SYDNEY IS THREE!!

Three years ago, little Sydney was born! She brings us so much joy every day!

She is silly and laughs all the time!

She loves to climb and explore.

She thinks the is MUCH older than 3. 

She calls me "mom" (even though I tell her I'm still mommy), tries to swing higher than her sister, and wants to ride the "cool" (school) bus. 

She loves Pixar Movies! Her favorites are Finding Dory and Inside Out. 

Her favorite food is macaroni. She could eat macaroni every single day. When we go out to eat, she always wants to go to "Chil - A Lay" for nuggets, fries, ranch and chetch-up.

She will do anything to get Madeline's attention. She will call her by name, with her voice getting higher and higher. "Maddie, MADDIE, MADS!!!" She always wants Maddie's approval.

She is the sweetest three year old girl I know. We love you so much, Sydney!!

Long Labor Day Weekend!

Well. We had a pretty great Labor Day, minus Sydney's ER visit. 

Yep. 

I swear. I go to the ER more than some people go to Kroger. 

*Back up to last weekend*

Sydney's eye didn't get too bad this time, thank goodness. I mean, in perspective. People still stared at her and asked me "WHAT HAPPENED" but in comparison to last time, we stayed pretty good. 

Speaking of Sydney - BIG STUFF is happening for our 2 year old. She's been in an undies for a week now! WOOHOO. I thought she might be 16 wearing pull-ups, but I digress. It has clicked and I'm so relieved! 

Moving on...

Friday morning, Sydney and I did some crafting while Madeline was at school.

We did some cleaning.

We did some snuggling. 

Saturday, we ran some errands.

Then, Madeline had a birthday party for a classmate.

On Sunday we invited our neighbors over for a cookout. It's been so wonderful meeting new friends!  

 6 girls...and Mason making a run for it.. This poor boy! 

We went to bed and everyone was looking forward to a nice sleep after a few long days.

Except not. 

Just before 1 am, Sydney woke up crying. She was in full blown croup attack. Wheezing, gasping, croup cough, very very upset.

We calmed her down but decided she still needed to get some steroids quickly so Chris took her to the ER, while I stayed back with a sleeping Madeline.

After some steroids and a popsicle, Sydney was back to her smiling self.

Watching Inside Out (her favorite movie!) and having a blue raspberry popsicle at 2 am. Whatever.

The ER doc decided she didn't need an epinephrine breathing treatment and she was discharged. 

On Monday, we had plans to go to Family Palooza with Hudson at his church. Chris and Sydney stayed back while I took Maddie. We had a great time! There were inflatables, a petting zoo, a helicopter...SO MUCH FUN STUFF. I hated that Sydney had to miss out but she enjoyed hanging out with daddy and taking it easy. 

 Fun weekend with friends. Back to the grind tomorrow.

Weekend Recap: KSE Picnic and Kentucky State Fair!

We had a a fun weekend!

But first - Sydney is enjoying her mommy/Sydney time on Fridays. This week she even hopped in Madeline's car seat while we ran errands.

When Maddie got off the bus, we invited Lizzy over to bake cookies.

That night we had Madeline's back to school picnic. She got all glammed up but wore tennis shoes because, "I may run around."

 She packed lip gloss in her purse- my little girly girl!

We spread out our blanket and got some food!

We met up with our neighbors. Three sets of sisters! 

These three were so cute together. Taking "selfies."

It was really great seeing Madeline interact with some of her new friends. She wasn't quite ready to join the dance party though. 

Sydney had to have a photo like her big sister. 

On Sunday we went to the State Fair. Our neighbors had given us some free tickets so we went, not sure what to expect. Since we knew fair food was in order, we decided to just go ahead and start the day with Dunkin' Donuts.

Freddy Farm Bureau 

We spent most of our time in the South Wing and the girls had a blast!

They lined up for Safety School.

And Sydney pushed past all of the big kids...

to win the race!

We checked out the Discovery Farm petting zoo.

And indulged in some popcorn.

Chris checked out some big tractors.

And we got some fire hats!

Sunday night we had dinner at Hudson's!

 Cookie monsters.

And the weekend ended with a bite. Little miss got bit AGAIN under her eye. Mind you, she was wearing but spray and was actually INSIDE the Fertig house. I turned around and a bug was on her cheek. Swatted it away but a little bit later, this popped up.

It got a little worse.

But Sydney was her happy go lucky self, even with her swollen eye.

So, we are just treating with Benadryl  and monitoring for infection. I will be SO HAPPY when mosquito season is over.