her face

it's pictures like these (and there aren't many) that make me catch my breath because they have captured her face and "her" perfectly. she's usually smiling when the 3 of us are hanging out, but...when she's staring hard at something (she'll win the blinking contest anyday when she's really locked in), when she's trying to figure something out-like how your mouth could move in ways she hasn't tried yet, when you're trying to make her laugh and she's deciding if she wants to give you the satisfaction of your efforts, when her little rosebud mouth forms in a way that is just like when she was minutes old and zane and i first commented on how precious her mouth was, when she's due for a nap and is such a trooper and gazes into the distance instead of fussing, when she's just about to start a shrieking match-either with us or with herself, when she looks up at you while she's eating and you both understand every unspoken thanks and i love you, and when there is dirt on her chin and the scratches under her eye, that's her face. and i'm completely in love with it.