Nina’s had a lot of firsts this week. This is a photo of her first picnic, in Prospect Park. It was a hot day but a beautiful, cool evening. Nina only got fussy once, and I calmed her by wheeling her stroller in circles on the grass. This weekend, she had her first subway and train ride when we went out to Long Island. She slept pretty much the whole way. Speaking of sleeping, she’s been sleeping a lot (pretty much through the night, with some long naps during the day) but also staying awake for longer periods. So her sleep’s becoming more concentrated. And for the past week or so, she’s been doing a lot of what John and I call “conversing” — funny cooing noises that she makes in response to us looking at her and saying something. The noises sound sort of like a pinball machine. It’s a lot of fun to communicate with her in this way.

Nina also smiles all the time. When she does wake up in the middle of the night, she breaks into a big smile when I go to pick her up.

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