Over the last week or so, Kayleigh has really started smiling! It is so fun to see it spread across her face. She likes to smile at Dale and me, as well as at the little bear/music box toy by her changing table. (And as commented on Theresa’s blog, she also likes to smile at Stepan.) On Saturday morning, she went with me down to the Wildflower Center to attend a baby shower for a good friend of ours who is due with her first baby nine days before Jennifer; they actually took the Hypnobirthing class at the same time as Jfer & Stepan. Kayleigh was a big hit at the party and managed not to spit up on the guest of honor, for which I was quite thankful.
I have been watching *lots* of movies since Kayleigh was born. It’s great having a DVR! I poke around on the HBO channels and any others that don’t have commercials and record movies to watch later, or I just jump in the middle of something that’s already on. So far I’ve seen Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Basic, Muriel’s Wedding, City by the Sea, True Lies, Groundhog Day, In and Out, The Banger Sisters, Pretty Woman, Daybreak (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Spiderman . . . there are others but too many to keep listing them. Most are pretty average, but it’s been a long time (probably since the first few months after Jonathan’s birth) since I watched so many movies in such a short time. It’s kind of nice! I’ve also seen lots of them without sound (Trainspotting and First Time Felon come to mind immediately)—I watched those when up in the middle of the night with Kayleigh, nursing—and that was actually really fun to do. You pay a lot more attention to what the actors are doing, as opposed to what they’re saying, as well as to the camera angles, sets, scene editing, etc. It’s interesting to see how much of a movie one can understand without hearing the dialogue.
Today I was able to mow the back yard, which desperately needed it since it had not been done since Daddy did it right before leaving at the end of May. I still haven’t done the front, but hopefully I’ll get the chance to do that tomorrow. I put out fresh birdseed for all the birds and yet another bird house in the hopes of getting a family of wrens or other small birds. There is a family of tufted titmice which nested in our neighbor’s yard that visits the bird feeder outside the kitchen windows—I love watching them because the babies still haven’t figured out what’s best to perch on, and they land on the wind chimes, plants that don’t support them, etc. Very cute.
Posted by elizabeth at July 4, 2004 10:45 PMOh, my gosh!! Your grass had to be a foot tall, or has it not grown much in a months time? If I waited that long to mow our front yard, I would have to mow it twice. I sure wish I could get the chance to come down and see Kayleigh. The 3 to 9 month stage all babies are so adorable. If you get the chance would you please post more video of her. I still remember the video of Dale and Jonathan in the bathtub. I laughed at that until tears were streaming down my face.
Posted by: Theresa on July 5, 2004 03:39 PM