Friday, January 27, 2012

Sylvia is 2-1/2

Two months ago, I said that I could have "nearly coherent" conversations with Sylvia. Well, these days we're having complex negotiations and arguments, talking about our day, and discussing what we might like to do tomorrow. Some of it is still pretty incoherent, but it's absolutely amazing to me how much she can communicate and how much she can understand.

She's now right around 3 feet tall and weighs about 32 pounds. If you're keeping track, that means that her length has almost doubled since birth, and her weight has more than quadrupled.

Even though I started this on the 27th, it's taking me about 8 days to finish it! In those 8 days, we moved Sylvia into a big girl bed. She took to it like a rock star, until she came down with a horrible cough. She seemed to be on the mend when she caught some kind of stomach bug. That, too, is hopefully already on it's way out, but it's been a rough week! We're all tired, and Sylvia is as moody and volatile as I've ever seen her. Hopefully we'll all feel better soon!

Check back for news of Sylvia's first day of preschool!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Visitors

Before the holidays and back when Kurt was still a young boy of 3, we had a visit from Jeff, Jayne, Kurt & Maria. It was generally chaos, but the best kind of chaos! With all the different wake-up times, nap / rest times, and bed times to navigate, we barely had enough time to all get out of the house at the same time, but we did manage a few field trips, and we made the best of our time around the house.
















Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Happy Birthday, Kurt

On the day that he was born...




And (almost) 4 years later...





How did that happen?!?

Monday, January 2, 2012

Happy Holidays!

Sylvia had a wonderful holiday season all around. It was really fun seeing how much she enjoyed everything. We'd been talking to her about how we'd see all the family for Christmas and Hanukah, and she was so excited! She was enthralled by menorahs, Christmas trees, and presents!

We had Christmas Eve at my uncle's house.
And Christmas Day at my cousin's house
She had a wonderful time, but she was exhausted by midday.
Still, she perked up to celebrate the last 3 nights of Hanukah

The traditional monthly chair picture may have finally met it's end (or at least have hit a gap), but those last two happened to be taken on December 27th!