Amazing Changes

I'm continuously amazed at the changes that happen from week to week with Piper.

It is awesome to reflect, just on the last three months, at the baby who spent most of her time sleeping, sometimes even while eating, and now - the baby that spends a great deal of time awake and hanging out with people.

Piper is a bit over 12 weeks old right now, and its really awesome. She slept through most of the night recently, sleeping fully from midnight to 6am, which is a first for her. Krissi and I have moved back to the bed, and have been putting her down in her crib in the nursery. She still sometimes ends up in bed with us in the morning after an early morning feeding, but I'm totally okay with that.

She is the smilingest and laughingest baby in the world. (Though to give a little credit where credit is due, Maddie & John's babies are awfully smiling and laughing too). Piper is super awake and cheerful, and super morning-person. When she wakes up she's all smiles and grins and laughs.

The first time that my daughter broke my heart was when she laughed while I was singing They Might Be Giants, a few weeks ago. Guys, I nearly cried. It was just SO. AMAZING.

Krissi and I did a bit of shopping over the weekend, along with Piper. In addition to replacing a refrigerator that has been slowly dying, we bought an Excersaucer - which is a baby activity center that they sit in, and has a plastic saucer built onto the bottom of it. She's just a bit early for it - she's on the cusp of being able to grab toys and such. As is, she focuses and follows things, and loves bright lights, music, motion, colors, etc. She'll grab onto things, but somewhat inadvertently, she doesn't reach out for things yet, instead, she sometimes grabs something while flailing about, and then holds it firmly, then drops it randomly, later.

And now, a terrible movie is on on Comedy Central, and it is distracting me.

Next up, abstinence and sexuality, my obsessing, WAY ahead of time.