Top 10 Reasons why Daphne is a VCB (Very Cool Baby)

10) She's smiling more often. She started smiling when she was about 7 weeks old, but pretty infrequently and briefly. You had to work really hard to coax one out of her. She smiles all day long now, and is even content to lay on the couch and smile at the wall. (I try to take pictures of the smiles, but my camera is too slow.) I love knowing that she's at least semi-happy here with us.

9) She doesn't always need a cozy bed to fall asleep in. Sometimes she just needs to be really tired, and then any old place will do.















8) She's totally a girl, meaning she will talk your ear off. Her favorite chat time is right after her dad feeds her, then the two of them have long, in-depth conversations in baby speak. She's especially into high pitched squealing, which I think is major sign of her girliness.

7) She's learning the art of self-soothing, and is figuring out that fingers can work just as well as a pacifier when it comes to needing something to suck on.















6) As we all know, she fits right in with the spring time flowers.















5) Daphne has a 6th sense: she can tell the future. David never comes home from work at the same time, but we always thought it would be nice if he got home in correlation to when Daphne got up to eat (idealistic thinking). Then I could share night baby duty with him. But alas, this is not to happen. David will come home at 2, but Daphne will wake up at 1:50. The next night he gets home at 2:45; she's up at 2:30. Every night, without fail, she gets up about 10 minutes before he gets home. Amazing.

4) Along with her future-telling skills, Daphne can also tell when mom is home alone with her at night. When dad is home, she's a fabulous sleeper and maybe gets up once to eat. When it's just mom, she gets up every two hours or so. This girl is incredible when it comes to evaluating her surroundings and knowing she can mess up her mother's beauty sleep.

3) Since she's so loopy when it comes to her slumber, we'll have some great "remember the good ol' days when Daphne didn't sleep" memories. For now, we just joyfully welcome every nap and easy-to-bed opportunity we get.















2) This baby is smart enough to know that she should be a big 49er and Beaver Fan.
















And the number 1 best thing about Daphne?

She's ours.