Sneaky Sneaky

My friend Sarah wrote on her blog of how her daughter would roll over while her Mom turned her back for just a second. I thought this was hilarious to read and sure enough my little guy did the same thing. We have been working on rolling over from back to tummy for a while now and I have been waiting anxiously for the moment. Ted and I both have been so encouraging and anticipating the first time he does it without assistance. Apparently he needed his space to do it on his own! That is definitely MY kid... "I can do it myself" I can hear him saying! Whew, it's going to be a long (but adventurous and exciting) road this parenting thing.

I set him down on his activity mat on his back and went to eat my cereal and check my email. He did his usual grunting/working hard noises. I looked over and he was on his tummy! It's the weirdest thing. So I praised him and rolled him back over, walked to the kitchen to get my cereal and keep an eye on him to hopefully catch it this time, looked over and .... he was on his tummy!! Okay, I was going to beat him at his game. I went to get my camera/video camera and set it on the couch, turned him over to his back, pressed play and walked away. This time not taking my eye off of him. After a long almost 2 minutes.....He did it!!!!!! I praised him, turned him over and then got it on camera in 15 seconds. :0

The first video is long (the one where I walked away). The second video is only 15 seconds. If he could talk, I am sure he would say, "That was easy! Now how do I crawl once I am here?"