Sydney Fuller

Wild in Cabo

We shot some video of the various activities on our last day in Cabo out at Land’s End.

Dad’s Birthday

Today is Daddy’s 30th Birthday. Man is he getting old. I think I need to start shopping for those Daddy diapers soon at this rate. Good thing he is still young enough to flip me around for a few laughs. In honor of the big day I am wearing my “I Love Daddy” shirt. I will even throw in a cute smile.

Last Day in Paradise

Last day in Mexico, so we decided to take a boat ride out to the beach at the end of land. Lots of big pelicans were flying around so Sydney was pointing them all out to us.

We ran into a pocket of sea lions hanging out in the rocks. Sydney was confused why they barked like dogs but were not dogs. Hmm.

We went around the tip over the the Pacific Ocean to see the coastline on that side.

I will post some video that I shot today later week.

Cabo has been a blast! Sydney was really good overall. The major problem was exhaustion. Even with a good 10 hour sleep at night and a 2-4 hour nap each day, she was just tired. Running on the beach, playing in the pool, drinking juices, and being cute is hard work!

Life Is a Beach

Another day at the beach — our 2nd to last. Gotta soak up the sun down here in Cabo. The water is comfortable but not warm. It always takes a few minutes to get Sydney comforable with it. She learned the word cold this week. It is one of her best said words now.

Today Sydney discovered that rocks are hidden in the sand and you can pick them up.

We washed the rocks off for Sydney so she could see them. Sydney is a copycat so all she wanted to do from then on was wash the rocks.

Here you go, CJ. You owe me that $20 you promised me for this exclusive tan line photo. Yes, yes, I pimped out my daughter. Gotta let it hang out in Cabo!

Cabana Baby

Happy Thanksgiving, Amigos! Just another day at the beach here in Cabo. Mom keeps shopping — at the beach. Locals come up to you every minute to sell you something when you are on the public beach. For you Indiana ladies, I think you would really enjoy it…it is like the mall has come to you and everything is a bargin! Sydney loves purses so we had to get a Mexican purse.

The hotel has 4 characters called The Meliamigos that pop out every day and mess with the kids and adults around the pool. Sydney is warming up to them more and more each day.

Today was the first day that Sydney really wanted in the pool — excuse me, the “pa”. We kept throwing all her Dora figurines into the pool and she would go around and gather them up into the bucket.

Near the end of our day, we got into a cabana and relaxed — well, not really. Sydney thought this was an excellent chance to show off her mad trampoline skills and make Dad swing her around and do flips on this bed by the beach. An hour later we were wore out after trying to chill in the cabana.

Going to a big Thanksgiving dinner here at the hotel tonight. So we give thanks that we will be eating our turkey in our bathing suits this year. Oh and for you all — thanks for checking in on Sydney! Happy Thanksgiving!

Introducing Ms. Sandy Bottoms

Our ritual: wake up, eat breakfast by the ocean, play in the pool, play at the beach, take a nap, eat dinner, do over. Very simple. Mom bought Sydney a bucket and shovel because we could not fit our sand toys in our suitcase. 24 pesos…what a deal!

Sydney likes sitting in the pool with Mom. If Dad comes nearby, she cries because he makes her do things like go in the deep water and other mean stuff.

What’s that? Sydney kept pointing and yelling at the big cruise ship docked in the bay.

We spend lots of time studying and running in and out of the waves.

When we took off Sydney’s diaper she had 1/2 the beach in there. All the playing in this makeshift sandpaper diaper left her a bit red down there. Oh well, gotta rest up for tomorrow!

What Goes On In Mexico…

Sydney slept in until about 9 AM and then popped up out of her crib…Mama? I think she likes sleeping in the same room with us. We opened the curtains and revealed the balcony to Sydney. She spent the next hour yelling at people 3 floors below. Oh, and dropping stuff through the rails. We quickly put all our valuables up on top of the TV.

Our neighbors from Colorado are opening up an online kid’s swimwear company called Brazil Beach Kids. Sydney was a model for them so she got to keep some of the suits. Here is her sexy Brazilian bikini. For the first 15 minutes, she kept pulling the top up exposing her nipples to everyone. Don’t worry, I, her father, have a dozen years to get this corrected before it becomes a problem.

