Cute Town- Population: 1

Taking a cue from Ed's blog, I wanted to reflect a lil bit about my own daughter's birthday. It also happens to fall on this day. Okay, so she hasn't made 5 yet, but 4 months old is a pretty big deal around here too.

She's changing pretty rapidly from day to day. When you consider that everything Tiny E can do she has learned in the last 4 months. (I was a little surprised she didn't emerge from the womb with mad guitar-playin' skills. I suppose that'll come...)

So far she has learned:

1. To open her eyes ( very helpful)
2. Who Mommy & Daddy are (or at least who the tall people are that feed her)
3. To stay far, far away from the cat when he's hungry (good advice for all)
4. How to hold up her head
5. How to hold her bottle (Yes, she is advanced)
6. To push up on her arms and scoot 1-2 inches (which is faster than Dad moves in the morning)
7. To smile & Laugh! (It's like crack to us...)
8. To say "Hi" (OK, that may have been accidental)
9. How to hold toys and shake them. (Future maraca player???)
10. How to roll 3/4 of the way over
11. How to be the world's cutest baby model (Thanks so super-star photographers Jill & Ross for the beautiful baby pics)
12. How to cultivate the fattest, cutest baby muffin feet on the planet

This parenting thing...boy it's something. Devin said that 53 more of these 4 month periods and she'll be in college. That's something to think about. I wonder if it all goes this fast. I also wonder if I'll ever sleep soundly again.

Since the weather's been nice we've been doing a lot of strollin' down to the park. Hangin' out with the teenage mothers & whatnot. Boy, I can't imagine doing this when I was 16, that's for sure. Would have cut into my budget for Claire's boutique for one thing. I wonder if I could have supported a baby on my salary from Brown's Chicken. I seem to recall that I made $2.75 when I started there. Can that even be right? That's barely enough to keep a girl in matching florescent earrings & socks, let alone all the Aqua Net...