Now with Video!

I finally got around to utilizing the video camera setting on my digital camera and recorded Addie in motion. I don't have the option to upload the video directly onto the blog, but I have put it on YouTube. You can find it here. (Note: there are a number of videos under the "Related" tab on the site that I have no association with. The website just put those up because they all have the name "Addie" in their titles.) She gives a nice little smile in the middle, then shows you just how mobile her tongue is. And her face isn't really as chubby as it appears (the apparent chub is a result of how she's sitting). They say the camera adds 10 pounds; apparently mine adds it right to the cheeks.

We had a warm beginning of the week and took the opportunity to open up the windows and dress Addie in summer clothes, including these very descriptive shorts:



We have now stumbled upon a fairly consistent way of making Addie smile, part of which is visible in the video above. When she's lying on her back, one of us will take her legs in each hand and move them around as though she were running, all the while talking to her (in the mandatory goofy parent-to-baby voice) about her running. Then, we'll take her hands and begin rotating them, telling her, in the same goofy voice, about how she's swimming. Sometimes she does the breaststroke, sometimes the backstroke. Lastly, we'll take her arms and flap them up and down like wings, again explaining what's going on. She'll usually go through a few cycles of this, sometimes running to gain speed so that she can take off flying, sometimes jumping into the water to swim, and sometimes doing just whatever comes to mind.

Not even three months old and she's already running, swimming, and flying. We've got a special baby.