Back after too long an absence

MZ watching...

It's been several weeks now, what with wrapping up work, changing computers and slogging through technical difficulty after technical difficulty. Once again the temptation to recap must be overcome.

MZ has changed so much in these weeks, she's sitting comfortably now, and trying oh so hard to crawl. And she's finally interested in all those books, actually looking at the pictures. She's particularly responsive to anything sing-songy, like The Owl and the Pussycat or Wynken, Blynken and Nod.

We've embarked on playgroups in the last few weeks, too. While some of the babies are natural grabbers or interact freely with other babies, our MZ is much more likely to watch the play than grab a toy and dig in. We have no idea if this portends anything at all, but it is fascinating to watch her as she watches. We two extroverts struggle to understand what's going on in that head of hers, but whatever it is, it wipes her out, inevitably she takes a 2-3 hour nap after getting together with babies her age.