Did I mention that she's definitely in the stage of the terrible 2's? I mean look at the sweet face. How can such a cute little girl throw such a mean tantrum? We kind of skipped the 2's with Brooklyn and hit them when she was 3 so I got an extra year. It seems like Sydney can throw a mean tantrum at anytime for really no reason at all. Did I mention she is incredibly strong too so it doesn't make wrestling with her easy. You can ask any of the 100 or so passengers on the plane back from California to Nashville about that and they will agree with me. My hope was that with the aid of Benadryl she would snooze the 3 or so hours it would take to get home from our layover in Las Vegas. Nope. She slept from Cali to Las Vegas, a 45 min flight, which blew the rest of the naptime. She didn't take a nap at all on the flight home. She was all over the plane and finally about the last hour she had had enough and wanted to just run around. The pilot had put the fasten seat belt light on because of turbulence so this was not an option. Well she went ballistic. I was so tired I just couldn't hold on to her any longer. People were giving me the evil eye. I was sweating and at my wits end. This went on for at least a half hour. She screamed and cried at the top of her lungs. Finally one of the flight attendants from the back came up to me and said, "Ma'am would you like to come on back and stand back with us". I was relieved. I had wanted to do that, but didn't know if I could because the light was on. I got back there and just started to cry. I was so tired from lack of sleep the whole trip and completely embarassed that I could not control my child, that I lost it. The flight attendants were great. I was back there for about 10 minutes when I decided to go back to my seat and try to rock her to sleep as best as I could in such a confined space. It worked. She fell right to sleep. All that crying did her in. Finally some peace and quiet. She slept all the way through the landing too. She didn't wake up until the lights came on in the cabin. I told Brian I never want to fly again with 2 toddlers for quite sometime. He reminded me that I said that last year when we flew to Orlando and she cried the whole way there. He's right. I will probably forget about the whole thing this time next year when we take our trip to Orlando to go to Disney World. It got me thinking. I have to take the good with the bad. She won't be 2 for long and I know it's just a phase. She has such a sweet spirit about her when she's not throwing a tantrum. She is very compassionate towards people and very concerned. When she sees her sissy sad she'll say, "What's the matter Brooklyn"? "Why you sad"? She loves to give hugs and kisses. She'll say, "Kisses" and then kiss you, "Hugs" then hug you and then she'll say, "love you mommy". Oh it is just the best to hear her say that. I tear up just thinking about that. I love it when she says it to Brooklyn and when it's least expected. Today they were wrestling on the bed after nap time and Syd just leaned over and hugged Brooklyn and said, "love you Brooklyn". I love to watch them interact and I love when they play nice together. I can't wait to watch them grow up and become best friends.
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