This Joy’s Life

When I think of going to the beach, I think hot sun and sand. Not so with the beaches out here in B-town (greater Seattle), but any time I go to the beach it still feels like a getaway so I’m trying to go more often. Especially since we have 3 beaches within a 5 minute drive of the house and many, many more that are 20 mins or less. It’s a crime not to in the summer!

On our way, we stopped at the local consignment shop, Lollipops, to buy some boy swim trunks for the girls to get wet and dirty in.  Clara enjoyed finding neat rocks on the beach and collecting or tossing them in the water at her whim.  Sydney enjoyed putting neat rocks in her mouth.  She did not enjoy mom taking them out.

See it all for yourself:

My friend Rawee claims I favor Clara on my blog over Sydney . . .

It may be true, but I’m working on rectifying it.

Ok, but, in my defense, Clara is at an age now where she can listen to direction when I’m trying to get pictures of her.  Sydney is at an age where she ain’t studin’ that.

Just a couple pictures of Clara and Sydney that are cute.  The first two are from Ben’s first birthday party taken by my friend Carrie of Clara and Jack and Sydney and her shovel.  The others are of Sydney in the bath I took this afternoon.  Now that she can sit up on her own, bath-time has become a whole lot more fun!

I’m going to post on a regular basis.

I’m going to post, at a minimum, monthly pictures of my kids.

I’m going to write about my new “diet” (as in what I eat, not how little I should eat) and weight-loss strategy.

I’m going to do regular book reports on my blog of all the great books I’ve been reading.

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Yeah, so, following-through – not so much.  Knowing is half the battle.  And, I will give myself credit for the last one, since technically I’ve not read a book since Clara was born 4 YEARS AGO.  If it seems as if I’m proud of that, I’m not.

What am I even talking about here? I’m not sure.  But, since I’ve been remiss updating my blog, I’ll leave you will two things.  A blog post by a blogger better than myself that gives you a picture of what my day-to-day is like: The Glamorous Life

And a picture of each kidlet from the month of May.

Check.

Check.

No, no, no, of course not.  But, it may seem like it for a time on my blog because I am SLEEP DEPRIVED and have thought about doing posts a number of times, but getting past the thought stage has proven rather difficult of late.  So, while I’m getting my little act of a life together over here, I think I’ll just post a monthly picture of Sydney (with some possible cameos of Clara) until I can get back into the writing groove.  I do miss it. In fact, I’ve been thinking about focusing a bit on my weight-loss and healthy eating struggles because 1) it is something I’m thinking about a lot 2) they say it is good to talk about your goals in these areas because it helps you hold yourself accountable and 3) I’m trying to come up with a “lifestyle” plan that works with how my life actually works (i.e. going cold turkey on eating out and dessert just ain’t going to happen).  We’ll see . . .

At any rate, here’s Sydney at 3 months:

Sydney 3 months

She’s just turned 4 months as of the 6th, so as the month comes to a close we’ll see which picture next represents her best.

A little video of our child prodigy who, at two months, is just about able to roll over onto her stomach. Generally, you expect this around the 4 month mark, I believe. I know. Impressive

Rollo – Sydney 2mo.s from Joy Fisher on Vimeo.

Admittedly, I have been remiss in posting pictures of our newest addition lately.  I’m going to attempt to rectify that a bit now by posting just a couple miscellaneous pictures from the past few weeks.  The big thing going on here, besides the lack of sleep, was that our friends Suzanne and Kevin with their two year old Sylvia came to visit us last weekend.  Those pictures will come soon.  In the meantime, here are a few pictures of Sydney looking and acting like her sister only three and a half years ago.

You’ve already seen our current thinker:

Thinker A

Compare that to the Clare-bear:

Thinker B

One thing our girls know how to do is pout and cry. Can you guess who this is?

Pout A

And this?

Pout B

By the time Clara was 3 months, you can really see that she is she in her pictures. I’m curious to see if by 3 months, it is as easy to see how Sydney has come into her own more. I’m afraid if these girls ask me years from now whose baby pictures are who, I may not be totally sure of the answer.

Finally, here is a picture of Sydney hamming it up for the cameras (she wears her sunglasses at night, y’all) as well as a picture of “our family” that Clara drew on her dry-erase board earlier tonight. Of course, I think her drawing abilities are amazing!

Cool dudette

Clara's Family by Clara Louise Fisher

I’m so excited about this mobile that I just purchased for Sydney’s room at The Wonderland Studio’s Etsy shop.  It is mesmerizing, especially at 3 a.m. going on only a few hours of sleep. It twists and twirls so lazily over the crib; I love it! And so does miss Clara. She wants one for her room now, so I think I know what Santa will be bringing . . . I’m even thinking about getting one to hang over my desk. These mobiles are super cool and not just for kids, I’d say!

Oh, and, if you are interested, the I got the prints on the wall in the background through an Etsy shop as well – Cosas Minimas by Blancha Gomez.  They are “Rainy Day”, “Summer Girl” and “Monsieur I.”

Things that make you go hmmmm...

I grow old, I grow old, I shall wear my trousers rolled.

Do I dare eat a peach?

At what time shall I take my next nap?

When can I reasonably expect to eat again?

We are home from the hospital with Sydney, though the house is unusually quiet because she has slept the day away and Clara, who has the croup (!), is currently staying with her grandparents.  Having the sisters meet has unfortunately been delayed, but we want both girls happy and healthy when they finally do. In the meantime, here are some pictures of us in the hospital enjoying some solo time with our new girl.

Happy birthday to you!