7 Weeks Old

Aria is seven weeks old today! I can't believe how quickly time has passed and how quickly she is growing. She just passed the 10 pound mark and is steadily gaining weight thanks to her hearty appetite. We just love her squishy cheeks and thighs! She is starting to smile at us a lot now, and she is trying to figure out how to laugh (she's been laughing in her sleep for some time now, just not when she's awake!). She is absolutely ticklish and especially loves it when Daddy uses his funny voices to do "tickles in your pickles!" She is making lots of cute faces, cooing, and beginning to babble a bit. She tries to keep herself awake when she's tired by "talking". She is still not amused in the slightest by being posed or having her picture taken (as evidenced in the first picture below). Aria still loves baths, clean diapers, her swing, going for walks, facing forward in the front-pack, and going for rides in the car (but she doesn't like stopping at the stop lights!). We are so, so blessed by our sweet little girl and seriously cannot get enough of her! Mommy and Daddy aren't fighting as much over who GETS to change her diaper, feed her, or hold her, which is good. We are learning to share her, now, so we can teach her how to share when she's a little bit older! Love, love, LOVE this girl!!!