Sylvie

Sylvie's doing a lot of cute things these days. She's definitely found her hands and likes to play with her fingers. She does this especially as she's falling asleep...as if she's scheming tomorrow's adventures. She's also reaching for things that are in front of her now and trying to grab them to put in her mouth. She especially likes to hold on to my chin when she's nursing, which is a pretty funny sight. Sylvie's not rolling over yet, but she's definitely trying...she rolls way over on her side. But the biggest change lately has been in her eating habits. She is so distractible these days and aware of her surroundings! It's so hard to nurse her, because every time she tries to nurse, she gets distracted either by the phone, me talking, or her favorite distraction...Mike and Jonathan. Jonathan has caught on to his mesmerizing power over her and now when I'm trying to nurse her, he'll come right over and start to sing a song and Sylvie will promptly contort her body so that she's just lying there watching him upside down. And she'll stay in that position and simply stare at him until he finishes. And when he's all done, and she's ready to eat again, he'll come up behind her and start singing again at the top of his voice and she'll immediately look at him again!...little rascal. This is why we've had to start solids! I'll try to get Mike to take a picture of her staring at him or Jonathan mid-feed.
Of course, no post is truly complete without a video of my cuties. Jonathan is singing to Sylvie, at the end of which he exclaims "Horray!" and then "I'll show you.", meaning that he wants me to show him the movie playback on the camera.