Roly-Poly

Like I mentioned in my last post, Evie is getting very round. On top of that, she's becoming more mobile. Wednesday morning, Todd and I went to do church service in the cannery, leaving Evie with his parents. When we got home, we were informed by Todd's dad that Evie had gotten hurt. She'd fallen asleep, and he left her in the middle of their bed so he wouldn't wake her up. He left the door closed until he heard a thud. He ran into the room and found Evie on the floor making scared noises because she'd scooted herself backwards off the bed. She was more scared than hurt, but now she still has a small red mark on her forehead.

Evie has been able to scoot herself backwards and around for a while now, and often wakes herself (and us) up when her head gets worked into the corner of her cradle and she can't move anymore.
Also, for a couple of months she's been able to roll from her tummy to her back. One day before we moved, I was playing with Evie on the living room floor during Tummy Time while Todd did the dishes in the kitchen. I had to go to the bathroom, and when I got back, Evie was on her back. I asked Todd if he'd moved her and he said no. So I put her back on her tummy and got the camera to see if she did it again. It took a couple of minutes, but sure enough, I was able to catch her rolling over on film:



She's not quite able to roll from her back to her tummy, but she's so close that it frustrates her. Once she sees something she wants, she'll roll onto her side and arch her back, even getting her leg up and over, but she can't quite overcome the obstacle her bottom arm presents. We think it'll happen soon, though, and once it does, we won't be able to leave her unattended anywhere anymore. She'll be able to roll under and over, onto and off of everything in our house. And then will come crawling, and she will be unstoppable! I'm a little nervous, but so excited too--almost as excited as Evie is.