Sweets Bubbles

I think I was waiting for a picture to put this up but as the camera still sits by, I might as well just post it and then go back later for the picture.

Meredith figured out how to roll from her front to back already. Last weekend, she did it during tummy time.  She has tried several times in her crib but gets too close to the side.  Then Monday morning, she woke up early and was making her "just come get me" whine.  And when I came in and turned on the light and looked over the edge of the crib, she looked up at me and gave me her big open mouth grin (which is nearly impossible to get in a picture!).  She was sooo proud of her self.  She's not even 4 months so how did she do it?  Probably because we are bad parents and don't listen to the "put your baby on their back".  And guess what?  Meredith actually sleeps.  She's found her fingers and thumbs.  The fingers are the same two on her left hand that Beca sucks.  But then she changes it up and gets her left thumb in her mouth and then wants to flip her head to the other side and need to suck on her right thumb.  Maybe she'll settle on one of those things.  Maybe not.  But with her fingers and thumbs, we were able to stop swaddling, put her on her belly and just let her sleep.  Steve gets her home and i usually have about 15 minutes to play with her or let Beca chat with her.  Sometimes it isn't even 15 minutes because she's starting to fall apart. Then its all-smiles for bath time, while she kicks the water and splashes and giggles.  She loves it!  Then as soon as she's wrapped up in her towel, she starts this "ACK" noise off and on which just gets more pitched as she gets dressed.  As soon as her arms are in her pj's, she's ready to eat and gets mad.  Then she eats and goes to sleep.  Generally before 6pm.  And she gets fed while sleeping about 10:30pm and then doesn't really wake up until 6am, except when she's having a growth spurt or practicing her rolling over.  UPDATE - This week has been 3-4 am waking up.  I'm going to miss this schedule once she decides it doesn't work.  But I'm going to enjoy seeing her a little more too.
I keep forgetting to talk about her adorable chubby legs. Beca had these skinny limbs with almost no rolls to them but Meredith has these fantastic chubby, rolly-polly legs.  so cute!
All of us call her "Bubbles" because she always has bubbles around her mouth and is very happy with that.  I call her "sweets" sometimes because she's soooo darn sweet and I could just eat her up like a bowl of sugar!  We are so very lucky that she is such a good baby!