Rock and Roll Part 2

Hey! Julian decided that the added mobility from rolling over outweighs his dislike of being on his belly. He now readily rolls from his back onto his tummy, and is quickly realizing that he can roll his way into trouble. Here is a clip of him doing a roll (although he's already getting faster than this).



He's also getting more and more interested in looking at himself in a mirror, just like his mom. (I kid, Melissa, I kid!) I got an indescribably cute video him playing with the baby in the mirror, including clapping his hands at him. I put it on YouTube so people could view it in a larger format (to see it bigger still you can right-click on the video and select "watch on youtube,"):



We'll try to keep the videos coming!

Know what I mean, Vernon?

Since our last post, Grandma and Grandpa Downey (Julian's grandparents, not mine) came out for a visit. In addition to BBQing with my new BBQ (my parents and Melissa forgot that my birthday is in June, so I got my present in mid May), we hung out with Julian and we drove down to Mount Vernon. It's never to early to get the boy exposed to US history. He's going to wish we never moved to DC. Anyway, despite the name there was no mountain at Mount Vernon. It was pretty nonetheless. As you can see, it took a lot out of J and Grandpa. We had a really nice visit even if it was too short.

The videos are just Julian being Julian.

Boys Being Boys

I know it's only been a few days since the last post and that we've conditioned our loyal readers (all 2 of you) to expect updates on a more geologic timescale, but we had a fresh dose of cute this weekend. Our friend Carrie and her boy Ethan came by for a few hours on Sunday, so JD got some quality dude time. Ethan is 6 months older than Julian and did a remarkable job playing with him. He voluntarily "shared" his toys with Julian, and other than almost sitting on him was impressively gentle with the younger boy. I didn't get a picture or video of it, but Ethan even took a few wobbly steps for us. Anyway, J was really cute interacting with the other baby. He tries to put literally everything in his mouth, including other babies. You can see him reaching for Ethan in one of the pictures here, and when he got a hold of him the mouth was not far behind. I put a few more of these pictures on the Picassa page, so check them out if this isn't enough of a cute fix for you.

I also put up a video of Julian playing with one of his flash card thingies that have become a favorite "toy." We got them from our friends Kevin and Becky and use them to distract him when doing things like changing his diaper. They have a picture on one side and little facts on the back. I don't really expect him to learn what a mountain is by chewing on a card with a picture of a mountain on it, but he likes looking at the pictures and turning them over to look at both sides. You can see from the video how good he's getting at both sitting and at manipulating objects (and at trying to eat them).