Shake, Rattle and ROLL!

We put her to bed on her back. How did she manage this? :-)



















She has definitely found her fingers these days, to suck on... No thumb yet, though!















Ava with a bit 'o morning face (she looks a little excited?)















More morning face...















On her tummy under her activity center















Ava on her tummy under her activity center















Rolling under her activity center















After rolling over















Ava in a bit of a pickle...















Having fun under her activity center















In her bouncy seat















In her bouncy seat















Hey folks!

We're enjoying some nice weather here in Georgia, although it is supposed to be in the 90's this weekend! How 'bout your neck o' the woods?

We have exciting news to report on the kiddo-front... Ava has now learned how to roll over! This past Tuesday, I was jonesin' for some coffee (we don't typically make coffee in the morning, unless it's a weekend, for some reason). I put Ava under her activity center on her back, so she could play with the hanging toys (a gift from Mrs. Flanigan and Grandma Spangler- merci beaucoup!). I walked into the kitchen to put cream in my coffee, and came back into our family room. Lo and behold, I find Ava OFF of the activity mat entirely, and on her stomach!

That night when Doug got home from work, she showed off her new skills for Daddy, too, by rolling over on our bed.

Last night we put her to sleep on her back. We watched her turn (via the baby video monitor we have) over to her stomach. Doug woke her up to feed her this morning and found her still on her stomach. He put her back into her crib on her back. When I woke her up to feed her again this morning, she is on her stomach! How does she do it? :-) So, for the record, she was 11 weeks exactly when she started rolling over on her own.

The scary thing about her moving around so much? I just put her in her bouncy seat, which also has hanging toys (see pictures). I didn't strap her in, and she finagled her way out of it by inching down so that only her head was on the seat, and her body was on the tile floor... All within a few seconds (of course my back was turned...). I now have her strapped into the bouncy seat and she is HATING IT. Guess we've got to watch her like a hawk, now that she's goin' mobile!

She is also grabbing for things very well lately. I gave her a little toy (a plastic star that hangs from her swing) and thought she might drop it, but found it in her hand like 30 minutes later... I'm crossing my fingers that she's a righty, but her Dad has other plans for her...

She fit into her first three month outfit this week. Still swimming in it, but it fits...More wardrobe possibilities! More clothes she'll spit up on! :-)

She is also cooing quite a bit these days and squealing, as a way of communicating. It is adorably cute! She likes to talk to Doug when he gets home from work. Maybe she's asking how his day went? "So what kind of building did you work on today, Daddy?"

Ava also was laughing this week when I was singing "Doe, a deer, a female deer" to her, and moving her feet. Poor kid, she has no idea how many songs from "The Sound of Music" are headed her way... Along those lines, and I know you're all out there... What are / were your favorite songs to sing to babies? Our repetoire currently includes:

Doe, a deer, a female deer (from The Sound of Music)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer, Do...
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Close To You (by the Carpenters)
Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid)
You Are My Sunshine (probably my all-time favorite)
The Itsy-Bitsy Spider

The others slip my mind right now. Just wondering what your favorite songs are?

Hope you're having a GREAT FRIDAY!

With love,
Shelly, Doug and Ava