There's nothing like a post-bath photo shoot. 

what a sweetheart! mama manages to get a smile, make libby forget about the camera, and keep libby's whole face in the viewfinder. this is a serious feat! 

mama's little beauty 

a cute grin, despite the camera. a rare treat.  

there are those beautiful baby blues 

she concentrates. 

Clearly, sucking the fingers or the binkie or the whatever-is-close is a favorite pasttime these days.  

Libby --- softly glowing.  

A close-up of our cutie. 

Saturday afternoon mama and daddy got Libby a new toy. It's the Baby Einstein activity center (we don't comb her hair when she plays on it - for the full effect). She's still not quite tall enough to reach the bottom (she's standing on books). But, she is strong enough to stand there, steadily, while using her hands to play. She's pretty strong for a 3 month old! (another characteristic she picked up from her daddy) 

Now what on earth are these colorful things? 

Watch her learn! 

As Libby learns how to "spin", dragon looks on with approval.  

what was that "dinging" noise? 

ah ha! I can make them spin! 

Now who is this little guy over here? 

I'm really starting to like you, dragon -- but don't get any ideas about my binkie! 

If I didn't have this binkie in my mouth, I'd kiss ya.  

a promise from mama -- that dragon is right where she left him. I had nothing to do with it, I'm simply here to take the photos.  

I don't know what to think of you anymore. 

Will she be a leftie like her mama? Will she be a rightie like her daddy? She's looking ambidextrous to us! One hand doing the spinning, the other hand, taaaaasty. And dragon, resting on her shoulder.

Get down here and look at this! I can make it spin! 

okay, okay. so you've seen a lot of pictures of little Miss Elisabeth on her Einstein. Still, we think this one is just as adorable as the first.  

more of the same...  

In mama and daddy's latest attempt change Libby's impression of bathtime as a method of torture, we make further progress. It remains to be seen if our altered and improved techniques work next time...