he rolled over... less than 3 months old!!!

this afternoon, i was trying to make maki take a longer nap but he refused to.  at around 5pm, i put him on the gymini for tummy time.  nanny didn't have time for it today since they went to the park for a couple of hours so i wanted maki to do some core/neck exercises.  the minute i put him down on his tummy, i noticed that he lifted himself up very high - like a mini-pushup...  i started nudging him to knock him over and show him the feeling of rolling over.  i did it a few times.  then lo and behold - he rolled over on his own!  i couldn't believe it!!!  my first reaction was to text mik!  then i hugged my talented baby, kissed him lots and cheered for him.  then i got teary eyed.  he's 5 days shy of 3 months and already rolled over!!!!!  i'm so proud....  it's considered an advanced skill for 3-month old babies (few can do it) and only half of 4-month old babies can do it.  he's a genius!  :)  i tried to get him to do it again so i can videotape it but no luck.  he was tired and hungry... even though i just fed him an hour before that.  guess all that tummy time/rolling over is hard work.  he ate then took a nap!  hope he does it for papa soon.  wish we could have shared the moment together...  makes me sad to think about going to work the week after next.  i may miss his other "firsts".  :(  nanny asked me if wanted to know when maki did something for the first time because she had other parents who didn't want to know - so they would think it was the first time with them.  i told her i would want to know.  i don't want a "fake" first...  or do i?!!!

here are maki's other milestones:

• last 6/1, maki grabbed the monkey's tail on the gymini with his left hand (but he used to grab my necklace weeks ago which is why i stopped wearing it).
• last night maki slept 10 hours straight with no fussing at all.  we put him down in his crib at 7:30 and he was asleep by 7:40.  he woke up around 5:40 to feed.  that's 10 hours!!!  then after feeding, he went back to sleep and woke up at 9am.  of course, this was no coincidence.  we worked hard on sleep training and i'll blog about that a bit later.
• tonight he's sleeping without being swaddled but with a sleep sack.  since he started rolling over, i read that they cannot be swaddled anymore so they can use their arms in the event they roll over.  he lasted until 10:30pm only.  oh well, will try not swaddling another time!

so proud of my baby...  i'm going to be an emotional mess when he graduates from college!!!