Olivia's Infatuation With Mirrors

It's so fun to watch a baby do new things. When Bea was about 6 months old, she loved looking in the mirror, and I would carry her from room to room so she could see herself in each one. At first she was all smiles. I think she thought her image was not her, but another baby, and that was exciting to her. Then, the confusion began. How can there be a mommy right in front of me and the same mommy holding me? It was pretty funny to watch her look at my image in the mirror and then turn her head and look at me, do it one more time, and then collapse her head into my chest because of the confusion it brought on.

Last night I was holding Olivia, and she was still in the phase of loving to see the baby in front of her as well as her mommy. She was having a great time examining me and herself and was laughing a lot. Then, this morning, I took her around to all the mirrors in the house, and she has resulted in what Bea did. She's quite confused at the images before her.

While I didn't get any photos of her looking in the mirror, Josh did snap a good one of us during mirror play time. It's a rare occasion when I am in a photo (I am mostly the one taking the pictures), and I also don't think we have one of her this happy: