All Smiles!!!

There's nothing that tickles a new mom (round 2) more than the first smile!! Joey's been working/trying to perfect it for about a week. For several days it was the half grin. Only one side, usually the right, would make it up. It was really fun to watch him try and make the whole thing work. Then one day, wall-uh there it was on Monday. And of course it's a chain reaction for all involved. Katie gets excited, mommy gets excited and then Joey gets even more excited. His arms and legs are flying everywhere and then BOOM the spit up comes and the moment is gone. Katie just loves to try and make him smile. She just beams when he smiles after all her efforts.

I've decided your first baby is the one with all of the traditional firsts and they are so exciting and you worry will you feel the same with number two. But, you get a whole new set of firsts with number 2 because of a sibling PLUS, you get all the traditional firsts in a completely different way. I just love watching Katie get excited about him and Joey getting excited about Katie. I'm sure this is just the beginning of many "firsts" they'll have together!