Sweet Smiles, Sweet Sounds

Just an ordinary week in the Kell Condo. No holidays, no milestones, no real noteworthy happenings. Except the ever-changing baby! Chloe is growing so fast, every day and every hour she does something new. Its all very exciting!

She has started really laying the smiles on us, and we are thrilled. All those cliches just keep coming true. Now that she smiles in response to something we do, usually a funny face or sound, all the "bad" stuff is so worth it. And, lets face it - really, there is no bad stuff. The worse that happens at this stage is some crying and some poop! Whoopdi-do!

She has also started making sounds. A sound other than a cry or a scream!! Oh, the joy. She makes the sweetest, most adorable little sounds. They dont happen all day...but when they do its just wonderful.

And the drooling! She has started to be a crazy drooler. You know that we both googled that one to make sure it wasn't teething already. Scary! We are not quite ready for that yet. Everything is starting to go into her mouth. Its so cute to see her figure out that she can get her hand, and I am sure feet soon enough, into her mouth. She is not into the toys so much. One thing (or body part) at a time I suppose.

Other than that, we are just working on a semi-schedule and stimulating her brain. I read to her every day. It usually puts her to sleep, but thats okay with me. At first I thought I was boring her, now I have decided that I soothe her. Big difference, right? We got her a little tummy time mat and try to put her on that everyday for a few minutes at least. She seems to really like it. And, we still get our baths in the evening and by the looks of it, she is going to be a real water rat. Just like her Mommy was! Watch out pool here we come! She goes to bed (IN HER CRIB!!) with ease now. We just mentioned what a difference a few short weeks makes. No more crying for 2 hours from midnight until 2am every nite. Last night she was asleep at 11pm. Now, thats progress!! Still eating like a champ which is good. So, all in all, I think she gets a A report card. Not an A+ because there is always room for improvement, no matter how perfect she is!