Smiles: a timeline

It took a while, maybe 10 days or so, but Anna has figured out how to smile in response to something she likes. (Or else it took us 10 days to figure out how to entertain her.) I like seeing pictures we took of her trying to smile, and I think you can see a very nice progression as time goes on. Here it is. (Please realize that the first few days in which she'd occasionally accidentally smirk at us, we couldn't capture it with the camera. By the third or fourth day, though, she would smile repeatedly and we had time to run for the camera.)

On 4/12/06:
I like this one because you can see her really trying.









On 4/14/06:
I like this one because she looks so dorky. It reminds me of a poop smile, but it's a real smile.






On 4/15/06:
This is her playing with her daddy, which she apparently loves. It is so nice to have him with us on Saturday and Sunday each week... but this past weekend he had to work half of Saturday, and this weekend he will work Saturday and Sunday from about 8AM until midnight (and yes, he's also working those hours today, Thursday, and Friday, and then I think next week he'll go back to his regular 8 to 5 schedule, but we'll see!) So we are very, very sad that he won't be around. Anna and her mommy will miss him very much.


On 4/16/06:
And there you have it: a happy, smiley baby.


















Also on 4/16/06:
And just for fun, here is a pooping baby. How funny is this picture?! We were trying for a nice shot of her in her Easter dress with her Easter basket (made at the insistence of her grandfather, which I think is a crock because that's Aunt Lish's basket!!), and she promptly blew up her diaper. You have to give her credit for all the effort she puts into it, though.