Spinning round and round

AnnahLilly apparently was a helicopter in a past life.

Go into her room at several points during the night and she'll have circled the wagons.

Ninety degrees; a complete 180; 270 ... sure, why not? She's got it all in her repertoire.

And now that she's rolling over, too, we've seen her with her cheek up against the backside of the crib.

Call it extreme sleeping.

Roll over. I'm crowded. So they all rolled over. . .

She did it!

AnnahLilly rolled over for her first time yesterday. She rolled from her back to her tummy. Then she did it again and again and again. Apparently rolling over is great fun and its so cute to see her look of pride and smiles every time we clap for her.

And, as if that wasn't enough, today she rolled from her tummy to her back. Watch out world, AnnahLilly's mobile and she has places to go even if those places aren't very far yet.

Fun at Disney

Four months. Three trips to Disney.

AnnahLilly sure has had her fill of Disney World in her early life. A sign of things to come? Absolutely. It's the happiest place on earth and we'll relish all the trips we can take.

As for the three we've taken already, we went to Hollywood Studios on July 6 with Jackie, Michael and Xander Whitley; Epcot with Drew, Heather and Olivia Conklin on July 27; and Magic Kingdom on Sept. 20 with just us.

Some of her Disney World firsts:

* Resort stay: Pop Century

* Park: Hollywood Studios

* Attraction: Playhouse Disney, Hollywood Studios

* Ride: Spaceship Earth, Epcot

* Restaurant: Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood Studios

* Character photo: Jojo

* Country visited at Epcot: Mexico

But easily one of the highlights was a meeting with Minnie Mouse at Epcot. She was enraptured by those cute ears and nose. We mean AnnahLilly was enraptured by Minnie, although the mouse sure seemed fond of our wee one, too!

Flying

Our Labor Day weekend trip to New Jersey was AnnahLilly's first flights.

How'd she do? Fantastic. She was easily better than some of the grumpy folks around us, that's for sure.

She had a few minor blips. The changing table in the bathroom -- um, not good. We're thinking it had something to do with the vibration.

On takeoff and landing for both flights? Perfect.

So with an expected trip to Italy in the spring, we're thinking she'll be just fine.

Grandmas

When Jen went back to work in August, we were fortunate to have both grandmas stay for extended periods of time.

Brent's mom was first to visit. She came for a week. When she's old enough to talk, AnnahLilly will call her Baba, the Ukrainian term for grandmother.

Jen's mom came a few days after that and was able to stay about two weeks. AnnahLilly will call her Halmoni, the Korean word for grandmother. It's pronounced just like harmony.

It was so special for both grandmothers to get to spend quality time with AnnahLilly at such an early age, and we look forward to the many more visits to come in the future.