We have the funnest baby in the whole world. She just gets more fun and charming the older she gets. I love how she laughs when you tickle her ribs or under her chin! In Tom’s family (I think it’s a Texas thing, but I’m not sure) they call it “stealing her sugar” when they kiss or nibble the baby in a way that makes her giggle.

Amelia’s teachers all agree that she grew longer in the week that school was closed. She has been blowing them away with her new, wide smile and her ever more confident manner. This week she’s started sleeping on her belly at school, which was a big deal and I think gets her to sleep faster there. (This does not work at home, but lots of things that work at school don’t work at home.) I feel really lucky that the women she spends so much time with at the Montessori school are so genuinely loving and interested in our darling girl. It makes me feel much more confident about our decision to have her there, despite the almost crippling cost of it.