some things are more important than others

examples:

• growing really long hair on top of your head, rubbing a bald spot on the back of your head, and shedding the hair on the left side of your head. moderately important.
  
• staring at your new stripey-stocking feet as if they are aliens. important.
  
• sucking your thumb between bites of cereal. very important.
• craning your neck to see anything that has color, or moves, or isn't directly in front of you while drinking your bottle. incredibly important.
• sleeping 16 hours a day. pretty darn important. it makes you happy.
  
• clasping your hands together when your mom is trying to lift your shirt over your head. vitally important.
  
• being so excited to go to sleep that you kick the blanket off. of utmost importance.
• grimacing at the first bite of cereal and reveling in the second. your life depends on it.
• being so excited to greet the day you can barely contain yourself and alternate between trying to widen your smile by an extra inch, kicking your legs with all your might, and clasping your hands together while you bury your face in mommy's neck and wiggle your little self. the world revolves around it.

you need to experience it to fully understand
how important such things are
in the life of a 4 1/2 month old.

but how could you not appreciate all these things
when she smiles like this?
seriously.