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I've had the pleasure of spending some extra time with Lizzie and Lee Lee the past few days (my two nieces currently in my profile photo with me) and while Lizzie keeps growing and is now 2.5 years old, I am so enjoying watching the infant stages again with Lee Lee.
Lee Lee found her feet a week or so ago and they are the new guilty pleasure. She is most happy when she's laying down, getting her diaper changed (she LOATHES a damp diaper) and when she's butt naked, will pull those feet to her face and rock back and forth, cooing and jabbering a mile a minute. The heavy-wattage smiles come out and she's just in a state of bliss.
Wednesday I watched the girls while my sister-in-law went for another ultrasound. (Baby Holly is doing fine and things are evening themselves out!) Lizzie put herself down for a nap without fuss, but Lee Lee, who has no time to nap because she might miss something, wasn't quite ready to lay down herself. I propped her on the couch (she's "this close" to mastering sitting up by herself) and we talked for a while and read books - her other favorite thing to do.
Yesterday we gathered at my brother's house for dinner after church. My sister gave Lee Lee a bottle and laid her down in the pack 'n play. Right now they are using that mat that can be adjusted for height. Lee Lee was supposed to be napping; instead, she entertained herself by playing with her feet. From our seats at the table, my sister & I could see Lee Lee's stocking feet come up and down and sometimes twirling around. She was quiet, though, and that was enough to let my sister eat her meal.
We were just about ready for 'zert when I happened to glance over at the pack 'n play and noticed bare feet waving in the air. Lee Lee was wearing leotards, so I didn't quite trust my eyes. "Can she take her leotards off?" I asked my sister.
"Of course she can't," my brother-in-law replied. "You must have seen her hands."
"Those tights are snug, so maybe she can pull them off; they don't quite cover her butt," my sister replied, and joined me in watching for the feet to swing up again.
Sure enough... we saw feet - bare feet - swing back up and little fingers hanging on to them. After all, why suck on toes with socks on when you can suck on bare toes instead?
We burst out laughing and my sister had to go over and see what Lee Lee had done with her leotards. She'd tossed them over her head... to reveal the mess about to squeeze out of the diaper. As soon as Lee Lee saw her mother, she started crying and reaching for her diaper! My poor sister was so amused - and doubling over with laughter - that her husband had to come over and take care of the poopy baby.