Red Rover, Red Rover, Let Emily ROLL OVER

I can't believe it, our little one rolled over yesterday. This last month (b/w 3-4 mos old) has been filled with lots of excitement. She seems to have changed from a little infant into a baby. In a way it feels like she just arrived yesterday - its only been 3 1/2 short months since we welcomed her to the family and yet I can't imagine life without her. For the first month or so she wasn't awake more than a few minutes to eat, get a change, and go back to sleep. Not enough time for me to really soak in all of her features. I remember looking at her feet last month and thinking....wow, what great feet! I never really looked at them during those early weeks. Times have changed! Not only is she awake for longer, but when she is awake its wonderfully interactive. She smiles and babbles at us and loves to have "conversations". She laughs at the dogs when they make all that noise (that I can't stand!). And she loves to examine my fingers - it could keep her busy for awhile just grasping each finger, one at a time, and really looking at it. In fact, I now realize why people buy all those infant playcenters and exersaucers and bouncies - she really only likes one activity for 15 mins and then needs something new!

Yesterday on her playmat she was really lifting her bottom and shifting it over her leg. SOOO close to rolling over. Of course that pesky arm kept getting in her way :) The first video is long and shows her trying...and trying...and trying to get all the way over. The second video starts as she is "stuck" up on her side and then how she figures out to move that arm and complete her rollover. Watch out world - Here comes Emily!

Something New...Laughing!

Miss Emily is changing so much these days. You can watch her mind "think" and try to understand everything around her. Shawn and I have been trying for days to get her to laugh. You could tell she was so close...she would get this big grin and then....HAH. But that was it. After all our hard work the one thing that gets her to actually laugh is the dog Holly. A little ironic since Holly is the one housemate that really could care less that there is a baby here. You have to listen carefully to the video but you start to hear her babble and then there is her first laugh. :) We were able to get her to laugh at Holly all day yesterday and had a lot of fun with it!

Its been a while since my last post. Since then, Emily continues to "talk" a lot! She must get that from me :) She is a very smiley baby so I thought I would post a blog of her smiles and coos.