Some of you may be waiting for some detailed account of a car wreck I worked and I am going to have to disappoint you. This is all about our magical moppet Anna Grace.
Her mother has been obsessed with the whole "rolling over" thing. I have to admit that I myself have been found watching Gracie just waiting for something, anything, to happen. I am constantly thinking about the old saying "a watched pot never boils", and much can be said the same about an infant. I am not talking about boiling an infant! Although the noises coming out of her diaper make one wonder what she is "cooking". She will lay there smiling toothlessly at me and Em and when we look away for approx 0.00001 sec or more she does something impressive. I don't know how many hours we have spent just staring waiting for something to happen (OK about 50 hours) just to have her do nothing! Nothing that is until you look away!
Lately it has been rolling over that we have been waiting for. She tries and tries while we watch and then when we look up to give some knowing glance to one another it happens. She had been able to roll from her stomach to her back when she was 6 weeks old so we had gotten used to it. But we got a glimpse of the new milestone last week when she tried to roll from her back to her stomach. We were so excited! We knew that this would happen eventually but not until she was closer to six months old. SO guess what we have been doing for the past week; staring and waiting.
And waiting. Oh, she would flip herself over, but never when we were watching. Well finally last night she performed and we both got to see it. It was really cool. I know it must sound pretty pathetic to most of you that two grown adults have nothing better to do than stare at a 3 month old and wait for something to happen. I would have thought the same thing as late as Feb 28, 2010, but there is something amazing about it. We get to watch something (loose term) become someone. We are to mold that someone. For better or worse we are responsible for the upbringing of this little girl.
I am also excited because she sleeps through the night now. Bed at 10 pm up between 7 am and 830 am. It is amazing how much more adorable your child becomes when you get some sleep. Plus, she smiles most of the time. A wonderful, goofy, toothless, smile that is infectious and inspiring. I hope it stays that way. I hope it stays that way because I think we are going to try for number two next year and I am pretty sure that one is going to be hell spawn!
Keep Smiling,
Rob
