My Fish

It has been so hot up here so I finally decided to get a kiddie pool. Sydni loved splashing around and chasing the fish. She knows how to wave 'bye-bye' now and sometimes she can even say 'bye-bye' as she does it. She also says 'oh, dude', and 'kitty' now. She can smack her lips and make a kissy sound but I'm working on showing her how to kiss my cheek. What else... She pulled her self up to standing last Tuesday, I think. We were visiting my dad and he had a piece of furniture that was just the right height for her to grab and pull herself up. It was very exciting. It's looking like we might also see some top teeth here pretty soon. I will post pictures, of course. Til next time...

Finally, a fresh dose of cuteness!

Sydni's first time standing without one of us! These were taken at the end of July, I think.

Below, her trademark move, with the tongue out the side. She's my special grub.






















We hung out with some friends in the park and listened to a bunch of old white guys try to play reggae. The kids had fun dancing and lounging in the shade.


















Picking Jacob up from the field late at night. Imagine the funkiest smell you can and then multiply it by 9.5 and you might get an idea of how rank that office smelled. The men were proud of their funk, though. They felt they'd earned it, and I'm sure they had.







We love to read!



And hanging out with her best big buddy: Chaso.
Chaso and Sydni have a lot of fun together, they keep each other entertained, which is especially nice when we all go out to eat. She's such a good friend to Sydni.