The Little Things

As I begin this post, I sit here in awe while my little Curr-Bear sleeps away. Isn't it amazing how much babies change in a matter of weeks? Every day I wake up to a difference in her appearance and her doing something new and exciting. Little milestones like this always make me look forward to waking up each morning to my beautiful daughter (Although I could now probably sleep an entire weeks worth just to get it out of my system and "catch up" on it).

First of all, I was looking at the pictures of her from the hospital to now and it is unbelievable that at six weeks she has already gone through such a huge transformation. Her eyes have already started to lighten up (I think she is going to have Adam's gorgeous blue/green eyes, thank goodness!), her skin has set in to a beautiful olive tone (you can thank her Momma for that one), and her hair just keeps getting longer and longer. Her whole face in general has matured and it's so amazing to just stare at her for hours and watch that little brain of hers working in full force. Since day one she's been holding that head high, looking around and focusing on everything that is in her line of sight. It makes you wonder what she could be thinking about as she intently stares at objects (ceiling fans being on of her favorites) being that she doesn't have a whole lot stored up in that memory bank of hers yet. But believe me she is constantly adding to it every minute of the day as she takes it all in. Even as she sits here and sleeps, I wonder what she could possibly be dreaming about?? I will say it is a little sad how fast it's all going by, but I'm trying my best to cherish every moment because I know it will fly by all too soon. So with that being said, here are some of the little things that make me realize what life is really all about.

On Friday, Adam and I took in one of the most AMAZING moments as parents because Curry finally smiled! Now, she's been "smiling" since she was about two weeks old (I put it in quotation because it's more of a reflex then a true smile), but she actually smiled with a purpose for the first time yesterday while Adam was holding her. She looked straight at him and put on the biggest grin you have ever seen! I know I can speak for the both of us when I say that our hearts just melted away! I wish we would have got it on camera but we were so focused on that tiny little face smiling from ear to ear that we just couldn't take our eyes off of her to even think about reaching for a camera. Another little thing that I absolutely die for every time is Curry's precious sigh. She always makes this adorable little "cooh" noise when she is perfectly content and it absolutely makes me want to eat her up it is SO cute! See for yourself because I actually snagged this one on video...(Turns out I actually caught a glimpse of that gorgeous smile too!)

See what I mean?! If that doesn't make you smile I don't know what will. Another little thing I adore is Curry's love for her tongue. She's recently found this little tool in her mouth and has started sticking it out non-stop. She'll make this little reptile move and bring it in and out of her mouth like a lizard tasting the air. SO ADORABLE, she just sits there playing with it all day long. Again, I could just stare at her for days and never not be amused. I guess that's what happens when it's your own flesh and blood.

As it turns out, there are so many "little things" I could tell you about but I'm sure you've had enough of my "Mom-Bragging" for the day. For now, that's all I've got. Time to finish the laundry (down-side of being a temporary stay-at-home-Mom...there's no excuse to not folding the clean clothes, ugh!)