Squealing Like a Little Girl

On Monday Anne started squealing and cooing like crazy and she hasn't stopped since.  She is a lean mean talking machine!  I have been trying to catch her on video but I haven't gotten a good one yet.  It seems that every time we bring out the camera she either gets grumpy or is too fascinated by the camera to continue squealing.  Here are my two best attempts:

Anne cleans the bathroom with Dad on Wednesday:

Anne plays with a toy in her car seat on Thursday:

Anne has perfected her rolling from back to tummy.  She wastes no time hanging out on her back and when you put her down she is on her tummy before you even remove your hands.  She is much more tolerant of being on her tummy now and can sometimes hang out there for 10 or 15 minutes before becoming upset.  Lately she has started to wriggle and rotate and even get her knees up under her a little bit, but we have yet to see her lift her tummy off of the ground.  She finally figured out how to roll from her tummy onto her side (and theoretically back onto her back) but she doesn't seem to ever want to lie on her back any more.

Anne is becoming a lot more aware of her surroundings.  She manipulates her toys and soothers with a lot more skill and she often looks for toys she has dropped and picks them up on her own if she can reach them.  She has discovered that we keep the diapers in a container just above her head on the change table.  She likes to methodically remove them and redecorate the room with them.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a wedding and left Anne with Gus's au pair, Radka.  Radka was great, but unfortunately Anne decided to start playing strange.  She also played strange with Grandpa G a couple of days later.  Fortunately she got used to Grandpa in a couple of days and we haven't seen any more cases of strange so far.

Last week Aunt Laura visited from Alberta.  It was a great week hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa G's all week and doing pretty much nothing.  :)  Aunt Laura was fabulous with Anne and we got some great photos of them together.

Anne and Aunt Laura

Anne and Aunt Laura laughing

Anne in the kiddy pool.  Check out those rolls!

Anne in the kiddy pool.

Attempting to get a photo of Aunt Laura with both babies.  This is more difficult than it sounds.

Finally, a photo with Aunt Laura and both babies!

Anne playing with her exersaucer.  She seems to like it, except she eventually gets frustrated that she can't get the toys into her mouth.