Our happy girl seems to be back

Obviously this picture is from the weekend prior to the fall.
Her brother is snuggling up with her on the couch.

For about 2 months before Christmas Sydney was not her usual happy self. We would have "happy" days here & there, but nothing consecutive. However, I have noticed a shift over the last few weeks & last night I said to Brad that it is nice to have happy, smiley, chatty Sydney back again.

Who knows the reason why she was the way she was, there are so many possibilities. Top three being: little baby in the house to share spotlight with, little baby in the house interrupting her sleep, or she may have been just demonstrating typical 2-year-old behaviour. We still have days where she is overly "sensitive" & she is still not as social in a crowd as she once was, but there is a definite improvement.

Her eye doesn't seem to be bothering her too much now, but it is definitely a dark shade of purple. When she has her eye open you don't notice it too much because most of the bruising is on the eyelid. Tomorrow morning we are going to go to a playgroup at the local Y, & I am sure that she will cause a few heads to turn when they see her. Hopefully no one calls the authorities.

Hopefully Sydney is still interested in showing things to Jason when he starts to swipe them away. We keep telling her that Jason loves to watch everything his big sister does & that there is lots for her to teach him!