8 Months

Update
Sydney is such an active girl she loves to play! Her routine consists of waking up around 7-8 AM and playing in her pack n play till she fusses and Dad gets her a bottle. Then she drinks her bottle with Mom while Dad gets ready for work. Then we all go down stairs. Sydney plays for a couple hours. Then she gets a morning dose of solids. Usually applesauce and yogurt melts. Between 11 and 12 she is very ready for her nap (her morning nap is gone now). So she gets another bottle and sleeps in the swing or her crib. If I sleep with her she gets a good long stretch. Then we wake to playtime! She has another bottle around 4. Usually then about 6 she gets some sort of solids for dinner; table foods or a baby food veggie. Then big time play time with Dad. Then between 8 and 9 she gets her last bottle for the day and Daddy puts her to sleep. And of course her thumb is in her mouth every time she drifts off to dreamland nowadays. We're trying to transition her from pack n play to crib but it's not as easy as we originally thought ;)

Estimated Weight: 17.5 lbs

Likes
Her thumb sucking is constant. Don't get me started. Sheesh.
Bathtime with brother and sister!
Table Foods! She gets so excited when she is getting little bits off our plates.
Sydney's new discovery is making sound. Whether it is grunts back and forth with Dad, like little cave people; OR her "mama, dada, and baba" sounds we are loving her new found voice.
LOVES splashing in the tub!
I can't keep track of all the new foods Sydney has tried but she has tried a lot. Mostly table foods and gets them daily.
Move it move it. Crawling, pulling up, cruising, letting go to stand "no hands" :) No one can keep up with this girl especially with her new hyper speed crawl. One knee down while her foot is down on the other side. It is kinda funny looking but extremely effective!

Dislikes
Getting her thumb pulled out of her mouth.
Getting a toy pulled out of her hands, she is getting quite a little voice and we hear it loud and strong when she's mad!
She hates the johnny jump up, honestly she always hated it and we have rarely used it.
The swing has mostly been out grown unless I'm desperate for a sleep agent at nap time, it's an angry one though.
She gets really made when Mommy leaves the room or she thinks she is alone.
She hates the crib! Uh oh.

Favorites
When her head is resting on our chests and she is just staring taking it all in, those are Daddy and Mommy's favorite of times. She isn't a big smuggler. Daddy blames it in not cosleeping this time around and sure wishes for more of those sweet snugly moments.
No teeth yet, and I LOVE her toothless grin. I am going to miss it.
DADDY LOVES PLAYING PEEK-A-BOO. He hides around the house so Sydney crawls around to find him.

Siblings
Now that she is so mobile the kids are a lot harder on her. Her baby days of being pampered seem to be gone. She is now rough housed with, which is a catch 22 for me. I catch myself saying stop that its too rough Sydney doesn't like that only to see her in smiles.
She gets tattled on ALL the time.
She also gets played with all the time.
Sydney loves being mobile enough to follow her brother and sister around even if they run from her or tend to escape just out of reach - the stairs, but even there wont be safe for long...
She loves company and is never really alone.