Vanessa loves to take baths! She's really cute. She squeals with excitement when we tell her it's time and she sees us setting up for it. She loves to kick and splash water all over the place, so of course it gets messy, but it's worth it. We use two wash cloths -- one for washing and one for her to play with and suck on while we wash her. (We'd never get her washed if we didn't use the second cloth.) At the end of the routine she gets two cups of water poured over her. (We used to do this to help rinse her off, but now they're for fun.) She gets extra excited when we pull out the cups. As we pour the water, she intentionally tries to grab it. Just recently she started to realize that she can't hold the water between her thumb and index finger, so now, instead, she's beginning to grab for the cup so she can either try and drink from it or chew on it. (We try and limit the amount of water she ingests. :) Nobody likes the idea of their baby drinking the dirt they just washed off, right?!) She also loves her squirtable sea creature toys. She doesn't have the strength to squirt them, but she'll chew on them! And now that she's found her feet, she loves to study the actual process of splashing. These are old pictures (and by "old" I mean they were taken several weeks or a month ago) . . . I'm sure you can understand how hard it is to take pictures while keeping your baby safe and with water splashing all over the place. :)