The pool has tons of ledges on it so Sydney gets to walk all around. They have a nice one foot deep sectioned off for kids also. Later, we headed down to the beach to hang out in the ocean for a while. We had a good time riding in the waves.

After beach time, we put Sydney in the stroller and walked to the shops to eat. Sydney was asleep before we got out of the hotel. Sun, sand and surf is hard work I guess.

Hit The Beach

After a day of travel, the girls had to hit the beach before dark. Sydney was perfect during the flight. She slept most of the flight. See you in the morning, Cabo!

Big Day

Bye Bye USA

Repeated Words

Sydney’s vocabulary is growing. She is starting to form sentences now. Kim and I found it humorous how many of her words use the same sound repeated. So since you may see Sydney during the upcoming holidays, here is a guide:

• Mom - Ma Ma
• Dad - Da Da
• #1 - Pee Pee
• #2 - Poo Poo
• Bottle - Ba Ba
• Goodbye - Bye Bye
• Grandpa - Pa Pa
• Good Night - Ni Ni
• Sydney - Ne Ne
• Train - Choo Choo
• No - No No
• Yummy - Um Um
• Baby - Bee Bee
• Banana or Grandma - Na Na

Oh, and all animals are mostly known by their sounds.

• Dog - Arf Arf
• Cat - Meeow
• Horse - Nay
• Lion/Tiger - Grrr
• Cow - Mew
• Duck - Quack Quack
• Sheep - Baa
• Rooster - Cock-a-doo-doo (hand held on top of head)

Happy Birthday, Mommy

Today is my Mommy’s birthday! I don’t think I look much like her though. See for yourself. I still love you, Mommy! (But not as much as Daddy.)

My Own Seat

We flew back from Detroit this morning. Sydney got her own seat again. Ah…I think I will enjoy buying her a seat once she turns two. If she has to sit on me the whole trip, I will cry all day (inside joke).

Happy Birthday, eburke

Since Eric put a picture of my butt out there, I am going to show you a picture of him in a goofy birthday hat. Ha! Take that Eric.

Motor City Mayhem

This weekend we are visiting AJaye and Nathan. We flew into Detroit late on Thursday night. We were on a big plane that was mostly empty so we had a whole row of 5 seats to ourselves. Sydney enjoyed having multiple seats to herself.

We visited a cider mill that has a duck pond. Time to feed the ducks.

Sydney doesn’t have a great arm yet. Most of the food ended up on the ground one foot in front of her.

And they have trees here with huge leafs! We don’t have many trees at home.

AJaye and Sydney have been playing in AJaye’s playroom all weekend. There is a kitchen and a washing machine in there. Very fun! Lots of toys. Especially the markers and scissors that Sydney keeps finding.

AJaye is right here with me and she wants me to tell you all:

Say Hi everyday. We watched Shreck 2 today. Donkey turns into a horse. Sydney is a baby. Nathan is a baby. AJaye is a girl. Kim is a mommy. Daddy is a Jo Jo. Mommy is a Jo Jo’s mommy. Brandon is a Jo Jo. Bye.

No clue.

I Like Music Class

Today, I went with Kim and Sydney to their weekly music class. Kim had tried in previous weeks to capture some pictures and video of the class but said it was too hard because there is too much going on. So I went along today to be the official photographer.

Sydney enjoys this class a lot. In a Dad’s opinion, I don’t think this class is as cool as our gymnastics class. I mean here they dance around to corny songs while waving scarves around. Kids seem to like doing this. Whatever. Lots of hand holding and singing. This isn’t hard core metal either. Lots of songs about cookies and rainbows. Ahhhh.

At the end of every kid’s class, the kids always get stickers or stamps. According to the kids, this is the greatest thing ever. A 4-cent sticker. I have a feeling that it won’t stay that way forever.

Watch Sydney dance up a storm…or at least try to!

Mmmm

We took Sydney with us to eat hibachi for the first time tonight. Normally, we opt for the babysitter because these meals always clock at about 90 minutes. But never fear — the excitement of all the people, the chef banging around all those tools, the flying food, and a little umbrella in her drink kept Sydney busy the whole time.