April 13, 2000 - Thursday
I'm home and right
away I noticed that Harry has changed. His face, at least this morning, was
much more animated as he tries out new facial expressions in rapid succession.
He also has a wider variety of noises that he apparently worked up while I
was away; some of them very charming and others less so. And, before this
week, he would mostly practice one at a time; a joy when it was something
like his loving "oohing" sound, less ideal when it was his nasal
whine. Today, though, he moved back and forth between different vocalisms
quite agilely.
I also see a physical change in Harry. His face has lost some of its newborn
puffiness and that's making his chin and neck more visible than before. Yet,
what was most striking is that the face breaking through the disappearing
baby jowls is distinctly his mother's and, at times, remarkably similar to
her baby pictures. Many friends
and family already believed he looked like his mother, his eyes the same
almond shape and his forehead sculpted, but now the likeness seems even more
pronounced. And that's fine with me, since I like the way his mother looks.
Comments, opinions?