Those stairs lead up to our section of the house. You can see Nemesis in her new favorite perch and our bear proof garbage can with a metal lid :).
This is our yard. If you look closely, you can see that it is full of balls, strollers, ride on toys, and a swing set with slide left here by the owner. Its like a park!
This picture is for a size comparison. Sydney is almost 3 feet tall.... and the trees surrounding our house and yard are....... huge. If you look closley you can see a fence in the background. Just beyond that is a "creek" this is more like a slow moving river where ducks frequent!
This is only glimpse of the inside you get so far ;). We don't have tub in the bathroom... so this is our solution. So far Sydney likes it okay, not as much as she liked being able to roll around in a real bathtub. I'm still searching for bigger, better solution.
Proof that sunny, warm days in Juneau exist and are a lot more frequent than I thought they would be :). This is Sydney's new best friend Silas. He lives in the downstairs part of the house and will be two here in about a week.
One of the hardest things for me about moving to Juneau was seeing Sydney so lonely. She missed having other kids to play with and literally chased people down at the park or on trails to talk to. Some of Sydney and Silas' first encounters were pretty rough as these two figured out their roles and tested each other's limits, but they are playing so well together now. It's so perfect. And they really really play. Some of their favorite games are "race" in the swings, tag, catch, push each other on the trike, push each other in the stroller, throwing leaves at each other and racing to look for ducks. We have a few other friends now too, but it is soooo happy to see that Sydney found a friend that she LOVES. She is teaching Silas to talk more, and he has definitely helped her generosity in sharing because he is a sweetheart. If she hears Silas outside, its all over, and if we go outside and he's not there, she immediately runs to his door and wants to knock on it.
Today they were obsessed with sitting on the stair seen above and having me take pictures of them. At one point I pretended to be taking pics and took a video so you could get a glimpse of their interaction. :)
PLEASE go look at this... I can't make blogger post my videos anymore (If you have tips on that please help)
I just love how they keep scooting closer to each other. Maybe I'm just a mom, but this video makes me so happy.
Super cute video! How nice to have your own private park and a playmate too! I had problems with the videos for a while too. Barry looked into and we figured out we just need to format them to only be 100 bitrate or something like that because it's the highest the blog will allow. It takes the quality down a little bit. We used Handbrake to do it on our Mac, I'm not sure what would do it best on a PC. Hope that helps. We can talk about it more if that's confusing. :)
ReplyDeleteHow Cute! I too am so glad Sydney has a play mate! They are really cute together.
ReplyDeleteOh! I forgot to tell you, you can get a giant tote for Sydney, I think it would still fit in the shower. Just a thought, although, she seems to be doing fine.
ReplyDeleteYour backyard is awesome! It's even better with a good playmate for Sydney. Also, the bathtub picture cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that Sydney has a friend. We saw the video on shutterfly, and Kaylee keeps wanting to watch "nydney" again and again. It definitely looks like she adores her new friend! What a great yard, and the house looks so fun and woodsie! Perfect!
ReplyDeleteI like your blog background. Those trees are amazing. I am so glad Sydney has a friend. I wonder why you can't do video? I just got my computer to be able to suddenly? People are having a hard time posting comments on mine though. Sydney looks so cute. She is going to love being a big sister! Miss you!
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