Roll Away, Baby

On Halloween Sadie got to hang out with her friend Tatum, who had recently learned how to roll over. (The photo above is of the two girls hanging out. Tatum was still in her Scooby Doo costume and Sadie is pulling her tail.) Sadie studied Tatum's rolls very intently. The next night as J. and I were in the nursery with Jack, and she was in the living room with her great aunt Mary Anne, she did her first back-to-stomach roll. J. and I could not believe we missed it! To top it off she refused to repeat it. Mary Anne was, of course, excited to have witnessed such a big first, but it was a little hard on us to have missed such a giant occasion.

So tonight, after Jack went to sleep, J. and I put Sadie down on her blanket to see about this rolling stuff and, low and behold, she rolled right over! She did a full back-to-stomach-to back 360. I couldn't stop screaming I was so excited. It was better than a Dolly Parton concert. She proceeded to roll over two more times, but then we brought out the video camera and she developed performance anxiety. We did get some cute video of her blubbering that we'll try to post. In the meantime we'll be drilling Sadie on rolling over.