kitten has made so much progress this week i couldn't wait to post about it. last week, she was nursing at night in bed, looking up at me instead of sleeping. i was getting a little frustrated because it was way past her bedtime. i asked her why she didn't want to sleep and she gave me a wicked little smile so i smiled back at her and she started laughing! i laughed because that was the cutest thing i've ever seen and that made her laugh even more so we had a little 1 AM giggle fit together while colby slept peacefully next to us. yesterday, we were cooing and babbling at each other and she was just smiling away. i turned my head to the side and sneezed and she cracked up. i started fake sneezing and she laughed every time. when colby got home from work i tried it again and she laughed for him too. it's official, kitten is laughing!

another big development -- she's starting to figure out hands. we noticed yesterday that they aren't in constant fists anymore and it seems like she's stretching her hands and feeling her little fingers moving all the time now. today, i put her in her play gym propped up on the boppy where her hand would bump into the elephant rattle. she got excited about the butterflies, flailed her arms and bumped the elephant then got super excited about that and grabbed at it repeatedly. before i was never sure if it was intentional, but it definitely is now. she also likes to feel the crinkle on the flower toy my cousin rachel sent her. she's still very fascinated with the black and white contrast images in the genius baby book grandma sent but doesn't like the baby faces at all. she's not interested in mirrors but her eyes get big when i show her pictures of herself on my phone.