Happy summer! We are having a great time so far. Sylvan has begun to explore the water, in the back yard baby pool and the "big pool" with mom and dad. Courtney has high hopes for making him into a little swimmer. He's also just on the cusp of crawling, definitely moving from place to place but not in anything like an efficient manner. He still loves the swings at the park, and is still a complicated eater - these days he wants to do it himself or not at all, which is challenging because he can't really coordinate getting food to his mouth yet! All in good time... We had our first weekend away as a family, spending a few days in the mountains and woods of western Virginia. Beautiful landscape and so many different sounds for him to hear. It was lovely!