her mobile on monday morning

It's Monday morning and she should be sleeping, but she chose to wake up early, instead. It's not time for her to eat, so I've put her in her crib under her mobile (she still sleeps in the cradle Daddy made, which is next to her crib, so right now her crib is only used for mobile time).

Here she is laying under her very complex mobile. She loves it! It plays three songs (songs I now hear in my sleep) and the animals move around and flip over to the side as they come around the bend. I don't know if she's squealing at the animals, the music, the movement, or the black and white swirls under those little tent-like shapes, but whatever the case, it keeps her safe and happy for 15 minutes (that's how long the music plays). It's hilarious to watch. She kicks, waves her arms, squeals, "talks," and stares in wonder. We've tried turning it on again and getting another 15 minutes out of her, but then instead of squeals we hear fussing, so we no longer press our luck.

After my 15 minutes are up, it's time to go feed her and give her a bath. Bathtime is getting better--she used to fuss, then the fussing gave way to frantic "panting" while she was in the water, and now she's content to sit there quietly, but her hands are still balled up in little fists, undecided about whether it's safe to relax and smile or not. Before and after her bath she's all smiles, but put her in the water and she becomes a different little girl. Hopefully soon we'll be moving on to bathtime being fun. I'm looking forward to the time when she wants to play with all of the cool bath toys we got at the showers, but I guess that's a way down the road, since she can't sit up and she just started holding onto her rattle for a few seconds at a time. But we'll get there.

Uh-oh! The music stopped--my 15 minutes are up.........