Monday, January 26, 2009

Oh, that face!



This has been Mateo's favorite expression--used to communicate everything from happiness and excitement to confusion, playfulness and explosions of wonder-- for the past two weeks and we can already see him moving on to more varied, but certainly not more versatile, planes of facial expression. So, this post is merely for the sake of remembering this bitty bean's lovely stage of no-lipped smiling:



P.S. I see quite clearly that I have become that mom who can't quite suppress the urge to keep talking about all of the details and delights of her child's development. I am okay with this.


2 comments:

AWOL Mommy said...

make no apologies, Sister, none. We all benefit from your willingness to share. This face reminds me of the similarities at the beginning and end of our human lives. Old man smile much?!

Anna said...

This face also reminds me a bit of you, Alex, when you were young and playing your cello, concentrating so hard, only moving your arms and hands, but so much emotion on your very still face, delighting all of us with your art. Same same, as the Koreans say!