Big Girl

I feel like Sylvie really looks like a big girl now. There were moments not so long ago where I could still see the baby in her, but not so much anymore. Luckily, along with the tantrums, come the really funny moments and expressions. Here are a few.

Who is this?

Sylvie has a new side to her personality these days. We are desperately hoping it is a phase. For the last week and a half, she's been very clingy (with me) and extremely emotional. She's also been extremely defiant and had more tantrums than we have ever experienced. The power to distract her has gone by the way side. It's like she has a longer attention span and hangs on to how mad she really is! Please tell us this is a phase and it won't last forever. What do we need to do to deal with these tantrums? We're trying to sort it out. In the meantime, here's the new face of Sylvie!

Happy Easter!

This year Sylvie actually went in search of her Easter basket and shouted, "I found it" when she came across it. (ok, Bryan rolled a ball to its location and miraculously she 'found it'.) Although it was quite messy, we had a lot of fun coloring eggs. Luckily, Statia and Peter adopted us this year and we had an amazing brunch with their family, followed by an easter egg hunt. Sylvie, Zoe and Benny seemed to most enjoy putting the money from the eggs into the piggy bank. The kids had a great time and we are still suffering from an extended food coma. Here are some pics from today...

World's Worst Blogger

Ok, so I am pretty sure I am the world's worst blogger. I have all kinds of excuses of why I simply can't upload a few recent pictures or video and write down my thoughts. I think about it all the time. Usually my best stuff comes to me when I am in the shower, yet somehow I can't seem to get it together. So, I was thinking, why don't I just direct everyone to Zoe's blog since Statia basically covers all the bases for us there. If you are reading, go directly toto find out the latest 'going's on' of Sylvie.

I will do my best here to catch up.

A few major things happened earlier this month. We made a trip to Lewiston after Sylvie's Great-Grandpa passed away. It was a very sad time. 'Grandpa' as she called him, loved Sylvie so very much. He always sang such sweet songs to her, like "Sylvie, Sylvie, Give me your answer do! I'm half crazy, All for the love of you!" I'll always have great memories of Grandpa singing those songs to her! We are all so lucky to have had such a special person in our lives.



While we were there, Sylvie got to experience a real Western NY snow storm. I think we got about 2 feet of snow (which is not nearly as much as 7 or 8 feet we've had in the recent past). It was really beautiful. Here's a pic from my mom's house.



February catch up:

• Cousins Marisa and Laura came for a visit. Sylvie LOVED all the girl time.
• Papa's Birthday in NY (B-day cake & showing Nana & Papa the Big Apple)

Sylvie Parker or ET? You decide.

Phone Home.
Sylvie's favorite babysitter, Dena, captures Sylvie playing dress up.

Lunchtime Snooze

With the beautiful weather this week, came a lot of outdoor play and one sleepy little girl. After a busy day on the playground, Sylvie was enjoying some leftover pasta and eggplant while listening to a little Amy Winehouse. The next thing I know, she lays her head down on her plate and falls asleep! Pasta hangover?

Zoe & Sylvie

Sylvie is developing such a sweet friendship with her sidekick Zoe that I wanted to post some images of them together. Lucky for us, we just happen to like her parents too!