She's on a roll

Rolling over, that is. Today, Katie went to yoga, and I stayed at home with Penelope. When Katie left, Penelope was enjoying being on her back on the play mat. Since she hadn't had any tummy time today, I flipped her over onto her belly and put her arms under her chest. She started looking around, and I went to put something away. When I came back, she was on her back! Since there was no one else to help her roll, it was clear that she did it herself. So, I put her back onto her chest to see if she could do it again. This time I watched her closely. She stayed looking around for a few minutes. She wasn't upset, which used to be her normal tummy time emotion. She kept looking around, and then suddenly, she rolled over again. It happened so quickly I almost missed it. I flipped her over again, and she did at least 2 or 3 more rolls. To be honest, I can't tell for sure that she was intentionally trying to roll over. It more looked like she would move her head too far to one side, and the giant noggin would tip her over, but I think it still counts as rolling over. Also, in contrast to previous tummy time sessions, she was more upset to be on her back then to be on her chest, until she finally ran out of stamina to hold her head up. Then it was time for her bottle.

Since she did so many rolls, I was able to get a few "action shots." Sadly, no video, but we did catch a previous accidental roll on video. We'll post the photos (and maybe the video) soon.