Too Far Behind...

I looked at our blog today and realized how far behind I am!!! So this is just a quick checkup and I will try to do better!

First Camping Trip...My parents invited us to go camping with them for a couple of nights. They have a camper so we all decided we would just pile in and make a weekend of it. Well....to start it off, we were supposed to leave Friday and come back Sunday. Sydney ended up with an ear infection and then a strange rash so we didn't leave till about lunch time on Saturday. So we were then down to just staying for one night. We went to Pine Mountain which was only about 1.5 hours from home. Rylynne & Sydney had a great afternoon. Rylynne loved the pool, the playground, and just being pulled around in the wagon. She is our outdoors child for sure! That night she was exhausted and we just knew she would be asleep in no time. Well, everything went great until we mentioned to words "Night Night." Her whole attitude changed. She was then crying and begging to go home and get in her Big Girl Bed. "Big Girl Bed Home" were her exact words. To make an even longer story short, let's just say we drove her around twice trying to get her to sleep, but I finally convinced her to just rest and then we would go home. The next morning she woke up early. I told her Grandma and Papa would be up soon and we would have bacon and pancakes. What did she say "I want Pancakes home." haha Our little homebody! (Sydney was fine and didn't mind the camper!)

Swim Time! We have spent alot of time at the pool so far! Both girls LOVE it!!! Sydney enjoys time in her float and most of all sitting in the swallow area splashing and playing with her toys! Rylynne is becoming a water bug! She goes right in with her "Puddle Jumpers" on and is really trying to kick her legs to swim. She doesn't mind going under and getting her face wet. She will stand on the steps and count and then jump in. They are just too cute in the water. I am so glad to have kids that are not scared of the water!

BEACH TIME! Father's Day weekend we headed to Amelia Island for one of my Best Friend's wedding. The wedding was beautiful! We had a great time with all of the close friends. It was like a reunion! The wedding was Friday, so Saturday we were able to get up and spend some time on the beach!

I had the video camera going so I missed getting some still shots, but Rylynne took off running and splashing into the water. We put her "Puddle Jumpers" on and she was able to go out into the water and float over waves. She was giggling the whole time.

Sydney was crawling everywhere! I had to pick her up to stop her up from going under water. She
wasn't scared of it all either. She loved the sand!!!

Oh and an update on Rylynne being away from her Big Girl Bed at home. She did a little better this trip. The main problem was when she woke up in the middle of the night and didn't want to go back to sleep. So we didn't get much sleep, but over all it was a nice trip!

Father's Day 2011! We spent the day driving back from Amelia Island. Not the ideal way to spend Father's Day, but at least we had whole weekend together at the beach!

Our Little Sydney

I can't believe Sydney will be 1 in only 3 months! She turned 9 months this past Saturday. She has had a big month. She is now crawling, pulling up, and after saying Da-Da hundreds of times she finally said Ma-Ma! She is EVERYWHERE these days. She is not one to sit still at all and really shows her temper when you try to make her lay still long enough to change her diaper.

Rylynne is learning new things too! She is now counting to 12, singing some songs, and almost knows how to spell her name. She is loving summer time...going outside and swimming!

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Rylynne 26 Months & Sydney 9 Months

Last Day of Mom's Day Out!

I can't believe Rylynne's "school" year has come to an end! She has loved it! Playing, learning songs, art projects... Not once did she ever ask to not go.

Last Thursday was her last day! We have decided to let her go again next year too. She will be in what they call 2k for 3 morning a week. I am sure she will be ready to go back when it starts in the Fall!

1st Day of Mom's Day Out in August

Last Day of Mom's Day Out....Look how much she has grown!

Rylynne with Ms. Susan

Rylynne with Ms. Amy

On the Move...

Sydney is now on the move! She started crawling on Mother's Day while we were all at Brian's house. She had been trying really hard for a few days but just kept going backwards. She is getting more and more comfortable with it now. Today she came crawling looking for me while I was getting ready.

AND, tonight she pulled up! She has been pulling herself up on her knees for a few weeks, but she finally made it to her feet tonight. So it's time to lower the crib now and remove the mobile. Our little baby is growing way too fast!

Rylynne had a big day too! I wish this photo was a little better (I think a bigger camera may go on my Christmas list this year!) but anyway, she had her "End of the Year" program today! They were so cute. They got off to a rough start when one of her classmates fell face first going on a stage and another little boy starting screaming crying when he saw his Dad. I think they were all in a daze on stage, but they were still really cute!

My Mother's Day Gift...A Trip to the Aquarium!

This year Shawna asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day. I told him I just wanted a family day on Saturday, so we decided to go the Georgia Aquarium. We had a great time! Rylynne and Sydney were in a daze for about the first 15 minutes as they looked around. It really was a great trip! We all really enjoyed it!

Trying to pet the Sting Rays...Rylynne thought it was fun to splash.

There were tunnels you could climb through to get really close to the Penguins. When we popped our head up to get an up close look Rylynne yelled "Chickens!" haha

Sydney would turn and smile as the fish went by her.

A White Alligator.

"Gold Fish" Rylynne says as she points out the Whale Shark. haha

I really thought Sydney would be bored, but she enjoyed looking too!

For those who have witnessed her excitement over the train at Southern Pit....this was pretty close to being worse! haha

Sydney had seen enough fish!

Our Little Sydney

Sydney is now 8 months old! She really has become a great baby! She just started saying Dada, tries pulling up all the time (she gets herself up onto her knees), is almost crawling, can sit herself up from laying down, smiles a little shy smile when someone says hello and lays her head on my shoulder, is very attached to her Mama, likes Puffs, and still adores her big sister!

A little update on Rylynne. She has really started coming out more and more with her vocabulary! She likes to "read" to us, can almost spell her name (she always forgets there are 2 Ns), loves trying to sing songs, and gets very frustrated when we don't understand what she is trying to tell us!

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Rylynne 2 Years Old (25 Months) & Sydney 8 Months