Sydney Fuller

Final Christmas Pictures

Well, its about time to pack up the Christmas stuff once again so I am finally getting around to taking those final Christmas pics. Here is Syd in front of Mommys’ Christmas tree. To our surprise, Syd never tried to tear down any ornaments.

Sydney also had her very own Christmas tree this year complete with fiberoptic lights. The decor of choice has been Ty teddy bears, Dora ornaments, and a candy garland.

Finally, here is a photo of our girl modeling her new sweater hand knitted by Grandma Fuller. Very smashing!

Let’s Play House

All little girls love to play house. So Syd got her very own dollhouse for Christmas. The house has been filled with all the neccesities courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa Coburn. So far she loves to put Mommy and Daddy on the pee pee and give them a bath in the little tub. She also loves to put the baby and other kids night night. The house came with over 100 stickers which we still need to attach. I am holding off on this since all stickers somehow get torn off of the toys immediately. Syd swears its not her, but I am not so sure.

Home Sweet Home

We made it back home safely. Everyone is taking a nap…except for Dad who has to work today. Thanks to all for the hospitality, lodging, food, and the gifts! For the record, we arrived home to 50 degrees and no snow. Always can count on Indiana for interesting weather when we visit.

Oh, on the plane ride home, Sydney slept about half way. Then she got down on the floor between Mom’s legs. Mom was tired so she just let her play there for a bit. After a few minutes, Sydney came up and stuck her hand up to show us her fingers. She had cookie dough on them and she wasn’t happy about it. Where did that come from? Must be under the seat. Yucky. So we picked her up and wiped her hand off and then she magically pulled more cookie dough from her pants. Wait — that doesn’t smell like cookie dough. Ewww. Have a nice day.

Last Stop

Last holiday stop: Indianapolis. We camped out at Aunt Natalee’s house for the night. Natalee and Dohn took turns trying to entertain Sydney but I think she mainly entertained them. Gotta wake up at 3:30 AM to fly home!

Popcorn Party

Just finished our last holiday party. Sydney and Christian ran around like crazy the whole time. Aunt Laura settled them down by making some popcorn together.

Merry Christmas

Sydney got to visit with Aunt Natalee today. They had a good time together. Sydney made Natalee watch some Dora and Elmo with her.

Sydney got a dancing Elmo doll. He sings a song about Elmo to the tune of the YMCA song. It was pretty catchy the first 100 times but now Elmo is wearing on us.

Christmas Eve

Sydney really got the hang of opening all these presents! She tore the paper off pretty well all by herself.

The early hit of the present haul is the Ta-Ta doll. Ta-Ta is cool but having him with you all the time is so much better!

Cousin Christian and Sydney learned a new dance that they would do on command together.

Sydney passed out on top of me after opening all her presents.

Sydney was afraid of Uncle Ben at first but later learned that he is pretty cool. Ben has a way with the ladies.

Sydney and Christian enjoyed a wonderful Christmas dinner together. Pay no attention to Christian’s missing pants.

Time for dress up. Sydney likes being a princess!

3 homes and a car full of gifts later, we are done with day 1 of Christmas. We took tons of pictures so I can’t share them all. We have to go to bed now — Ta-Ta will be here any minute!

Lots and Lots of Snow

We came to Indiana just in time for the snow! Lots of it. They are in a state of emergency at a few different spots in the state. Sydney took the time to model her new Dora boots!

Sydney tried to take a nap at Grandma Coburn’s but it didn’t work out.

Meow

My parent’s neighbors brought over their new “meow” (which is Sydney talk for cat). It is a Bengal. Kim wanted to steal it I think. She always wanted one. It kept screaming at Sydney so she liked the noisy meow.

Podcast This

Still Visiting

I guess since we are in the heartland of Sydney fans, we haven’t been posting too many pictures. Grandma said I had to get back to work so here is one.

Sydney doesn’t like to be bothered when Dora is on TV.

Spreading Cheer

We made it to Fort Wayne! First thing on day 1, Sydney went to visit Uncle Dick at the nursing home. Today was their Christmas party at the home so Sydney put on her best smile.

Uncle Dick was happy to see Sydney once again. Sydney entertained the entire crowd with her new foot stomping dance move.

They even bumped into Saint Nick — I mean Ta-Ta.

Last Day

Not back to the gym until next year.

Syd can now hang on the rings by herself!

Pretty

Getting ready for Ta-Ta…oh, and Grandparents.

Geek

Sydney is always seeing her Daddy in the same place, day in and day out, in front of the computer. She thinks her Daddy is a pretty cool guy so this computer thing must be the thing to do. She must check this out she decided. One problem, Daddy will not let her on his computer due the repeated throwing of his mouse onto the floor. Solution, use Mommy’s.

She has discovered that you can go online to nickjr.com and play various games with Dora or Blue. Good for Mommy because I always know where she is. Bad for Mommy because she cannot yet use the mouse herself so Mommy must navigate the site or she gets yelled at. Oh, and she can climb into the chair all by herself. Check out photos of the geek in action.

My Room

Thought we would share more pictures of Sydney in her new hangout. We opened a few more Christmas presents early so things are filling up. Hopefully, we can get the room painted after Christmas.

Time for another tea party! I am sick of tea parties already. We are trying to fill the chairs with animals. Hopefully, it works. Thanks for Grandma and Grandpa Fuller, Natalee and MiMi for the table and chairs.

Before the party, lots of preparation goes on in the kitchen. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Hakes, we now have hot food and a talking stove!

After dinner, it is time to take care of the baby. Kim got Sydney this set. I think she is trying to train Sydney how to take care of a baby. Sydney is pretty good. She washes the baby, puts powder on her, and puts her to bed. You just have to ignore the fact that she drops the baby on her head now and then I guess.

We can’t have all this girly stuff — need something more manly for my girl. So I opted for the train set. However, I am getting very frustrated trying to build cool paths. Then when I leave and come back, some magic force has removed all the tracks. Hmmm.

Well, that is a quick tour around the play room…I mean, soon to be bedroom. Notice Tasman filling in at the tea party.

One question: Where will the bed go?

Tis The Season

A while back we had Ti Ti — remember? Well, now we have Ta Ta. Who the hell is Ta Ta?

He is this guy that comes out at Christmas and brings gifts. He is on TV and at the mall in a red suit. Sydney recognizes him everywhere. She thinks he is a friend of Dora I believe because we watched the Dora Christmas special.

In My Room With My Boyfriend

This past week, we cleaned out Sydney’s future bedroom. It is getting to be that time where we need to move her out of her room so the new kid can take it over. To get here interested in the room, Kim decided to open up some of the Christmas gifts that have arrived here for Sydney already. The room now has a train, a kitchen, a baby station, and a table and chairs — too much fun! Sydney has been in the room non-stop.

CJ came over today to hang out. Sydney took him upstairs so they could play in her room.

Named Have Been Changed

Sydney listens to what someone’s name is and then she makes up her own word for it when she is ready. I guess this is how kids learn. So, this week, the dogs have been officially renamed. Most adults get our dogs mixed up. Not Sydney. She knows which is which!

Formerly Wyatt, now “Wy”.

Formerly Dakota, now “Co Co”.

Flip Me Off

One day after we got back from the beach in Cabo, Sydney decided it was time to get crazy. This kid is fearless.