chatterbox

I took this video of Greta today having this lengthy conversation with herself. The video didn't turn out very good because I took it on my Blackberry but if you turn up the volume you can hear her conversation. I love how she's moving her hands around while she talks. Too funny. She had her back to me and when she turned around and saw me taping her she got a little nervous. She was talking for a good 2 minutes like this before I got anything on tape. Any translators?

puppy playtime

Here's a video I took on Sunday of Greta playing with Sofie.

book worm

Greta loves to read books. Recently, she's started "reading" the books herself. I will catch her softly babbling while she's fliping the pages and the book every which way. She will sometimes put the pages facing out like she is reading to a group and showing them the pages. We go to storytime 3 times a week at the library so I don't know if she is mimicking the librarian and how she holds the book to show everyone the pages. Greta loves the little board books like the one she is holding in the video. It's probably her favorite thing to play with. The one we often read is "Pease Porridge Hot". She loves rhymes and will often bounce up and down to the beat. Here's a video I taped today of her reading a book. She's usually a little more talkative but she gets quiet when she sees the camera. The squeals and kicks she's doing at the beginning of the video are what she does when she's excited.

ready steady go!

I captured on video the end of Greta's giggle fit last night. She was laughing hysterically before I started videotaping but toned it down a bit once I pulled out the camera. Go figure. Chad was playing ball with Sofie and he would say "ready, steady, go" before he'd throw the ball and Greta thought it was hilarious.

little fishy

We took Greta swimming the other day for the first time. We brought her to the pool at our gym. The water was really cold so I was a little worried that she wouldn't like it. She surprised us though- she was really relaxed and even kicked her feet a little bit.

Here's a quick video I took of Greta in the pool.

playing

Greta loves to lay on her activity mat. She was having fun this morning looking at herself in the mirror and then smiling. She would talk to her reflection and then stick her tongue out.

rolling over

Here's a video of Greta rolling over for the second time. The first time she rolled over was on 3/31/10-one day shy of being 5 weeks. Unfortunately, we didn't capture her first time rolling over on video but luckily Chad and I both saw her do it. She was on her activity mat for tummy time and she just flopped to her back from her tummy. Chad and I both looked at eachother and said "is that rolling over"? Sure enough she's done it since. I'm glad I was able to record it on video. I'm going to have to start babyproofing the house before I know it. (she rolls over at 2:16)

one month old

8 days old

Greta just hanging out on a blanket while Sofie continues to try and check her out. At one point, Sofie almost sneezes on Greta.