One for the Mullet Girls at George Fox

What a busy, busy month July has been! Sorry it's been so long, but here are some pictures from the month.

Sydney loved the 4th of July. It's my favorite holiday because of all the fun traditions, and it's so much fun to pass them on to Sydney. We always go to a community pancake breakfast, then the parade which consists mostly of tractors and church groups, and then to my parent's house for BBQ and fireworks.


She loved stomping on the little pop-it's! My parent's patio was covered in them by the end of the evening!

Watching the parade from her very own chair!

The weekend after the 4th, we went down to Roseburg for the weekend, which is becoming a tradition. Sydney settled right into the hotel!



While in Roseburg, we went to the "parade," and I use that term very loosely. It's really just a bunch of old cars that drive around and around, and you literally see the same cars like 10 times, no joke, but Chris likes old cars, so we go. While he was drooling over the cars, I saw a lot of scantily clad women, some amazing combinations of piercings and tattoos, and a fantastic mullet, which my friend Shelley says are all things to expect in Roseburg.

This was the shuttle we took to the parade, and it was a short bus!


When I was at George Fox, there were these 2 girls who were roommates and they made it their mission to find and take pictures of mullets. They would post the pictures on their door and it always made me laugh! I snapped this one while pretending to take a picture of the cars. Hee hee!

This month we also moved Sydney into her big girl bed, which my dad and Chris made together! I will post more pictures soon of her new and improved room, but here is one for now.


Sydney and I have continued to spend lots of time at Melissa's house with Madison and the twins. I love getting to hold the babies and it has been so nice to get to spend so much time with Melissa, even if we're folding laundry or chasing the girls at the same time! Sydney doesn't understand why everyone doesn't have 2 babies! She loves her little twin stroller.


These are beads from Duck games, and when Sydney found them this week she insisted on wearing them! Here she was helping me make breakfast. What a cutie-pie!

Daddy Saves The Day

Here's a funny picture.

Can you tell what that is? Here's another one...


This morning Sydney locked herself in my bathroom. Thank you Jesus the curling iron wasn't on. At first I wasn't panicked because I figured I would just take off the doorknob and get in that way. Well, I took it off, but the locking mechanism was still locked. And then part of the doorknob was inside with Sydney and I needed it to try to get it unlocked. I really started to panic when nothing was working and the IPOD was on in the bathroom and Sydney had turned it up really loud so she couldn't even hear me try to talk to her. I called Chris at work in tears, I seriously thought the firemen would have to come and bust down the door with the axe. I also considered removing the door, but the hinges were inside, with her. Chris came home and managed to force the locking mechanism open and we got her out. She was inside for about 30 minutes total. Being the blogger mom that I am, I snapped these pictures through the doorknob hole. When we got Sydney out, I was hugging her so tight but I wanted to spank her, too, the little turkey! I was so relieved.

This is her playing with IPOD, which she is not allowed to do! She took full advantage of the situation!

Nursing, Park Day, and Bounce Houses

Today being the day before the holiday, Chris had the day off and we packed it full of activity to make the most of it! We went with Matt, Melissa, Madison, and the twins to a indoor play park nearby. It is full of inflatable bounce houses, slides, and obstacle courses and is specifically for kids 6 and under. Sydney wasn't so sure about it at first, but she warmed up to it and the girls had so much fun!


I love, love, LOVE this one! Sydney has the best laugh, and Madison is a blur as she runs past!


Last weekend we went up a really nice park in Portland, it's really big and has this great sandbox. We had so much fun that day!



Pardon her crazy post-nap hair in these pictures, but I wasn't planning on taking pictures that afternoon, she was just being so funny I couldn't resist! Sydney loves to play with my hair and brush it, so she wanted to try to brush Chris' hair, too! He was kneeling down to get something off the floor and she just jumped up on this feet and starting combing! What a good daddy he is to hold still and let her play with his hair!


Ok, so this is the best picture in such a long time! Can you tell what she is doing?

Oh, yes, she is nursing her dolly! We have been spending lots of time with Melissa and the twins, so Sydney has seen her fair share of nursing these last few months. She has been practicing changing dolly's diapers lately, but this was a first. She just sat down right there in the kitchen, hitched up her shirt, and held the dolly to her chest. I was so thankful the camera was right there on the counter and that she wasn't exposing too much so I could show this one to you all! Chris and I were laughing so hard, but she just thought it was normal! What a funny girl!