It's a...human!!!

Nearly nine months ago, I gave birth the the most beautiful little baby girl that my eyes had ever seen. She was 6 lbs 15 oz, 21 inches long and just perfect.

But now that she's been around for 75% of a year, I realized she's more than just a little baby. She's a person. I gave birth to an actual human. 

Not that I expected her to be an alien or a goat or a sandwich or anything (mmm...sandwiches). I'm just taken aback at how human she has become in the last nine months. It's like I'm watching a soul develop right before my eyes. It's as close to a miracle as I've ever seen. 

If you are confused, I'll try to explain. For example, she has actual LIKES and DISLIKES now. She likes avocados, remote controls, the TV show Pitch & Potch, and being tickled on her ribs. Her dislikes include most puréed fruits (??!!), being forced to crawl of do anything that exerts energy, and being told "no." And she is sassy!!! She knows when to put on the charm and when to throw a fit. She LOVES ice cream and music. She actually already has rhythm and bops her little baby body to the beat when a song plays. It's insanely adorable. 

She sweats. She sweats a LOT. I've got a hot-blooded baby for sure. Moments after being put in the car, her little nest of baby hair is soaked straight through even if the a/c is on full blast. And then it STINKS. It stinks like the most adorable little human baby stink (I'm assuming I think this way because I'm her mom) but to the everyday layman, it definitely has a stench. 

She has idiosyncrasies. She has certain faces that she makes that I just can't explain but are uniquely HERS. I've been around others babies lately and they have their own little faces that they make but they aren't the same. That goes for sounds as well. She may not be able to say much beyond "dada" yet, but she definitely has a voice. I can tell her cry from that of another baby. I BELIEVE this is because she really sounds different, and not because I've developed some superhero mom level of hearing. But it's reassuring when I leave her with the hubs in a store and I hear a kid crying because I can instantly tell that it's NOT her. Unless it IS her, in which I'm in no rush to run and help out said husband 😆 (sorry babe!)

I'm in awe if her every single day and she has no idea. I can't believe that little adorable blob of skin and bones and baby fat that couldn't even keep her own head up a few more baths ago is now...a person. And she's becoming more "person" every day. This has been the most amazing show to watch ever.