She likes to move it, move it!

For over a week now, Madeline has been sleeping from 10 PM until 4:30 AM or later.  That's over 6 consecutive hours, which I call a full night of sleep.  The only problem is I'm not used to her sleeping that long.  We've always had a 2:30 AM "date" at which time I change her, she eats, then we both go back to sleep.  Although she is now sleeping for longer periods, I have not trained myself to do so.  Therefore, I automatically wake up at 2:30, and about every half hour until she wakes up, to check on her.  Fortunately, checking on her doesn't require me getting out of bed thanks to one of my absolute favorite baby gadgets.  We have a baby monitor that has a pad you place under her mattress.  It is connected to a receiver has a blinking light that indicates movement (her breathing).  Therefore, I can simply roll over, see the light is blinking on the receiver, and go back to sleep.

The other night, I go up to get a drink of water around 4 AM.  Half asleep, I glanced in her bed and saw this...

Needless to say, I was instantly wide awake.  I always lay her in the middle of the bed, and she wasn't there.  I quickly glanced to our bed to see if I had laid her there after a midnight feeding that perhaps I didn't remember, but she wasn't there either.  I glanced at the monitor, which was still blinking to indicate movement in her bed.  Completely perplexed, I peered over the edge of the bed and saw this...

At first I thought she had rolled over, but then I decided she wouldn't have space to do a full roll from back to tummy and tummy to back again, not to mention, it would be incredibly impressive for a two month old to do a full roll like that.  After watching her for the past couple of days, I realized how she did it.  She figured out how to scoot!   When you lay her on her back, she bends her knees and pushes herself with those strong little legs.  Now that she's figured that out, every time I put her in her bed, she scoots herself to the side.  She also does it any where else you lay her (couch, changing table, bed, etc.) so we really have to watch her now!

Here's a few more pictures of bright blue-eyed beauty :)