Baby time

By the end of the day today, I was gathered with members of the family for a meal and for some cherished together time. This was the first time that many of them got to meet Ayla, so it was no surprise that she was willingly passed from hand to hand, adored by aunts, uncles and cousins alike. Since there are other little ones expected on this side of the family, little Ayla, who hit the two-week milestone just a few days ago, was doing her part to stir up the excitement and adoration levels among the adults who had not held a baby for ... too many years to count.

This little angel does not make a sound (yet) unless she's hungry, so it isn't difficult to decipher her intentions. Either she's asleep or she's awake. If she's awake, she's either content or not. If she's not content, she's hungry, and that's easy to tend to.

Needless to say, cousins also took turns feeding her tonight ... a bit at a time, making sure to intersperse the feedings with the suitable burping procedures. Once she's fed, changed and content, she simply wants to be cuddled, and there's lots of that to go around.

Oh, I'm planning to stick around for a day or two, so there will be ample time for uncle to get his fix of baby time ... but there can never be too much of that.