I was beginning to get a complex because the only time I’d seen my daughter smile (other than while she was eating and sleeping), was when I’d had a camera in my hand. I mean, I appreciate her being photogenic, but to only smile at the camera, and not at Mommy?
Her first smile was at Uncle William, as she was saying goodbye to him…but a camera had just flashed! We got home from our trip that night, put her in the cradle, wound up her cribmobile with Winnie the Pooh in friends, and she smiled so big. It was a “I’m home!” realization smile, I think–so cute. She smiled once more at the mobile the next day.
Then when I was taking pictures of her on her 8-week birthday, she started smiling away. And a few days later, I was taking pictures of her on the cell phone, and she gave me a great big smile for my cell phone wallpaper.
But no smiles just at me…until this morning! She smiled away while I was changing her diaper…and then when Merritt and I were sitting by her cradle, she looked up at me and smiled, and then looked at her daddy and smiled…
It’s so fun to have my little girl smile and coo at me!