KDUNK

Lili – every week you are changing it is truly amazing. Sometimes you go down for a nap and this sounds crazy but you literally wake up bigger. This happens to Mama too but that is only because I eat ramen noodles for breakfast and lemon cake for lunch.

You do many things as of late and here are some of them:

-Fist eating – it is all about the fist and finger eating as of late. You suck on your fists and make loud slurping noises in public so people think your mother never feeds you. Sometimes you manage to get three fingers in your mouth at one time but they go too far back and you gag but you don’t know how to pull them out so you keep gagging like you did on line at the bank the other day and I had to yank them out

-Giggles – there are hints of giggles related to something funny although for a family that likes to crack each other up you sure are holding back. Dad got the first giggle out of you by sitting you on his belly when he was in bed and bringing your face close to his. Your giggle sounds more like a large exhale while holding a long note like, “Haaaa” (pause) “Haaaa“

-Books – You recognize certain pages in the books I read you. You are obsessed with a book called ‘Tails’ that has brought Mama’s IQ down several points but you love it. There is a part in the book full of blue shiny circles with crackling paper and when I turn the page you suck in your breath like you got the shivers and gasp and your eyes get wide and you kick your feet with excitement. In fact now that I think of it you like all crackling sounding things.

-Being Held – You love to be held. Not in a comfort sort of way although that too. But more in a cool – the view from here is so much better! kind of way. You are not only holding your head up more which you have done since birth but are now turning it fully from left to right. Often to peer at the TV (bad), the light in the living room pouring into your bedroom when we try to put you to sleep (bad) or your Dad walking around the room (good)

-Play Mat – you are on your back on your play mat on the floor and instead of reaching for the objects that hang before you – you instead clasp your hands together, suck your fists and occasionally raise a leg to kick one of the objects hanging from it. This reminds Mama of the enthusiasm she shows for excercise as well so she does not hold this against you.

-Fake Sleeping – sometimes you cry and cry indicating you are tired after being fed so we swaddle you up, get you cozy in blankets, give you a pacifier, put you in your bounce chair and then you whip your head around until you ‘fall asleep’. Then we go on the computer or pick up something to read when all of the sudden we feel a burning stare into the sides of our temples to our right. We turn our heads and see you – not sleeping at all in fact and instead giving a gummy smile so wide the entire earth could fall inside. The paficier drops out and you say smiling with bright eyes, “Guhhhhh“. Frankly it is adorable even though it is naughty.

-Mirrors – you like to look in the mirror although it still freaks you out a bit. You often focus on me first in the mirror and crack up and have a good time but then your eyes slowly wander over and you see yourself and you pull your head back and go – woah…dude - your eyes dart away back to me and then you. Then you can’t stop looking at yourself and you look very serious and sometimes concerned as if to say – woah – I could really use some serious hair products…

I love you my sweet little girl

xoxo