One thing I’ve discovered since late Nov. is how good kids can make you feel. I never paid much attention to babies or little kids before then, but now my days are constantly brightened by little smiles and giggles. When I brought Zoe to Elena’s this morning, for example, I was greeted by two little girls screaming, “Zoe’s here, Zoe’s here!” They ran up in excitement to Zoe, who responded with her trademark open-mouth smile and leg kicks. How could that not make me smile? And then there was last night, when Zoe and I were playing with her washcloth puppets during bathtime – and Zoe couldn’t stop laughing. (This was the first time we’ve played with these puppets – one, a pink hippo; the other, a blue dog – and I’ve never seen her laugh this hard!) Even smaller moments are pretty great, too – like when Zoe recently posed in her little rapper-style baggy pants (see below). I feel lucky to have such a constant source of happiness in my life…

-M

Wow, we got to 10,000 hits in just over 9 months! That is over 1,100 hits a month or 37 visits a day. Keep on coming back and leaving those comments, we love to hear your thoughts!

Jon Q

So, we’re past the 10,000-view mark now. (See below.) My friend Dan (who lives in the Central time zone) was #10,001, and Q reports being #10,003 – but who was #10,000? 10,000 – are you out there? Hello? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

(Is no one claiming the prize? Zoe will be so disappointed!)

-M