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S smiles ALL the time now.  She's also on the verge of laughing... any day now, I know she's going to bust out with a true laugh.  Right now she squeals and does the big smile, silent laugh.

Unfortunately, it is hard to catch those adorable smiles on camera.  It's easy to get the baby tears....

(so sad. but so cute.)

or the slightly grumpy look...

 (already wearing her college apparel.  awesome.)

She also likes looking in mirrors, I think our Christmas/New Years card photo may have to be taken this way.

(don't mind my scary smile here.)

On another note, it is tough to lose that post-baby weight!  The first few weeks (ok, like 6 weeks), I hardly got off the couch!  At first the weight drops on its own, but then I got stuck around 133lbs (I was about 123lbs pre-pregnancy).  Once I started to really train for my upcoming half, I finally managed to get to my 130lbs October goal. But, I really need to fit in ab work outs to pull in the weird tummy bulge that won't seem to go away.

I'm super excited that my sister Emma is coming out for the half marathon.  I've also talked my little brother Aaron into doing the Night of the Running Dead 5k with me on Saturday.  It is not too late for you to join me on either of those!  Sign up today!