Tummy time
Success in the Bumbo chair! (19 Dec 2011)
For one, she's already gotten very strong (and ever more pudgy - but that's a good thing!). She's holding her head up for longer and longer during tummy time, she supported herself for several minutes straight in a Bumbo chair for the first time just yesterday, and she's learning to use her little hands. She's mostly still holding her hands in fists, but she's grabbing fabric with her hands more every day. On Sunday I caught her, while lying down on her back, flapping her skirt up and down. So cute. She's growing up so fast.
Helping me with the fridge...
Trying on her new Christmas hat, gift of Grandma Kristen
Playing with mom and dad
People have frequently asked me how I feel about being a dad. My response: I love it far more than I expected to. I had high expectations but I had no idea. This girl - everything she does - melts my heart. Her smiles, her hilarious bent-bodied efforts to stand up, her yelps (she doesn't really cry ever, she just yells out when she needs something), her attentiveness to and curiosity of the world around her, the huge toothless smile she gives me when I come to get her from her crib in the morning, her fascination with our Christmas tree), her wonderful gurgling efforts to speak and sing, her genuine and unconditional love and trust... She's a wonderful baby and I love her with far more of my heart than I thought I even had.
(Yes, the above picture was in the previous blog post, but her eyes in this one are so great..)
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