Newborn No More

In the past few days, it seems that Talia has moved from "newborn" to "infant" before our very eyes. It's amazing that this can happen in a matter of a few days, but just look at the milestones she's reached since Saturday:

• SMILING: Talia has started to smile (when she's awake)! The smiles aren't huge, but there have been at least 1 or 2 every day since Saturday - sometimes triggered by Mommy or Daddy and sometimes by her toys.
• OUTGREW HER FIRST NB OUTFIT: Yesterday, I went to change Talia and decided she would look cute in her orange dress with the fish on the front. Too bad - it doesn't fit anymore! It was hard to get it over her head, and even more difficult to make it stretch over her tummy. I decided she doesn't need to show off her build quite so much and put it aside as the first outfit she's outgrown.....
• NO MORE CRYING DURING DIAPER CHANGES: Talia had been notorious for disliking her diaper changes. She'd scream and kick, making it even more difficult to deal with her tendency to still pee and poop while the diaper is off. Well, in the past few days, she has decided to give Mommy a break! She did not cry for a single change yesterday - and there were at least 10 of them.....
• SLEEPING: Talia has given Mommy & Daddy a fantastic night sleep for the past 2 nights! We may be cheating (and possibly causing ourselves trouble down the road), but we decided to move her swing up to her nursery during the night because she sleeps so darn well in it. Voila - two nights in a row with the first sleep stretching past 5 hours and the second one at least 3 hours. Hmm.......

Alysia