He sings, he dances, he rolls, he reads!

Was it really just 10 days ago that we wondered if Thomas could actually roll over? Um, he can. He's been rolling like mad for the past few days - mostly from his back to his tummy, but he can go from his tummy to his back, too. Here are some of his practice rolls from Saturday. He doesn't get quite all the way over, but you get the idea.

At first he would roll over and land flat on his face, nose smashed into the ground. (Now that would have been great on film!) He always seemed pretty shocked to find himself eyeball-to-fiber with the carpet, but it didn't bother him too much since he'd do it again a minute later. Now though, with several days practice under his belt, he can roll over & get his hands under himself so he can push up and look around. It's pretty impressive.

He's figured out the Jolly Jumper and the Exersaucer in the past few days, too. He's managed to get his feet on the floor in the Jolly Jumper and he could put them on the floor in the Exersaucer, but instead he prefers picking them up and pulling himself around by grabbing on the various toys. He's very intent on particular toys and will expend a tremendous amount of energy to get to the ones he likes.

Here he is "dancing" in his Jolly Jumper.



Ok, so the dancing video isn't really that great, but humor me - it's really hard to get him on film. (Boy do I have a LOT of respect for directors of movies like Kindergarten Cop; I can almost hear the frustration: "No, no don't look at the camera! Do what you were doing just a second ago!" Of course, advanced as he is (no doubt), Thomas cannot yet understand me, so you'll have to be patient - or you can just skip the next (adorable) video of him "singing" (or you can pool your money and buy us a Digital Video Recorder - a perk which the kitchen renovations have eaten for the foreseeable future!) because he does, in fact, check out the camera.

And, as I finish up this entry (which I should really go back and re-title "Isn't our son advanced & adorable?", but I'm trying to disguise my naked pride), here's a picture of Thomas and André reading (notice he's wearing his first pair of overalls! I swear I didn't have a baby just so I could dress him up.)