growing

i know that all of my baby posts aren't so exciting to people who don't have kids. but one day when you do have babies, you'll remember all of these posts and just nod your head and understand what all the fuss was about.

she's eating a lot. her tummy is telling me that she's getting plenty of nourishment - so are the rolls on her thighs. i love how squishy our little baby is. our little baby is getting big. when i nurse her, her legs hang off my lap and kick the bed or the side of the chair - her toes play games with each other. it's precious and yet somewhat distracting b/c she'll stop eating only to do her little eyebrow scowl simply b/c she can't figure out who is playing with her toes while she's eating. it's her. she's distracting herself from one left piggy to the right. such a silly little girl.

she squeals when i sit on the side of the bathtub and start drawing her bath water. and once in her bathtub - oh it's on. she kicks with some serious baby furry and squeals and laughs and makes noises inside her blue cup. we don't need toys - we only need our blue cup that magically echos baby sounds back at the baby. it's completely fascinating - apparently.

and we don't need toys to play with while we crawl. we just need outlets and lamp chords and carpet with weird shapes on it and hardwood floors to thumps toes on and doggy toes to touch and wonder about and pieces of dirt (lordy me, i vacuum a million times a week) to pick up and think about eating. ...when i was little we had a refigerator box (i'm assuming we had purchased a new refrigerator - that part was unimportant to me and i therefore don't remember anything except that we had the big box) and it lived in our backyard (for a week, or until it got rained on and mushed away or until one of our parents threw it away - i don't recall) and we lived inside of it. well we didn't "live" so much as we played every game we could imagine. i remember thinking that big box was THE coolest hideout ever. it's the un-toys that become the best toys.
...and she snuggles. our baby is a sweet little snuggler. she sticks her middle and ring finger in her mouth, starts to sucks, plops the head on your chest and gives whoever is looking at her the biggest puppy dog brown eyes. precious. and she's chewing on everything and hurting because of the two bottom teeth pushing through. oh the changes and the awe of life that is within her and about her that i could go on and on about. instead, just enjoy these few new pictures.

she has a poker face - this is her thinking face - she really did enjoy the ride. and the swim. she giggled with excitement once her toes got to touch the water.

she's a ham for the camera. say 'cheese' and she's all smiles.
umm, hi. i'm gonna eat this bottle of sunscreen, ok? ;)

peekaboo. todd was playing with loralai as she was trying to crawl over the seat to get to him.