The Easter Bunny 2010

Sylvie did much better seeing the Easter bunny than Santa Clause.

Easter Bunny 2pts, Santa Clause 1pt.

I think the Easter Bunny is much less scary. She was eyeing him and waving to him the whole time in line. When she sat on his lap, she was a little apprehensive. But once mommy starting jumping around to make her smile, she was fine!

Getting Ready for Baby

I think we are doing a good job at getting Sylvie ready for baby.....She cooks, cleans, Diapers her dolls and puts them to nightnight. At this rate, Ralph and I will have so much free time when baby comes- Sylvie will be a great help! :)

Learning to diaper.....
Cleaning....

A New Member of the Family!

My Brother and Sister-in-Law had a gorgeous baby boy on Saturday March 6 at 3:40pm.
Peter Nicholas Hoogerwerf.
:)

Pictures are back...I hope.....

Sylvie had a very exciting weekend a few weekends ago. On Friday night, it snowed about 4". Sylvie went out in the snow on Saturday morning for a little bit and was none too thrilled. I wouldn't be either if I fell in it and it was wet and cold, and the snow went up to my knees and I couldn't walk. Maybe when she is older she will appreciate it more.
On Saturday, Aunt Rochelle took Sylvie to the Big Apple Circus! What a great day! Sylvie came home exhausted and Rochelle had some great stories. Sylvie loves the circus already and could not take her eyes off the show! On Sunday it was Valentines Day, so her mommy and daddy got her some books and an Elmo movie. What an exciting weekend for our baby! While Sylvie was out all weekend, Ralph and I got to spend some time with Katherine and Brian and go shopping.
Here is Sylvie trying on Daddy's shoes.

18 months!

Sylvie had her 18 mo check up this week. She is perfectly healthy, but has stopped growing so fast! She is now in the 80% for height and head size, and 60% for weight. All of these used to be in the 90% just a few months ago.
And what would a post about Sylvie be without some bragging about my beautiful daughter? Her Dr. office just loves her. They all know her by name and she walks in like she owns the place. She waves to her nurse through the waiting room window every time the nurse walks by. The Dr. takes her around the office after he checks her out to show her off and she 'Miss America' waves to everyone. I think it is wonderful that she feels so comfortable there- it is a Dr.'s office after all!
Sylvie also is doing very well at 'school'. She shares very well with all her friends and enjoys going every morning.
Sylvie is also 'talking' constantly. It is the sweetest thing I have ever heard - baby babble. I need to record it so I can remember this sound forever. It instantly puts me in a good mood and makes me smile.
As for getting ready for the new baby- I think that Sylvie might have a small idea of what is going to happen. She gets excited when she sees babies on the tv or in books, and in real life. She carries around a small baby doll she has and covers her with a blanket. But she also throws this baby on the ground and leaves her there for hours so...... :)
The new baby, Wade (possible name??), is doing great! He is growing and kicking a lot now and we cannot wait for his arrival (me especially- no more pregnancy please). Ralph and I might have come to agreement on the name, but time will tell :). I think we might have to meet this baby first to confirm the name and make sure it fits his personality. It is really nice knowing that the baby is a boy. I feel one step closer to knowing him already.
As for docs, we might have find a new one. I am in the middle of juggling Dr.s to see which one might be the best fit and it is very confusing! I only have Thursdays to go to the doctor and I end up with two appt's at the same time at different offices. We have an appt. with a new Dr. next week (and the old Dr. for that matter)- he has a good recommendation and Ralph and I have a good feeling about this. We will keep you posted!

Time Out

We have started to introduce Sylvie to Time Out when she is bad (this is rare..ha). The time out corner is designated as the corner where the bathroom and hall meet- we close the bathroom door. Sylvie has gone to time out about 3 times in the week since we have started- all of them with Ralph or I sitting with her saying 'this is time out' ect.
Tonight, Sylvie was testing our limits and standing on the seat of her mini coupe car. This is NOT allowed. I told her to get out of her car and go to time out, then moved the car so she could not get in it. I said 'we are going to time out now' and before I could move she was running down the hall. Ralph and I just stared at each other- we thought she was running to our bedroom door to open it and go inside (yes...she can now open doors). To our UTMOST surprise, Sylvie ran to the time out corner and SAT DOWN facing the corner and was quiet!
Ralph and I could not hold it together. We laugh when we realize how smart our girl is. We were dying trying to be serious- telling her to stay in time out. When she realized we were laughing (at her smartness mind you) she quickly got up and ran to our bedroom door to get in more trouble.

Oh well....maybe next time we will be more successful in disciplining our child!

Updates

Sylvie McKenzie Harrison

17 months and 1 week old

-says 'hi' all the time

-calls me Nana, not Mama

-says Dada constantly!

-still gives great hugs

-now gives kisses! Mostly to her Dada

-loves to show off her tummy. Laughs when she see's Mama's tummy

-is very 'energy' conscious. She closes all doors. Turns off all lights that she can reach when we carry her. In the morning, she turns off her crib soother and lullaby seahorse to not waste the batteries when Ralph or I come and get her.

-loves her mini coupe that great grandfather gave her for Christmas. She will get in and out of her car all day long! Sometimes she has minor car accidents when she gets in and out, nothing serious but it does scare her. She crawls away from all accidents.

-will find our slippers and bring them to us and try to put them on. For this reason we sometimes call her 'sales lady'

-Still is the only girl in her class at 'school'. She says two of the boys names- Daniel and Nillo. Sometimes at dinner we ask where Daniel is. She will look around the room, and shake her head- no he's not here!

-uses a fork- def. not to the best of her ability

-has been waking up at night again for some reason. Cries for about 20 min at a time :(

-Still loves bathtime and bed time!

-loves books

-also loves to clean up (yes!)

-had her first serious illness over Christmas. At one point I has holding her and thought I burned my skin she was so hot with fever

- Mama couldn't love any little girl more!

-her teacher at daycare comments on how smart she is every day ;)

-and how bossy she is......when the babies need their diaper changed, the teacher just tells them that it is time and they walk over to the changing station. Some babies don't get this yet, so Sylvie pushes them along to the right place.

-she has a potty seat! So far- she likes to sit on it clothed

-has no idea that in 4 short months she will have a new cousin and a new brother!