Some brother/sister bonding

Jake has been sick with a nasty cold/cough for the past couple weeks and hasn't been able to get too close to the baby. He has lovingly nicknamed her "Floppy" and has been limited to yelling "hey Floppy" at her from across the room. Now that he's finally over his cold, though, he's finally had a chance to interact with Elise on a more up-close level. Here are some pictures of a recent interaction between the two...

Holding her as he sat on the couch, it took him a minute to get her attention. As you can see, though, once he got her attention, she seemed to be fairly interested. Here she is listening intently -- and perhaps, a little cautiously -- to what he had to say.

As he rambled on about how she'd be walking around soon and all the benefits of being able to able to get around by yourself and not having to be carried, she even looked a little entertained.

As Jake continued rambling, desperately trying to think of things to say to a baby and keep her attention, his conversation became more and more nonsensical. Elise seemed to sense this and began looking at him inquisitively as if wondering, "what the heck are you talking about?"

Finally, she gave up trying to make sense of what he was saying and looked away as if she was bored.
In a final attempt to regain her attention, Jake resorted to the only thing he could think of...he started making faces at her. Hey, whatever works!


I suspect this is the beginning of a wonderful relationship.