exemplary

on the phone last night my mom commented last night that eliana is "rather exemplary." i most certainly agree with her. i have numerous exemplary titles for her including, "exemplary sleeper", "exemplary passenger", "exemplary party goer", "exemplary eater", "exemplary communicator" and "exemplary pooper." for example, yesterday we took a drive up to flathead lake to flee the horrific smoke in missoula. it was also miss elie's big debut in the carseat for more than ten minutes. exemplary passenger that she is, she slept the whole two hours up and the whole two hours down. rock and roll. she went to the farm party the other night and slept beautifully in her pouch for a few hours and then woke up for the band and danced and swayed with her mama, eyes wide open and alert, happy as can be. she is also extremely good at doing this sweet little hand to mouth thing when she's hungry so that we always know exactly what she wants. of course, she continues to eat like a champion and her little cheeks are filling out just as they should. lastly, just before i sat down to write this as she was coming off a nice long feed on the breast, i felt something warm and mushy on my leg. i looked down and saw that she had made an exemplary poop, through her diaper, through her onesie, down onto my legs. it was so exemplary, even, that when i stood up, it gushed to the floor, smeared on my hair and arm, and made it's way down both her legs. jeff gave her an exemplary hose down in the sink where she stared, alert as ever, at her daddy and didn't make a peep or complaint. what a little rockstar. i am so in love.