End of the Year, Julia visits & Elaine visits

Just wanted to drop a few shots & give an update before the New Year gets a jump on me!

Julia came to visit day after Thanksgiving. Syd & I met her in Kota Kinabalu and we took a boat the next day to Gaya Island & stayed at the Gayana Eco Resort. Wow what a place! We had such a great time catching up & enjoying the scenery. She got to stay a full week & I was so sad to see her go. What a lucky girl I am to have a friend in her. I love you Julia!

Elaine came to visit for Christmas & got some good bonding time with Sydney. More photos from Christmas to come. We just hung out in Miri & she got to see our daily routine, holiday style that is. Most of our baby groups, etc. were shut down for the holidays. She got to stay a whole 2 1/2 weeks & we were sad to see her go.

Next post will be Christmas!

So Sydney is now 11 months, standing & holding onto furniture as she walks around, l0ts & lots of babbling, learned to go down stairs like mommy taught her & got 4 top teeth all at once - they are still just through the skin & will show soon. She is a trooper!

View from hotel in Kota Kinabalu

My girls

View from our deck on Gaya Island (the stairs go straight into the ocean for a swim)

Julia enjoying a Tiger Beer in the South China Sea

Nice infinity pool by the restaurant that had monkey's

Sydney found a kitty - can you tell she loves them?

Kiki the pet Hornbill

Elaine & Syd before a cocktail party for carols at Christmas

Sabotage

Our family lost an angel today. Found as a stray on the streets of Nashville our girl had quite a life. Boy will she be missed. Rest in Peace Sabotage.

Sabotage (Sabbie)
1996-2009

A day at the Beach

Thought I had better get caught up on the blog since we are getting ready for visitors & will have more to say soon! Julia arrives this next Saturday after Thanksgiving (yippee!) & Sydney & I will meet her in Kota Kinabalu. Sunday we will take a boat to Gaya Island & stay at the Gayana Eco Resort in an ocean front chalet until Tuesday when we return to Miri. Check it out!
http://www.gayana-eco-resort.com/gayana_site/index.html

Then Ken's mom is coming to spend Christmas with us & my folks are coming mid-January to celebrate Sydney's first birthday. We are excited to have everyone & get some travel in as well.

Here are some photos from a Sunday afternoon at the beach by the Piasau Boat Club we had last week. Good times. :) The doggies love it. So do we.

Crash & Wolfie chasing crabs

More Halloween 2009

This photo is not Halloween but who cares - Go Texans!

Sydney was not sure about Halloween once she saw the adults dressed up!

Our fallen angel.

Daddy the hotel guest & his angel.

Kenny's angels.

Pictures from heather

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Hi Sydney!

She learned to wave last week & I was lucky to catch it the first day.

Last Few Weeks Every Day Stuff

This blog should now be called Life with Sydney (in Malaysia). :)

Here is her first pancake breakfast. Yummy!

She has 2 bottom teeth that have broken the skin & another 2 on the bottom getting ready to come in.

A day on the boat on the Miri River with friends

Right before attending her first birthday party for her friend Sebastian.

After her first birthday party - sleepy baby!
The Halloween costumes I bought last year for 9-12 month olds from Target (while I was pregnant) don't fit her - she is too long! Tall baby! Happy Halloween anyway. :)

Back to the boat - yes we know she doesn't have on a life vest but they don't make them here. We took good care of her.

On her way to the boat! Yippee!