Maribel, Week by Week

Maribel is 43 weeks. I was so happy to be home with her this week.  We had two special and sweet moments together.  On Monday after her nap I was on the floor holding her in a standing position.  She kept moving her forehead to my lips over and over for kisses. Then one time I puckered up and she opened up and planted a loooong, slobbery kiss on me.  She giggled and then did it over and over.

Kevin says she's given him kisses like that before, but for us it was the first real time she did it to me and I knew she was doing it intentionally.

Then yesterday she was playing with Evelyn's toy bandaid from her doctor kit that looks kind of like a plastic cuff bracelet. She was fussy and wanting attention and so I put it on her wrist. She thought that was pretty funny and took it off. I told her to put it in my hand and she did. We ran through that game sequence over and over, and she was pretty proud of herself for taking it off and giving it to me.

These pictures are getting trickier and trickier to take. She always gives me one big smile right when I sit her down, but then she's ready to move and explore.