Rolly Polly

Owen had a major first that we've been waiting on (myself, somewhat impatiently) for a while: he rolled over (tummy to back)! He's no longer rolling-challenged! He's been strong enough to do it for quite some time, it just seemed like he had no interest/need even though we do "tummy time" every day. Anyways, Friday he just did it, sort of out of no where. It was really slow. He was sort of suspended on his side for a while before he decided to go all the way. But then he kept doing it--5 times in 1 hour! Kyle got to see him do it Sunday morning. Did he know what he did? I'm not sure--he's able to repeat it, so that's a good sign. He definitely looked shocked/excited but I think that is mostly due to my extreme cheering him on!

He's also showing signs of being interested in maybe thinking about possibly crawling someday... Now when I put him on his tummy (in between rolls) he'll bury his face in the floor or bed and push w/ his legs (baby bottom in the air) like he has no arms. It's hysterical. The reverse is that he pushes up w/ his arms and sort of slides backwards a little bit (like an inch). Both "moves" lack the tummy coming off the floor which he'll eventually figure out is a key to actually moving.

It is such a joy to see these developments actually happen! I'll try to get it on camera soon. Oh--we also had our first successful (read: resulted in laughter on his part as well as mine) game of peekaboo--such a treat--and one that I'm sure we'll repeat hundreds of times. :)