Schuyler had a little lamb

The lights are on and somebody's home. Where there was once only a basic need for food and cleaning, there is now a little person in those big (temporarily) blue eyes. Maybe there is an intelligent designer: just when the novelty generated enthusiasm of the first hard month wears thin, they start to smile (which I read as "Thank you for wiping my bum at 3am, Dad"). Moreover, Schuyler is especially smirky in the mornings which is lucky for her on mornings like this morning when she decided that she needed various bodily functions met at 5am, 6am and 7am. She's an enthusiastic, curious baby so far and not a whole lot of trouble (which is odd considering her parentage) and we're beginning to fall pretty hard for this little girl.

Some milestones

She's making more sounds and made the famous "razz" noise this morning which is the same one i think teenagers use for "whatever". She's much more focused on faces and recognises basic relationships now e.g. "I'm on the changing table now - I can chill" or "That is the burp cloth, I can end the baby siren - food's a comin'".

She also has reached for objects (with her mouth - the arms are still being test driven) and she can hold her head quite steadily and do some baby push ups.

Her eyes give no real sign what colour they will be. Some days they hint at brown (expected) and some days a green hue. Her baby hair is falling out leaving a very attractive 80's mullet in the back which we'll have to photograph for her 18th birthday party.

I've been reading to her still from the politics textbook and she strangely frowned during the chapter on dictatorship and fascism. It's a real comfort to know that she won't have lived through much of the Bush dynasty.