi) have been really busy unpacking while wayne has been commuting to finish school. wayne is usually gone for a few days at a time, so i try to be the good wifey and get as much done as possible. well, babies sure take up a lot of time. :)
sydney has all sorts of rocking, bouncing, swinging things. after doing the rounds on her various baby items and a few failed attempts at just playing on the floor, she just wants to be by momma. so, over comes the blankets, burp rag and ever popular nuk.
she smiles and coos for a while. she can see momma. then she gets fussy. mom puts the nuk in a few times. then mom(I) looks over to see the beautiful baby sydney all cuddled up. asleep. yup, it's hard work being a baby.

for those who may be concerned, she does have a crib. :)

rollin' rollin' rollin'

ok, one more quick blog, then i gotta go.

pretty in pink

would you look at this cute baby!!!
this is sydney's christmas/4 month picture, thanks to grandma f.
grandma was talking the picture(s) (it took 10 to get this one) while i was frantically waving a red napkin behind her. it was something else.
ummm...still got some more to say, but i still dont have the time.
hopefully in the next couple of days will get all caught up.
anyway, enjoy the picture!

time

where oh where does the time go?
i cant believe it is december already. i have so much to say and do, but right now, i'm just gonna throw a cute picture up and call it good enough. talk to ya later!!

Luggies Exist!!!

The epic quest for the perfect diaper has come to an end. We recieved mostly Huggies and Luvs at baby showers for Sydney. I really liked the 'skirt' paneling along the edges of Luvs, but I liked the stretch tabs of Huggies.
So, I decided that I would (in my mind) invent a new diaper that combined the two features.
I call them Luggies.
The perfect combo of Luvs and Huggies.
Then, we bought Pampers to see how they worked out. And wouldn't you know it, Pampers stole my Luggies idea.
So, I guess we are Pampers people.

Sydney of the Fall

Fall in Wisconsin.

It's actually a bit brisk today. But I really wanted some nice fall pictures, so out we ventured for some nice pictures. of course we took 50+ pictures of sydney in the leaves and she didnt smile for one of them!!! She was so smiley and laughing just before we got outside, but the second we walked out, "ho-hum, i'm outside with nothing interesting to say."

oh well, she is still such a cutie.

2 Months

Here's Sydney. almost 2 months in this picture.
I (naomi) have been back to work for a few weeks now and suddenly there is no time for anything. I work with 4-5 year olds at a YMCA child care center. it is lots of fun, but exhausting. wayne and I are both involved at awana at our church as well. sydney has perfect attendance so far. she comes along and rides in a sling all evening, she sleeps through almost all of it, even t loud game time.
i wish i could sleep like that.
anyway...i guess that is it for now, got to go to work.

Visiting Minnesota

Sydney Says - I can't believe I'm at Mall of America!!!

We were able to visit some friends and family mid Sept. Hello Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Abby and Uncle Eric. Hello Bethany friends: Bekah, Jason, Righteous, Krista, Jessica, Ian, Rich, Jenny, Stephanie, Heather, Angie and all.

It was good to visit our college campus, where so much and yet strangely so little has changed. It felt kind of like Cheers. you know sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. anyway, God bless you all.

Look who's talking

Sydney has declared her vocal independence. She started talking a while ago and this was our first time catching it on camera. The quality is low, it is just the video from our digital camera, but it is still very cute.

Sydney is a vert smart baby. A few weeks ago, Wayne was away in Colorado. He gave us a call and Sydney happened to be crying in the background, so I held the cell phone up to her to say WAH to daddy. Wayne started talking to her and she stopped crying!!! She was listening and looking around.

I know all parents say it, but Sydney is one smart, beautiful baby.

Sleep Potion - a dash of daddy

Wayne just seems to have the touch. He can get Sydney to sleep even when I can't.

the power of the Nuk

Look at that sad face.

Sydney is a nuk baby. She loves that thing, it is like a drug for her. Seriously. She goes through withdrawl and when she does get it back, her eyes get heavy and she relaxes right into her mellow high.
Anyway, Sydney is a very expressive baby, this picture was taken just a little bit before the great big grin below.

SMILEY

I'm back!!! We were in the process of getting a new computer and then I went back to work and I just didn't have time to update, so here we go!

Hey Baby!!!
Sydney started smilling a few weeks ago, she is so cute. she also started cooing and "talking" too.