Sylvia is 11 months old!

This is at least my 3rd attempt to do this! Blogger, my phone, and bad wifi / cell reception have all been conspiring against me, but I feel good about this time...

Sylvia woke up in a very good mood on her 11-month birthday! She stayed in a good mood as we sang to her while we finished packing up, and as we put her in the car, and even as we started driving and kept going... and going... and going... After a nice long nap, though, she was FED UP, and we still had about 2 hours ahead of us before getting to Yosemite. I'm not sure what she makes of the big rocks or the falling water, but she enjoys the many relatives (and random people on the shuttle bus) cooing over her. But I think I'll post about Yosemite later...

We weighed her in at 20 pounds, ?? ounces today. It's harder to tell now that she wiggles so much! Sylvia now has 3 teeth -- two on the bottom, and one off to the side on the top. It's pretty amazing how efficient she is with them, though. She's been eating all sorts of things. She wants just about anything Mom & Dad are eating -- unless it's green! I keep having to remind her that avocado is better than in looks.

For not being able to walk, she sure is mobile! She zooms around on all fours, and is really good at pulling herself up and cruising around on available furniture &/or people. She also likes to sit and spin around in circles! (When we're back in civilization, I'll try to get some videos of her zooming around. But it may have to wait until some more progress has been made on the dissertation...)

I guess this is a common feeling, but I think Max and I both oscillate between feeling amazed that it's almost been a whole year, and having a hard time believing that there was ever a time before she was part of our lives. One thing is for sure: a lot happens in 11 months!