Explosion

These past few weeks have been an explosion of activity. Case has finally decided rolling is fun. He is 10 months old and only rolled a few times on his own. Everyone says don't worry if your baby isn't doing the same things other babies are doing, but secretly we all want our babies to be on the cutting edge of development. Thank goodness he has found a groove and now loves rolling back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. He even goes from a sitting position to a tummy position in order to grab things out of his reach. What progress! The same day he began rolling, he learned to scoot on his bottom on the kitchen floor. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to turn yet. So if you put him on the floor with his pots and pans to play, a few minutes later he has scooted nose first into the center island and needs rescuing because he can't go anywhere else.

Next step, crawling. Cody and I are always crawling around on the ground demonstrating how to complete the task by manipulating his little arms and legs to help him move. Its pretty funny to watch. While on his tummy he will move all his limbs at once, but just not in the right sequence to produce movement. Then he gets frustrated. One of these days he will get the hang of it and then lord have mercy! It will be on and I can't wait to watch him explore a mobile world.

Case also likes to play open and shut cabinet doors, mailboxes, gym lockers, etc. He will pass a toy back and forth to you, roll a ball to me on the floor, feed me a cheerio and put toys back in a box after taking them out. The floodgates of learning have opened up.

Other big news, I have decided that Case has said his first words. His first word was Da-da on Fathers day (how special). Cody was traveling and missed the big ta-da, but Case was saying Da-da all day long. However when I tried to get the video camera out and capture the moment, of course, Case just wanted to smile for the camera. He has since replicate the moment for Cody to hear with his own ears. The second word happened while my parents were visiting. Case was engaging in a hilarious game of 'drop the water bottle off the cabinet.' Everyone was taking turns saying 'Uh-oh' after he dropped the bottle and then he clearly said 'Uh-oh.' I have 3 witnesses who heard it. I don't believe he knows what he said, but I am still categorizing this as his first words. My baby is brilliant.

Final news, Case went to the dr for a check up. The little porker weighed in at 17 lbs. He is still a little on the shrimpy side and is only 26" long, but we are hoping for a growth spurt. He can't keep growing out or else he will be as round a a beach ball and we will have to pull him around on a skate board!

Every day is a new adventure and I don't want Case to ever grow up. Can't I just keep him small and wonderful forever?