First Bath and First Smiles and More

On Saturday, I gave Daniel his first real bath. I'd given him two sponge bath's previously, but this was the first time I submerged him in the water and... he LOVED it! He was screaming when I put him in and then, instantly, he was so calm. Then, when I pulled him out, he was screaming again. lol. In all fairness, he was hungry and a little cold when I pulled him out.

Yesterday, after our afternoon nap, Daniel gave me his first real grin while I was changing his diaper. Melt. My. Heart! He gave me and Keith a couple more today and I managed to catch one of those sweet little smiles this evening. I'll keep trying to catch the bigger grin...

People keep asking how Etta is doing, and the answer is mixed. She's coming around to Daniel. I think she likes him and frequently gets in his face and smiles at him. If he's in the bouncer and crying, she comes over and bounces him or pats on him. She'll tell him "Bless You" when he sneezes and pats or hugs him "nite, nite".

Daniel smiling at his big sister. *heart*

BUT, (as is to be expected) she's having a hard time with the lack of attention. My arms are full of baby most of the time and Etta's doing things like climbing on top of tables so that I will HAVE to get up and go get her down. She likes to get on the coffee table (which is something we let her do normally), but then she stands on the table and starts jumping up and down (which is something she KNOWS she's not allowed to do). She pushes chairs around and uses them as step stools to reach the kitchen counter. As I previously posted, she likes to come climb into his co-sleeper in the mornings and find his binkie. She'll also get in his bouncer and just today she pretended to drink from his bottle. *sigh*  She'll come around (I hope!).

Some more randoms:

Mrs. Potter loves her new human!

Daniel's favorite thing to do! nom nom nom nom....