Christmas Card

I can't believe Christmas is this week! We had a party on Sunday and have another one on Wednesday, It's definitely starting to feel more like Christmas. I think we could use a little more snow though. For my work party we went tubing up at Soldier Hollow, they wouldn't let Syd go down but she was fine just playing in the snow at the bottom of the hill. By the time we went inside her cheeks were bright red and nose running but she still fought to stay outside. She looked so cute in her little snow suit:) We haven't gone to sit on Santa's lap yet because when we were at dinner awhile ago there was a Santa there and he was extra loud and jolly and scared the crap out of Syd and I'm pretty sure traumatized her for life. Chelsea made some awesome cards for us, I have some to hand out but probably won't be mailing any out.

Here It Is!

I love this picture

Reminds me of A Christmas Story:)

Home again home again jiggity jog

Well, we're back from Mexico! Me and Ryan haven't been on a trip with just each other for a looong time. We just tried to relax as much as possible. Ate, drank, slept, layed on the beach, got a massage, took a boat ride to Isla Mujeres, did some shopping down town. It was just what we needed. Now we're back and ready for the holiday season!

We missed Syd sooo much! The cold weather on the other hand, not so much. The day after we got back we bundled up and went for a walk to the park. Good times.

Very Scary!.. But Mostly Cute.

Halloween night being silly with her best bud Rosco, that Dog loves that kid:)

The ghostest with the mostest! (That's what her shirt says...and it lights up!)



My Little Witch

FAMILY PICS

LOVE THEM!

So much fun!

Last weekend we had an "end of summer party" at my parents house, it was loads of fun! The weather was perfect, there was tons of delicious food, friends and even a live band! Syd and the other kids had a blast dancing and it was very entertaining to watch. She is such a cool little girl, she absolutely LOVED the live music! She has some pretty awesome dance moves too, must get it from her mommy:) I didn't get any pics from the party but here are some I snapped of her being adorable.

This is what's up.

Here's what we've been up to.... Took Syd on her first camping trip, it was only for the day but we had a blast! Took her to the zoo for the first time, she LOVES animals. Watched the movie " The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" like, a million times. It's Syds favorite, she points at the tv and says alma alma (that's Elmo). She is growing up way too fast! She only wants to go up and down the stairs like a big person. She's starting to say some words, throw some fits, me and Ryan have a lot on our hands... in a good way. Me and Ryan had our five year anniversary! He surprised me and got off work early and took me to dinner:) We are celebrating more in November, taking a trip to MEXICO! Me and Chels are going to Vegas again at the end of Sept. trying to make it an annual thing. I'm super excited!

The Party!

Syds party turned out AWESOME! It might have been extremely hot and muggy, but that's ok. It was a "tea party" theme, sort of. We had mostly finger foods and Chelsea made some super cute flower arrangements in these little tea cups.... Great setting, good food, family and friends, it couldn't have been any better:)

The Flowers The Setting

The Birthday Princes

The Birthday Princess After Cake

Happy Birthday Syd!

I can't believe my little babe is 1 already! It is kind of sad:( but so much fun to watch her grow and learn! We had her party yesterday, it was a lot of work but it turned out really well, those pics will be coming soon. It's crazy how much love you can have for one tiny little person:)A year ago today.
The announcement.

3 months-ish.

6 months-ish.

Now.

Almost Summer Fun...

It was nice to get some sun for this summer solstice and fathers day weekend! Me and some of the girls at work decided to have "pool hopping Fridays" in the summer but this last Friday was the first time we've actually been able to do it because of the crazy Seattle-like weather. We had so much fun and so did the kids. I've taken Syd a few other times and she absolutely loves the water! She has no fear what so ever, it's kinda scary. Later that night we went over to Melissa's and hung out, without the kids. We went rollerblading (and razor scootering) in the dark, it was a blast! Ryan had to work on Fathers Day of course but he got to spend a little time with us in the morning. He got some new jeans (which look SO good on him!) and Tiger Woods 10 for the Wii (which I beat him at!) He claims it was because I was playing on an easier setting, but whatev:) I hope he had a good first Fathers Day because he is such an awesome Dad and me and Syd love him sooooo much!

I swear she's having fun:)

serious faces

Little Tiny Ponytail

I'm finally able to get Syds hair up in to a tiny little ponytail! I'm pretty sure it's the cutest ponytail I've ever seen.... The pics are kinda blurry because I took them with my phone, sorry for it:)

Pulling Faces at Dada

Patty Cake!

The other night me and Syd were at dinner with my fam. She hadn't slept very much that day and was starting to get a little silly. We started singing patty cake to her and she was pulling the weirdest and funniest faces I've ever seen her make! She had all of us in tears and the more we laughed, the more faces she would make. She was totally putting on a show for us, what a funny little girl:) But of course when I try to take pictures of her doing it, she stops, but here are a few anyway...

Memorial Day Weekend BBQ!

We had a bbq, it was fun! Even though our husbands went golfing and were supposed to be home by three and didn't get there until four.... jerks. We played horse shoes and had smores, it doesn't get any better than that:) It was a good weekend and I get to go to a concert tonight and Ryan actually gets to come!