5 Months yesterday

We read today that at 5 months your baby should start sitting up. Well she hasn't quite mastered it on her own but she has some help from pillows and a book. In this video you see one of the books that mom Giauque and Nicky read to Sylvia on a daily basis. Also in the video you will see how much Sylvia loves music. We were thinking of enrolling her in an early Music Appreciation class at the U but she already seems to appreciate it enough. We give her an A+.

A look back

We are just enjoying a sunday evening together and were looking back on some of the pictures and videos we have of Sylvia and found a few funny ones. Here's one to give you a laugh. She was probably only about a month old at the time.

We have finally been enjoying some nicer weather but it still gets cold every once in a while. Mom and Dad Giauque have enjoyed seeing Sylvia grow so much in the last few months. Dad says that she must add a half a million cells a day. They will be leaving for Belgium in anther two weeks.

Sylvia attended her first baptism yesterday. Victoria Gersdorf of our ward was baptized. She is a very sharp eight year old and has enjoyed seeing Sylvia get bigger. Since Sylvia has now able to roll over she has become more mobile...but that also means we have to keep our eyes on her a little more than we have in the past. In fact, just today we had little mishap. Sylvia was laying on an otoman we have and Benjamin was playing with her. He took her eyes off her for just a second and the next thing we knew, she was on the ground. She wasn't hurt but got very frightened and cried quite a bit. It's a good thing that babies forgive so easily.

Last Friday was my last day of work. It was difficult to come to the decision to leave work but I feel it is a good decision for our family. I am taking a medical transcription course which I hope to complete in a few months which will allow me to work from home. I'm glad I have some backfground in medical terminology, anatomy and physiology. Being a volunteer medical interpreter for Primary Children's Midical Center for a year and a half really helped with that. I'm also glad I took those courses in college.

We hope to keep everyone updated a little more regularly so stay posted in the near future.

We've been busy but we're here

These last few months have been quite busy and wonderful for us. Sylvia is growing well and we enjoy her smiles and coos very much. I'm amazed at how much babies change in the first few months. She likes to stand with some help because she's a little wobbly. She normally sleeps well at night but likes to be awake during the day. She's a very good baby and is generally very happy. I've started back to work at Myriad part time and Benjamin stays with Sylvia for a few hours in the morning.

It's been nice to have Mom and Dad Giauque stay with is the last couple of months. They enjoy helping out with Sylvia when they aren't too busy taking care of business with their properties. They say she seems to grow every day.

Thank you for all of your Gifts and Loving Gestures

Nicky, Sylvia and I have just been overwhelmed with all of the kindness recieved from our family and friends this christmas. It was topped off with Sylvia's blessing at our home today at 1pm. Many good family and friends were present. Greg and Amy, Rod, Kay's from NY, The busathes, The Grandlinger Sisters, The Daytons, Bonnie Baily and The Bountiful Kay's(Tom, Kathy, Aubry and Logan). We very much love and appriciate the spirit that you brought into our home this holiday season. May you all recieve the blessings of God in your lives wherever you find yourselves. Love,

Benjamin Nicky and Sylvia

Our Little Santa Trip

Santa over at the South Town mall in Sandy, UT looks like the real thing. We are proud to present to you our family picture with ol' Saint Nick. I think the reason he was cannonized is because he allways made people smile. Sylvia is two weeks minus two days old in this picture. When we took her to the pediatrician last week the doctora said that she was perfect. So here you have it perfection.

Just when you thought "TOO CUTE" was a thing of the past!!!