Just one of the reasons...

This is just one of the reasons, I am not giving Syra all the sugary sweets. First off sugar(s) does absolutely nothing for the digestive system, they don't have anything to offer but negatives. Second with the little kids, their bodies are much smaller than ours, making the impact of sugar greater with them. Three I have seen with my own eyes, the sooner you get them started on all the cake, ice cream, candies, etc., it just gets them addicted earlier in life, and the harder it is to break it later in life. I like to call them sugar fiends. Seriously once you introduce them to the refined sugars, it is like driving on the Audubon, once you get a taste of driving at that speed it is hard to drive at 65 mph.

I know that I am walking a fine line, not wanting to be a gestapo (which some think I am, which is fine), and knowing at some point she will be introduced to it. I want to teach her it is important what she chooses to put in her body when she can make that choice. I want her to be informed, and be able to make smart choices for herself. Denton and I were in agreement on this Syra does not need to eat these kinds of foods right now at this point in her life. And you should see how some people judge you so harshly! They sat things like - How can you not give her a cake for her 1st birthday to dig into?, how much can she really digest, it gets mostly smashed!?!

This video is very interesting, my brother in law sent it to me. High-Fructose Corn Syrup is in over 90% in our food that the FDA approves. This video has some great points, so instead of me listing them I posted it for you to watch. It is only about 7 mins long.

11/13/08

1st Birthday

Well, tomorrow is the big day for Syra, she will be turning one. I can't believe it, I can still remember a year ago being insanely pregnant, actually I was in active labor right now, haha good memories.

Denton and I tend to be a bit liberal, in a non-traditional way, we are not doing a 1st birthday party. We are going to skip all the people, the food, the birthday cake frosting, entertaining, cleaning the house, but we are not skipping the birthday celebration. And since Syra hasn't had cake, ice cream, candy or any "hard white refined sugars" I am not starting on her birthday. Whatever what other people may think, that kind of sugar does absolutely nothing for their systems, other than damage. Besides, I think that the 1st birthday party is more for the parents. I want to do the really fun birthday parties when Syra can truly enjoy it, pick out her birthday theme and what not. And maybe we will start making a tradition of going on a trip for Syra's birthday, how fun to look forward going away, and being able to pick your destination for your birthday?

We are going to go to Cambria, and stop in SLO, see the family there, and Syra's new baby cousin, Pepper born Nov 7th. Probably frolick on the beach, see the sea lions, and have fun.

Sy sy walking

This past Sunday November 2nd, Syra started walking! She is still getting her confidence and her "sea legs" but she is doing great. Check out the video...

Pumpkin video

Here is the video with Syra at the pumpkin patch!

Syra's 1st Halloween 2008

Here are the photos of Syra on Halloween. We went trick or treating with her for about 15 houses, she had lots of fun, and learned to say uooooooooo went she went through all the spider webs, and scaries... Denton and I even got to have a date night, later in the evening we went to our friends halloween party, and had a blast!

Syra, the pumpkins & the pony rides

Syra LOVED going to the pumpkin patch!!! I think it was the pony rides, along with all the animals in the petting zoo. She had fun going up and down all the pumpkin rows, sitting with the pumpkins, she liked this white one, and all the wee ones too. We got to go back to the pumpkin patch because my Dad won a Ginmoranous Pumpkin with his raffle ticket. This thing was huge!!! If you had bought this pumpkin it would have cost over $75.00, and we won 4 scary house tickets. So Syra got to go on another pony ride, and well with her face in the picture you don't have to guess that she was enjoying her moment. While I found that the first time we went we bought some food to feed the animals and none of them wanted to eat! The second time we didn't buy food, and they were rushing us to eat as we made our way to the pony ride! Go figure...haha

Walking!!!

Syra offically took two steps without holding on to a hand tonight! Do I hear a whoot! We have our camcorder ready!

Don't forget

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Taken just before

Haha I thought this picture was worth a thousand words! This is Syra on her beanbag enjoying one of her Baby Einstein DVD's right before she was going to take a nap. It is all in the body language. She almost made it all the way through the DVD.

