A month old...

It's hard to believe that four Thursdays ago we gained a new family member.  I don't know if the time has gone by fast or slow.  I was just saying to Brian the other day that we seem to always look back on big life changes...we don't always notice them when they are happening.  But with Sydney, we feel this big life change every day.  I think we are finally fully aware that we are parents and that this little girl is ours and here to stay.  We're slow I guess.

Anyway, Sydney is doing great.  She is much more alert these days and loves to look around.  We can put her on her play mat and she loves the lights, but she also loves looking at everything else around her as well.  She will now look at us in the eyes and will sometimes even follow us as we walk away.  Funny how that makes you feel a little more connected to her.

She is also working on potty training!  :)  Okay, so that is what we are telling ourselves...but, hey, she could be.  She hates being in a wet, dirty diaper.  So, when she cries we will put her on her changing table and she stops crying and just spends several minutes looking around finishing her business.  We kept changing diaper after diaper in the early days, so it finally dawned on us that hey, maybe she needs a few more minutes.  She will spend 10 to 15 minutes just kicking away and looking around.  When she starts crying it means she is done and ready for a new diaper.  We have started to read to her during this time and she loves that as well.  It's one of my favorite things she does...she is just so content and happy when she is on that changing table.

Pooping takes such concentration!

This last week was a big week as Sydney finally met her Nanna and Papa.  My parents flew up and spent about a week with us.  They came in the first night Brian was back to work, so that was good timing for me.  (He works 11pm to 9 am.)  It was so nice having them here as we actually got some sleep and had warm meals every day!  What a difference!  They loved spending time with her, and her Papa has even started to annoy her at this young age- see picture below!  :)

Papa annoying Sydney...

Sydney hasn't really gotten on any type of schedule.  We just need to stop thinking that she is going to get on one I suppose.  Even if she did have one, it would only be a matter of days before it changed.  Lately she seems to have her days and nights mixed up.  She slept a lot during the days while my parents were here- despite their many efforts to keep her awake!- and was awake most of the night.  Now that my parents are gone, she seems to be all over the place with her sleeping again.  O-well.

The other person in our family trying to get adjusted to things is Tucker.  He doesn't really take notice of Sydney unless she is crying, and then he just runs into the other room.  If only we could do that too!  :)