Not Always a Happy Camper...

As incredible as it may seem, Akemi is not always smiling and cooing. Here is proof.

Spirit Watcher

Sometimes when Akemi is lying on her back, she stares up at the ceiling as though something is catching her attention there. She could then smile spontaneously, or trace an invisible pattern around the room. I wonder what she sees...

Love those dancing bears!

Akemi really gets a kick out of the bear mobile on her changing pad. You crank it up and they dance around her head to the music. Before she didn't pay much attention to them, but now she loves them.

Baby Factory

Yesterday we had a reunion with the other couples and their babies who went to the same pre-natal class. It was fun to see all the babies all around the same age.

Akemi was quite social and was already trying to pick up the boys! Luckly for him he didn't seem too interested. I'm going to have to look out when she gets older...

Buddha's Footprint

I remembering wandering around Thailand, almost everywhere I went I encountered "Buddha's footprint". These footprints varied in size as I recall, but the common trait was that all the toes were the same size so it looked like a rectangle.

I wanted to take this picture when Akemi was just born because it was more true then than now. However her toes are still like tiny identical sausage links, and her foot is still somewhat rectangular. From the underside her toes look like little corn kernals.

I wonder if all babies have buddha feet. And if they do, does that mean anything about our original nature... Hmmm. If Akemi cries and I'm at work, does she make any sound? I'll have to ask Silvina.