The cow says?

About a little over a week ago, Syra started saying Moo. Now she can spot a cow a mile away and she starts saying mooo it is the damn cutest thing. We have some books, and a puzzle with cows, she points and says moo. If you ask her what does a cow say? Most of the time she says moo, depending on her mood. So cute just had to share.

All on her own

Well we have a walker that turns into a sit n push, but Syra crawled over to it yesterday and pulled herself up and started walking. We were so excited & jumping around!!! She is wanting to move constantly. I think she will be walking before her 1st birthday, we will have to wait and see. Any who, here is a little clip of Syra doing her thing...

In 9 days

I didn't get a chance to post when it happened with all the happs going on around here, but in 9 days Syra had 4 teeth pop through on the top! Talk about getting this teething thing moving and grooving! Our baby girl has got some chompers now, 7 all together (soon to be 8 with another one coming in on the bottom)! We are just waiting for them to grow in now that they have busted through the gums. And I am grateful that she isn't biting me while she is nursing, cause that would HURT!!!!

Scarf for Sy-sy

I had some very soft yarn left over and didn't have enough to do a "full size" scarf so I decided to knit a scarf Syra size. Here is what it looks like! I think it turned out super cute, and am thinking about making more to sell. Any thoughts?

Very cool

Syra has had saying Mommy and Daddy down for a while now. She has just recently begun to ask for us by name now depending on who she wants. We both think that is very cool.

Something new

Well tonight was the first time Syra went into Toys R Us. And her reaction was pretty funny, she kept pointing at things, and went crazy when we took her down the stuffed animal aisle. She kept looking at us, like why haven't you brought me here before today? We had fun cruising around the store, got we came for and got out.

Anywho Syra learned how to do something new tonight. We have been showing her consistently for a few days now, and tonight she got it. We have an awesome night light/ sound maker that attaches to the crib. It has rainforest sounds, and it rocks Denton and I love it. There is a bird in the corner that you push to turn it on and off. Syra now undrstands that pushing the bird will do just that. She has been trying to do it herself for a few days, but either didn't push the bird hard enough or push just above the bird. Well let me tell you she knows just how to do it now. I think that poor thing has been started and stopped more tonight than it has in the past 10 months. It is pretty funny to watch her start and stop it. She was very proud of herself.

Sweet sweet kisses

Syra now understands fully the concept of kisses. I can ask for a kiss and depending on if she feels like giving one she will either give or not give. I personally love it when she does give one. She leans in with a wide open mouth and I make the mmmmmmm muah sound until the kiss is complete. I found that a while ago, she will sit and read her books, say a little story (in baby talk) while turning the pages, and then when she got a certain page would fold her self in half. I thought what in the heck is she doing, baby yoga? haha Well it turns out that she would be giving kisses to the pages of her books. It thought it was so sweet, one is a bear that she always give kisses now. She is so thoughtful to share her sweet kisses. When we wake up in the morning and if I am not wide awake by the time she is, (which is almost always, I never believe it is time to get up) she is on my chest kissing me over and over on my face. After just a few trust me I am awake, from the amount of wetness that is all over my face.

10 months

Syra is 22 pounds, and about 29' long, has 3 teeth with 2 more peeking through. She has got LOTS of hair that has the beginning of curls. She is a champion crawler, has a great sense of humor, and has attitude packed with punch! You can see more photos at www.picasaweb.google.com/denton.davenport

It has been discovered...

that Syra has two top teeth coming in!!! How exciting, as of right now she only has three bottom teeth! haha I think she will like having those two top teeth very much, with as much as she likes to eat! I on the other hand will be looking forward to some sleepless nights with those puppies coming in! Thank goodness there is coffee to drink in the morning.

Raspberries

Syra blew her first raspberry on my skin this morning! It was pretty funny, she made me laugh and then she just cracked her self up. She was so proud of herself. We were practicing on daddy last night before we went to bed, and I have been showing her the last couple of days too. And this morning she did it.