oh hey, I'm 19 weeks old!

I'm going to have to say

that turning nineteen weeks could also be called

"oh hey, I found just about everything this week"

for so many weeks now things have just been hanging out around me

and I have only half noticed them

now, I am all over them with my hands

for example, there is this fun little dangly toy on the handle of my car seat

sure, I've seen it for weeks now

but this last week it was mine

while my big people are busy getting me in and out of the car

I can now just grab onto this little guy and really have fun

making him bounce up and down and make that jingle noise I love so much

other new discoveries this week include my feet

yes, I have two of them, not just one like I had thought previously

and whenever I'm laying down, they are in both hands

my thinking is it is only a matter of days before I figure out how to get them 

to my mouth

and one of my favorite discoveries this past week...

mom's face

yup, I really found it 

sure, I've been looking at it since the minute I was born

but now I like getting super close, and grabbing onto it with both hands

smooshing around her cheeks

and grabbing her nose

this is my new way that I hang out with her in the afternoons after she gets home

from teaching some really big kids

a couple times I was really getting into her face, and figured I would see

if she tasted like Sophie

well, she did not, but it was still fun to try

in other news, I get to hang out with dad a lot more these days

and he takes me to this really colorful place twice a day

that mom calls "work"

and all this coming and going has really made my days fly by

and finally, I am officially scooting backwards

like almost crawling, but backwards

put me on the ground and watch me travel almost the whole distance of a room

yup, it is pretty fun

one day I'll figure out how to go the other way
-Everly Mae