Milestones

So I'm inspired by a few friend's blogs to capture in bullets what Jane can do at 2+ months of age:

*She can hold her head up for a LONG time. She loves to sit in my lap and just hang. I love it, too.

*She discovered her hands a couple of weeks ago. Eric saw her holding them above her face inspecting them, really seeing them for the first time. Now she sucks them all the time. It's quite noisy, actually.

*She puts her hands together and tries to shove both hands in her mouth.

*She can grasp light rattles or rings and hold on to them, but only when we put them in her hands. She isn't reaching yet.

*She blows bubbles like an aquarium (yea, sleep deprivation=poor similes).

*She's progressed from kicking her legs like crazy, which she still does, to pulling them both up in the air like a Pilates move or reverse curl. She's got strong abs! I even saw her grab her feet a few days ago.

*She loves her mobile and her play gym (in the picture below, I caught one of her outbursts of joy)

*She's very close to rolling over, but not front to back. She still hates tummy time.

*She can nearly turn a full circle on her side like Donald O'Connor does in Singing in the Rain in his number "Make Them Laugh". Yesterday she was laying on her bed while I was getting ready. Every time I turned around, she had gone another 90 degrees. She started out facing the outside of the bed, did a full 270 degrees, and ended up facing the headboard.

*She has got the call and response thing done. I love having "conversations" with her. She even talks to her stuffed cow, Roxie.

*We have twice caught her trying to sing. No kidding, very different then all the sounds she makes, it was clearly trying to sing along. Speaking of songs, she has developed some clear favorites. She likes Kasey Chamber's "Don't Look So Sad." It's her fussy song and has become her goodnight song. In fact, we play it before we put her down for a nap. She also likes Eva Cassidy's "Baby Mine," Follow the Prophet, and Dr. Horrible's "My Freeze Ray." She's also a fan of some country, Regina Spektor, Chopin, and most recently Baby Einstein's Noah album and Beethoven album.

*And, I almost hate to mention this, but Jane has been sleeping like an angel (knock on wood). She had two nights this week where she slept four hours in her crib! And the last two nights she has slept for almost six in her crib! The sleep training we've been doing seems to be working. It's a little premature to say, but I think it's even worth all the crying it out we've had to do...