Saturday, March 27, 2010

with a wink and a SMILE :)

This just in: Jolie SMILES! :) I always thought babies weren't supposed to smile on purpose until they were about two months old, but apparently our little girl is ahead of schedule. Her first real smiles that we recognized happened last Sunday (03/21/2010), when she was but 5 weeks old. It was her first time at church. Derek and I had her with us in Sunday School (Marriage and Family class, fyi), and she was super happy and absolutely all smiles. It was amazing. Then late Thursday night, I went to Bookclub and took her with me. My friend Missy was holding her and smiling at her... and Jolie smiled some HUGE smiles in response! Adorable. THEN- the most smiley she's been thus far was just last night. We had Kurt/Bonnie and Jon/Ashley over for dinner. Jolie was reclining on my knees, and Kurt was talking/cooing at her. She smiled some humongous smiles! We all gathered around to oooh and aaahhh at her... and everyone took a turn trying to get more smiles out of her. :) Jon, Kurt and Derek had the best success; I think she's partial to men. But she had a good 15 minutes of utter bliss and nearly endless smiling. And my goodness, we were all quite smitten as a result. I'm not sure what it is that makes me both melt and squeal when she smiles... it might be that she's just. that. pretty. Or it might be that her eyes light up. Or it might be just the joy of knowing that she's responding to me/us. Whatever it is... it makes me SO, so happy. And considering the smiles, I'd say she's pretty happy too. :)

Note: The above picture is from Jon's iPhone, taken last night. Aw... too sweet.

14 comments:

Shawn said...

Wow - so pretty!

Missy W. said...

I was so lucky to see one of her first smiles!

Nicole said...

That's so awesome! Your little girl is indeed adorable, but from this photo, I can't tell who she looks like. Who do you think she looks like?

katie said...

Very cute. Partial to men, huh? Sounds like her mother. :-)

echolsfamily said...

Beautiful little girl. Loved talking to you the other day and hearing her cute baby noises :)

Brittney said...

SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Love her! I can't believe she is smiling!!! She looks like she has grown already. I need to come and see those smiles for myself! And we want to come hang out too!!!

bart said...

Adorable!

Adam and Aubrey said...

I swear there is nothing better than the first smiles! Finally you get a thank you for the endless torture of nursing!

JuanFord said...

Isn't Ashley a great photo grapher? She's a cute girl...and so is Jolie. :)

Richelle said...

Her eyes really do light up! That is fun that she's learning to smile already. She must be really smart to have that figured out so early. What a beautiful smile!

bladenfamily said...

She is such a pretty baby! I can't wait to meet her in person!

tori and nelson said...

love this picture!!! jolie is so adorable! love the big smile...

Jamie Younker said...

oh. my. gosh. She is too cute for words! Not only is she smiley, but you managed to capture those smiles! Impressive!

minortragedy said...

i think it's safe to say that she puts the gerber baby to shame ;) she is soooooooo beautiful!!