New Nightgown

Just some plain cute pictures of Sylvie in her new nightgown from Granny!

Come here horsey, horsey!

Sylvie has fallen in love with the horses in Prospect Park. Bryan has been taking her every Saturday morning to watch people taking riding lessons. She gets so excited just before they arrive and cries out 'horsey, horsey'! Often she just stares in silence (a very rare occurrence) and watches in amazement. Then she gallops around and clicks her tongue making the sound of their hooves in motion. Check out this smile. I guess you can see how much she truly loves them! Maybe as much as she loves Miles?

Christmas 2007

Sylvie in her pretty Christmas dress at Nana'a party

Well, it's been some time since our last post. After my laptop died and I thought I had lost everything (which thankfully was NOT the case), I was ready to throw in the blog towel. But, here we are again with some much needed updating!

Sylvie continues to amaze us and make us laugh. She has such a great sense of humor and is really quite silly. She's recently learned to say her whole name -- Sylvie, Parker (with a Bostonian accent) Jenkins. While we were in Western NY over the holidays, she even gave us great attitude along with saying her name after endless prodding by her proud parents. Enough already, I am not your monkey. Still, Sylvie seemed to enjoy the madness of the holidays and being around so many new people. One thing is for sure, she is much better at remembering people's names than I am!

Here's some pics from the holidays

Sylvie does the classics

Sylvie Parker interprets the classic works of Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle.

Dancing with Her Baby

Sylvie does a little impromptu dance with her baby 'Zoe'. Her black eye did not impede her ability to get down.

Baby Loves Disco

Sylvie loves music. So do we and we found a perfect opportunity for us all to enjoy. Bryan and I took Sylvie to Baby Loves Disco at South Paw in Park Slope last weekend. It was strange to walk into a night club at 2 in the afternoon, but we got our grove on and had a good time. Sylvie broke out some of her special moves and of course, sucked on a few shaker eggs. Her favorite part, though, were the bubbles that would descend upon the dance floor. Good times!

You Should See the Slide!

I guess it's all part of toddlerhood - the falls, the spills...But it sure is hard not to feel guilty when it happens right in front of you. Sylvie went down the big slide at 9th street on her belly like she usually does, but this time bashed her eye at the very end. It all happened in slow motion and before I knew it, she had a big, fat, swollen blue eye!

So sorry to my friend Mick who came to Brooklyn to meet Sylvie for the first time and ended up playing nurse with me. You were a big help Mick. (Nice work with the puppet distractions).

Sylvie handled it all really well and thankfully our landlord, who is an ER doctor, came upstairs and assured me that she was fine. His mother always told him, "When a child falls, they grow". I took some comfort in that. All part of becoming a big girl I guess.