Ava rolled over for the first time today! But rather than do it the easy way from front to back, she first rolled over from back to front. She seemed rather proud of herself and repeated the show a few times today, proving to us that it wasn’t an accident.
Ava spends almost all her day with Dawn – either being held, or being fed, or sleeping on her in the recliner. She she really loves her mommy more than anyone else! She has always liked everyone else, too, but lately this has changed a bit.
She’s developed a bit of "stranger anxiety" and isn’t as comfortable with other people these days. She cried and had a fit for Jeni when she watched her for us, then a couple days later she cried and wouldn’t behave for grandma Kristel when she watched her while we were in Iowa City. The next day, she got a little scared and cried for grandma Kruse. She’ll surely learn to be more comfortable with other people, but for now she seems to just want to be with mommy.
She recently found her hands and feet, and catches them out of the corner of her eye all the time. She makes a lot of sounds and giggles a little, but we’ve yet to really hear a real belly laugh. She really enjoys playing on her play mat more now, too. She hits and kicks the hanging toys on purpose and stays entertained by that for a while.
At one of Emily’s soccer games:
