Well, last night our little girl showed us once again that baby's don't stay babies forever. Even though her main concern is still getting fed as often as possible ... while playing with Daddy (that would be Tim) she tried to sit herself up. Talk about amazement. The child just turned 3 months and here she is trying to pull herself into a sitting position! With no help from us!

We had her on the Boppy, propped up and she started reaching for Tim in a game he was playing with her, first with her hands and then with her head till she had pulled herself up about an inch off the Boppy. So Tim is probably going to buy a video camera this weekend.

She's doing more and more cool things and we're missing them .... I don't always carry my camera around with me :)

Tonight Joy laughed for the very first time, and it was a very hearty laugh! (tonight being the 28th, not the 29th when I actually got around to writing this) ....

So anyways, Tim and I were putting the crib together and all of us (Tim, me, Josh and probably Joy too) were hot and short of temper. It had been a long day in Salem and somewhere between leaving my aunt's and getting home, everyone's disposition had gone out the window. I got Joy fed and took her upstairs too see what the problem was with the crib (used -- it didn't come with assembly instructions). Tim and I got it figured out and I asked Josh to keep his sister occupied while we finished putting it together. A few minutes later we hear something between a laugh and a cry and Josh saying "She's laughing! I made her laugh!" ... He was jumping on her mattress (which was on our bed) and saying "Abu!". Now when I say "Abu" all I get is her gorgeous smile (she's turning into a flirt already .... but that's another tale). He did it a few times and I watched her face light up in a huge smile and this honest-to-goodness belly laugh came out of her. All good, though I wish I had a tape recorder ... it didn't sound quite what I would expect a 3-month old's laugh to sound like :)

Ok time for bed.

Joy is just over 3 months old and I can't believe how time has flown. Not to mention how big she's getting!

She now has a problem that I fear may break her neck. When she gets hungry she starts arching her neck and rooting. However, she now has enough power in her legs to get herself completely turned around (and stuck) in her bassinet .... the first night it happened I thought I had almost broke her neck in trying to get her out. I was half asleep and just started to pick her up as always when I realized that her neck is arching in a nasty way. Woke me right up!

Tim tried to help one night too. She had started to cry and I couldn't get her out :( He came over to help and saw how stuck she was, not a nice place to be in when half asleep. He held her head while I got her straightened out. Definitely time to get the crib set up.