Sydney in the tub at 10 months

Sydney loves playing in her tub. So cute!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sydney 9.5 months

Day at Disneyland before it started raining!

Sydney finally crawling...9 months

Took a while for Sydney to get how to crawl forwards after crawling backwards for a month. But she finally got it!

Busy December!

Busy Few Months!

Ok I have really lagged at keeping up on this blog! With regular email, Facebook and uploading pictures to Kodak Gallery this just seems like another cyber update I need to do. Maybe my New Years resolution should be to do an update at least once a month...but then again I never make New Years resolutions.

Since my last update we've been so busy! Sydney is now 9 months and weighed in at 17 lbs 14 oz and was 28.5 inches at her 9 month check up. She is still a little peanut! It seems like she has been trying to crawl for months now, but she can't seem to grasp going forward. She can move around putting well though and can especially move backwards. I think she might skip crawling altogether and just go straight to walking. All she wants to do is stand up and try to pull her self up. She is such a happy girl! From the moment I go in and get her from her crib in the morning she is smiling and laughing. It is such a go and blessing to get to spend everyday with her! What a gift from God!

Thanksgiving and Christmas with Sydney definitely made them have special meaning this year! She loved the mashed potatoes, my butternut squash casserole and my moms pear salad at Thanksgiving. And Christmas...wow! We had several events and parties so it was definitely a busy month! We started off with the kids party hosted by the Grahams and Sydney opened her first gift, some books. We song happy birthday to Jesus and strolled through the Christmas Lights on Birch Street in Brea with all the kids in tow. I think there were about 15 kids all parading and have a great time and the parents enjoyed some yummy spiked hot cocoa. Darren and I went to our annual couples party and gift exchange at the Shirley's and had a ton of fun. We also went to the Rockenbach's annual ornament exchange and my families annual Ornament Hanging that Pam and Brent hosts every year. Lastly we went to the Summit House for a great dinner with my family and Brent's family and the kids were really well behaved. It was a great night of yummy food and we capped it off by seeing Santa at the Brea Mall. I thought for sure Sydney would be screaming bloody murder, but she did surprisingly well. We spent Christmas Eve at Darren's moms, Christmas morning/breakfast at Darren's dads and then everyone met up at my mom and dads for afternoon fun and dinner. We were also lucky enough to have my Nana in town for 10 days! So as you can see its been a busy couple of months. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and I know 2010 is going to be great!!!

Sydney 7 months

Here are a few recent shots of Sydney. She turned 7 months yesterday!!

Sydney's Dedication at Wilshire Ave. Community Church

Sydney was officially dedicated to our church on Oct. 18. She did very well up in front of everyone and it was really great to get together with the family. After church we hit up the Yard House for a yummy lunch!

Fall so far....

Here are a few shots from our fall so far. We were lucky enough to go to a few of the Angels playoff games. At the last one we ended up taking Sydney with us and she was a great little girl. We've also visited the pumpkin patch and went to Mickey's Trick or Treat at California Adventure with a big group of family and friends. Sydney's ladybug costume is so cute and she seems to like it. Halloween night we are going to the Schalliol's for a party with friends and all the kids...we are looking forward to it. Darren and I also just planned our first overnight trip without Sydney. We got tickets to the Garth Brooks show in Vegas for late January. We are staying at the Wynn for a couple nights and are really looking forward to getting away. It will be a b-day celebration for Darren as well. Pam and Brent are joining us so it should be great.

Summer 2009

What a busy summer we had! We spent a lot of time at the beach, hanging out by the pool, going to the river and hanging out with friends and family, all the while watching Sydney grow!

As much as I want her to stay small forever, I have to say the older she gets the more fun she has become! She is 5 1/2 months and will be 6 months on 9/28 - I can't believe how fast the time has gone! She's been sitting up on her own for a little over a week, riding in the big girl part of her strollers and getting cuter by the minute. She is a very happy baby that smiles and laughs a lot and she is also a great sleeper. It is such a great feeling to put her to bed at night knowing she won't get up until 6:30 - 7am. She still loves her baths and the water in general. We went to the river over the Labor Day holiday, which was her 3rd trip to the river and she did great. So far she isn't showing any signs of wanting to crawl, which I am happy about, but she does seem to be teething. She loves to hang out with her cousins and her cousins LOVE her too! All three of them swarm her and usually Avery and Brady are fighting over who gets to hold her first. She also loves her grammie, poppie and grandma's and grandpa. We are so lucky that they seem happy to babysit her, giving us time to have date nights or couples nights out.


Some days I do miss work, and especially my paychecks....but it's such a blessing to be able to stay home with Sydney and watch her grow. I go to my first MOPS meeting next week so I am looking forward to some time with friends and it'll be good for Sydney to hang out with some other babies. Hope everyone is doing well!

Sydney 3 months already!!!

It's amazing how fast 3 months has gone by. Sydney is such a sweetheart. She is usually a content, happy baby and sleeping 8 hours at night - which equals a happy mommy! Becoming a parent is everything people tell you it will be, and so much more.

Stewardson party of 3...

Here are some misc. pictures from Sydney's first couple of weeks and Easter. Hope everyone is doing well!

Sydney Grace is here!

Sydney arrived 6 days early (mommy thanks her) on March 28 at 2:46pm. She was 7 lbs. 2 oz. and measured 20 inches long. I had a pretty easy labor, thank you epidural, and a great staff of nurses and doctors at St. Jude. So far Sydney has been a great baby and has made it fairly easy on Darren and I to adjust to being parents. What a blessing it is to have a hubby like Darren! He is super hands on with Sydney and is really helpful with the baby, housework and helping me recovery from labor! He was able to take 2 weeks off from work and that was such a big help. Breastfeeding proved to be a bit difficult for the first week, but after that both Sydney and I got it and now she is pigging out and getting big already. Becoming a parent is everything people tell you it is, but so much more! We can't wait to continue the adventure....