Photo shoot Sabotaged!

It was time for Anya's monthly photo shoot.  She is 5 months old already!  Chunky, smiley, and sweet!

She wasn't exactly in the mood for posing.

But Lucas joined in and it cheered her up.

Anya does not mind tummy time, but does not roll over yet.  Probably because I haven't been giving her enough opportunities to learn. 

She is very entertained by her brother.  She laughs at the funny things he does.

Lucas wanted to do everything I wanted Anya to do in this photoshoot.  After a few minutes of telling Lucas to get out of my shot, I wondered what kind of a monster mom would do that.  So I embraced his interference and let Anya enjoy some photo shoot company.

Anya is not a great sitter yet.

But she does great with some support! Lucas loves showing her all the "big kid" stuff he can do -- like sitting. 

When Anya started getting cranky, Lucas busted out his best dance moves for her.

Oh boy, did she love that.

(He fell on her twice, but everyone was ok)

Anya loves attention -- when we talk to her or look at her, she coos back and liberally treats us with smiles and giggles.  A little baby laughing will make anyone's day better, it is priceless.  She has gotten good at grabbing toys and her pacifier although can't quite move control where she moves them yet.  She can sit very well with some support but eventually topples over helplessly; it's funny looking because she doesn't put her arms out to catch herself or anything.  As an Andrukhiv girl, she can be a little dram queen already:  her cute smile will turn into a whimper almost fluidly and she can bring a very dramatic (eyes closed, open mouth) cry out of nowhere.  She loves being around Lucas.  And he is always so concerned about her.  If he doesn't know where she is he asks "Anya? Anya?".  At dinner time, he is always reminding me to give Anya some food too.  Tonight, when I once again told him that she didn't know how to eat this food yet, he said (in Ukrainian) "Lucas is big, tato is big, mama is big, Anya... Anya is small" -- Bingo!

Anya still wakes up two-four times at night wanting to nurse.  I usually give in and nurse because I'm too tired to  get her back to sleep in any other way.  By the time I get Zach awake enough to follow two step directions (get up and help get Anya back to sleep) -- it's not worth it.