Sydney at 16 months

I feel like I haven't talked at all about Sydney for a while. She is just growing so fast. And I guess I mean that in a mental way, because she is still so little! She's 16 1/2 months now and weighs only 21lbs. What a joy she is to our family. She has quite a lot of personality. She is such a sweetheart and loves to cuddle or sit on my lap(She loves to cuddle with Daddy especially though I think). She grunts in dissagreement if we make her stop doing something(like dig in the trash for "goodies"). She tries to throw fits if she doesn't get what she wants(they don't last long and I like to think it's because I don't ever give in. Who knows). She walks up to me randomly throughout the day and starts talking to me with the cutest face. She says things like "diss", and "budiss" often. Wish I knew what she meant! She's usually showing me something atleast. She loves her older brother and tries to emulate him in every way(even the bad things sometimes). She is basically over her stranger anxiet. Now she just burries her head in my shoulder or lap acting like they can't see her that way. She has the cutest laugh when you tickle her. She loves to tickle us as well. She loves to read books on her own as well as with us. She loves music and dancing(though now her dance is more like stomping her feet than what it was before. So cute!). And she loves giving kisses! I could go on more but it's late! I do however want to record some of her newer words. It seems that all of a sudden she's saying a lot.
-About a month or so ago she learned "help" and she says it for everything. If she wants up, or down, or she wants something we're holding, or the fridge opened, or actual help with something she can't do herself. Everything.
-Three weeks ago she learned "bubye", and she likes to use it a lot. I'll hear her saying it in her crib over and over. And she likes to look out the window at the people and cars and say it.
-Two weeks ago she learned "cheese" and "apple". She also learned "yeah". One day I asked if they wanted a banana with their lunch and Sydney immediately said "yeah". I was so shocked!
-Last week was not such a good week. She learned "no" and "mine", and now she likes to say them. Here we go!
-Then this week she has learned "hot". I'm always telling her to stay away from the oven when I open it because it's hot, and she's tested the outside of it a few times. She says it more with a silent H. It's really cute!
And that's my little girl in a simplified nutshell. We love her so much. She adds so much to the family and it's so fun to watch her learn and grow.

One way she copies David and her Daddy is by putting on their hats. She LOVES them. If I'm not careful I'm going to have a tom boy on my hands being all surrounded by boys! \