May 31, 2006

I finally caught a smile!

Olivia has been smiling for weeks, but I just haven't been able to catch any good, obvious ones with my camera until now! I've also included some other cute ones. I just adore my little girl!

I love this one of her smiling!

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Look at that tongue!

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Another cute smile!

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Smiling at her toys:

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She scooted down in her sleep, which made her nightgown bunch around her head. Too cute! :-)

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Posted by Hannah at May 31, 2006 05:52 PM
Comments

I absolutely love the one with the tongue out! Too cute! She is such a doll! And 4 stars to you for having her carseat buckle aligned properly!! You win the Safe Mom of the Day award!!!!!!

Posted by: Jessica at May 31, 2006 06:22 PM

Those are great pics!! What is that thing she is sleeping on in the last pic? Does it keep her on her back?

Posted by: Laura at May 31, 2006 07:25 PM

That last picture is what scares the crap out of me about the sleep positioners. I'm so scared Lila will somehow work er way down like that during the night and turn her head to the side and smother. Ugg...

Posted by: Chas at May 31, 2006 08:40 PM

You caught a great smile! She is so pretty in pink!!!

Posted by: Suzy at May 31, 2006 09:56 PM

Cute!

Posted by: Elaine at June 1, 2006 03:09 AM

Awwww she's got the cutest smile! She's so sweet. :)

Posted by: Emmakirst at June 1, 2006 07:05 AM

She is such a happy baby!

Posted by: Ani at June 1, 2006 09:56 AM

How cute!! I had a small smile at your post from yesterday. All I can say is that it gets better. I would also watched the bubby breathing and think that if I stopped looking at him - he would be unable to carry on breathing. I worried about freak tsunami's, earthquakes, unknown volcano's (in Cape Town!) - there have been no recorded quakes in living history anywhere near here either. When I went anywhere, I would pack for the bubby as if while we were out there would be some major shift in global weather patterns (i.e. onset of the ice age) and in the heat of summer would pack things like hats and mittens jackets and socks and then the whole lot again, just in a bigger size as well - in case we had to trek north on foot and were not able to return to our house. I looked on the internet at properties more inland (on our plateau northwards, in case the sea levels rose and all the coastal areas were flooded. I even went so far as to research the best way to grow vegetables in the area. I NEVER told the hubby any of my gripping fears in case he would laugh at me. The only thing I ever hinted at, was a weekend away (in the plateau area) so that I could better recce and see available properties. I wondered what skills I would have if civilisation as we know it would collapse, I came up with horse training & dealing, growing hay (provided we could get big enough property), knitting (necessary for that global climate change thing, and thought that at least the hubby was a dab hand at carpentry, so we could probably find a way of producing a shelter if worst came to worse. Honestly the feeling didn't just go away. I had to force myself every day to stop thinking negatively and look forward to the future, that which I was certain didn't exist. I realise now that it is a form of post natal depresssion - which I didn't then. It's wierd really I wouldn't think about it all day, but as soon as I was doing something small, mixing bottles, I would get this little panic attack and think - oh god, how do I sterilize bottles when there's not going to be any power or microwaves!!! It was just the part of my brain that was concerned about whether or not I could cope with motherhood - and even though it was evident that i was completely coping - happy healthy smiling baby - that part of me was just overpowering at the start. Thankfully I reckon I'm ok now - and with everyday that the bubby wakes up again, I'm so incredibly grateful - and less surprised. He smiles at me and i'm suddenly aware that I'm the best mom he could possibly want - and that afterall he looked down from heaven and chose me :)

Posted by: Valkyrie at June 1, 2006 11:34 AM

those pictures are so cute! i love her smile!

Posted by: cady at June 1, 2006 11:34 AM

Ahhwww...isn't she just the most adorable little girl ever!?

Posted by: Melany at June 1, 2006 02:12 PM

SO CUTE! She looks like her mama for sure!

Posted by: dazed at June 1, 2006 02:36 PM

AWWW! Such adorable photos! She looks a lot like you, Hannah, I think. Thanks for sharing those with us! How is James enjoying being a new daddy? :)

Posted by: Lisanne at June 1, 2006 02:50 PM

So cute! That first shot should be in the dictionary under "ear-to-ear grin."

Posted by: Arin at June 1, 2006 07:30 PM