on the move!

Miss Anjali is on the move! Passed are the days when I could turn my back for even a second as she lay on the couch or bed by herself! She is scooting, rolling, squirming, wiggle-worming her way across spaces before you can blink an eye. Just overnight, it seems, she has perfected her rolling. Her technique has been honed to include more of a thrusting momentum using her arm, as opposed to the earlier, more static, arching of the back and cocking of the head. Throwing that arm, she is over from her back to her tummy in no time flat. And this morning for the first time, once she got to her tummy, she spent a long time there, quietly, just looking around. This girl is literally changing by the day ~ probably the hour!

This week Anjali is also taking in the world in greater detail. She is paying attention to what I'm doing, and really paying attention to things around her. There is a trunk on the floor of my arts-crafts area that we got second-hand. It is black with all kinds of colorful stickers from different local record companies, skateboard companies, etc. I wanted to cover the thing with a pretty piece of fabric, because the stickers don't do anything for me, but I hadn't gotten around to it. Well, now they are my favorite thing. Last night I lay Anjali on a blanket in front of that trunk as I worked at the sewing machine. I looked over after a few minutes to see how she was doing. She was lying there quietly, studying all those stickers and taking in their contrasting designs and colors. So I won't be covering them up anytime soon.  ha ha !

Of course the most exciting event in Anjali's life this week is that Barack Obama was inaugurated president. We watched the inauguration in Sprowl Plaza, the center square of the UC Berkeley campus. It was projected in front of one of the buildings. I was so proud to be holding my baby girl there and to realize that she will grow up never questioning the fact that someone other than an old white guy can hold an office of great importance. Or the fact that when people get passionate, join together, and act on their opinion, they can make change happen.

during the inauguration

morning pottying

modeling the new diaper Mommy made, as well as her head and neck skills!

very curious about the camera

in the act of scooting across the bed (spelunking under the pillow ~ she loves to do that, and I have no idea why).

looking at the stickers, quietly on her tummy after rolling over