February

This month has been an exciting one for us! We have officially decided that we are moving and purchasing a condo in Daybreak! We have picked out colors, put some money down, and are waiting for it to be finished in May! Our contract for our apartment is up at the end of March, so we will be moving out then, and will be in limbo, living with some friends in their basement for about a month and a half. We are excited to have our own place though! It will still be pretty small, (bigger than where we are now) about the size of a 3 bedroom apartment (a little bigger) but we will have our own garage and lots of amenities, like swimming pools, gym memberships (with daycare provided) and other things! Plus we get to pick out our own colors of paint, cupboards, carpet, etc- which has been exciting...I only wish I were a better decorator! Here is a picture of the stuff we picked out- the wood is the kitchen floor, linoleum (left) bathrooms and laundry room floors, cupboards to the right, carpet at the bottom, paint colors in the middle, and counter tops in the middle.



Sydney has grown up a lot this month. She climbs everything, and is starting to say a lot more. She says a lot of simple words: ma-ma, da-da, baby, ba-ba, bubbles, (the "name" of one of her bath toys- I was showing her it blew bubbles, and from now on she calls it bubbles) ball, (both balls & balloons), nana, (banana) nummy, (food) cookie, and others. It is so fun to watch her imitate words that we say! And she is understanding a lot now. I can tell her to go get her shoes, or a diaper, and she will. She knows many body parts: nose, eyes, ears, hair, teeth, tounge, feet, and hands. She is so curious and outgoing. She will 'talk' to anyone, and is into everything. It is fun to watch her learn new things every day! Here are a few pictures of her from this past month-

climbing

sleeping

showing me her teeth (Love this one!)

We had a fun Valentines Day! We didn't do a lot, because we had just celebrated with a night out and a babysitter for Matt's birthday. But we enjoyed being lazy at home, making sugar cookies, and valentines. It was a lot of fun just spending time together. Here are the valentines that Sydney gave out to members of our family!

Sydney's La-Z-Boy

A couple of weeks ago we got Sydney's old infant car seat out of the storage closet. It has been sitting in our family room next to the tv since then, and it is Sydney's favorite place to sit! She is constantly taking books over to sit and read. She'll take dolls over and sits them on her lap. And my favorite...she takes her sippy cup over and sets it on the subwoofer next to the chair, like its a cup holder, and pulls her blanky up on her lap! It is her new favorite place! Now her La-Z-Boy is just apart of our room...it's too cute to put back in the storage closet!

Matt's Birthday

As Matt likes to say he turned "a quarter of a century old" on Thursday. We celebrated that day with a small cake and ice cream along with presents and a special surprise that morning. It was a small celebration because it was a Thursday, which may have actually made Matt's birthday a bigger celebration, because then we celebrated the rest of the weekend. On Friday, Allie and Brett watched Sydney while Matt and I went on a date. We went to dinner and a movie. It was very enjoyable to go to a movie without a baby in tote, and we had a fun night! On Saturday, we went to dinner again with Chris and Lisa and then watched a movie at their apartment. And on Sunday, we had birthday cake and ice cream with my family, as well as Matt's favorite dinner- meatloaf. It was a great, fun filled, weekend! Happy 25 Matt!