Thank you and random facts...

Thank you for all the great tips on giving Lauren her medicine. Today we have found that laying her down on Joe's lap with her head hanging over a bit and me squirting small amounts from the dropper WAY back against her check and then pressing her checks together into a pucker has been working pretty well. Something about having her mouth puckered doesn't allow her to gargle the medicine out. As soon as she swallows, I go in for the next squirt.

Here are some random facts about Little Miss:

When I'm sitting she pats me on the arm and says "momma" to get my attention. The first time she did this my heart just melted.

She says "bye-bye" all the time in the sweetest voice I've ever heard.

She waves and blows kisses.

When I'm holding her she sometimes leans in and puckers her lips a little bit for kisses.

When I'm carrying her on the way out of the house, she loves to get a treat for furbaby Lucy and feed it to her. She always waves at Lucy and says "bye-bye" before we leave.

When she's in the car seat and I turn the radio on, she starts swaying back and forth to the music and sometimes claps her hands too.

After her bath, she needs to be wrapped up in her towel and held for about 10 minutues before putting her diaper and PJ's on.

She loves to get a squirt of lotion on her hands and rub them together.

Her favorite food right now is broccoli and she will almost always pick that off her plate first.

She's a very good eater and eats way more than you think she could based on her size.

Now that we have her on a good sleeping schedule, she's usually out within 10 minutes of putting her down in her crib.

She can point to and say two body parts so far..."nose" and "tummy".

She doesn't like hair clips and will pull them out as soon as she's aware they are in.

She will finally let us rock her to sleep and hold her for more than a few minutes when we are sitting. This really shows how comfortable she is getting with us.

She likes to be carried around a lot and we gladly comply.

If Joe takes her in the stroller when he walks Lucy in the evening and I'm here on the computer, she will run in to find me with the biggest smile on her face.

She sucks her thumb a lot and if her cousins ask if they can have some, she pops her thumb out and offers it up.

She calls grandma "ma".

Sometimes when she plays with Joe's cell phone, she chatters away and then cracks herself up so much she tosses her head back with her hands on her face. It's really cute.

When I hold her she loves to touch the skin on my neck, face and chest and press her face against mine. It's the sweetest thing ever and it just makes me melt.