Things I love

• Her very first smile when she wakes up in the morning
• The way she tries to get cuter and cuter until we both wake up -- no good having just Daddy or Mommy awake, must have them both to the party! Sometimes if we stay asleep she flails in the hope of hitting us awake....
• The little strawberry on her foot
• Her hugs. I think she means to give them now! Real hugs! Oh, there are no words....
• The way she tries to explain herself before she cries, with intense eyes and carefully formed "words." Her little mouth turns down and you can see the sorrow in her face. It kills me.
• The look on her face when she's trying to figure something out. She gets very serious.
• The way she has no patience for mechanical things, like getting her little rings off of her gym. Jeff says this is just like me.... :)
• The way her face lights up when we look at her
• Her snuggles when she's tired
• The way her little eyes go up and to the side when she wants sympathy and is trying to plead her case
• The way she reaches up and tries to help us get her out of her car seat
• The little sort of snorty laugh she makes when she knows she's about to be fed
• Her "singing"
• Her love for patterns of all kinds
• Her careful attention to books we read