Happy Birthday Sydney!

9/11/2001

What a terrible tragedy for out country!

We should NEVER forget that day!

Fast forward to

September 11, 2005...

What a wonderful day for our family!

Sydney was born!

We always say her birthday is September 11

and not 9/11 - we want

to never forget the bad but we also

want to celebrate the good!

Hard to believe Sydney is already 3!

She is a smart little cookie

and very adept with a camera -

trying to follow in her Mommy's footsteps!

Sydney loves to pose for the camera too!

Sydney and Kaitlyn (9 months) visited
KiddieKandids for their pictures.
Kaitlyn loves her big sister!
What little cuties they are!



Sydney enjoyed her birthday today -
and will enjoy her "Princess" themed party
on Sunday afternoon too!
Today she received a couple of presents
and lots of phone calls from aunts and uncles!
I had Sydney, Karsten & Kaitlyn today and
Kim sent cupcakes which they had
with their lunch. Then they
had yummy brownies that Michelle sent
for afternoon snack.
All these little goodies are prepared so
carefully and with so much love - Sydney
and Karsten are allergic to milk, dairy, eggs
and a few other things.
After dinner tonight though - Sydney began
welting on her face - the first
sign of an allergic reaction. That means
there was probably a cross-contemination
of something somewhere in the initial
processing of one of the ingredients.
Thankfully it was a welting and not a full
blown anaphylaxtic episode!

We are so honored to be grandparents to
5 of the most darling kiddies!!
No boasting from this grandma!! ;-)