I mentioned a couple weeks back that Annabelle had discovered her hands, and well, now she’s absolutely fascinated with them.  She’s constantly trying to put them both in her mouth at once, suck on them, and examine them thoroughly.

What’s Annabelle up to this week?  Well, she likes watching Dusty’s computer when he’s working.  She and I will be playing and I’ll notice that she’ll no longer have any interest in me but is staring at Dusty’s hands moving on the keyboard and whatever’s on the screen.  She’s becoming much more interactive.  When Dusty or I talk to her you can tell she’s paying more attention to us.  If she makes a noise we’ll try to imitate it or just make sounds back.  And I love it when she continues to talk back or gives us one of those big smiles in return.  She’s not a chatterbox yet but she is starting to find her voice.  We’ve noticed that when she wakes up in the middle of the night or from a nap or just isn’t happy that her cries are noticeably louder.

We’re really working with Annabelle on tummy-time and trying to encourage her to rollover.  I’m not sure if rolling over is in her immediate future but she is getting really good at lifting her head and holding it up while lying on her stomach and back.  And she’s really good at holding her head while we’re holding her or when she sitting (with our help).

Annabelle’s becoming a little human being with likes and dislikes.  This week we discovered that Annabelle no longer likes all of her bottles.  We have three or four different kinds of bottles and after a couple days of eating issues with daddy, the nanny, and Grandma Jane, she only likes two of the bottles.  It seems that she also likes her milk really warm and not just lukewarm.  Or, she just decided to really hate taking a bottle for 48 hours.  After a couple of worrisome days and having to leave early from a dinner out with friends everything is fine.  We have been trying to feed her from a bottle more often though just to make sure she doesn’t have any more issues.  I’m leaving for a conference next week and I’d hate for her to decide she only wanted mommy while I’m several states away.

She’s growing fast and fits comfortably in her 3-month clothes.  I can’t believe that she’ll be wearing 6-month clothes in no time at all.  The dress and tights is one of my favorite outfits right now.  And the pajamas below are another one of my favorites.  They have magnetic buttons instead of snaps.  So easy to work.  I love taking pictures each week but this week especially.  I caught her after a couple of good naps when she was really smiley and was able to capture some good pictures.  She smiles all the time but I can’t always get them on camera because she moves around a lot and then the photos tend to be out of focus.  Those smiles just melt my heart though!