One Week Down

When I started this blog, I thought, "What am I going to write about? I don't have any cute kid pictures to brag about." But ah ha! Now I do! I will never run out of material now, because I can always brag about my little Afton and post pictures of her when I have nothing else to write. Hooray!

Did you know my daughter is amazing? She does amazing things. She's brilliant. Seriously. I even came up with a nickname for her today. (her name is very hard to think of nicknames for...) I called her "Laughin' Afton". Only...she doesn't laugh yet. But she WILL and I can't wait!

Trevor and I never tire of watching her and seeing what she does. Because everything indicates that she's prettier, smarter, and a faster learner than any other baby. OBVIOUSLY.


1. She's a fast learner. At her doctor's appointment today, they were hoping she will have gotten back to her birthweight of 7.2 by the time she's two weeks old. She's at 7.8. She did it in half the time and went the extra mile with 6 more ounces! See? See? BRILLIANT.


2. She's musically inclined. When she gets really ticked off, like today when she was getting an x-ray for this wierd bump on her back, she goes into the higher pitched yodeling which isn't annoying but very cute. Clearly she's going to be an amazing singer like her papa. (And her back is fine, by the way.)


3. She's a multi-tasker. She is learning to breast-feed AND take a bottle. She can do both. But she likes the bottle better. And breast-feeding takes FOREVER. But I'm sure that's my fault. SHE is perfect.


4. She's a great actress. When people come visit during the day, she tricks them into believing that she's really good and never cries. But Trevor and I know that at night, this is not the case. Boy has she got people fooled.


5. She's a trickster. She got me today. She had a poop--a big deal because she doesn't get them that often. I was changing her, and then BOOM. MORE POOP. ALL over the place. And then pee. All over the place. Trevor and I were dying of laughter. ('cause right now this is still funny.) Yeah, she got me good. But she peed on Trevor's hand earlier today, she she got him, too.

6. She's a little vain. She's so good when she's getting her hair washed. She knows she looks pretty.

So I hope I've made it clear that she's not just another baby, which is pretty much how I saw everyone else's babies before I had one of my own. All the things babies do that seem so common in other people's children become something to exclaim about and laugh about and enjoy. Who knew baby farts could be so REMARKABLE? Who knew I would be able to just stare at her forever and not get bored? She's MY baby. OUR baby. And we are ridiculously in love with her!