When Shelly eats she sometimes reminds me of a kitten as she opens and closes her fists and makes little gulping noises. Its so amazing to me to see the expression in her eyes and know that at only three months old she's already learned to do so many things that she couldn't do when she was first born. And even more amazing is to see everything that Archer has learned in his first three years of life. He runs and plays, tells stories of things he remembers happening last summer and makes up new games to play. His imagination is limited only by his vocabulary, which has gone from just a few words a year ago to a whole dictionary's worth of expressions that he uses to tell us how he's feeling every minute of the day. Shelly is still limited to only crying or quiet, but I know the time will fly by and soon she'll be telling us everything, trying to crowd out her brother for the attention to her own stories and memories. I wish she could stay little forever, and I also can't wait for the time when she starts telling me all of her thoughts!
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What a nice way to start a day by reading something that a Mother has written about her children. I think Shelly has at least 3 different cries and a wide variety of body language to communicate her thoughts. And of course there is the occasional smile too.
Dad, I think you're right - there's the cry that starts out quiet and intermittant, and then grows and grows into a loud frustrated yell for food right now! And the call for attention when she feels she's being ignored, or she doesn't want to be left in the carseat. And then there's the one that starts sudden and loud, her mouth wide with fear when she's suddenly startled or over-stimulated and she needs a quiet calm atmosphere to settle down. That's the hardest one to calm because I think she doesn't know what she needs, much less me knowing what to do with her!
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