Something Special

There are two things we've noticed so far about Kylie, above all others:  she is a rather sweet little spirit and she studies people very intently.  These two things came together in a most adorable moment while we were in Utah.

One night we stayed at Jen and Paul's, I was walking around with Kylie riding in the Snugli (where she spends about 30% of her time, it seems like--she's big on contact).  We stopped so Doug could talk to her for a minute, and she stared intently at him, silently suckling her pacifier while he talked.  He popped the pacifier out of her mouth for a minute.  She just kept staring at him for a minute and then he popped it back in--with her help.  She pushed on it with her hand to make sure it stayed there.  So he popped it out again--no reaction.  Then he popped it into his own mouth.  Cue big, sad eyes, deeply drawn down mouth, tears starting to flow before letting out a very sad and pathetic little cry.  It was the most heartbreaking little face--she looked as though she'd been betrayed.  So Doug quickly put the pacifier back in her mouth and started talking softly and sweetly to her.  He felt bad so he asked me to take her out of the Snugli so he could hold her.  

He sat down on Jen's couch with her, continuing to soothe her with soft, affectionate words.  After just a few minutes, she suddenly did this:

She took the pacifier out of her mouth and shoved it up towards her daddy's mouth, in an apparent attempt to share.  She seemed to be trying to show him, "I get it was a joke now.  I forgive you."  It was adorable.