On The Move

Val's been busy lately. I'm still awaiting the arrival of that first tooth, the presence of drool keeps taunting us but so far, we're tooth free. Which is fine, because she still gets most of her food from a non-detachable source, me. So that can wait.

She started laughing a real laugh this week. It's ridiculously cute, those little ha-ha's. Her joy at seeing us every morning (or any time she wakes up from a nap) is shown with her whole-body smiles. Those are pretty hard to beat. She's getting quite good at scooching herself around, turning in circles and kicking like mad whne she's laying down.

Today I woke up to see her sideways between Andrea and I in the bed, kicking and hitting me for all she's worth. She also managed to take up the entire bed.

We're approaching 4 months of having her with us. I can't really remember what it felt like when she wasn't here. Along with that, I can't really remember what it felt like to sleep for 8 hours in a row and not have a belly that's all stretched out. At Disneyland, I saw a bunch of babies who were a lot younger than her, one 4 week old who cried a cry that brought me back to Val at that age. Which I hadn't realized was a whole lot different than today but I can tell you now, it totally is.

We also busted out the chime garden and man, she thinks that is Cool, Cool, Cool.

She's sitting up for short periods without help. It takes her a little longer to collapse in a heap each time she does it.

But so far, those smiles and that laugh are about the coolest things I've ever been lucky enough to see. Being her mom gets cooler every day.