Packing

Where have we been? Right here, just not blogging.

Where are we going? To Bar Harbor, Maine this Wednesday for a week with family and friends. This will be Sylvia's second air trip and first trip to Maine. I can't wait to kayak, hike, eat wild blueberries and lobster...and take a nap every day!

Right Toe, Left Toe, Switcharoo-Thumb!

Eating

After a few less-than-successful attempts at solid food, Sylvia has found a new mouth-delight in jarred organic applesauce with apricots.

This is the first food that she has actually leaned forward with an open mouth for, and she's tried grabbing the spoon too. She has a funny habit of biting on the spoon with each mouthful; we can see scratches on the spoon from her two little bottom teeth.

Now we're committed to feeding her some solid food every day.

Big Girl Things

Sitting up, getting more attached to mama, pulling the peek-a-boo blanket off her face herself, wanting to get down from our laps and sit on the floor, learning words like "doggie," and getting taller/bigger/more kid-like and less baby-like every day.

Buddies

Sylvia attended her first baby party weekend before last; we should have taken a photo of all the high chairs interspersed around the table with the big-people chairs.

It was fun to see the little people interacting!

Sip

Part of trying solid foods has been incorporating a little water into Sylvia's diet. She copped on to sucking the sippy cup right away, but still needs to remember to tilt it back so the water is available!

Yesterday Sylvia came down with her first cold, her first illness ever, and on her seven-month birthday. So far an annoying runny/snotty nose and a little more crankiness. Keep your fingers crossed.

Tooth Eruption

This was a very-hard-to-capture image.