My friend Celina had a baby about two weeks after I did. This is her little baby boy. We saw each other on Thanksgiving, but not since then. They both have such cute faces.
This baby is starting to smile all of the time now. She is especially happy when she wakes up from a nap, is being talked to, or gets a drink of milk. She also laughs now. Her giggle is very cute. She will sit and look at pictures while I read books now. Our favorites are Pat the Bunny and Toes, Ears, & Nose.
Hannah likes to be talked to. She seems to alternate between watching my eyes and my mouth. I think these are both good harbingers of verbal development. Anyway, the first picture is her at the beginning of our latest talk. And here she is by the end of it.
Hannah's newborn clothes were mostly boring pajamas, but her 0-3 month clothes feature outfits. She looks especially good in red, I think. I have been putting things in Hannah's hands and sometimes she grips them and sometimes she doesn't. This is bottom picture is from Christmas day. We were playing under the tree, looking at the blinking lights and she gripped this toy bear for a good minute or two.
We went to the lights on Temple Square with my husband's parents, but it was too cold for Hannah. We waited downstairs in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building while everyone else strode through the lights.
Hannah has figured out that if she is uncomfortable and she sucks, milk will come and discomfort will subside. She has also figured out how to hold onto her mom's fingers to help her go to sleep and that her dad is complete and total pushover. I am going back to work on Wednesday. Grandmom and Granddad Rice are watching her at our house until Christmas.