Sydney Fuller

Happy Rainy Halloween

Just when the kids came out, it started to rain. We have the worst weather on Halloween every year. Last year it snowed! Then we didn’t get more snow for months.

After being scared by people in masks at previous houses, Sydney resorted to settting down her basket and telling people to just put it in there while she backed away. Here she is across the street scaring Jennifer.

Check out my tail!

I Think Doing This Is Funny

Boo At The Zoo

Along with every other parent in the Denver metro area, we took Sydney to the Boo at the Zoo today. Traffic was backed up for a few blocks prior to arriving. This was the place to be — or not to be, depending on how you look at it. Sydney wore her lion costume. Notice the real lion to the left.

Most of the time after hitting a treat station, Sydney was heads down in her bucket trying to figure out what the hell people keep putting in there! People kept commenting, “Look, that girl fell asleep right in her candy”. Then she would pop her head back up with a ButterFinger in her mouth.

By the end of the loop, Sydney was drained. Her she was so zoned out that I couldn’t get her to look at the camera. She is still standing there like that…we will get her tomorrow.

I Will Poop On You

Kim was taking a bath with Sydney tonight. I heard Kim scream. Sydney took a dump right in the tub with Kim! Nice big grown up size turd. I think that is Kim’s last bath with Sydney.

Then Kim took Sydney to Sydney’s bathtub to finish the bath. Sydney finished pooping in there!

Good thing we have a shower.

Under the Weather

Sydney hasn’t been feeling well so I haven’t been taking any pictures. This past weekend she puked in the car. Later that evening, she pooped in the tub for the first time ever. Not a good week for Sydney!

The Biggest Pumpkin Patch

We took Sydney to the pumpkin patch to pick out a few pumpkins today. This is no ordinary patch — it must be the largest in Colorado. They have state police out directing traffic in and out of the place. Probably a 1,000 cars there when we arrived. Anyway, we went way out into one of the fields and found some good pumpkins. I was trying to cut this one off and then this little Fuller woman started mouthing off to me — “No, No, Daddy”. This is her new favorite phrase.

After filling the trunk, we went of to the kid’s area for some animal petting and a maze. I caught the ladies resting after the big maze was completed. Notice the mark on Sydney’s chin — ask her Mommy about that. Ha, I didn’t do it (this time)!

Pearl Street Mall Model

Sydney was doing runway at the mall today. Everyone kept saying, “Look at the cutie in the pumpkin outfit”. If one more lady asked me where we got the outfit, I was going to start giving away Grandma Carole’s business cards! So while Mom was in the store, Sydney played on the rocks.

Dora Rocks!

Crank it up! The Dora the Explorer album just came out and of course Sydney had to have it on her iTunes right away! It has 44 songs on it — what a value. Watch Sydney dance it up at her Dora listening party! Too bad Grandparents — I know you were just starting to get into The Wiggles.

Hummer Happening

Carole said in this video that we shouldn’t show the other Grandmas what Sydney was up to when the Fullers visited. So — that means we have to show it of course. Watch young Sydney drive a 9,000 pound truck through the Rocky Mountains!

The Slide…Again

It has been over a month since I posted video. How time flies. We have covered the slide at the park before but on a follow-up visit back in September, I took the video camera. Now, you can see the beast that Sydney has conquered!

My Day in Santa Monica

We headed up to Santa Monica today to get in some beach time before we headed home. The world famous pier awaited us.

Pretty good weather for a beach day in October!

Mom got me used to the cold water.

Dad’s turn to walk me up and down the beach for a few hours.

I love to play in the giant sandbox!

That’s A Big Dog

We ate lunch at Barney’s in Santa Monica. Seems to be famous. They have a 1000+ item menu — oddly, nothing kid-sized. So we ordered the hot dog for Syd.

I Want to Live in Disneyland

I finished my convention today. So we cruised over to Disneyland for our first theme park with child experience. Upon walking in, you begin to notice that kids are either crying, yelling, running or sleeping. Not a lot of happiness. We went to the back of the park and went into Mickey’s house in which Mickey sits in a back room and you get to have about a minute one on one with the Godfather. We put Sydney down and Mickey approached. She was intrigued by him. He was very gentle so he didn’t scare her at all. It was long enough to capture a great picture!

As we walked out of Mickey’s house, we saw Chip and Dale, then Goofy, then Minnie then others. After a while, it got boring. I don’t remember seeing so many characters when I was at Disney as a kid.

Sydney enjoyed the rides where there was singing and lots of bright characters. A Small World was a big hit of course.

We also went for a wild ride courtesy of Mr. Toad!

We started into the park around 1pm and didn’t get back to the hotel until after 10pm. Not a bad day for a 18 month kid and a pregnant mommy. I think I was the most tired though of the group — after getting up at 7am, doing a convention, and then dragging my child through the happiest place on earth with no tears.

What’s That? What’s That?

Kim took Sydney to the Aquarium of the Pacific while I was working today. It was only a short stroll along the water from the hotel.

There were large aquariums as you entered. Sydney immediately ran up to them and pointed at every fish and repeated her favorite phrase “What’s that?” — over and over again. A young boy thought she was really asking what type of fish it was so he proceeded to name all the fish that swam by. Kim just sat nearby as this went on for about a half an hour.

They have a bird exhibit at the aquarium. You can buy nectar and the birds will fly around and land on your hand and eat the nectar. I guess it gets a little freaky when a dozen birds come flying by you. Sydney did not like it. When bird would fly by her head, she would scream! One evil bird decided to chase her around and snuck up next to her.

We tried to pet the stingrays when we were in Monterrey but it didn’t happen. Here was much easier and Sydney got to feel them. The rays thought she had food so they started jumping and flapping and she couldn’t figure out what was going on.

Poolside

Can I Drive?

We went out on another Hummer Happening and drug the Fuller Grandparents along for the ride. Sydney was being passed around the truck at various points — and of course, she took a turn at driving. (We are really moving here.)

We ate lunch at the summit and Sydney enjoyed walking up and down the inclined roads saying “whoa whoa” the whole time.

The Grandparents survived and made it. Carole even took the opportunity to visit Mother Nature. We were so proud.

On the way down, Sydney was getting restless so I got out the secret weapon — the PowerBook and some Blue’s Clues DVDs. All set!

After we finished the trip and made it down to flat ground, Carole had to do some shopping because it had been at least a day since she had seen a store. Sydney was getting tired and decided to throw one of her new fits right on the street.

Everyone will sleep well tonight! Grandparents leave in the morning…I think they had a good time.

Slide With Me

Grandma spent the day with Sydney while Mom rested and Dad and Grandpa did guy stuff. Grandma took Sydney for a bike ride and to the playground for some sliding!

Orange in October

Summer must be over. Temperatures are dropping. Pumpkins are coming out. Grandma wants pictures.