Walking

Sidney finally figured out how to fully walk on the 5th, and she hasn't stopped walking since. She doesn't crawl much anymore, except for a few feet every now and then. She had been taking 3-4 steps for almost 2 weeks before the 5th though. We were pretty surprised it took her this long to figure it out. But I guess she knew she could crawl a whole lot faster and get after Kylie that way.

In the last week, she has managed to smack her forehead 3 times. One really good bruise that changed different colors, one cut over her eye, and yesterday, she hit her forehead on the corner of the oven and put a good inch cut in the middle of her forehead....ugh, I forgot about this stage with Kylie.

Here is a really short video of her wobbly walk around the living room. Don't mind the almost naked baby, we had just finished supper and she had her dirty clothes removed. :)

Ok - well, there would have been a video here from my phone,

but when I added it, it just constantly plays, all choppy. I'll try to figure out a

better way to add it soon!

 

 

I'm all caught up. Hopefully we do something fun this week and I will tell you all about it! :)

 

A Packer Win

Sidney almost always falls asleep on the way home after church, so she always naps in her church clothes. She managed to wake up with a little bit of game left in order for her to put on this shirt for the first time. Only the second Packer game on tv for us, and this shirt was finally unpacked a week or so ago. They probably only won because she put the shirt on. :)

 just kidding! :) 

 

 

 

Random pics

Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday afternoon when it wasn't too cold out.
While we were outside making supper, we also saw a fox out in the field next to the house. We got pretty close to it too, before it finally noticed us, and took off.

Swinging

Trying to climb the slide in socks...

it wasn't working out too well for her

Happy girl with her mismatched gloves.

:)

 

Hoping it isn't too cold later this week, so that we can hit up the local corn maze and pumpkin patch. Looking forward to seeing Sidney in the corn maze, at 12.5 months. I still remember taking Kylie through one in Oregon when she was 13.5 months. It was fun. :)

 

I have a couple more posts to upload later and then I should be all caught up. Sorry to bombard you today! :)

 

Hope you all have a fabulous week!

 

 



Worland VFD pancake feed

Yesterday the local VFD had their annual pancake feed, for free, to thank the community for their support. We went last year when Sidney was just a few weeks old, so we decided to go again.
She got to enjoy the pancakes and sausage this year, and got to play on the fire trucks while Kylie went for a ride in one of the trucks all by herself.

Here are some pictures from it.

enjoying pancake

waiting in line for her turn

 

all buckled up, ready to go

 

Enjoying the fire trucks

 

She thought it was so much fun to just sit

on random spots of the trucks

 

In a seat...that smile never left her face. :)

 

Playing with axes......starting her young.

(don't fret....they had covers on them!)

 

Kylie's truck coming back

 

So happy after the ride

 

checking out a seat in a truck

Keaton's Birthday Party

The girls and I were invited to a playgroup friends first birthday party. Keaton turned 1 on October 4th. He's just 4 days younger than Sidney.
So we went to his John Deer theme party and the girls had a blast.

Sidney and Anyston bouncing in the bounce house

Sidney loved riding on these rocking snails

As did Kylie

The amazing birthday cake that Keaton's mom

decorated herself

Keaton's smash cake

Sidney stealing the birthday boy's presents

while he ate his cake. :)

 

It was a nice quiet low key birthday party with delicious food. And you can just make out the green & pink of Sidney's socks in the last picture. She wore her own john deer socks to the celebration.

(and I have no good pictures of the b-day boy on my phone) :(

Mike's Buck

Mike got a mule buck, pretty much in the backyard, during the first deer season here. It is a 10 pointer, or a 5x5 or just a 5 point. Depending on who you are talking to. Why can't we all use the same terminology? Anyways....He got it cut up and we got it processed up in just a day or two. Got some meat in the freezer now thankfully. And it has already been delicious. Even Sidney approved.

Here are a couple pics of it.

 

I find this picture amusing and just plain cute

 

 

Sidney enjoying her first mule deer meal

Library Hour & Sidney stats

Two firefighters came to library hour today to talk to the kids, show them their gear and show them their truck. Kylie got to play on the truck and each of the girls brought home a new plastic firefighter helmet.
Here are some pictures:

going up to check out firefighter Troy in all his gear

Holding a hose - (and staring at and then

 pointed out an airplane jet stream.)

Checking out a different nozzle

Sidney sporting her sister's sunglasses!

 

exploring the truck

checking out the seats!

showing off her new helmet

Sidney sporting (and not caring about)

her helmet

 

 

 

Sidney's check-up was mildly pointless this morning. - I miss pediatricians.

Her doctor didn't seem to care she was still coughing after a week and a half...."she'll get over it."

He still isn't really phased with the spots on her back either. (she has molluscum contagiosum) They will go away on their own too (months to two years later), or they can freeze them off; very painful, or more or less pop them like a pimple and squeeze them off, resulting in bleeding like a stuck pig for a while) - - - I hate all those options.

 

She also wouldn't cooperate at all for the nurse to get measurements.

I was right with the weight though, I said ~19lbs 3 oz. And they got 19lbs 1 oz today. That puts her just under the 50th percentile for weight.

Her head measured at 44cm - which is the 25th percentile. Tiny head!

And the nurse measured her length at 28.5 inches. I then told her, well, I got 29.75 the other day, so she measured again. And got 29. She went with that. If you go with her number, she is at the 50th percentile for her height. If you go with my number, (which I believe is better, since she sat still for me and wiggled like a worm for the nurse) she is actually at the 75th percentile for her height.

Or we can just say she is between the 50th and 75th and call it good. :)

Sidney also threw a fit while they took her temperature...even the simple version where they just swipe the thing over their forehead. I sure hope she will be a little more cooperative in a few months for her next well visit!

 

Not much else. I survived teaching the other day. We have playgroup tomorrow and then I teach again on Friday.

Mike is off enjoying some hunting during this "fabulous" gov. shutdown.

 

Hope you are all having a good week!