So many changes in so little time! Lets see, where to start?

Well, my baby girl has turned into the rollover champ. She’s making up for her slow start and now evertime you put her on her belly, she rolls. This was cute until it was time for her nap. I put her down on her belly, tucked her in, and tip toed out the door. After a few minutes of fussing, I heard a big old wail. After 20 minutes of heary crying, I decided to see what was going on. Poor little baby had flipped over, tangled herself in the sheets, and somehow ended up smooshed against the crib railing! So I gently straightened the blankets and flipped her back over. Quiet for few moments, and then crying! Yup, she was back on her back. So I flipped her again. We did this about four or five times and then when I went in, she saw me and started to laugh. I swear the look she gave me was, “oh mommy, what a fun game this is!”

That was the last time I went in to flip her back over. Now, if she rolls on her back, she’s stuck on her back. Can anyone tell me how long until she learns to roll from back to belly? Ah well.

Aside from rolling, she’s also figured out how to breath through her nose. Ok, I guess she’s always been breathing through her nose but now she can do it on purpose and it is HILARIOUS. She’ll catch your eye and then scrunch up her face, wrinkle her nose, and start huffing and puffing. Sounds almost as if she’s hyperventilating. Of course, it cracks me up which is probably why she does it. But it’s simply beyond cute.

And then this morning, she began blowing bubbles! Little baby raspberries. I don’t know where she learns this stuff but it leaves me in a constant start of amazement and wonder. I’m sure Leina is a total typical, normal, plain vanilla baby but to me, her mother, she’s a wonder.

Aside from turning her over, I’ve been spending a lot of time fishing things our of her mouth. She’s gotten very good at using her two little teeth. Between her two pearly whites and a copious amount of drool, she can pretty much destroy anything. Her favorite is paper. Newspaper, kleenex, napkins, you name it. So this moring, after fishing a large chunk of the front page out of her mouth, I decided it was time for a teethng biscuit. I figure, if she wants to gnaw on something, it’d probaby be best if it was digestable. So, I popped a biscuit in her chubby little hand and let her go to town. Boy did she ever!

If I thought Leina was excited by the buscuit, imagine my surprise when the dog walked in on this messy sight. Until now, Artie had little use for Leina but when he saw her with food in her little hand, his face lit up. Even better, every crumb that fell was quickly devoured by the pooch and when Leina was done, he gave her hands and face a nice doggie cleaning by licking every last speck of cookie off her. I’m thinking Artie has found a new best friend.

What will tomorrow bring? I can’t even imagine. This kid, I tell you, is simply full of surprises.