It’s Official

It’s official. Josy can roll over. He’s done it a few times over the last few days, but it’s been pretty sporadic. That all changed today. He spent all morning practicing. It was pretty funny actually, watching him figure it out. He’d get frustrated sometimes, but for the most part he was just calm and quiet, slowly trying to get over on his belly. And Gabe would tell him important things, like “Don’t run into the laundry” or steal his bosh so that it could fly on his fire helicopter. I’m not sure that was particularly helpful, but that’s the big brother role, right?

After practicing all morning, we spent the afternoon at appointments. (Seriously, one eye doctor appointment, three dentist appointments and a blood draw. It was a fun afternoon...) But this evening he was back at it, rolling over several times. So it’s official.

And now I can’t ever leave him on the couch by himself...

This actually made me think of the differences between my two sons. Obviously they are different people, but their personalities are suddenly very obvious. When Gabe learned to roll, he would suddenly throw his leg over to the side, trying to get himself over. Then he’d roll back to his back before throwing himself over again. Josy is not like that at all. He’s quiet, slowly twisting himself to get over until he finally makes it.

It’ll be interesting to see how their personalities develop over the next few years. But this was definitely my first indication that they are very different people.