Easter Eggs!

Regan and I dyed Easter eggs tonight! She was upset that Grandma Jan was going home and I knew this would help distract her. Little did I realize what a mess it was about to make! For whatever reason, I bought the Glitter Easter Egg dye kit.....which means we will now have glitter in our kitchen until well after Easter! Watching her excitement is well worth the mess.

"Puppy Meal"

Regan insists that her McDonald's cash register rings up "puppy meal" instead of "Happy Meal". Guess you can tell how often she actually has been to McDonald's!

Feeding Sidney

Regan's taking a liking to feeding Sidney a bottle; whenever we give her a bottle, Regan says "just give her to me" like she's 15 instead of 3! It's adorable and Sidney seems to like the change in faces.

School Open House

We had an open house tonight at school; here are a few pictures of the fun! Regan's showing me her flower on her cheek in the top picture.

We thought this was hilarious! (so true!)

6 month appointment

Sidney had her 6 month appointment today and checked out very well :) She's certainly our "little peanut" as I keep calling her. She weighs only 14 lbs 15 oz and is 25.5 in long; both in the 25th percentile (of note, Regan was in the 85th and 97th percentiles at this age!...hence the "little peanut" comment). She's developing well and the doctor and nurses all commented at how cute she was and how perfect her head looks! We think she's adorable too :)

Our cutie pie

We had Sidney's 6 month pictures taken and here's a little glimpse of how she did. We're very happy with how they turned out and apparently so is Penney's because they asked us to sign a release allowing them to use her pictures for advertising!

A night with the Schwartz's

After our night at the waterpark (and a trip to the UMD Bulldog shop), we headed to Kari and Ryan's house for possibly our last trip to Mahtowa (Ryan just got a new job!). Thankfully they're moving closer, not further away because the kids sure love playing together --probably as much as we love visiting with each other. Sidney started to feel pretty crummy and by the time we got home tonight, we went straight to Urgent Care. Turns out she has the start of an ear infection, but it's making her so miserable the "gunk" is coming out of her eyes. Poor thing. You wouldn't have known it before today though, she was her usual smiley self :)

Such a precious picture!

A little concert for us :) Check out the bottom of this post for a video!

Regan's been taking lessons from Aunt Vicky!

Sidney snacking on an ice cream cone!

Sidney and Thomas playing so nicely together

All three kiddos painting with Thomas' birthday paint!

Regan on the drive home.....those two Schwartz kids really wear her out!

Room with a view

Our hotel room description said "lakeview", so we figured it would be some dinky room with a glimpse of Lake Superior...but much to our surprise, we had a beautiful view of the lake and all that goes in to being in Duluth :)

Regan and Sidney enjoyed some sisterly bonding time on the bed watching cartoons in the morning too!

Videos

Here are a few videos of our night at the waterpark :) Enjoy!

Waterpark!

We took the girls to the Waterpark in Duluth on Thursday and had a wonderful time! It was incredibly busy so Sidney had a blast just watching the kids play. It only took Regan about 30 minutes to warm up to the splashing, bells and screaming kids; after that, she was right at home and having a great time! She got so brave at one point that she told me just to wait at the bottom and she could go down the slide all by herself :) Kari and Natalie were able to join us for a few hours too and we had so much fun playing in the water with them!

Holding her bottle

Sidney was able to hold her bottle all by herself this weekend; pretty amazing considering she doesn't get to practice even taking a bottle all that often,

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Baby chicks and ducks!

Regan went to see the baby ducks and chicks today with Grandma/pa Wallner and Grandma Sheri. She borrowed Grandma Sheri's camera to snap some cute pictures of the chicks so Grandma Jan took that opportunity to take a picture of Regan. Looks like she's taking after her mom with her love of taking pictures!

I love Logan!

Everytime we're together, Logan is quick to snatch up Sidney :) As you can tell,

Sidney doesn't mind a bit! We celebrated Logan (and Hunter and Aunt Vicky's) birthdays over the weekend and Sidney was all dressed up for the party.

New foods

So we know that we're supposed to only introduce one new food/week with Sidney, but that was too slow for her and she just couldn't take it anymore. So this weekend, we gave her a taste of a clementine, baked beans and a french fry! She loved all of them :) She's been chewing on everything in sight too so we gave in and let her chew on a "biter biscuit" this afternoon. She was a mess but she was in her glory!

