Tummy Time Surprise

Hooray for the beginning of my summer hours! We are officially on 20-hr. work weeks and I will be off Mondays, half Thursdays, and Fridays until the end of August. I couldn't be happier to be spending more time at home with Jackson.

This morning I put the baby on his tummy on a play mat so he could work on some tummy time. He usually gets fed up with it after a couple minutes, but he's getting better at lifting his head and neck and even his upper body. I read somewhere that you're supposed to have a baby do tummy time up to 8 or 10 times a day. Who has the time for that?! Especially when the little ones don't seem to like it very much? We feel pretty good if it happens more than twice! Anyway, after I put him down I went to get a glass of water. Imagine my surprise to find him off the play mat and on his back when I returned mere seconds later! He had rolled over all by himself! At 3.5 months, no less! I was totally amazed, and he looked pretty shocked with himself too! After whipping out the camera and setting it to record video, I waited patiently as he hoisted himself up on one arm, only to realize after a few moments that this first roll was, indeed, an accident. But a pretty special one at that.

Chewing on his puppy while getting his diaper changed

Smiling for the camera - FINALLY - instead of just looking at it like, "What's

that thing?"

Making faces at himself in the mirror