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Cousin Playdate.  Yia Yia helped me host a get together with Auntie Lindsay with Jack, Cousin Jami with AJ and Logan, Auntie Peggy, Auntie Robin with Christopher and Cousin Thea.  It was fun getting the boys together.  Christopher was moving all over the place, Jack was full of smiles, Daniel snoozed with Buddy and Logan was a hungry guy even though he is such a little peanut!  AJ is a great big brother and will rule the roost with these guys.  Fun to think that this time next summer they will all be running around in the backyard.

Daniel and his "Buddy"

Jami and Logan

Christopher

The Whole Gang

Walk around the neighborhood.

Bath at home! At first, Daniel was not a big fan of the bathtime experience, but as soon as he was able to be in a "big boy" tub, he started to enjoy it.  In fact, bathtime has become a nightly ritual and he has even started to sleep through the night over the past week (knock on wood).  Thank you to Auntie Lindsay for the suggestion.

Big boy bath!

SMILE!  Daniel officially smiled for the first time on July 30th and it melted my heart.  Now he is smiling all the time but we have yet to truly capture it in a photo, though not for lack of trying even with Daddy getting a new camera.  He loves to hear Mommy's singing, especially Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, ABCs, and Itsy Bitsy Spider and he loves to have his belly rubbed and his arms and legs cycled.  His smile "starts in his eyes," as Gramma would say, and he gets a big grin across those chubby cheeks.  Sometimes he even sticks out his tongue.  He is especially smily in the morning, after a nap and when Daddy gets home and of course in his sleep after a bottle!  He is getting very close to giggling but hasn't yet, kinda of says "Ha" sometimes.  Here are a few pictures showing him smiling but doesn't even compare to when you see it for real!

Loves being naked!

Almost got it this time!