Hugs, kisses and babies

Elizabeth is the sweetest little girl. She wants to hug and kiss everything. Mommy, daddy, her baby dolls, the picture of a baby in her book, the sticker on her hand, the babies in the mall, the cat, her empty dinner plate, Jonathan, oh, and did I mention babies?

She is absolutely in love with any kind of baby. She loves to rock, hug, and kiss her baby dolls. We bought her a book full of pictures of babies, and I actually had to send it over to Gran's house for a while so I could get a break from reading it. Of course, I felt guilty afterward and retrieved it for her. She now even associates church with babies, because she gets to "play" with the babies in the church nursery. It's very cute, and has definitely reinforced David's belief that certain "girl" traits, like loving babies, are automatically built in.

We've noticed that we can get *lots* of hugs and kisses when she wants something. Apparently, the manipulation trait is inbred also!

Here's a picture of her hanging out with me on our deck:



And then giving Mommy kisses:



And, here's her hugging Daddy during playtime before bed:



And giving Daddy kisses:



Notice she was trying to steal his hat at the same time, as that picture was taken right in the middle of a rousing game of "Steal Daddy's Hat". Here's a video of a small portion of the game. Isn't that giggle contagious?



By the way, anyone know of a better free video hosting site? That one always makes our video quality really bad.

She goes in for her ear tubes in the morning. We have to be at the hospital at 6:45am. Wish us luck!