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Once again, its been forever since I last updated. I mean, I find my life quite interesting, but doubt that others find it as interesting as I do. :-P Anyway, I'm doing exactly what you think I'm doing-spending most of my time taking care of Miryam. She's grown quite a bit in the last 2 weeks (I'm guessing she's close to 15 lbs. & around 25 in. long), taking ~29-30 oz. of formula every day & a little bit of cereal, & becoming stronger & more coordinated. She's been rolling from her tummy to back for awhile now, & she's starting to roll from her back to her side (think it's gonna be awhile before she has enough strength to make it to her tummy), she's reaching for/trying to grab everything & putting whatever it is in her mouth. She doesn't realize that she can't grab pictures yet. :-P She's also drooling more-not full blown teething yet, but close. She enjoys looking at books, watching cartoons, listening to music, & bouncing herself silly in her jump-n-jive. It's fun to see her learning new things all the time. She's started to resist being put to sleep at times. She'll be so tired, but if she thinks you're putting her to sleep then that's just unacceptable. It's nice that she doesn't want to be rocked to sleep all the time though. I love rocking her to sleep, but I like being able to just put her down & know that she'll fall asleep (she still really likes her swing & bouncy chair). She's still sleeping in her pack-n-play...lol Hey, it works. We've been crib shopping for awhile now & haven't come across anything that we really like. Dan's parents informed us that they want to buy her crib (hey, that makes shopping more exciting, right?) :-P The other new thing she's doing is realizing when we're (mommy & daddy) not around. She doesn't cry every time we give her to someone else, but she started doing it on & off about a month ago. I have to admit, it makes me feel good. I tell people that I waited a long time & spent a lot of money to have my own baby cry for me. :-) A few people have offered to take her off my hands during bible study so I can go to class & not have to take care of her while trying to listen. I'm able to pay more attention if she's in there with me. If she's not there I'm constantly wondering if she's okay. I did hand her over 2x, & both times she ended up getting really upset. It's just easier to have her in there with me than it is to have to calm her down for 15-20 minutes post meltdown. Anyway, I guess it's pretty obvious that I enjoy being a mommy. So thankful the Lord gave her to us.