give me my binky and no one gets hurt.

monkey talk

i noticed if i put Ally in her play gym and left her alone, she'd start to talk to the stuffed monkey that hangs on it - i sit behind her at the computer and she has 10 minute conversations, it's hilarious. if she notices me, though, she stops, so i have to kind of sneak up on her. i got a little bit of it on tape this morning (it's hard to get the best parts without making the video ten minutes long!):

8 weeks old!

I can't even believe Ally is 8 weeks old already! she's getting so big - everyone thinks she's three months! we visited the doctor on tuesday and she's currently 11 lbs, 5.5 ounces, so she's eating like a champ. every day she's more and more interactive and just yesterday she had a real chuckle - i'm still waiting for the next one, but hopefully every day we'll hear more and more. her favorite song is the itsy bitsy spider, and she loves looking at herself in the mirror - here's a video of Ally looking up at her reflection while she sits in her swing (there's a mirror attached to the top):