Hello?

So I realize it's hard to see from these pictures, but Regan was talking into the electric bug deterrent at Grandma/pa Friederich's house as though it was an intercom. Hilarious!! We kept hearing her say "hello" followed by some comment to come down and play. She does have quite the imagination.

I can drink from a straw!

Sure makes a mess though.

Thumb or pacifier?

Sidney couldn't decide today if she wanted her thumb or her pacifier. It was hilarious because her thumb actually was stuck inside her pacifier and we think she preferred it that way!

Sidney and Regan

I was looking through pictures tonight and noticed I had taken a picture of both girls around the same age in the exersaucer. We're noticing that the girls share many of the same features (nose and mouth especially) but they have many differences (eyes and head shape) too. They're both adorable though!

Notice something missing?

YEAH!! We're all jumping for joy as Regan can officially stop wearing her sling :) I think we're the only family that takes the entire clan to the doctor every time one of the girls has an appointment. So today we drove through the slushy mess and took Regan to see her pediatrician. After some x-rays and a quick visit, it was clear she was all healed. The best part, now we can sign up for those swimming lessons we've been waiting for!

6 months old!

At 6 months old, Sidney's been testing our diaper changing abilities. In the last 2 days, during 3 diaper changes, she has decided to pee the second the old diaper comes off but before the new one is in place! The first time was when Grandma Sheri was changing her and later dad was telling Grandma that she just wasn't fast enough. Not long after that, Sidney did it to daddy!!! Take that!, we all thought :) Then tonight, she decided to give it to mom; good thing it was bath night.

We take her for her 6 month appointment in a couple of weeks so stay tuned for her stats, she's definately growing!

Sidney can sit!

Just like that our little girl can sit :) She will still topple over if she sits for too long so we're never far away, but she's definately getting it and certainly enjoying her new view of the world.

A conversation with Regan

So the girl definately takes after me with her love to chat. However, we're not sure who"Marlys" is or what she actually looks like. Regan's had a thing lately for coming up with imaginary friends; first there was Comis, then some other crazy name that I can't even remember, and tonight Marlys appeared. The best part, is that Regan picked up an accent at some point in her 3 short years so when she says "dark", or "mark" or "Marlys", she sounds like she's from the UK! Here's the video....enjoy :)

We put Sidney into the exersaucer for the first time this weekend. She's too short right but seemed to enjoy herself anyway. Regan had to grab a stool so she could join in the fun while stopping long enough to read Sidney a story :)

Outside!

We headed outside today to enjoy the wonderful temps and test out the new Peek A Roo carrier cover. Sidney had a blast watching Regan play in the snow and puddles; she just kept kicking her tiny legs wanting so badly to join her big sister. The Peek A Roo works wonderfully and kept her nice and cozy warm. It will be even better in the spring when we don't have to put a coat on top of it. She was so adorable with just her little head poking through the hole!

Sidney laughing

Sidney has yet to learn no socks in the mouth at the dinner table! You can see her pink sock is completely orange after she kept putting her toes/socks in her mouth! She's quite flexible, even in her high chair she manages to get those things into her mouth.

I went to clean up Sidney after dinner last night and she thought I was hilarious! Ryan shot this video from across the table; her laugh is priceless :)

Sidney eats cheese!!

Just kidding :) It's actually from Regan's kitchen stuff. Sure looks real and she enjoyed dining on it as much as Regan enjoyed serving her!

Rub a dub dub

my girls are in the tub! I attempted bathing the girls together last night, but it didn't go so well. It will be a while before Sidney's ready for all the action that Regan creates in the tub! Not to mention that she's so tiny in the bath seat and it doesn't work well in our tub so she ends up floating away!

Mom and Sidney

In this fast pace life we're living, sometimes I forget to get in front of the camera with the girls. Sidney wore her "My heart belongs to mommy shirt" today so it was a perfect opportunity to snap a photo of just the two of us :)

Sidney dressed up in her sweater dress for dinner :) By far winning the "best dressed" award!

Regan models her St. Patrick's day headband courtesy of Grandma Jan!