Anna’s Tummy Time skills have come a long way. Here’s a nice little video of us just hanging out on the rug.

Maria and Anna really living it up on a Friday evening

Anna has learned to sit up by herself! (At least for a few seconds.) Here she is in action.

Open up Notepad and let Anna go to town, and this is what you get. (I don’t know what the command is to print out the date, but she found that twice.) She also pulled up a lot of searches during this process.

Anna’s First Story:
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Anna has recently learned how to make a really loud squealing noise. We were walking around the grocery store the day after she learned this, and she just squealed non stop at every person she saw. Here’s a video of her squealing (far below maximum volume) while she eats:

I was struck a few days ago to see that Anna’s feet suddenly hung off the couch if we laid her down. Well today she overhangs up to her knees. Clearly she will be 5′ 10″ by Christmas. She’s getting much better at grabbing things and rolling, and is even starting to hold her self sitting up a bit. Unfortunately, all of this rolling has meant that at night she rolls onto her stomach and wakes herself up.

Anna ate pureed pears for the first time today, and we also let her suck on a pear for a while. She seemed to really like both – perhaps more than bananas, even.

Maria is giving Anna a bath right now. Here are a couple of shots:

A couple of quick Anna videos to share today. First, here’s one of her doing her little babbling thing:

And here’s a longer one of her eating:

New album up of photos from Anna at four months here! Isn’t this one a doozy? 

Take it easy today, Dads. You deserve it.

The audio is out of sync, and it’s sideways, but this is still a great video.

We’ve put up a bunch of pictures into a new album featuring Anna in her fourth month. This month the highlights include a visit from uncle Marcus, bathtime, and evidence of Anna’s extremely strong neck and legs. Check it out here!