Our Favorite Things About E

EmmaLynn has been a part of our lives (outside the womb) just over a week now and we are amazed at how she has captured our hearts. It is astounding how someone so young and so small can have such a great impact and personality. Here are some things we are noticing about her:

- She is very content. We feel super lucky about this. She cries when she is hungry and when she is being changed sometimes, otherwise she is calm and happy.

- She is happy. She smiles all the time. Some have joked that this is because she has gas and that may well be, but I don't care. I can't get enough of her smiles. They very from small smirks to all out grins. There have even been a few times where she seems like she is trying to laugh, but no sound comes out!

-Hiccups. I swear she gets them after every feeding. Her entire body bounces.

- She makes faces. We can't get enough of them. She makes them in her sleep and when she is awake. It ranges from the beautiful smiles we talked about before to looks of sadness and of course the look of "what are you looking at?". She puckers her lips and wrinkles her forehead. She started doing this from the moment she arrived.

-She has a little spunk in her. I remember while in the hospital first trying to breast feed there was a time that she would latch on give 3-4 sucks and them come off. She would give all the feeding signs, but keep doing this and then after pulling away she would give this smirk like "fooled ya!" The nurse and I were laughing pretty hard about it even though it wasn't the most comfortable feeling for me.

- Boy is she a poopy baby! Matthew and I think that poopy is better than pukey though. Matthew thinks she conspires against him; she never fails to either pee or poop while he is changing her or to poop again just a few minutes after a new diaper is donned.

- She loves it when I play with her face. This is something she has in common with Matthew. I almost never fail to get a smile if a caress her face or ears.