50 things we love about our daughter

1. Her adorable squeaking. We call her Squeaky.
2. Her smell.
3. The softness of her hair.
4. The way she strokes her hair, fascinated by its texture.
5. The peaceful expression on her face when she farts and pees..
6. The way she bobs her head when she's hungry.
7. The way she stretches when she wakes up.
8. The way she turns a fart into a full-bodied activity.
9. Her gorgeous mouth.
10. The way her hair colour seems to change daily. Auburn, blonde, brown?
11. The fact that she can be lying asleep looking like an absolute angel and then let out an ungodly, rip-roaring FART.
12. Her snuggability when she is asleep in our arms.
13. Her possessiveness over Caroline's boobs.
14. Her fury when the breasts don't do what she wants.
15. Her wide range of facial expressions. Sometimes she looks ancient and full of the world's widsom.
16. Her soft, soft skin.
17. Her beautiful blue eyes.
18. The way she gazes around her as she takes in the world.
19. The way she quacks like a duck, nays like a pony and whimpers like a puppy.
20. Her fierce clutch and strong grip.
21. The expression on her face when we burp her.
22. The fact that she thinks burping time, feeding time and changing time are all just great opportunities for a nap.
23. Her active dream life.
24. Her "spiral" belly button.
25. Her little hands and little feet.
26. The expressiveness of her hands as they flail about. She can distract herself from anything.
27. Her wriggles.
28. Her hiccups.
29. The way she cries and grips our hands when she poos.
30. The way she folds herself up in the baby sling, as if she is is still in the womb.
31. Her slow unfurling of her limbs as she gets used to life on the outside.
32. Her peacefulness and calm, even in the middle of chaos.
33. Her trusting gaze.
34. The way she suckles and licks.
35. The way she looks at us as if we are completely insane...but loves us anyway.
36. The way she steadfastly refuses to wake up no matter how much we rub her back with a wet cloth (this drives us crazy too).
37. The way she starts at the sound of running water.
38. The way she kicks in time to music (she did this in the womb too).
39. The fact that we can't find the words to describe how we feel about her.
40. The look in Caroline's eyes when she holds her daughter.
41. The look in Anna's eyes when she holds her daughter.
42. Her tolerance and patience with us singing stupid songs to her (like "It's my farty and I'll poo if I want to" and "I love you and you love me, Now let's all try a poo and pee")
43. The way she holds her belly after a feed.
44. The fact that she drives us completely crazy sometimes but we still think it's worth every second.
45. The fact that she's going to take her own sweet time to do whatever needs to be done, and we can only go along with it.
46. The fact that within two days she had established the pecking order in our family. She is absolutely the alpha in this relationship. Good for her!
47. That of all the hours to choose as her "alert period" (yes, she does have one), she opts for around 3-4am when we are both at our lowest and have nothing left.
48. The way she sprawls in our arms as if we are comfortable lounge chairs.
49. The way that, occasionally, we see a glimpse of a fiery spirit who will scream bloody murder when she needs to.
50. The fact that she's ours and we don't have to give her back.