Having Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's!!

Well, on Saturday, we all survived another plane ride to St. Louis. We took off from LaGuardia and had an uneventful direct flight. Daddy felt like he was carrying a rock star onto the plane once all of the people starting oohing and aahing over the pretty little girl. Millie only cried for maybe two minutes total and only slightly offended the lady next to us (who apparently had zero tolerance for babies and people in general. I thought about changing Millie in the seat out of spite, but decided not to use the baby for evil). Unfortunately, when we got into town, Millie did not get to meet her friends Bob, Irina, and Tavi who all came down with colds and had to stay home in Chicago. She didn't even get to play with Auntie Lolo until Sunday because she was sick too. But she had lots of fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa as you can see in the videos. She had so much fun she stayed up until almost 10 (eastern)! The next day was a big one. First, Millie flipped from her tummy to her back all by herself! Then she got some Valentine's Day clothes from Auntie Lolo and got to play some more. Then she got to meet her Great Aunt Donna and cousin Rachel, who drove down from Springfield, IL. She also was a big tease with Uncle Brrr, giving him smiles and then crying when he had her. (As an Uncle for some time myself, I think that this will continue for a little while at least.) She also really chattered away all day long and went to bed on time. She gets to go shopping today and on Wednesday will likely be the hit of Grandpa Rick's retirement party at Anheuser-Busch. More news to come!

edited by Shannon to note: Notice that Grandma Lainey is wearing the same outfit in both videos but that baby Millie is not... Uh Oh! There was a Millie Bomb and it was messy!! :) Millie did indeed roll over Sunday morning -- sometime between 4:00 and 5:15 a.m. when she and mommy were downstairs playing (and everyone else in the house was still sleeping!). Mommy put Millie on her tummy and she was doing a great job of pushing up on her arms and looking around. The all of a sudden she calmly just flipped! It wasn't even during a frantic attempt to get off her tummy, it was during a very zen moment -- she just found her momentum and flipped ;O. Too bad mommy was the only one to see it! We've been encouraging a lot of tummy time ever since in an attempt to get her to do it again -- she's come close but hasn't quite done it yet. A mobile baby is coming though!!