La Bimba Regina

girlfriend has already been in my life for four months. i can hardly believe it's already june and summer and my newborn is a significantly larger baby.

she is in 80th percentile for height, 24th for weight

she sleeps between 7.5-9.5 hours each night

she will sleep through loud concerts, movies, noises, etc., if someone is holding her

she loves ceiling lights, car lights, and any bright screen (she was captivated through Captain America and X-Men)

she loves to be sitting, or standing up

she likes to be doing what you're doing and facing the way you're facing

she doesn't love being strapped into her car seat

she will look to find whoever is speaking, or where a noise is coming from

she laughs and giggles when i laugh or blow raspberries on her hands and feet

she loves being in the bath and shows it by moving all of her limbs (and splashing)

she gets excited when her diaper is off and she has great face-to-face time with me or todd

she started grabbing and holding onto things this past month (this week she began grabbing my hair...i was waiting for that one) and she tries to bring them to her mouth

she has rolled from front to back thrice

without her diaper she rolls from her back to her side constantly by lifting her legs and butt and sort of falling to one side

she talks/sings/yells to music, plays, movies, and other people's liveliness

she is so pleasant to be around. i found myself in the mother's lounge today for forty-five extra minutes just so i could stare at her face, make her smile, and snuggle her by myself in the quiet. i knew that if i went to back to primary someone would want to hold her and i never really hold her during sacrament meeting because that's nana's, or riley's, or annie's, or chase's, or someone else's time to hold her and designated todd and hillary cuddlefest. i've found it's the only guaranteed time during the week that todd and i have no phones, no distractions, and a million people to care for reggie, so it's so nice to really side-hug hard for an hour and fifteen minutes.

i can see the person in her more and more. she seems calm and happy. i think she is smart and trusts todd and i to care for her needs. she really isn't fussy except when she's fighting sleep in the late evenings. sometimes when i make her smile she'll get a coy smile and then turn her head away and most people would describe that action as being "shy." she is only four months old, but it seems like she's is playing with me.

i could go on forever. i truly just adore her.