Grunting and Rolling

Anna had a very adventurous day today with two big "firsts"! She went to daycare for the first time and rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time! Daycare went well - Martin just dropped her off for a few hours so he could run some errands and she liked it a lot. They had her in a swing so she just hung out and watched the other kids play. Martin said she wasn't all that excited to go back home so that's a good sign that she'll be happy there! She's very social so I think she'll like the interaction with the other kids and our daycare provider.

I was making supper and Martin was in the kitchen talking to me and we could hear Anna grunting and grunting in the living room. I had put her on her back on the floor and when we went out there to check on her, she was on her side and was MAD that she couldn't roll over on her tummy. Anna was swinging her arms, kicking her legs, grunting, and threw in a few screams for fun. Then all of the sudden she rolled over on her tummy! Yea Anna! She was very content to be there, which was surprising because she is typically not a fan of tummy time at all. Anna had rolled from her tummy to her back at 7 weeks so it'll be interesting to see if she starts rolling a little more consistently.

We'll post some more pictures soon! And Happy Birthday to Kyra today!!!

Anna Anna Anna!

Anna after her bath!
She does pretty well with baths - the only part she doesn't like is when we rinse off the shampoo

One thing I will miss most about maternity leave is morning naps with Miss Anna!

Anna has a new ride! Martin bought her a Jeep Liberty jogger (who knew Jeep made strollers?) and Anna loves it. I think it'll be a lot more fun for her as she gets older and can observe more of what's going on around her.

Anna and her mama.

Butkus thinks that Anna is a great pillow.

Meiko LOVES Anna and always wants to help out! Here she is on babysitting duty :)

2 Month Pictures

Well, it's almost time for me to go back to work! I'm hoping this last week goes by slowly because I am going to miss spending my days with Miss Anna. Being able to spend the summer together as a family has been wonderful and it'll be a bit of a shock when Martin and I have to go back to the "real world."

Yesterday Anna had her 2-month check-up and all went well. She's at 12 pounds 7 oz (90 percentile) and 22 1/2 inches long (50 percentile). She's been tilting her head to the left pretty frequently so the pediatrician showed up some stretches to help loosen up her neck muscles and I'm going to talk to our chiropractor too to see if he has any suggestions. They also gave her the first round of shots....not fun!!!! We've been giving her Tylenol every 4 hours and that has really helped but last night all she wanted to do was to sleep in my arms, which was fine by me :)

Luckily she got a good night's rest because this morning we had her 2-month pictures! Anna did a great job - she wasn't very smiley, but wasn't fussy either (whew!). I liked the woman who took the pictures, but she was just filling in so I think I might try JC Penney's next time just for comparison. Here's some of my favorites!