March 24: 14 weeks and going strong

Arley's been adding new cognitive tricks every day it seems. Yesterday, for the first time, she noticed and tracked and smiled at our dog that was running around the room. And she is using her hands so well, she surprised us when she grabbed on to an empty trash bag we dropped, thinking it had got caught on her baby carrier instead. Her attention-seeking fake cry is sounding more and more like a little girl's and this morning she made the closest think to giggle we've heard yet.

Here, she is practicing her head-up belly position with kicky-legs --- it is her precursor to a crawl, although I think she looks like an adorable tadpole.