Thumb sucking and smiles...

Sydney is just the cutest little thumb/finger sucker.  A couple of weeks ago I had put her down and a few minutes later I heard her pacifier drop and was waiting for her to start crying.  The crying never came, but this strange smacking noise started.  I wasn't really quite sure what it was and when I went and checked on her, she was trying to suck on her thumb and pointer finger.  It was the funniest thing.  Her little fingers are so much smaller than the pacifier, so she can't ever get a good hold, but it satisfies her, so more power to her.  She now sometimes prefers her thumb/finger to her pacifier.  You know when adults grab little kids' noses and they hold up their hand showing their thumb in-between their fingers, trying to pass that off as the nose?  That is how she holds her thumb when she puts her little digits in her mouth.  So sweet. 

Anyway, between that new treasure and her smiles, we are just head over heels for her.  We get frustrated sometimes when she is crying and we can't figure out why, but as soon as she looks at you and smiles, it's all over. 

She has been fussier than usual lately.  We took her in to the chiropractor last week and mentioned to her that my mom had thought that maybe Sydney was starting to teethe.  The chiropractor, along with another practitioner and a mother sitting in the lobby, all said it was way too early and we still had a few more months.  (Sydney was only 8 1/2 weeks at that point.)  But, when Treeka started working on Sydney, sure enough, she said she couldn't believe it, but Sydney was starting to teethe.  So, here goes I guess.  :)

Despite that, she really is such a good girl.  Even when she is fussy, we know we can't complain as we have it better than most I'm sure.  Her sleep got messed up for a couple nights, but she has been back to sleeping all night again and that is so nice.

Here are a few more recent pictures...

The ones of Sydney in bed... Brian was going to bed and we were tucking him in. I had to pee so I put her down beside him and this is what I came back to. She was just too cute to move...and she was actually sleeping...so, I guess this is the one exception to her sleeping in our room!  :)