To avoid the Wrath of Mom, here are some more family pictures from Sayumi’s visit a couple of days ago. Readers of this blog who are not related to me may want to skip this.

At a little over 3 months, Mei is smiling a lot now:

She’s focusing and responding to people’s expressions:

And once in awhile, looking in the direction you want her to look in for a picture:

Sayumi is smiling more, too. She’s always been so withdrawn, and we wondered if having a baby would change that. It has–she was cooing and talking to Mei the whole time, laughing at her faces–it was great.

And as long as I’m inundating the world with cuteness, here is Lili a few days after visiting the groomer’s. I think she wants that donut Sayumi was holding–she’s making her patented Attack of Cuteness!

She seems to have hurt her leg during a walk last night; if she’s not all better in a couple of days, I’ll take her to the vet. Today and tomorrow are going to be very rainy, so she would’ve had to rest inside anyway.