Friday, April 10, 2009

I love my baby. I can't believe she is 5 months old. Seriously. I was talking to a friend last night reminiscing about decorating Easter eggs at her house last year and realizing that we hadn't even told anyone at that time that we were expecting... and it seems like just yesterday! Where did the time go? Was that really a year ago? Is Gwen REALLY almost 1/2 a year old? How is that possible?

So, I thought I would mention only 1 of my recent and many favorites. Gwen has discovered my hair. And she has quite the grip. No matter if my hair is down or up, she manages to get her fingers in there! If I pick her up to burp her, her hands snake around my neck and find the locks that I've swept back "out of her reach" (yeah right). If I pick her up to carry her upstairs, I think she's cuddling and giving me a hug... but she's really making a dive for my tender neck hair. If I'm wearing my hair up and out of the way in a ponytail, she reaches her fingers in next to my scalp and pulls (painfully, i might add) until a fistful chunk of hair works loose from the rubber band. When I bend down to blow on her belly or tickle her, she grabs my hair preventing me from getting away. Her revenge, I guess, for getting her belly.

The funniest time, though, was when she grabbed a fistful of hair on the left side of my head, a fistful of hair on the right side of my head, and pulled as hard as she could...forcing me to cringe and lower my face closer to hers...so that she could plant her little mouth squarely over my chin and proceed to suck on it! She reigned me in right where she wanted me! And used my hair to keep me there too, while she sucked for a solid minute and I just sat there laughing.

some pics:
about to go in for kill. Notice the wide open mouth. When you see this, it means she is gonna plant herself for a good suck/slobber fest.

Reaching for the camera and being absolutely perplexed when her arched back and faces didn't get her what she wanted...




And after all the excitement, it wouldn't be a photo shoot without the obligatory spit up... :)

7 comments:

  1. I swear to you, there is a time warp when you become a parent. All of a sudden the years just fly by. I cannot believe that Davin just turned one. Craziness. Gwen is such a beautiful baby. I think it's cute that she loves your hair, but I know (from experience) that it does get old. :) I love all the pictures. Such amazing blue eyes.

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  2. She looks so adorable! I can't believe she's 5 months already!

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  3. HAHAHA I love that she spit up at the end. This was a cute post. So funny that she grabbed you down to suck your chin! I probably would've let it go on a full minute too just b/c I would've been laughing just as hard! So cute!

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  4. She's adorable...can't wait to meet her! That hair obsession will last a long time...Kiffer still thinks it's funny to pull mine...argh.

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  5. Isn't it just fabulous how much we honestly and truly adore our own babies?! Little L loves my hair too - and yet I kind of love it that he loves it. :) It's kind of like a safety thing with him, he pulls/stokes my hair especially when we're in new situations. So silly the things they become attached to! Anyway - pictures are darling!

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  6. You are such a cute mom - I love reading all of your posts. Gwen is an absolutely GORGEOUS baby. Oh and I meant to tell Eric how amazing their duet was today - just didn't get the chance!

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  7. So cute!! haha Chicadee, she looks like you and Eric, imagine that! Funny that she likes to pull you in for the kill! :-)

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