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i am just a few days behind in posting...imagine why? i can't even believe that our little baby is already three months old. how can this be? our very sweet, but oh so serious little girl. i know i have already said this before, but i will say it again...she has captured my heart. she has changed so much in the last few weeks. even though we still don't like to sleep much during the day we are getting better again at night. two days before i went back to work we started putting her to bed at 6:00/6:30....which helped a lot. the bonus of that was that i am able to feed her before i go to work....so the cow only has to be milked once at night during my shift, ha, ha!!

she "coo's" all the time now and is typically pretty smiley...until i try to get the camera out, then she pulls out the serious face, furrowed brow and all! seriously, i think i only have one or two pictures of her smiling. one of the cutest things she does is after her bath, she LOVES to have her legs massaged. she starts cooing and gets so excited...and she doesn't stop until i put her jammies on...then the tune changes dramatically. she knows exactly what is happening next...bed! from that moment on, she cries, that is until she gives up the fight or i start singing "you are my sunshine." why she would like it when i sing is beyond me...poor thing has to endure that!

oh, and late this afternoon she made my day....she laughed for the first time! that sound really is the sweetest sound. that first little laugh can just melt your heart. i am so thankful i was able to record it (unfortunately i didn't have the video camera handy, but i did have a digital audio recorder...that way alan was able to hear it too!) we just love her to pieces and are so glad she is a part of our family...i already couldn't imagine it without her. love you baby girl!

on a side note....kylee is doing very well in school and has overcome her fear of going over to ask to play with the neighborhood kiddos (i have to mention that they are great kids...they all have a good time together.) in fact we have been able to get to know our neighbors as well, and i just have to say that it has been awesome! we are having a lot of fun getting to know them...they are wonderful "salt of the earth" people...and great parents too! you can't beat that. i think it's actually funny to see....all the guys will be out in there yards on the weekends and within a short while they will all congregate together on the sidewalk...sharing "tips" or helping each other out. it's really awesome! and the kids (our kids anyway)...oh my, they just wait by the door waiting for one of the other kids to emerge from their house so they can go out and join them. this is so new to kylee and alaina that they are a little obnoxious about the whole thing, but i guess you can't blame them! we knew from the beginning that this house was a God thing....this just proves it all the more! he is so good and so faithful, why do we ever doubt? anyway, i need to run...lots of work to do and pictures to edit! good night ;-)