Rockin' and Rollin'

Sebastian: This has been a month of smiles. Sebastian smiles.




He also enjoyed his first real playdate, with Henry Yust (born 3/4/10 to our friends Kelly Cannon and Jason Yust).



Seb had the size advantage, but Henry had mobility!


Perhaps it is no surprise then, that...
on September 16th, at the ripe old age of 3 1/2 months, Sebastian finally decided to roll over. But didn't just roll over, he rolled AROUND! For a few weeks now, we've seen him on the cusp of rolling from his back to his front. He rolls onto his side immediately when you lay him down to sleep. When he played, he often rolled past 90-degrees, but stopped just short of flinging himself onto his stomach. Often, it seemed, his arm was in his way. But then, the day after his daddy's birthday, he was having some tummy time when he finally figured out how to roll onto his back. Once there, he thought he'd try it again. He rolled onto his stomach, then right back to his back again. Yup, he made it all the way around. I guess he didn't want to really try to roll over until he felt that he could do it in every direction! Now, when he's tired, he'll occasionally get stuck on his belly and start squawking from his crib for our help, but I'm sure that phase will be short-lived. He can right himself when he puts his mind to it.

Eli: Eli is a master of conversation, or as he calls it, "convosayshun." His conversation skills have been described by his teachers and by the director of his preschool as "scintillating" and "absorbing." He loves to make up stories, teach Mommy Bible stories, and make up new words to his songs. His current music tastes range from Sesame Street Silly Songs to Jerry Garcia to the Beastie Boys. You have not lived 'till you've heard Eli's rendition of "Hey Ladies!" and he loves to tell you about "Eating chicken on a Tuesday night." The other night, he called me into his room to hear a "very important song." It was "America the Beautiful" and he liked the way they said beautiful. He insisted on having that one song put on repeat while he fell asleep. It played for over an hour. I'm guessing he dreamed of spacious skies and amber waves of grain.

And those are our happy boys: the rocker and the roller.