Skill #1: Rolling over
Constance can now roll from her tummy to her back. After I put her down for tummy time one day, I went back to the couch to look at something on my laptop. A moment later I looked up and to my surprise, Constance was on her back and not on her tummy. Thinking this was too good to be true, I put her back on her tummy and watched her. She rolled over. Since then sometimes she will roll over and sometimes she won't. Generally it takes her a bit longer to push herself over.
Skill #2
Constance can do baby talk and tell us stories. The interview below speaks for itself:
Skill #3
As part of her little baby talk, Constance has confirmed that she wants to be a bull rider. It all happened one afternoon when I took Constance over to Tom who was sitting on the couch. I put one foot on the couch and started bouncing her on my knee. Tom asked Constance if she wanted to be a bull rider. She said "Yeah!!!" (It really did sound like that and she has since confirmed this desire 3 additional times). Here is Constance practicing her riding on Daddy:
Skill #4
Constance can reach out and touch and grab for her toys. The blue ladybug is still her favorite but instead of just looking at it, she will actually reach out and touch and hold it. She has also begun attempting to make the ladybug and the purple frog friends by taking her hand and colliding them into each other.
In her Lion King play gym, she likes lying on her back and swatting at Nala. Notice she uses her left hand for all of this. We think she might be left-handed, but of course we won't be able to tell for sure for a while.
Skill #5
Constance can gurgle like no other. When she's happy she doesn't laugh as much as she gurgles.
Skill #6
Constance likes to eat monkey brains while wearing her zombie hat. She loves cuddling with her monkey security blanket but most of the time part of it ends up in her mouth.
Oh, and this last one is just a random picture. Tom was questioning how comfortable it was lying on your back and pulling your knees up. So Constance and I decided to demonstrate . . .
