Put your thumbs together for Miss Daggy

Dagny has a new thing: She puts her thumbs together and presses. Hard.

Aunt Erica was the first to notice, even before Audrey.

Nearly from birth, Dagny has been expressive with her hands. They constantly float in the air, usually ending up at or near her own face or the face of the person holding her.

She doesn't suck her thumb or any of her fingers, and she's never taken a pacifier. (Believe me: We tried.)

But the thumbs. Erica saw she was doing it repeatedly, bringing one thumb to the other as if they were magnets, fingers splayed, and pressing so hard that they turn white.

Yesterday morning at church, during the few minutes I hold Dagny and she does an informal meet-and-greet for my friends between Sunday School and the main service, she seemed to be doing her thumb trick on command.

Me: "Dagny, show Miss Becky how you put your thumbs together!" Dagny: Thumbs together. See.

Me (after switching her direction on my lap, to face TG): "Dagny, show Papaw how you put your thumbs together!" Dagny: Thumbs together. Aha. Throwing shapes.

All this from a tiny poppet (seven months old day after tomorrow) with creamy skin and huge black eyes and two new teeth, wearing a winter-white lace dress with infinitesimal pink satin bows on the front, and a sparkly silver headwrap with a winter-white flower.

The effect is stunning. Truth be told it's a sight for eyes, sore or not.

Sometimes it's almost too much and we we all burst out into peals of uncontrollable joy-fueled laughter. Actually, we do that a lot.

Often we get tears in our eyes. We are that besotted with our angel baby, who most of the time, innocently unaware of her own charms, be like: Who, me?

Audrey as Dagny's mother bears the brunt of this terrible emotional burden. She claims that if she's not having a hard time getting stuff done because the baby is crying to be held, she can't get anything done because all she wants to do is stare at her offspring.

So it was on a day last week when Audrey had bathed and dressed her baby and was attempting to get ready herself, in preparation for bringing Dagny over to see me.

Dagny was propped on her mother's bed in the Boppy pillow, watching Baby Einstein on the iPad (Andrew says the voiceover on that thing is creepy but the babies seem to like it).

As circumstance (not to mention necessity) would have it, all Audrey had to do in order to see her baby from her vanity counter, was turn her head. And she couldn't keep from looking.

So it was that instead of concentrating on getting ready, Audrey made a video of her darling baby watching a video.

You have a minute to spare; right? Because I knew you'd want to see it. So here you go.

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Happy Monday ~ Happy New Week

Comments

[Barb]

Dagny, you are growing since I last saw a photo! Those teeth, the lips, the luminous eyes - and now the magic trick with the fingers. Also, the adorable outfits! I wish you and your family a Happy 2015!

[Audrey]

Now she has started fake coughing. It's hilarious. I looked it up and apparently it is something that babies around this age start to do for attention. They have learned that when they or someone else coughs they get attention. So they will fake it knowing it will get them what they want. She's also started ear-piercing high pitched screaming. Not as cute. 😝😛

[irene]

Oh she is a star. How lucky you are. Thank You for sharing her with us.

[Sally]

Not only are you beautiful, Dagny, you are a very smart little cookie!

I love seeing her pictures, and I'd be the same way, watching in wonder!

xoxo

[Mari]

Oh Jenny - that child just gets more adorable all the time! I love the video - it really made me smile. :) Give her a hug for me!
Audrey - the fake cough is so funny! Poor child, I've always suspected she was lacking in attention.

[Audrey]

@Mari I know like she's deprived! Silly child. : )