February begins... almost 3 months old

We finished our second week today; Charlotte and I. What's funny is that on one hand it seems like it's been so long, and on the other, it seems like just a couple days. Let me explain.

I realize two weeks is not a very long time, but Charlotte has changed so much in the last two weeks. She changes so quickly, it seems like she ages in double time.

Two nights ago, she woke up at 4:30am and wanted some food. Midway through her feeding, I took her to her room to change her diaper. She was so attentive and happy while I changed her diaper. She smiled SO much and laughed and cooed the whole time.

When I brought her back to our bed to finish feeding, she laid in her Mommy's lap, leaning back to look at me while I lay next to her. She starred at me, and begin talking. Not just single sounds... but sentences (in baby talk of course). We talked for what seemed like 10 minutes. We giggled and had a conversation about something... and all I know was that I had never seen my daughter so animated and excited about talking as she was that night. She was so excited, she raised her voice to a very loud level, laughing the whole time.

I'm sure many of you know exactly how much my heart warmed while we carried on our talk. I couldn't sleep the rest of the night, and of course Charlotte took a little longer to wind down after this feeding than normal.

She LOVES to talk. She absolutely loves it. She paces her "words" and I swear she has even started to use some similar intonation that she hears from her Mommy and me.

And that smile. Man. I can't handle that smile. It just melts me. I'm telling you. I don't stand a chance when this girl gets older. I am toast!

My favorite part of this week happened tonight, when Beck came home. I just finished feeding Charlotte and was burping her over my shoulder. Beck came into the kitchen and Charlotte lifted her head off my shoulder and started to talk to her Mom. She stared into Beck's eyes, smiled, and told her the story of her day (in her language of course). She spent a good 5 minutes, holding her head up, taking turns with Mom, telling her about everything she did during her day. And when she was done, she put her head down on my shoulder and let out a big sigh. Unbelievable.

No one can ever prepare a new parent for the amount of love they will have for their baby... My girl has me so wrapped around her little finger, and I love it.