Sneaky Little Dude

Well, we thought Luke had learned to roll over. Turns out that what he's learned to do is to shift his weight just enough so that he flops back on to his back - a cheap ploy to avoid spending time on his tummy (which he HATES to do). Now whenever I put him on his tummy he'll "roll over" just to get out of having to exercise. Very clever, Luke. You've outsmarted your parents.

rolling over - sort of

Today Luke was being very playful and cute so I of course got out my videocamera. We've been practicing rolling over, but he hasn't done it on his own yet. About halfway through this video I turn him on his tummy, and he flips himself onto his back. We haven't practiced that at all. I'm not sure if this was just a random movement or something purposeful, but we got excited all the same. It doesn't take much for Graham and me to be impressed. I shot about 5 mintutes worth of video here, which was too much to download at once, so I divided the video into two. What's really incredible is how much progress he's made in just a few days. Compare this video with the last post and you can really see how much more he can crane his neck now .

Slobberpuss

We just learned how to upload video to the blog. I shot this footage of the wunderkind today. He gives Homer a run for his money in the drool category. This was shot towards the end of tummy time so he gets kind of cranky, but not before he lets a big slobber make its way down.

Getting Strong!

Luke surprises us every day with how much stronger he is getting.  Some days he's a lazy bumb and then some other days he's crazy active.  Today was a little of both - when I put him on his tummy this morning he just laid his head down and refused to squirm.  This afternoon, he decided to humor me a little and work on his upper body strength.

Happy Baby

Luke smiles all the time, but rarely for the camera.  He was being especially cute today, so I decided to trick him and get some pictures.  He caught on to my ploy.

Baracking the Vote

Luke is all about Hope ("I hope mommy doesn't make me do tummy time today") and Change ("Please change my diaper now"), so I think he would definitely vote for Obama.  Alas, I could not find a "My Daddy is for Barr" t-shirt for Luke.