all smiles

Gavin has become so smiley and interactive over the past week. It wasn't until this week that he really started to smile and coo and gurgle and be really responsive to us. His little noises are so sweet. Between them and his smiles and playing with us, I'm all mushy inside so often these days. He has even started to ask to be played with. Just now he was laying on my lap staring around the room, happy as can be. Then a minute later he said "Nng-gooo" and I looked down and he stuck his tongue out at me and grinned. He loves to play the tongue sticking out game, where we (not surprisingly) stick our tongues out at each other. That just sets him to smiling like crazy. He also loves it when we immitate his noises and tickle him or sing to him.

He is also holding himself up incredibly well. He'll lift his head up and hold it steady and just gaze around for minutes on end. This morning he was laying on Jason's chest and holding himself up on his elbows!

We went to the zoo today. Gavin didn't care much for it - slept through, but we enjoyed it a lot. Got to see the new baby elephant and some baby bonobos. It was a good day for the zoo, warm but not too hot and windy enough to keep us cool.

Posted by allison at May 23, 2004 05:12 PM