For weeks now I have adored my sweet babe, expressionless though she may have been in demonstrating positive affect- allowing us only the occasional reflexive smile in her sleep to remind that a wider array of emotion would be forthcoming. Grimaces are far more common, along with crossed eyes and lemon-sucked lips. Finally yesterday she gave me the gift I had been waiting for her whole life (4 weeks last Monday). While cuddling on the bed in the early morning, Lucy looked at me for a few moments intensely with her characteristic furrowed brow, and then busted out a huge gummy smile that would melt any man to tears. A few minutes later she followed with another, and I caught a small glimpse of the near future full of squeals and excited body movements to go along with these lovely smiles.