Here Comes Mama

Hollie (aka Little G's mama) here, filling in for Matt. I thought I would take his prolonged blog silence as my cue to put in my two cents.

In honor of Valentine's day, I thought I would offer up a list of things I love (complete with footnotes):

• Socks that look like shoes
• The Mexican Hat Dance 1
• Sleepy smiles
• 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
• The word poop 2
• Throaty baby giggles
• Naptime
• A Christmas Story-level bundling for the cold
• Unintentionally funny kiddie books 3
• Toothless grins
• Singing the wrong words to just about every song I thought I knew the words to
• Tiny fingers
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Baby Dancing 4
• Looking at pictures from 5 months ago...and 5 minutes ago
• Onesies
• Baby toes
• Eating whatever I want under the guise of "I need this to make food for the baby."
• Heart-to-hearts with Little G
• Teething on Daddy's fingers
• Faux-hawks 5
• Having to defend my pizza from little grabby hands
• Belly raspberries
• Spit bubbles
• Sitting up with the aide of the crack in the sofa
• Nicknames 6
• Chubby cheeks
• Soft skin 7
• Dr. Seuss and Sandra Boynton
• Beautiful brown eyes
• Milky satisfied face
  
• Tupperware 8
• Little G
• ...and Big G.

Happy (early) Valentine's day to my little sweetie and my big sweetie!


Notes:
1. She has a toy that plays it. Despite its questionable racial insensitivity, it makes me smile every time...
2. Especially when it forms the base of a new word i.e. "It was the Poopocalypse!" This is something I love only until Little G thinks it's funny.
3. Re-read Danny and the Dinosaur. Funny stuff.
4. Baby dancing at this stage basically amounts to wildly waving your arms whilst laying on your back and the ever-popular "kick your feet like a maniac sitting somewhat upright in your bouncy seat."
5. Baby faux-hawks only. Adults, go big or go home.
6. My current favorite: Cheeks Magoo. I also have been known to call her Poops McGee. (See #2) My family's favorite is Bubbles LaRue. That one sounds like she is headlining in a 1920s burlesque show.
7. Especially the little fold at the back of neck. Nuzzling her neck when I rock her to sleep may very well be the moment I miss the most when she's a big kid.
8. One of Little G's favorite toys. She goes all lamprey on them: