Our big girl!

Tristyn has been doing a lot of new things lately! I was so excited on Sept 11th when she rolled from front to back and I even tried to get video of it on my phone to send to Dan. She did roll over a month or so ago, but I had propped her up on her arms so really really just had to fall over. I was excited that she was rolling without being propped. Well, when Dan got home and I told him about it, he said that she had also been doing it the night before when I was at my scrapbooking workshop. Why the heck didn't he tell me??? That's an important milestone (and is a good reminder that I shouldn't leave her unattended on the bed!). She has almost rolled from back to front several times, but that dang arm keeps getting in her way.

Since she's been holding her head up really well and enjoys sitting up, we brought up our Baby Einstein Excersaucer. She's a little small for it, but her feet reach the bottom and she is able to turn around in it. Within minutes she had figured out how to push the buttons to hear the animal sounds. She isn't content with the toy that's in front of her, though--she wants to get to the toy that's just to the right of her. It's fun to see her in it and I love that I can get a few things done while she plays. It's also a great place for her to watch Mason--he could entertain her for hours without even trying.

It won't be long before she figures out how to reach for things. She's kind of already doing it, but mostly she is good at grabbing anything that brushes by her hand. And of course, anything in her hand goes straight to her mouth! If she doesn't have a hold of a toy, she'll suck on her middle two fingers, or even her whole hand (she seriously has almost had the whole thing in her mouth).

She's quite the jabber box and it's fun to have little conversations with her. She's very matter of fact about things and she has this look like she's telling us the most important secret ever (I wish she could use our words, because I'd give anything to hear stories about where she's been). She's let out a few chuckles, but I have to work hard to get that. I'm excited to hear her laugh. She gets the closest when she hears us laughing--it's like she missed the joke but doesn't want everyone to know she did, so she'll smile and wonder what the big deal is. The other night she was standing on my lap and I was throwing my head back and laughing like a witch and she looked up and chuckled a little bit. It was dang cute.

She has outgrown most of her 3 month clothes, so it's been fun to dress her in new clothes again (as well as buy lots of cute clothes for winter). We went for a walk earlier today and she was able to sit up in the stroller. She loved being able to look around and watching Mason on his tricycle. It's great that she's easily entertained. Hopefully she'll stay that way! We're so blessed to have a good baby that is happy and content. I swear that I could eat her up!

Here's a photo of Tristyn and Mason relaxing a couple of weeks ago. All of my other photos are on the other computer, so I'll have to add those later. I find that I hold off on blogging because I don't have quick access to photos--then I end up not blogging at all. I need to work on a solution for that!