Silvia

It's been awhile since I did an update on the littlest member of the family, so here you go. We had Silvia's 6 month check-up last week and she is weighing in now at 15 pounds, 3 ounces. She's hale and hearty, and very healthy girl, and also a very HAPPY girl.

That's one of her biggest charms, the enormous smile she doles out all day long, for all occasions. Mid-smile, these days, you can see the barest little glint where her first tooth has broken through on the bottom. I'm very nervous about that sharp little protrusion, but so far I have not been bitten. Let's hope my luck holds out!

Silvia is hitting a lot of developmental markers right now. There's her first tooth, sitting up on her own (very strongly), and now she's almost ready to crawl. In the past week she's gone from simply doing push-ups to taking a full hands-and-knees crawling position and rocking back and forth. As of this morning, she only seems to be able to backwards and in circles, rotating on her belly, but I'm certain that wobbly crawling is in her immediate future.

It's a little strange to see Silvia practicing all these gross motor developmental skills totally by the book. I keep having to remind myself that she's not a Super-Baby, she's just normal. But compared to Anna's developmental progress, it seems impossible that a 6 month old tiny baby could be sitting up, much less crawling. Actually, Anna is just now at nearly 3 perfecting her crawling skills.

She's been crawling around, slowly, on the floor as an example for Silvia. Silvia absolutely adores her big sister, focuses on her her with delight whenever she is nearby. In the car, a place that used to be awful because of Silvia's screaming, there is now laughter and giggling all the time. Anna entertains the baby, performing antics to Silvia's appreciative gurgling and cheers.

The noises that girl can make are hilarious. She woke Kurt and I this morning after I brought her to our bed by... growling. Loudly. And often. She's a very growly person.

But in a cute way.