Nahanni's first milestone

We certainly didn't have to wait long for the first major milestone of Nahanni's young life - and mommy feels like it's already happening so fast, so soon, my head is spinning. Yesterday when I went to mommy and me (or the boob group, as I call it) when I put her down on the floor and turned my head to set down my bag when I looked back to her she was rolled over onto her side, something she'd never even been trying before - it totally caught me by surprise and I sort of yelped, I was so surprised, but really I set it aside thinking it was no big deal, that I must have put her down a little on her side. AH, but then last night, back at home I had placed her on the couch beside me and didn't she do it again and then again - rolling right over onto her belly! It was crazy - all of a sudden we have a (albeit only slightly) mobile baby. It was wonderful at least that both daddy and I were there to see it - although I was whispering 'get the camera! get the camera' and of course, Ez was sagacious enough to point out that had he gone to get the camera, he would have missed the real life event - something I think we all need to keep in mind in this age of technology. I am still going to try and capture it for the benefit of those loved ones far away who can't see it for themselves - you'll be quite impressed.
I'm fascinated my this learning of hers, watching her tiny steps, discovering her hands and feet (she now grabs them with her hands, another new thing) and marveling at these little milestones while thinking at the same time of the dichotomy - the fact that someday she will roll, then sit, then crawl, walk, run...leave. All these little things will disappear into the ether of time and seem so much less significant then they do now. Someday she will be grown and driving and doing whatever techie things kids of her generation do, and I'll be left with a brief memory of watching her last night, newly chubby legs churning the air, one arm flailing, drool dripping onto the couch - and wonder where went my little girl, lamenting the passage of time - hers and mine.
Ah, but then I suppose Ez and I will be off on some new great adventure and that'll help ease the pain...