I've missed my weekly updates---mostly because Miriam is becoming increasingly "busier" during the day. Seriously---this little girl plays hard. She likes to be awake for 3-4 hours at a time during the day. And she engages you the entire time she is awake. There is little that gets done until she goes down for a nap---because she is very expectant of constant interaction. She is smiling frequently---and I think she's trying to laugh sometimes---whenever her smile is followed by a long, high pitched---"oooooooo" She thinks diaper changes are hilarious now, grinning and baby laughing throughout most of the process--which is a nice change from the screaming till she changes colors things she did when we first brought her home. Music time remains a big hit---and the surest way to calm her if she's upset. We jokingly refer to the "magic rattle"---which is actually her 18 month old cousin Joshua's rattle that he left over here after a visit---but if you shake the magic rattle in time to the music---Miriam is entranced---and again, if crying---this usually stops it instantaneously. Other Miriam faves---the "airplane hold" while bounced to (and here's a shocker) more music---baby sit-ups, where we lay her in a blanket and, holding the blanket close to her head, pull her gently up into a sitting position---she thinks this is funny too---as your face comes predictably into view with each sit-up--she smiles as if saying to herself "There you are!"; tracking her red ladybug from side to side; and cuddling with Mom and Dad with a paci at storytime. She tolerates her swing more than she used to now---and will catnap in it long enough for me to do the dishes or run a load of laundry, which is nice.
She is super cute when Stu comes home from work. Yesterday, when he walked in she started kicking her feet, grinning, and "baby laughing." Ummm yeah, can you say adorable? I told Stu---that has GOT to be the best part of your day. Of course, that fact was already written plain as day all over his face---so no surprise when he agreed with me.
We have songs for all her stuffed animals---and she likes it when we bounce them around and have them "talk" to her as their songs play....that sounds really strange when written out.....hope we aren't scarring her psychologically or anything with our own weirdness.....ah well, she was bound to find out we're weird sooner or later, I guess. The song for her turtle that she's holding onto in the picture: "I have a tiny turtle; his name is Tiny Tim; I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim. He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap--and when he went to bed he had a bubble in his throat. Bubble bubble bubble.....pop"
Other milestones---hmmm--Miriam does a great job holding up her head. She will tolerate tummy time--- only if Mom or Dad does Tummy time with her now. She slept through the night Sunday night---which delighted Dad and terrified me at first. But it's all good. Baby girl plays hard---and baby girl sleeps hard in turn.
She's gorgeous, as you can tell from the picture---and again---she is more gorgeous today than she was yesterday; she will be more gorgeous tomorrow than she was today. And so on and so on. I'm not biased or anything---but I do think she is in fact the prettiest baby in the world right now.
Life in our home right now is like a puzzle box turned upside down---and all the pieces have been scattered into a non-recognizable pattern which doesn't even begin to resemble the picture on the box. And yet, somehow, it is indescribably more beautiful---more lovely---than even the picture we had in our heads of what this would be like. God has blessed us immensely. And the only thing to complain about in regards to this time is that it is going far too quickly.
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